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Passing one of the toughest exams in the world to get into an IIT is no longer enough.

Getting a spot in any of the country’s Indian Institutes of Technology is no longer enough to land a high-paying job. Global and Indian tech companies are hiring less from the IITs to rationalize costs as businesses have slowed down after the initial rush after the COVID-19 pandemic started easing.
This year, around 38% of the graduates across all 23 IITs were yet to get jobs at the end of the placement season in May, according to RTI information sought by IIT Kanpur alumnus Dheeraj Singh. IIT Bombay, which is ranked third by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, saw the …

Once seen as a threat, global capability centres appear to be becoming a potential growth driver for the country’s IT giants.
India’s leading tech hardware distribution company is making the most of the unprecedented rise in global prices of laptops and other tech hardware. There’s just one problem.
The screenless fitness band has turned into a Gulf-wide phenomenon—powered by regional capital, health culture and a tech-savvy consumer base.