The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have moved to restrict 22 companies from participating in campus recruitment for the next two placement seasons. This decision follows the failure of these firms to honour over 150 job offers extended to students graduating in 2026 across the 23 institutes.
The All IITs Placement Committee (AIPC) is set to formally notify the affected companies by September 30, confirming their exclusion from the IIT placement system for two years. John Jose, AIPC convenor and associate professor at IIT-Guwahati, clarified that the committee has termed this measure as "non-cooperation" rather than a formal blacklisting.
Among the firms facing this restriction is Oracle, which reportedly failed to honour approximately 40 job offers. Sources indicate that several startups are also included in the list of 22 companies. While Oracle has not engaged with the IITs for recruitment this year, the company did not provide a comment regarding the situation. The development coincides with Oracle’s ongoing global workforce restructuring, which includes plans to increase spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.
This collective action follows a period of unsuccessful negotiations. In June, the AIPC had urged more than 10 companies, including Oracle, Interview Kickstart, and SuperAGI, to either fulfill their commitments or provide affected students with three months' salary as compensation. At that time, approximately 100 students were impacted. Despite setting an initial deadline of August 15 and a final onboarding deadline of September 15, the committee decided to enforce the two-year ban following a meeting at IIT-Guwahati earlier this month.
According to Jose, the number of companies failing to honour offers this year is the highest seen in recent times, compared to the 10 to 11 firms involved in similar incidents last year. While the final tally of affected offers is still being compiled, some individual companies were found to have withdrawn between 10 and 15 offers each.
In response to the crisis, IIT placement offices have been actively circulating the resumes of the affected students to other recruiters. Jose noted that approximately 20 to 30 percent of these students have already secured alternative employment through these efforts. The restriction comes as the institutes prepare for the upcoming recruitment cycle, with registrations currently underway and final placements scheduled to begin in December.
