Why NIT Manipur’s placements are in crisis

NIT Manipur’s Campus Placements Struggle as Violence Drives Recruiters Away

Dec 11, 2024

Hiring Hiatus

Story: Sheena Sachdeva Image: NIT Manipur

Ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities has thrown NIT Manipur's campus placements into chaos, with companies cancelling visits

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Image: Freepik

The NIT saw high placements from 2021 to 2023. But the ongoing unrest, leading to frequent curfews and internet shutdowns, has forced companies to reconsider hiring drives
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Overall drop to mere 40%

From 70% to less than 50% in Computer Science

This year, placement rates crashed
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Average packages fall from Rs 9.5 lakh to Rs 8 lakh annually

Highest package nosedives from Rs 26 lakh to Rs 13 lakh
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Companies reject online interviews, prefer on-campus recruitment despite most of them adapting to such changes during the COVID-19 pandemic

However, in the neighbourhood, many companies are recruiting offline this year, including in state institutes of Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram

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While other top engineering colleges, like IITs, see placement recovery after last year's slump, NIT Manipur faces unprecedented challenges

Career prospects hang in balance as 35 companies conduct virtual interviews, placing only 70 NIT Manipur students so far

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But even those options have been denied by many companies

Sending students to pooled recruitment sites

Virtual interviews

NIT Manipur is exploring alternative solutions, such as:

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