IITs to decide on which startup to call and reject during placements amid Flipkart fiasco
Jun 2, 2016, 12:33 IST
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After the IIM-A and Flipkart fiasco, heads of placement committees across all IITs are going to build a strategy for startups and decide what slots will be given to them and they will also decide on which startups to call.
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"Our AIPC (all-IITs placement committee) meeting was scheduled for October. But we have to convene this out-of-turn meeting in light of recent developments," Professor Kaustabha Mohanty, convenor of the panel, told ET.
After Flipkart, many startups such as PepperTap, Home Shopping, Runnr, Zimply, etc also deferred the joining dates of the recruits.
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Meanwhile, reportedly, IITs have asked new recruits to explore other options too.
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