Startups that were banned from placement process are still planning to hire IITians

A year-long-ban imposed on at least 30 startups from taking part in placement process in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has n0t deterred them for scouting top talent from the premier institute. These banned startups are still looking forward to rope in fresh graduates from IITs.

Many companies were blacklisted by the All IIT Placement Committee (AIPC) and they weren’t allowed to take part in the campus placement process because of delayed joining dates. Some startups had even cancelled offer letters.

"It was unfair to ban us without issuing any warning. This ban will not prevent us from taking top talent from the IITs,” Jasminder Singh Gulati, chief executive of NowFloats, told ET.

NewFloats is still planning on hiring fresh talent from IITs.


"Startups like ours need premier engineering talent to thrive in the competition and even the IIT students are looking forward to join startups like ours. Students from the IITs are reaching out to us in any case despite the official ban.” Vinay Dalal, director of Mera Hunar, told ET.

Dalal also said that famous and big startups were given a chance to explain and smaller ones weren’t.

"This year, we are looking at lateral hires as we have a few positions open that need experience too.” Vir Kashyap, chief operating officer at Babajobs, told ET.

However, AIPC will not revoke the ban most probably. "We are just protecting students' welfare. Companies have no right behaving unprofessionally with students,” a spokesperson for AIPC told ET.