Now, Engineering Students Hit By Deferred Joining Dates Too

Recession and lack of big projects are the reasons some companies put off joining dates.

Not just IIM, but many engineering graduates passing out of Andhra Pradesh are facing the problem of deferred joining dates too, The Times of India reported. Three companies, which hired six students from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT), have deferred their joining dates by three months.

With 348 companies visiting the campus for placements, the deferral of joining dates will not hurt our students.

Savitha Konna M, head of placement and training, MSRIT

She cited recession and lack of big projects as the reason for companies to put off joining dates.

At Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management (SCEM), a core company deferred the joining date of six students by a year, while another company deferred by three months. The college is now apprehensive of the companies it invites.

We only invite reputed companies which won’t create such problems. Last year, we had 122 companies recruiting from our college.

Rashmi Bhandary , head of placements at SCEM

At Srinivasa Institute of Technology, Mangaluru, an IT company, deferred the joining dates of 27 students by five to six months. Placement officer Guruprasad Pai said the college was in constant touch with the company and also provided temporary employment to the students as teachers at the institution.

Pramod S Prabhudev, head of career and development centre at the PES Institute of Technology and Management, says interests of both the students and employers were protected after a Bengaluru-based company deferred the joining dates of 16 students by four months.

Engineering colleges are now wary of inviting companies that caused problems, yet colleges looking to cement their reputation are apprehensive of blacklisting such companies.