MUMBAI: Placement 2017 has been about IT companies indulging in bulk hiring. Each company has identified its favourite college and picked up a large number of graduates-a throwback to the IT boom era. IIT Kanpur witnessed the biggest wave as Intel picked a full-class size of 59 candidates. Companies are picking up more students, the pay is better and so are the profiles," said a placement team member from IIT Kharagpur. Moreover, the core companies are preferring MTech students for hiring," added Mohanty.

Source: Times of India December 06, 2017 18:33 UTC