Placements dip across Karnataka engineering colleges: Large IT firms reducing campus intake; tier-2, tier-3 hit hardest
Friday, 8 August 2025 () Engineering colleges in Karnataka, particularly tier-2 and tier-3 institutions, are experiencing a significant decline in placements for the 2024-25 graduating batch. Mass hirings by large firms have decreased, impacting even high-demand fields like computer science. While smaller firms in AI and data science are emerging, concerns rise about skill readiness and inflated placement numbers reported by colleges.