IIT placement: 'Start-up Day' after marquee firms take their pick

However, students will be cautioned and asked to do a background check of the start-ups they wish to seek jobs in

After revoking a year-long ban on 30 firms from participating in placements, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will now have a ‘Start-up Day’ after marquee recruiters are through with their hiring.

Preferring recruiters in information technology (IT), analytics, consulting, manufacturing, and e-commerce space, among others, in the initial days of the final placement, IITs, at least the older ones, are likely to give start-ups a fifth- or sixth-day slot. To be called ‘Start-up Day’, the slot will see most start-ups seeking participation in placements. 

IITs had banned start-ups such as Zomato, Hopscotch, and Portea Medical for a year after the firms revoked