A news in Dainik Bhaskar today says that 1584 students got placed in IT companies in last 75 days. Companies like Infosys, L&T, TCS etc. have recruited scores of students from various Indore colleges. TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) alone picked 980 students from Indore.

This all looks good when you see the news without an insight in the real story.

Last year, in 2010, TCS recruited close to 650 candidates. Most of those Indore students, have not formally joined TCS yet - because they haven't received a joining date from TCS. When they followed up with TCS HR, they were informed that their joining will be somewhere around May 2012.

So, when do the students recruited in 2011 get joining then? May 2013 or 2014?

This is a big issue for students who have come all the way to Indore, away from their families and spending a good fortune on studies. Some students who have taken an education loan, can not start to repay it until they get a job and salary starts coming in.

I mean if the students recruited in last year campus selection did not get joining till date, so whats the reason to select more students and put them in misery? We have spoken to a TCS candidate who got the offer letter in Oct 09 and completed BE in May 10. Till date he has not received any call from TCS regarding his joining date.

Another problem with the whole TCS recruitment is that they almost-always want to be the first company to visit the college. That means, if you are selected in TCS, you are not eligible to participate in campus selection for other companies. Most of Indore colleges have the same rule.

Other companies like L&T, Syntel, and Infosys are also coming for placement, they recruit 30 to 40 candidates but they get joining immediately after final year results are out.

One obvious reason that comes to mind is that TCS may be delaying the joining of Indore candidates because the Indore campus construction is still pending. Instead of getting these students to go over to Mumbai or Pune or Bangalore, it may be a better idea for them to stay in Indore and start working out of Indore office once that is built. So, now is the MP Govt., IDA and the policies are to be blamed for these Student's career?

Ofcourse TCS will save a lot if they can have these 650 + 980 indore candidates start working from Indore office as soon as they can, but what are the chances they will still meet their May 2012 dates? What are the odds these 1500 odd students will not be let in a limbo for coming months, in a dilemma if to wait for TCS, or go forth and choose a new direction?

Share your thoughts and suggestions. If you know someone who is still waiting for joining from TCS or received recent joining calls, please let them know to share their stories and personal experience.

About TCS: Tata Consultancy Services is one of the India's top IT organizations. TCS is a Tata Group company and has presence across the globe. They are one of the leading IT outsourcing and consulting firm.

Please note that the article is based on Information provided to Indore360 by various sources as of 4/10/2011

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