Covid pandemic blues: Less than 200 IITians land international jobs

今年获得海外工作的印度理工学院学生不足200名

MUMBAI: For years, tech giants around the world have marked December 1 on their calendars for a visit to the IITs to pick up fresh graduates. But this year, the class of 2021 has received fewer international offers: less than 200 IITians across the country have landed an overseas job.

孟买：多年来，世界各地的科技巨头都在日历上标出12月1日去印度理工学院一趟，以挑选应届毕业生。但今年，2021届毕业生收到的国际offer更少了：全国仅不到200名理工学院毕业生找到了海外工作。

While some of the older campuses have seen a substantial reduction in international job opportunities, younger IITs have seen a marginal drop. Not only have offers reduced, even the compensation packages at India’s blue-chip institutes have shrunk.

一些老校区的国际就业机会大幅减少，较新的印度理工学院的国际就业机会略有减少。不仅offer减少了，甚至薪酬也缩水了。

At IIT Bombay, international placements for this year’s graduating class stood at 58, down from 159 last year. Numbers at IIT Kanpur have halved. And at IIT Delhi, they are down from the maxmum of 45-plus in 2019 (they have hovered around 30 on an average for the past three years), said the institute’s spokesperson. At IIT Roorkee too, offers have reduced (see table). IIT Gandhinagar has not had a direct international posting since the pandemic began in 2020 but before that offers would pour in from Japan and Germany-based organizations. IIT Madras did not share information.

在印度理工学院孟买分校，今年毕业生获得国际offer的人数从去年的159人降至58人，印度理工学院坎普尔分校的人数则减少了一半。德里印度理工学院的发言人表示，2019年印获得国际offer的学生人数最多，是45人以上，而现在有所下降(过去三年平均在30人左右徘徊)。印度理工学院鲁尔基分校获得国际offer的人数也减少了。自2020年疫情爆发以来，印度理工学院甘地纳格尔没有获得直接的国际职位，但在此之前，来自日本和德国的公司大量提供职位。印度理工学院马德拉斯没有分享信息。

As for compensation packages, at IIT Roorkee it plummeted from Rs 153.97 lakh per annum to Rs 69.05 lakh a year. At IIT-B, the highest international annual compensation in 2019 and 2020 was constant at US$ 1.64 lakh. This year, it was recorded at Euro 1.57 lakh per annum.

至于薪酬，印度理工学院鲁尔基分校的薪酬从年薪1539.7万卢比暴跌至年薪690.5万卢比。在印度理工学院孟买分校, 2019年和2020年最高的国际年薪保持在16.4万美元，今年的记录是年薪15.7万欧元。

“Due to uncertainty because of pandemic and fluctuating travel restrictions, international job offers this year are less compared to the last two years,” said Bithiah Grace Jaganathan, faculty coordinator, placement, IIT Guwahati. “Placements were a challenge during the time of pandemic. Running the entire process (tests, interviews) online with students located in remote parts of the country with limited connectivity, enhanced the level of difficulty. We hope the markets revive in the near future and business returns to normalcy by the begng of the next placement season, so that we can conduct a smooth placement process for the next batch of students,” said IITB's placement officer.

印度理工学院古瓦哈蒂学院的就业协调人Bithiah Grace Jaganathan说:“由于疫情和波动的旅行限制带来的不确定性，今年获得的国际工作机会比过去两年少。”

印度理工学院孟买分校的就业协调人说：“在疫情时期，就业是一个挑战。在网上与那些住在偏远地区、网络连接有限的学生进行测试、面试，提高了难度。我们希望市场能在不久的将来复苏，在下一个就业季开始时业务能恢复正常，这样我们就能顺利地安排下一批学生的就业。”

以下是印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

Ajitkumar Pandit

Before going abroad these intellectuals must be made to pay the cost of education. The govt charges very low fees & the rest is spent from tax payers' money.

这些知识分子出国之前必须全额支付教育费用。政府收的学费很低，用的都是纳税人的钱。

kinginchennai

all people getting education from cream institution funded by tax payers money should be forced to stay in India for at least 10 years and give it back to the country....

所有从纳税人资助的精英机构接受教育的人应该被强制留在印度至少10年，把钱还给国家....

Vigneshwar Shankar

IITians leaving the country shall be charged with some fancy cess to a tune of 30lakhs. getting an admission in IIT and not building the country is as good as committing treason

印度理工学院的学生要想离开这个国家，就得交300万卢比。在印度理工学院接受教育，却不投身建设国家，无异于叛国

Bayarea Desi

Once these very smart IITians go abroad, they don't have to worry about : a) Covid Vaccine, b) Covid Medication and in the worst case c) Medical oxygen

一旦这些聪明的印度理工学院毕业生出国，他们就不用担心：a)新冠疫苗，b)新冠药物，以及c)医用氧气

Niranjan Solanki

In India, due to the reservations, IITians won't be able to find decent jobs and will have to work under sub-par bosses. India gave them education BUT they were smart enough to be recognized by other countries too. Can India give them reasonable job? Many are frustrated for not getting decent jobs and hence accept offers from abroad.

在印度，由于预留制，印度理工学院的毕业生无法找到体面的工作，不得不屈居人下。

印度给他们提供教育，但他们也足够聪明，被其他国家认可。印度能给他们匹配的工作吗?

许多人因为找不到体面的工作而沮丧，因此接受了来自国外的offer。

i review

India is manufacturing hub and labor provider. That's it. The brainy leave the country for respect, and research opportunities. Others slog themselves here for whole life. There is absolutely no invention opportunities

印度是制造业中心和劳动力提供者。有头脑的人离开这个国家是为了获得尊重和研究机会。有些人在这里苦干了一辈子，都没有获得发明的机会

Kinnu

It is the unreserved category students who are worst impacted. Reservation students will all stick around in government offices and rot, its the bright students whose career is impacted.

不享受预留名额的学生受影响最严重。有预留名额的印度学生能仅政府机构，聪明学生的职业生涯受到影响。

dheeraj hazarika

the biggest achievement for Indian students till date is to leave the country for better opportunities abroad.

迄今为止，印度学生最大的成就是出国寻找更好的机会。

lonleytom

This is good for india. At last these students will work in india and contribute. Govt should penalize any one leaving country after graduating from iit or nit for first five years.

这对印度来说是好事。这些学生将在印度工作并做出贡献。政府应该惩罚从印度理工学院毕业后5年内离开国家的人。

Vishnu Sharma

This pandemic has affected EACH & EVERY individual, irrespective of his/her educational, social status.

疫情影响到每一个人，不论他/她的教育和社会地位如何。

factsfirst

They can sell pakodas

他们可以在印度卖帕克拉

Jigyasu Subscriber

The others will ultimately get their Amreecan jobs in a year or two as the pandemic eases. Meanwhile instead of lamenting and crying, they should get together in groups and create some start ups. Even if one succeeds tht means 2 or 3 IITians escaped from becoming software coolies for the US product companies.

随着疫情的缓解，其他人最终将在一两年内获得美国的工作机会。他们应该一起创立一些初创企业，而不是哀叹和哭泣。

即使一个人成功了，也意味着2到3个印度理工学院的学生可以避免成为美国产品公司的软件苦力。

Richa Kishore

Main reason could be the travel reduction across countries during this pandemic.

主要原因可能是疫情期间国际出行不便。

Prafs

GOOD

ENOUGH OF BRAIN DRAIN

SHAME THAT THEY ARE GOING OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY AND HELG THEM GROW

很好，受够了人才流失，可耻的是，他们离开祖国，去帮助别国发展

Sharad Nangia

Every IITIAN's and people from NITs should compulsory work for India based organizations atleast for 5 years

每个印度理工学院的毕业生必须在印度公司工作至少5年

Eagle Bird

Make it 10 years

还是10年吧

Med Man

Once they leave, they never cone back. That is why Gernany and Japan are advanced because they stay in their home country and do not go to California.

一旦他们离开，就再也不会回来了。德国和日本之所以先进，是因为他们的人才留在自己的国家，不去加利福尼亚。

Guest

With the suffocating reservation system, will any meritorious student feel like serving india?

在令人窒息的预留制度下，优秀的印度学生会愿意为自己国家服务吗?

Need More Land

They should NOT be allowed to leave country unless paying back full tuition and working in country for 5 years doing projects that advance the nation. Keep them in Bharat!

不允许他们离开印度，除非他们全额偿还学费，并在印度工作5年，从事促进国家发展的项目。让他们留在印度!

Deepak

It's better to go abroad and take up a job than be in Modi's India and lose your job!!!

去国外找份工作，总比呆在莫迪治下的印度没工作好!!