Jobs offered to six students of Indian Institute of Technology in Madras have been revoked by companies due to the pandemic, but the institute – ranked number one under the Education Ministry’s overall institutions category and engineering institutions category – says there have been no cancellations of overseas job offers.The highly contagious coronavirus pandemic, which has infected over 2.5 million people worldwide, has had a massive impact on the global economy. Growth rates have plunged, millions have lost jobs and offers made in healthier and happier times are now being reconsidered.The contagion has also not spared the graduates of India’s premier institutes – like IITs and IIMs – where high-paying jobs are practically guaranteed after graduation.
