The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have decided to stop cooperating with 22 companies in campus recruitment for the next two placement seasons after the firms failed to honour job offers made to students graduating in 2026, according to a report by The Economic Times.
The decision covers more than 150 job offers across 23 IITs. The All IITs Placement Committee (AIPC) is expected to inform the companies about the action by September 30. The firms will not be allowed to participate in the IIT placement process for the next two years.
The AIPC has described the move as “non-cooperation” rather than blacklisting. AIPC convenor and IIT-Guwahati associate professor John Jose said some companies had withdrawn between 10 and 15 offers each. The committee is still compiling the final list and the exact number of affected students as individual IITs submit updated information.
Oracle among companies facing action
Oracle is among the companies expected to face the two-year restriction, according to campus sources cited by The Economic Times. The US-based software company reportedly failed to honour around 40 offers made to IIT students. Several startups are also understood to be part of the list.
Jose said Oracle has not approached the IITs for campus recruitment so far this year. The company did not respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.
The development comes as Oracle is undertaking a wider restructuring of its workforce. The company recently said restructuring costs under its fiscal 2026 plan could increase by another $700 million to around $2.8 billion. The programme includes job cuts and contract terminations as the company increases investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure.
IITs had warned companies earlier
The latest action follows several months of discussions between IITs and companies over offers that were withdrawn or delayed.
In June, the AIPC had asked more than 10 companies, including Oracle, Interview Kickstart and SuperAGI, to either honour their job offers or provide affected students with compensation equivalent to three months’ salary. Around 100 students were affected at that stage.
Companies were initially given until August 15 to resolve the cases. The AIPC had warned that firms failing to address the issue could be excluded from placement drives for students graduating in 2027 and 2028.
The committee later extended the process, setting September 15 as the deadline for companies to onboard students who had received offers. After a meeting at IIT-Guwahati earlier this month, the AIPC decided to proceed with the two-year non-cooperation measure.
Unlike last year, when individual IITs separately approached companies over unfulfilled offers, the latest communication will be issued collectively by the AIPC.
Jose said around 10 to 11 companies had failed to honour offers last year, while the number has increased this year to the highest level seen in recent years.
IITs help affected students find new opportunities
Meanwhile, IIT placement offices have started sharing the CVs of affected students with other existing recruiters and asking them to consider the candidates for available positions.
According to Jose, around 20% to 30% of the affected students have already secured jobs through these cross-referrals.
The decision comes as IITs enter a new campus recruitment cycle. Recruiter registrations generally begin in September, while final placement activities start around December at older IITs and even earlier at some newer institutes.enclature for India’s port infrastructure sector.
