The economic slowdown has also slowed down campus hiring of IIT \ IIM graduates by multinational corporations but this is not the case with Indian private sector companies who have increased it.
In 2008 MNCs hired 3,031 IITians through campus selection; Indian private sector companies employed only 1,621 students.
But in 2009, hiring by MNCs fell dramatically to 1,606 where as there was a marginal increase by Indian private sector companies who hired 1,718 students.
