100% Placement for Students, 20% for Faculty

The placement record of National Institute of Technology, Warangal's Department of Computer Science and Engineering is well known and documented. Ranked 7th in India by a NASSCOM-Dataquest survey, the college lists placement as its major strong point. This has only been strengthened in the current year by a rare accomplishment that left the department and the college proud of its faculty.

A department is generally proud of the acheivements of its students, and a department that can boast of 100% placement for its students (in fact, close to 200%, almost every student I know has 2 jobs or so, and still dreams of Stanford!) has got every reason to be, but the bizzare was when two lecturers left the department in quick succession! Probably placed! New arrivals may take time, given the stay on recruitments pending a Court case.

The department is proud of its faculty for its excellent placement record. In the years to come, the department expects its faculty to replicate the success stories of a majority of its students. Good luck to the 2 placed teachers! The department, including the students are proud of you.

A few questions are bugging me:

1. Will the placement record of the faculty ever reach that of the students?
2. Will the faculty get dream job offers?
3. Will the major colleges of India, the IITs and others, acknowledge this achievement and endeavour to replicate it?

I don't know. But I can only hope. That one day, major Indian college websites will boast of a 100% all placement performance, 100% for both students and teachers. Until then, teachers may have to settle in for a second-class deal.


The comments given in the above article are the author's own and are given in a lighter vein. It is not the author's intention to offend anyone, including IITians, or the teaching community. The author will take note of your comments, impressions and flames. Everyone is invited to join in this move to accelerate the case for a day, when teachers and students will get equal rights and oppurtunties.