A string of viral posts by educator Ravi Handa has solid a pointy highlight on the location disaster at IIM Trichy, triggering a wider debate on the saturation of India’s prime B-schools, a weakening job market, and the diminishing fringe of an MBA diploma.
“IIM Trichy is among the finest faculties within the nation. It’s an IIM. I’ve taught MBA aspirants lengthy sufficient to know the way arduous it’s to get into an IIM,” Handa posted on X. His remarks adopted a pointed remark in regards to the institute’s placement end result: “59 college students at IIM Trichy didn’t get positioned. (~15%). Solely 104 of them bought a CTC of greater than 20 lakhs (~27%).”
The revelation, involving one of many newer however revered IIMs, surprised many. Handa added: “I knew that the markets are unhealthy for an MBA however didn’t count on issues to be this unhealthy at an IIM… Stepping into IIM Trichy isn’t straightforward. It’s a must to crack a very robust examination. It’s a dream faculty for lots of people. Additionally, it isn’t low-cost. It prices roughly 20L.”
His posts prompted a wave of responses pointing to systemic shifts in increased training and employment. One person wrote, “You stuff 1000 college students into each batch at an ‘elite’ establishment, then create 20 such ‘elite establishments’, then they’re now not elite. Numbers are for instance solely, however you get the thought.”
One other chimed in, “Too many IIMs has diluted their model. Most of those faculties do not entertain cos with wage under a threshold to retain ‘model’ worth and that precipitated college students [to] go unplaced. They’ll get a job offline however at a decrease wage typically.”
A number of customers highlighted a basic mismatch between expertise and alternative. “What could possibly be the issue? I additionally observe an analogous sample in my hiring. Nice children, excessive expertise however not discovering alternatives… Markets and employers have change into cruel with their excessive expectations.”
One added, “Returning again to work after a sabbatical is like climbing Everest… Employment and profession constructing in at this time’s instances is certainly a troublesome battle.”
Others pointed to how shifts within the job market have reshaped demand. “The most important shopper of MBAs in final decade was once FMCG, Big4 after which tech in that order… Difficulty is, in tech, entry to product roles doesn’t require an MBA… Even Tier 1 product corporations now not insist on a MBA diploma for these roles for they’ve realised catching the expertise younger as a PM intern from an outdated IIT/BITS is nice sufficient.”
