A string of viral posts by educator Ravi Handa has forged 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 without doubt one of the finest schools within the nation. It’s an IIM. I’ve taught MBA aspirants lengthy sufficient to know the way laborious it’s to get into an IIM,” Handa posted on X. His remarks adopted a pointed statement concerning the institute’s placement final result: “59 college students at IIM Trichy didn’t get positioned. (~15%). Solely 104 of them obtained 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… Moving into IIM Trichy isn’t straightforward. You must crack a very powerful examination. It’s a dream school 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 greater schooling 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 schools do not entertain cos with wage under a threshold to retain ‘model’ worth and that brought about college students [to] go unplaced. They are going to get a job offline however at a decrease wage typically.”
A number of customers highlighted a basic mismatch between expertise and alternative. “What may very well be the issue? I additionally observe the same 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 right now’s occasions is certainly a troublesome battle.”
Others pointed to how shifts within the job market have reshaped demand. “The most important client of MBAs in final decade was 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 firms 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 sweet sufficient.”
