Why are the placements of new IIITs (Vadodara, Guwahati, Kota, etc.) not that good? What are your predictions about other new upcoming IIITs?

The placements depend upon various factors. The most important thing is the brand name of the institute, facilities in the institute, and the quality of students admitted.

Taking a new IIIT into picture, there are various possibilities that the placements are low:

• The students are unable to perform as per their potential because they lack proper guidance, motivation, and facilities.
• As these colleges are new, they lack reputation in the industry and companies cannot value the students in that college based on any past experience.
• In the new IIIT, it is a common scenario that facilities emphasize on rote learning rather than practical skills. Therefore, the students lack industry skills.
• There are no alumni network associated with the institute. So, the students lack junior-senior bond and networking opportunities.
• The college requires time to build connections with the companies for the placement purpose.
• At the initial years, the infrastructure facilities are also under-construction. Even if they are established, maintaining the quality of these facilities is essential which requires time.

With the listed points, it would be difficult to expect great placement from new companies in the new IIITs (Vadodara, Kota, Guwahati, etc.). But these problems are for temporary years. The institutes develop over the time and show great placements like that of top IIITs.