Oracle rescinds campus offers at IITs

Oracle has revoked campus placement and pre-placement offers made to students at several Indian Institutes of Technology and National Institutes of Technology, according to reports published on May 14 and May 15. The withdrawals affected both full-time and internship roles and came after Oracle’s wider restructuring and layoffs earlier this year, the reports said. Placement officials and students told Indian media that the cancellations landed late in the hiring cycle, when many campuses had already limited students from pursuing other offers. Oracle did not respond to at least one media query before publication, Economic Times reported. ### Which campuses have reported withdrawn Oracle offers? Economic Times reported that offers were revoked at IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Guwahati, IIT-Madras, IIT-BHU, IIT-Hyderabad, IIT-Roorkee, NIT-Warangal and MNNIT-Allahabad, among others. Moneycontrol separately named NIT Warangal, VNIT Nagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Hyderabad and IIT (BHU) Varanasi among the affected institutions. (moneycontrol.com) More than 50 offers were likely withdrawn across campuses, Economic Times reported, citing campus sources. The same report said Oracle had made 25 to 35 offers on some campuses for full-time roles and summer internships before some of those were later cancelled. ### How were students told, and why are they exposed now? (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Moneycontrol reported that affected freshers were informed earlier this week that their offers had been cancelled. The report said many top institutions follow a “one student, one job” placement rule, which means students who accept one offer typically stop sitting for other campus processes. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) An affected student identified by Economic Times as Aditya Kumar Barawal said on LinkedIn that Oracle cited “internal restructuring and headcount-related challenges” for the decision. Moneycontrol also reported that a fresher from one NIT said Oracle had hired for application developer and server technology roles, and that a server technology business unit tied to Oracle Health and application infrastructure had recently been shut down. That account was based on the student’s description and was not independently confirmed by Oracle. (moneycontrol.com) ### How big was Oracle’s broader restructuring? Moneycontrol reported in April that Oracle had laid off around 30,000 employees globally, including up to 12,000 in India. A separate Moneycontrol report said people aware of the matter linked the cuts to a broader restructuring and said Oracle had declined to comment. Mint reported that Oracle employed 162,000 people as of May 2025. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Economic Times described the campus offer pullback as coming after recent mass layoffs at Oracle. Times Now and Firstpost, citing the same broad reporting trail, also linked the campus withdrawals to the company’s global job cuts. ### What do IIT placement rules say happens after an offer is pulled? (moneycontrol.com) Economic Times reported that All IITs Placement Committee guidelines usually require a company that rescinds offers to pay three months’ salary as compensation to students. The report did not say whether that compensation had been paid in Oracle’s case. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Business Standard reported in December 2025 that IITs had barred more than 20 companies from campus recruitment after they withdrew job offers in the prior academic year. That report said the joint action followed multiple cases in which students lost confirmed roles after campuses had already restricted them from other interviews. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) ### What has Oracle said publicly about student hiring in India? Oracle’s India careers page for students and graduates remains live and says the company offers graduate and internship opportunities across consulting, engineering, sales and solution engineering. The page also warns applicants to deal only with official Oracle channels and says legitimate communication comes from an oracle.com email address. (business-standard.com) As of May 15, Oracle’s public news pages in India and globally did not show a statement in the search results reviewed here addressing the reported campus offer cancellations. Economic Times said Oracle did not reply to an email seeking comment before its story was published. ### What happens next for the affected students? Economic Times reported that placement committees and alumni were prioritizing support for affected candidates and that students had begun seeking help on social media. (oracle.com) Placement cells told the paper that their immediate focus was to secure alternative opportunities for students who lost Oracle offers. (oracle.com) The next test will come in the remaining placement window at affected campuses and in any formal action taken under IIT placement rules. IIT Delhi said earlier this year that its 2025-26 placement season would continue through the end of May 2026, leaving a narrow period for replacement hiring efforts. (livemint.com) (economictimes.indiatimes.com)