Oracle recently announced layoffs of approximately 20,000 employees across its global offices. Now, the US software giant has reportedly revoked dozens of job offers made to students at India’s premier engineering colleges, including the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and National Institute of Technology (NITs). The move comes in the wake of recent mass layoffs at the company and has sparked anxiety among students as the placement season nears its end.
As reported by Economic Times, placement cells have confirmed that both full-time employee (FTE) offers for the Class of 2026 and summer internships have been rescinded at IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Guwahati, IIT-Madras, IIT-BHU, IIT-Hyderabad, IIT-Roorkee, NIT-Warangal, and MNNIT-Allahabad, among others. While the number of revoked offers ranges between two and five per campus, sources estimate that more than 50 offers have been withdrawn overall.
One affected student, Aditya Kumar Barwal, shared on LinkedIn that his pre-placement offer was revoked due to “internal restructuring and headcount-related challenges.” Barwal, an NIT Warangal student, detailed his journey: clearing NDA with AIR 77 in 2021, joining NIT Warangal in 2022, an AI/ML research internship in 2024 where he built a startup crossing ₹1L+ revenue in 30 days, an AI Engineer internship at Oracle in 2025 where he secured a PPO, and a runner-up finish at Velocity Hackathon in 2026. During his internship, he worked on NLP, LLM-based clustering systems, embeddings, and backend-oriented AI workflows. He is now seeking opportunities in AI/ML Engineering, Backend Engineering, and Software Development roles.
Oracle had been a major recruiter at IITs, making up to 25–35 offers on some campuses for developer and server technology roles. Placement officials noted that Oracle typically secures prime hiring slots reserved for key recruiters, making the sudden withdrawals particularly disruptive.
Placement committees and alumni networks are now prioritizing support for affected students. At IIT-Guwahati, four of more than 10 offers were revoked. John Jose, head of the Centre for Career Development and convener of the All IITs Placement Committee (AIPC), said talks are underway with Oracle to reconsider. Under AIPC guidelines, companies that rescind offers are expected to pay three months’ salary as compensation.
Three full-time and one internship offer has been withdrawn from IIT-Kanpur. IIT-Delhi lost three final offers, IIT-Hyderabad five, and IIT-Roorkee four. IIT-Kharagpur also reported two revoked offers from Oracle, alongside similar withdrawals by EMA.ai, SuperAGI, and Interview Kickstart. Placement heads acknowledged that the campus recruitment drive is nearly complete, making it difficult to find equivalent opportunities.
Some institutes, including NIT-Warangal, are actively forwarding resumes and reaching out to other recruiters. While companies that fail to honor offers have sometimes been blacklisted, Oracle’s scale and longstanding presence may shield it from such sanctions.
