- Published on May 5, 2025
- In IT Services
Indian IT’s Goal to Hire 1 Lakh Freshers Stands on Thin Ice
Analyst expects large IT firms to maintain a healthy pipeline of fresh talent but stagger joining dates until new businesses materialise.
- By Mohit Pandey
Even as top Indian IT firms performed moderately in Q4 FY25, with some reporting single-digit growth and others seeing a decline, the focus shifted to campus hiring with big numbers.
Leading firms like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro, HCLTech and Tech Mahindra collectively plan to hire over 100,000 fresh graduates in FY26, even as demand slows and AI threatens to reduce entry-level job tasks.
TCS alone says it could hire up to or exceed 42,000 hires it made in FY25, while Infosys and Cognizant talk of hiring 20,000 each and Wipro around 10,000 freshers. HCLTech, which trimmed its target mid-year but still hired over 7,800 fresh graduates, is planning to increase hiring frequency. Mid-tier firms like Persistent Systems, LTIMindtree and WNS, which pos
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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