India’s leading engineering and management institutes are carefully watching the changing US visa environment ahead of the 2025 placement season. Following US President Donald Trump ‘s reforms to the H-1B programme and a new legislative push in Washington, Indian students aspiring for international jobs are facing growing uncertainty.

Group VC of BITS Pilani and ex-IIT Delhi director Ramgopal Rao told The Indian Express that international placements have always been about 5-10% part of total offers at IITs and BITS. The limited share means the overall impact may be contained, but experts cautioned that the impact could reshape both India’s domestic job market and global mobility for skilled graduates.

Limited immediate impact

Professor Rao told IE that the consequences of the H-1B

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