Why don't consultancies recruit from IIT BHU?

Consultancies do recruit from IIT (BHU). However, there are relatively fewer hires for these positions as compared to other sectors. Some of the famous consultancies that hire from this IIT are - Deloitte, McKinsey, B. EXL, ZS Associates, Capgemini. In 2020, only 21 students were recruited for consulting positions, as compared to about 800 recruits overall. The reason behind this is stated below:

• As it is an Institute for technology, most students prefer going to more technical areas of work.

• After graduating some students prefer to pursue an MBA after a couple of years of work in the field.

• Students do not have courses in IIT which solely focussed on leadership skills and/ or business management. Also, there are no courses in economics and finance.

• There are usually fewer job opportunities in consulting - even lesser for people coming from purely technical institutions.

• Some people go into building start-ups rather than going into entry-level management/ consulting positions, especially since they can develop the technical skill-set in college itself.