Freshers back in demand as IT firms revive campus hiring drive

Indian information technology (IT) services companies have resumed campus hiring and onboarding engineering graduates after a lull of two years, even as the macroeconomic environment stays sluggish and technology spending remains under tight control.

- AVIK DAS

Companies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, HCLTech, and Wipro are in the process of meeting their fresher hiring targets for the ongoing financial year of 2025-26 (FY26). They had said at the start of FY26 that campus recruitment would be higher this time.

Infosys said last week that it hired 12,000 freshers in the first half of the year, and that it remains on track to meet its target of 20,000 engineering graduates.

“Atthe beginning of the year, ourtarget was to recruit 15,000-20,000 freshers. So far, we have hired 12,000, and are on course to achieve the annual goal of 20,000,” said Jayesh Sangrajka, chief financial officer (CFO), Infosys.