Campus Placement Data Suspicious? RTI for Company-wise Offer Record

Part of Pillar 3 — RTI for Students & Youth.

• Placement brochure claims 100% placement; reality differs.
• Highest / average package numbers look inflated.
• PPO (Pre-Placement Offer) counts unverified.
• Unplaced students not reflected in published reports.
• Internship-to-PPO conversion rate not disclosed.

• Admission decision pending — verifying college's claims.
• Accreditation challenge (NAAC, NBA) — need placement record.
• Alumni audit of placement trends.
• RTI to hold the TPO (Training & Placement Officer) accountable.

• Branch-wise registered, placed, and unplaced student counts.
• Company-wise offers with CTC and roles.
• Internship-to-PPO conversion rate.
• Median / mean / mode CTC — not just highest.
• Dream offer, on-campus vs off-campus splits.
• TPO budget and activity calendar.
• NIRF / NBA data submission with placement fields.

• IITs / NITs / Central Universities / IIMs / IIITs / AIIMS → their CPIO via rtionline.gov.in or institute RTI portal.
• Private AICTE-approved colleges → not public authorities; RTI routes via AICTE for the data submitted to it.
• State universities → state RTI portal.
• Rs. 10 fee; BPL free.

To,
The Central/State Public Information Officer,
[Institute Name / AICTE (for NIRF / accreditation data)],
[Address]

Subject: Information under Section 6(1) of the RTI Act, 2005, regarding campus placement records.

Sir/Madam,

I, [Name], [Student / Alumnus / Citizen], address [Full Address], submit:

Institute / University: ________
Programme / Degree: ________
Batch / Year of graduation: ________

Please provide, for Academic Year [YYYY-YY]:

1. Branch-wise / programme-wise number of students registered for placements, placed (on-campus + off-campus), and unplaced.
2. Company-wise list of offers with role designation and CTC, anonymised at candidate level.
3. Internship-to-PPO conversion count and rate.
4. Median, mean, and mode CTC, separately for on-campus and off-campus.
5. Dream-offer and second-offer counts.
6. Training & Placement Office budget, head-count, and list of companies visited.
7. Placement data submitted to NIRF / NBA / NAAC, with any variance notes.
8. Certified copy of the Placement Policy adopted by the Institute.
9. Action taken if a company reneged on an offer in the same period.
10. First Appellate Authority contact.

I enclose Indian Postal Order No. __________ for Rs. 10.
I declare I am an Indian citizen.

Yours faithfully,
[Signature, Date, Place]

1. Branch-wise placed / unplaced counts.
2. Company-wise offers + CTC.
3. PPO conversion.
4. Median / mean / mode CTC.
5. Dream / second offers.
6. TPO budget.
7. NIRF / NBA placement data.
8. Placement Policy.
9. Company-renege action.
10. FAA contact.

• Day 0–10 RTI routed to TPO / Registrar's office.
• Day 10–25 Placement register compiled.
• Day 30 Reply mandatory.
• Day 30+ First Appeal; NIRF / NAAC for data mismatch.

• Asking for individual student names — third-party; denied under §8(1)(j).
• Filing to a private college's TPO directly — they are not public authorities.
• Not distinguishing offer from joined — ask for both.
• Missing the internship-to-PPO metric — most ranking bodies ask for it.

• Company-level data is not third-party when the company is identified publicly in offer letters / press releases.
• CTC bands (e.g., 10-15 LPA, 15-25 LPA) sidestep §8(1)(d) objections.
• Parallel NIRF / NAAC filing at nirfindia.org strengthens the record.
• For off-campus, ask the institute to cite the verification mechanism.

Q1. Can a private college refuse?
Yes under RTI. But public-funded and substantially-financed private colleges are in scope; AICTE data is always in scope.

Q2. Is student-level data available?
Only in anonymised aggregate. Named data = §8(1)(j).

Q3. What's a “dream offer”?
A top-tier offer above the standard CTC threshold set by the TPO; policy documents clarify.

Q4. Can I ask about rejected applications from companies?
Yes — in aggregate; the company-wise rejection count is institute record.

Placement brochures sell. Placement registers tell the truth. RTI bridges the gap — and makes the numbers comparable across institutes and years.

• RTI for college admission rejection
• RTI for hostel fees
• Pillar 3 — Students & Youth
• RTI for degree verification

• RTI Act, 2005, Sections 2(h), 4, 8(1)(d), 8(1)(j)
• NIRF Framework SOPs
• AICTE Approval Process Handbook

Last reviewed: 21 April 2026.