Mumbai: For Shrikant Singh, 34, the economic slowdown accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic and the shrinking job market, have triggered a sense of déjà vu.
Back in 2008-09, when the US sub-prime mortgage crisis led to a worldwide recession, he was just graduating from college. Having ranked second in his class at IIT-Kharagpur and with experience of international internships, Singh thought he was destined for a great career from the start.
But campus offers of recruitment were rescinded, and Singh, like many of his peers, graduated without a job in hand. “Things were extremely rosy for me in college but the reality during graduation was devastating," says Singh, now a business head at Amazon India.