New from Seminarroom: Quantaskills

AI-ready careers.

Three clear paths.

Practical skills, real projects and placement support, built for every stream. Build AI products, deploy AI inside client businesses, or put AI to work in business roles: start from your degree and pick your path.

75,000+Students served
120+Colleges and universities onboarded
40,000+Hours of industry-aligned sessions
2,000+Industry speakers
250+Corporate partnerships

The fresher market has split in two

For a decade, campus placement ran on volume: service firms hired freshers at a standard band and trained them after joining. Early trends from the 2026 placement season show offers being priced on what a fresher can build, not only on the degree that got them the interview.

Routine-skill fresher

₹3–4 LPA

The legacy entry band, increasingly bypassed

  • Tasks being automatedAI now absorbs routine coding and testing work
  • 44% fewer fresher tech openings0–2 years' experience, June 2026 vs 2025 (Xpheno)
  • 55% of IT firms cut junior rolesAfter adopting GenAI tools (ICRIER study)

AI-capable fresher

₹7–12 LPA

The emerging entry band, 2026 placement season

  • Up to 56% salary premiumAI-skilled freshers vs non-AI peers (Naukri)
  • +34% entry-level AI job growthAI hiring now spans IT, BFSI, KPO and beyond
  • Hired for what they can buildPortfolio and proof of work over the degree alone

Where entry-level pay has moved (₹ lakh per annum)

Routine fresher bandLegacy entry offers
₹3–4 LPA
AI-capable fresher2026 campus trend
₹7–12 LPA
GenAI / agentic fresherWith portfolio projects
₹8–15 LPA
FDE programExpected package
₹12 LPA
Bands: Nasscom community analysis of 2026 placement trends; industry salary trackers for GenAI and agentic roles; FDE expected package per the Quantaskills FDE program. Premiums and growth: Naukri AI Jobs Report (2025).

Three tracks, one goal: get placed

Each track is built around a different student and a different first job. All three share Seminarroom's mentor network, live industry projects and placement support.

Program 01

Career-Focused AI Training

Industry-aligned learning with guided placement support.

For B.Tech, BCA and MCA students
  • Nine modules, from AI foundations to MLOps and deployment
  • Portfolio-grade capstone builds with live mentors
  • Placement assistance built in from Day 1
₹4 LPAExpected annual package for placed candidates
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Program 02 Flagship

Forward Deployed Engineer

Engineering depth meets client delivery.

For final-year BE / B.Tech students
  • 12 months on campus, 30 students per cohort
  • Employer-hosted immersion and live enterprise projects
  • FDE-style interview prep with Seminarroom and GKT
₹12 LPAExpected annual package for placed candidates
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Program 03

AI Generalist

AI fluency for every stream, no coding required.

For management, commerce and non-tech students
  • Prompting, AI tools and workflow automation from scratch
  • Hands-on projects with everyday no-code AI tools
  • A certificate and portfolio that stand out at placements
₹3 LPAExpected annual package for placed candidates
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The three tracks side by side

Compare Program 01Career-Focused AI Training Program 02, flagshipForward Deployed Engineer Program 03AI Generalist
Built forB.Tech, BCA and MCA studentsFinal-year BE / B.Tech students targeting AI-first firms and consultingManagement, commerce and non-tech graduates
Coding depthHands-on engineering, from Python to MLOpsProduction engineering plus client deliveryNone required: everyday no-code AI tools
Core focusMachine learning, GenAI and LLMs, AI agents, full-stack AI appsAgents and RAG, cloud and APIs, system design, client communicationPrompting, AI tools, workflow automation, applied AI thinking
Proof of workPortfolio-grade capstone buildsLive enterprise projects and employer-hosted immersionCertificate and portfolio of applied AI projects
Where it leadsAI and software roles, backed by a placement assistance modelJunior FDE, AI/ML, data and cloud, and solutions rolesBusiness analyst, marketing, operations, research, founder's office, client servicing
Headline outcome₹4 LPA expected annual package₹12 LPA expected annual package₹3 LPA expected annual package

Why campuses are moving now

The gap between campus and career shows up differently for colleges, companies and students, but it's the same problem: curriculum and hiring are moving at different speeds.

For colleges

The challenge

  • Academia–industry syllabus correlation
  • Production AI is expanding faster than curriculum
  • Recruiters expect AI-ready skills on Day 1
  • Students lack shippable, real-world portfolios

With Seminarroom

  • AI-ready graduates, better roles
  • Strengthens rankings and NAAC accreditation
  • Faculty enablement through to student placement readiness
  • Turnkey delivery, zero curriculum overhead

For corporates

The challenge

  • Hard to find graduates who are truly job-ready
  • High cost and time spent re-training new hires
  • Real project needs go unmet
  • Early attrition from mismatched hiring

With Seminarroom

  • A pre-vetted, industry-trained hiring pipeline
  • Lower onboarding costs, project-ready talent
  • Live problem statements, talent pipeline
  • Visibility across 70+ partner campuses

For students

The challenge

  • Coursework doesn't match interview asks
  • Little to no real-world project exposure
  • Uncertain placements, with no safety net
  • Non-tech students feel left out of AI

With Seminarroom

  • Real-world capstone projects
  • Mentorship from AI practitioners
  • Placement support
  • Industry-recognised certificate

Backed by industry, trusted by campuses

Our industry network spans global IT services leaders, consulting firms and enterprises, alongside 250+ corporate partnerships across BFSI, IT services, consulting and AI-first startups.

CognizantTCSInfosysCapgeminiWiproTech MahindraFordDXC TechnologyIBMNityo InfotechKyndryl+250 partners

Names are shown for reference and do not imply that any organisation will hire program participants.

Trusted by institutions including

Manipal Online AcademyJAINREVA UniversityPES UniversityAlliance UniversityRamaiah
Winner, 2022 Amrita Startup AwardBest Innovation in Education Technology, Dept. of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka

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