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In a country of 1.2 billion people, campus placements offer thousands of students the opportunity to carve out a name for themselves. Which is why when Flipkart pushed its joining date for new recruits from June 2016 till December 2016, students in B-schools across the country felt cheated. In another incident, L&T Infotech has cancelled offer letters given to 1,500 students in 2014, alleging that their performance was not up to the mark. But beyond the specific ‘why’, this incident should be seen in the larger context of the possible cracks in the startup ecosystem in India.

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