IIIT Hyderabad has been ranked 3rd by DataQuest’s T-School Employability Index Survey 2021. This is a new study by DataQuest (DQ) and Cyber Media Research (CMR) around employability, and shows how different educational institutes performed in securing placement for their students amid the raging pandemic. This was measured by the Employability Index, which means possessing a set of qualifications, skills, understandings, and personal attributes that make students likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations.