More than 500 Multinationals conducts virtual campus placements during COVID-19 for 2021 batch
Chandigarh University has once again proved their leadership in campus placements in Northern India by clocking 5000+ job offers for 2021 passing-out batch. The global COVID-19 pandemic seems to have no effect as more than 500 multinational companies conducted virtual campus placement drives for the students of Engineering, MBA, Hotel Management, Pharmacy, Bio-Technology, Architecture and other programs. This is stated by Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor, Chandigarh University during a media interaction at Chandigarh.
“As the economy picked-up after lockdown, the companies started rolling out their recruitment process which shifted to online mode this year. The placement session for 2021 batch kicked-off in the month of July 2020 and within three months the University registered 1000+ job offers as 150+ companies had completed their recruitment process by then” said Satnam Sandhu.
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While giving details about the campus placements, Prof. Himani Sood, Sr. Vice-President, Chandigarh University said, “As the campus placements are still on, more than 350 core engineering branch companies have already selected students of Computer Sciences, IT, Electronics & Communication, Electrical, Mechanical, Automobile, Civil, Petroleum, Mechatronics and Aerospace Engineering branches. The highest package for Engineering touched Rs. 35 LPA which was offered by US based MNC Arcesium for the CSE/IT branch students”. Prof. Himani further added that, “There has been exponential growth in number of companies offering packages of 10 LPA or more. The placement session 2021 saw 10 MNCs offering 25 LPA or more while till date there are 18 multinationals which have offered a package of 15 LPA or more”. The average salary package offered to the students of Engineering has touched 8 LPA while that in the case of MBA students it has touched 7 LPA.
"While I was studying Engineering, I had read about dream packages being offered to IIT students only but after getting 18.5 L.P.A offered by one of India’s top IT company Nutanix it is clear that the knowledge-based learning imparted by the faculty of Chandigarh University is an important ingredient for success, said Aditya Sharma, a Computer Science Engineering student. I had always dream about working for top companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Chandigarh University Gharuan happens to be the only University in North India where I got the chance to sit for campus interviews for all my dream companies. Before getting finally selected by one of them", said Akshay Rohilla, a computer science engineering student selected by Microsoft.
Despite Covid, the placement cell of Chandigarh University managed to get a good number of core engineering branch companies and most of them conducted virtual campus placement drive. About 350 core Engineering branch companies selected students out of which 30+ companies came for Civil Engineering students, said Muthu Vel, selected by Pearce Service with an annual package of 5 lakhs. In the management domain, Siddharth Saihgal, an MBA student said, “ I am thankful to my alma mater Chandigarh University that provided me an invigorating and career-focused learning environment”. Siddharth further said, “ The case study-based learning approach helped me in developing skills like Data Analytics and Financial Engineering. Possessing such skills helped in bagging job with Deloitte which offered me a package of Rs 7.9 L.P.A”.
The number of Fortune-500 companies which have selected students from Chandigarh University has been 300 while 50+ companies from the Top-100 Indian Companies have conducted their recruitment process till date. Some of the global companies which have recruited students of 2021 batch included Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Walmart, Deloitte, Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, Cisco while the top Indian recruiters includes Wipro, TCS, Cognizant, Capgemini, L&T, Accenture, Flipkart, Hexagon, Birlasoft.
“We have comprehensive pre-placement training program which starts from the first year itself. The student undergoes comprehensive training which comprises of Aptitude, Communication and Technical Skills that prepares them for company specific requirements” said Prof. Himani. The University has also tie-up with India’s leading skill assessment company, Aspiring Minds which regularly conducts AMCAT Examination to assess the performance of the students vis-à-vis to the employability skills required by the industry, she added.
“Chandigarh University have maintained leadership in campus placements in the region for the past 5 years which is an endorsement to our academic model which is 100% based on the inputs from Industry. The University offers Industry Collaborative programs in the emerging fields like AI & Machine Learning, Big Data & Data Analytics, Information Security, Cloud Computing in which the entire course curriculum is curated by Industry Experts which enhance the job prospects of the students” added Satnam Singh Sandhu. The academic session 2020-21 has been a year of achievements for Chandigarh University as the University received the prestigious NAAC A+ grade and CU also emerged as the leading University in the field of Research & Innovation for filing highest number of 700 patents as per the rankings released by Office of Controller General of Patent Design and Trademarks.