Chandigarh University beats own record in campus placements: Registers 7,412 offers by 757 MNCS
Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Amazon, IBM, Arcesium, Deloitte, Morgan Stanley are some global firms that recruited fresh talents from the varsity this year
At the time when multinationals have changed their hiring pattern and numbers for fresh talent due to global pandemic, Chandigarh University has once again proved its leadership in campus recruitments beating its own last year’s record.
CU registered a record number of 7412 offers for its 2021 passing-out batch which is 12% more as compared to last year 6617 offers. Not only the number of multinationals which conducted their placement processes saw a jump of 10% than the placement session 2020, but also the number of companies offering packages more than Rs 20 LPA registered a record surge for 2021 batch. 757 multinationals including 300 Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, IBM, Arcesium, Adobe, Deloitte, Morgan Stanley, Qualcomm, Philips, Goldman Sachs, Toshiba, Red Hat have conducted their recruitment processes and selected students across the Engineering and MBA streams.
“After getting accredited with A+ Grade by the prestigious NAAC (National Accreditation and Assessment Council) in 2019, Chandigarh University has been placed among top 5% India’s universities and higher education institutions based on quality parameters such as academic learning process, rich industry-academia interface, world-class infrastructure, robust research, academic rich faculty, international tie-ups.
As a result, “The number of top notch global and Indian multinationals visiting Chandigarh University for campus placements have more than doubled in last two years,” said Satnam Singh Sandhu, chancellor, Chandigarh University. Currently, there are more than 200 common recruiters visiting IITS, NITS, IIMS and Chandigarh University for campus placements.
“Covid-19 did not affect our campus placements for 2021 batch and the record number of 757 companies turning up this year for recruitments has put yet another endorsement on our quality of academic teachinglearning pedagogy that we are imparting to students,” added Satnam Singh Sandhu, chancellor, Chandigarh University.
“We are meeting the expectations of the Industry in terms of providing industry-ready professionals who have been equipped with technical and interpersonal skills that the corporate world is looking for and that is the reason that many of the global companies such as Arcesium, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Deloitte, Bank of America, Standard Chartered have been some of the regular recruiters at Chandigarh University who are visiting year after year looking for fresh talent, Sandhu added.
Currently Chandigarh University has more than 30 industry sponsored and established R&D centres including Microsoft Innovation Centre, IBM Software Lab for Emerging Technologies, Hyundai Professional Development Centre, Volvo Eicher Training Academy and others, where students undergo practical hands-on training on emerging technologies by the industry experts.
This year 100+ companies offered Rs 10 LPA and above packages to the students of various streams as a result of which, the average package offered to the students of 2021 passing-out batch at Chandigarh University touched Rs 8 LPA which is 20% more as compared to 2020 batch. The university set yet another milestone this year as 2,000+ industry sponsored internships were offered to the engineering and MBA students and the stipend packages of up to Rs 1 lakh were offered to them during training period.