Chandigarh University MBA placements witness a surge
Highest package of ₹14 LPA offered to business analytics students, 475 students bags 710 offers from MNCs during the placements
CHANDIGARH: The campus placements for the 2017 batch of MBA students at the University School of Business at Chandigarh University has registered a record surge of 60% as compared to last year.
Over 200 MNCs from banking and financial, retail, FMCG, marketing, wealth management, business analytics, e-commerce, tourism and hospitality, and IT sector have selected 475 MBA students during the campus recruitments.
The highest package saw a jump of 100% and touched ₹14 LPA, and the average package offered by the multinationals reached ₹5 LPA.
Vice-chancellor Dr RS Bawa said, “475 MBA students have managed to bag 710 offers from MNCs during the campus placements. As a result there are over 181 USB students across the specialisations of finance, marketing, HR, international business, tourism and hospitality, business analytics and banking and financial engineering, who have managed to bag offers from more than one company.”
The number of students bagging two offer letters was 136, while the number of students bagging three offers was 38, he added. There has been a 30% surge in the MNCs offering a package of ₹5 lakh or more. The number has touched 50.
Students of MBA business analytics topped the placement by bagging ₹14 LPA.
Top notch companies such as Amazon, Mindtree, Idea, Deloitte, Birlasoft, Panasonic, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank selected business analytics students from CU, while companies such as Yes Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Securities, Zycus, Precision Group, Tata Technologies selected students from banking and finance with the highest package of ₹10 LPA.
Students of HR were selected by Bandhan Bank, ITC, Vardhaman Textiles, CSC, Hyundai Constructions, etc with the highest package of ₹6 LPA.
The highest package of ₹7 LPA was offered to students of marketing, who were selected by Axis Bank, Federal Bank, Naukri.com, IFB, Bajaj Electricals, Panasonic, Café Coffee Day, etc. Disclaimer: The article is based on information provided by the institute. It has not been verified by HT Education. Readers are advised to carry out their own checks.