Unlocking dreams amid COVID-19 Lockdown, Chandigarh University hosts monumental Placement Day
5000+ Placement Offers extended by 500+ Companies with ₹ 35 LPA being the highest package
Chandigarh University’s exceptional performance during the COVID-19 has once again proved the varsity’s mettle in campus placements. It is irrefutable that COVID-19 had sent the world into a lockdown and gave rise to uncertainties about the future. However, Chandigarh University, on the other hand, ensured top-notch placements amid the pandemic with virtual placement day witnessing 500 + companies extending 5000+ Placement Offers to CU students.
With major global companies such as IBM, Deloitte, Amazon, Flipkart, Earnest Young, Bank of America, VIVO, ICICI Danone Foods, KPMG, etc. among the top recruiters, the highest package received was ₹ 35 LPA. The number of placements achieved by Chandigarh University during the period of COVID-19 signifies how quality education has been crucial to survive and progress in such period of time. Expecting a serious halt to their budding careers, the students at Chandigarh University were rescued by the Placement Day of Chandigarh University, which earned them job offers.
The participation of more than 500 multinational companies at the virtual campus placement drives guaranteed diversity of job roles and opportunities for the students of Engineering, MBA, Hotel Management, Pharmacy, Bio-Technology, Architecture, and other programs. Arduously working round the calendar, the placement cell of Chandigarh University secured a good number of core engineering branch companies. For instance, among the 350 core Engineering branch companies, 30+ companies came for specifically for the Civil Engineering students.
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”.
Apart from it, the number of Fortune-500 companies that have recruited Chandigarh University students has been 300 while there were 50+ companies from the Top-100 Indian Companies that have conducted their recruitment process till date.