Jobs swing in: Pre-placement offers up 50% at IITs; highest compensation tops Rs 1 crore

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are seeing a jump of up to 50% in pre-placement offers(PPOs) from the year before. That's good news for students at the premier engineering schools — more of them will now have jobs in hand even before final placements kick off in December.

By September last year, IIT Madras had received about 35 PPOs compared with almost 50 this year. IIT Bombay has so far received 123 PPOs, exceeding the 110 it got all of last year. IIT Kanpur has received 90, which is 24 more than the tally by last September. IIT Kharagpur has seen a spurt of almost 55% in PPOs to 142 until now from 92 ast year. Several investment banking and financial services companies are making a comeback to IIT campuses after a gap of two years or so. These include JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Barclays at Madras and Kharagpur. Other are making their debut, like Credit Suisse and Capital One at IIT Bombay. Ecommerce companies and startups remain the largest recruiters. For complete reading see here

GITAM students bag lucrative offers

GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus has made a kick start of its Campus Placements for the academic session 2015-16. Software service providers, like Tech Mahindra, NTT Data, Virtusa, Commvault, 

Mu Sigma and Modal N have together issued good number of job offers with highest pay package to the students of GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus. 

Most of the students selected for a package of Rs.5.5 Lakhs per annum, T&P Director Dr. N.Venukumar announced on Monday.

The companies selected the candidates on the basis of a written test followed by Group Discussion and a rigorous interview round. 

The first phase of campus placement program held for the current final year students across various branches of B.Tech programs.

About 40% students got the offer letters from various companies even in the month end of September, 2015. 

It may be mentioned that last year for 2014-15 academic session, GITAM had achieved 92 percent placements by 87 companies,

with the highest annual pay package of Rs.20 lakhs. More than 40 companies are in pipeline for the campus recruitment drive this year. For more details see here

LU ties up with co for job-oriented course

Lucknow University has joined hands with Bosch India for a short-term job oriented vocational training program. The two-month training program is meant for for school and college dropouts of 18 to 25 years of age. The training would be imparted to the needy children through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) partners and other vocational training institutes.

Aiming to reduce the rate of unemployment by enabling employability of youth, the programme consists of eight modules including communication skill, personality development, positive attitude, self-discipline and interview skills, customer service, domain specific knowledge, internship, spoken English and basic computers. The program particularly offers training on soft skills and job-specific skills. The highlight is on-the-job training and placement assistance in various industries.

The orientation program for students who are interested is likely to be held between October 13 and 17. The last date to apply is October 5. For complete story and details see here

IGNOU’s placement: 86 students bag jobs

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) organised a campus placement drive for students, at its Maidan Garhi campus in which four companies including multinational giants hired 86 students out of 432 aspirants.

The drive was organized by the Campus Placement Cell (CPC) of IGNOU as part of its drive every month in different parts ofthe country.

The companies included Go-Ibibo.com, Convergys, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. and Policy Bazaar. Policy Bazaar and Convergys gave on the spot offer letter to the successful candidates with a CTC between 21,000 to 25,000 per month and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. gave package of Rs 1.8 lakh per annum to the selected students.

Pro-Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sushma Yada, who was present during the drive said, "I welcome all the students, who have turned up for the drive; I would also like to congratulate you for being part of the world's largest university, as IGNOU ia brand." She thanked the companies for participating in the drive.

The companies claimed they selected students with good and effective communication skills. HR Manager, GO-Ibibo.com said, "In this competitive world, we have an expectation that, the candidate should at least be a graduate and should have impeccable communication and promising skills to get selected."

"I am really thankful to IGNOU for providing me this platform. Despite of learning in an Open University, we are also provided chance for campus placement that too coming from a regional centre and I am very much satisfied with the package the company gave.", said a student who was offered job by Go-Ibibo.com.

"CPC has been regularly organising placement drives for female students for cabin crew for leading airlines at different Regional Centres. In this month, six such drives were conducted in the western part of the country," said Manoj Kulshrestha, Director Incharge, CPC.

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Accenture helps skill training in Rajasthan

Accenture has been helping the Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) in its efforts to reduce unemployment and help provide skills training to people in the State of Rajasthan.

Accenture, which has been providing the RSLDC with strategic project-management support, recently helped develop and implement an information technology system for real-time monitoring of the organization’s work to build skills and reduce unemployment in Rajasthan.

The two-year effort has supported RSDLC’s goal of closing the skills gaps and reducing unemployment in concert with national skills-training and placement service providers. Accenture is also providing action plans to help RSLDC build a stronger skill development ecosystem in Rajasthan.

“This association with RSLDC marks Accenture’s first foray into the skills and livelihood space at the state level in India,” said Sanjeev Gupta, managing director of Accenture’s Health & Public Service practice in India. “Our deep experience with training systems, broad range of work for other government agencies in India, and prior involvement with other skill councils provided a solid foundation to implement this project.”

Shri Gaurav Goyal, managing director of the RSLDC, said “This partnership with Accenture has helped us advance our objective of implementing appropriate and innovative strategies to promote and facilitate, on a large scale, improved livelihoods for the poor and vulnerable members of society. India’s quest to become a highly influential nation globally requires that the right framework be developed and put in place.” For complete and original post see here

Placement drive at BBK DAV College

Amritsar: As many as 37 students of BBK DAV College for Women were selected in a campus placement drive organised by the placement cell of the institute here on Monday. A total of 120 students of BCA, BSc (IT), BSc (CSc), BSc (eco) and BCom (regular) final year participated and went through various phases of the drive like extempore, voice recognition and aptitude test. Akash Ahuja and Komal Arora of Concentrix visited the college to conduct interviews. for complete post see here

Campus hiring kick-starts on a high note this season

Campus hiring seems to have taken off on an upward scale going by feedback from stakeholders.

Major IT companies have already started recruiting from campuses and placement officers foresee the numbers going up compared to the previous year.

At Cochin University of Science and Technology, TCS offered jobs to about 150 students last year. “It has now gone up to 201. Hiring began on a positive note since it took off in the first week of September,” said Premkumar C.V., faculty in-charge, Training and Placement Cell, Cusat.

“Companies are also giving good offers to students this time. The openings are also not restricted to software development alone, but includes IT infrastructure and engineering applications,” he said.

Recruitment is not confined to city campuses alone. Companies are also scouting for talents in rural areas. “The total job offers at Cucek from various companies was only 55 last year. But TCS itself has offered jobs to 56 students this time. Eight other students had received offers from leading companies,” said P.S. Sreejith, Principal of Cochin University College of Engineering in Pulinkunnu near Cherthala.

More companies will be visiting campuses in the city and the suburbs in the coming days for recruitment. “We expect about 60 firms to participate in the campus placement drive to be held here on September 26. Students from various colleges can attend,” said Thomas Mathew, Principal of U.C. College, Aluva.

Faculty members in-charge of placement cell at Model Engineering College under IHRD in Thrikkakara said that early indicators pointed towards a prospective placement season ahead. “Nearly five to six prominent companies have already visited our campus,” they said. for complete and original post see here

Campus Placement at Chinmaya

Students of the Computer Science Department at Chinmaya Vidyapeet performed well in this year’s campus placement.

“A total of 12 students have already been selected by top companies like UST Global and Wipro. This year, the number of placements is likely to exceed last year’s total of 25,” informed the principal in a statement.

“Regular workshops are being organised to upgrade the soft skills and employability of students,” added the principal. for original post see here

75% students placed in well-known cos, highest offer is 16L

Despite the shortcomings that come with functioning from a temporary campus, the highest salary package offered to a student from NIT Goa passed out in 2015 was Rs16 lakh per annum. NIT Goa director GRC Reddy said at Sunday's convocation ceremony, "I am glad to inform you that 75% students of the first batch had been placed in various well-known companies and the maximum package offered to a students from the first batch was Rs 10 lakh per annum by Amazon and the average package was Rs4.3 lakh per annum. The overall percentage of placement for the second batch was 73% and the maximum package offered was 16 lakh per annum by Housing.com." The average package offered to students of the 2015 batch of NIT Goa was Rs4.89 lakh per annum. Companies that have visited the campus so far for placements are Samsung Technologies, L&T Construction, Amazon, Housing.com, Unisys and Barclay's. "As we all know, our institute is in its nascent stage and the strength of the students is also very less compared to established NITs. In spite of that we could attract a good number of companies fro the campus placement of our students," Reddy said.  For complete reading see here

How to choose MBA school

With admissions to MBA colleges in full swing, students would do well to check out various attributes before zeroing in on the right college. A good college not only paves the way for a great career ahead but also helps shape a person’s character, beliefs and thoughts and leads to a successful life. To choose the right business school, following important guidelines will help.

Approval: Any institution which is offering an MBA should be approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). There are some institutions which are offering MBA or equivalent courses which are not approved by AICTE.

Affiliation: Institutions are either affiliated to a university or are autonomous. Each of the categories has its own advantages and disadvantages. Universities traditionally have a strong foundation, and autonomous colleges have the advantage of updating the syllabi as per the need of the industry, on a regular basis.

Faculty: It is advisable to check out whether the B-school in question has distinguished, full-time, qualified faculty to provide continuous guidance to students. Try to find out the ratio between the full-time faculty members and the visiting faculty members. Have a look at the kind of guest lectures at the institute. The faculty is the prime factor for providing quality education, and continuous support from faculty members brings out the best in the students.  For complete and original post see here

VIT University records 7,947 job offers

 VIT University, Vellore, on Wednesday announced that 7,947 job offers were made by five information technology and services companies that visited the institute for a shared campus recruitment. This is the highest number of jobs offered in one campus hiring.

Five companies -- Cognizant Technology Solutions, Tata Consultancy Services, Accenture, Infosys and Wipro -- participated in the campus recruitment, held from September 1 to 15.

CTS hired 1,914 candidates, TCS 1,864, Accenture 1,472, Infosys 1,456 and Wipro 1,241 candidates during the drive, a press release from university on Tuesday said.  For complete post see here