Chandigarh University which is a private university situated in the Union Territory Chandigarh is a renowned private institution in India. In 2017, the Outlook India had given 16th rank to the CU among all the engineering colleges in India.
Many big company names like Google, IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Amazon are associated with Chandigarh University when it comes to the placements. Chandigarh University is aiming to provide not just a secure future to the students by placing them in the reputed companies, but also to impart the required skills as per the industry standards.
An overview of the
Chandigarh University Placements requires an in-depth analysis Placement record. The analysis includes The package offered by the companies, a number of companies visited the campus and the number of the students placed. The in-depth analysis also involves the field wise placement scrutiny.
To start with the general overview of the placements, the Chandigarh university witnessed a 60% surge in companies visiting the campus thereby becoming the holder of Limca Book of Records for the Highest number of firms in one academic year. In total, the Chandigarh University managed to bring top 450 companies to the campus who recruited 4964 students in 2017. The students from the Engineering stream, Management stream, and Hospitality stream grabbed the full attention of the top recruiters which includes the following names-
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Google
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Microsoft
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Amazon
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Dell
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Newgen
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HCL
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Larsen and Toubro
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Godrej
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Claridges
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Schwing Stetter
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Flipkart
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Park Ascent
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ITC Infotech
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L&T Infotech
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Vistara
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Deloitte
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SAP Labs
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HP
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Schindler
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John Deere
To name a few many other companies participated in the recruitment drive. In the management domain, Banking and Insurance, Business Analytics, Retail and Manufacturing manifested the maximum grabbers.
Highest Package Offered to the Students:
As already stated there is a 60% increase in the recruiters visiting the campus, the placement season of the Chandigarh University also witnessed an inclination in the packages offered to the students. In the year 2017, the Highest package touched to a new benchmark figure of 31 LPA. This benchmark is witnessed in the engineering stream while the Hospitality and management stream witnessed an upward trend in the highest package with 12 LPA and 14 LPA respectively. In the engineering stream, the highest package made a massive jump as the highest package offered in 2016 was 22.5 LPA.
Chandigarh University had witnessed year on year growth in the Highest package offered which is clearly evident from the last nine years data-
Total Students Placed in Firms:
While grabbing the placement opportunity, a student expects to get the best offer during the placement drives. Taking into account the sincere desire of the students, the Chandigarh University allowed the students to sit in multiple drives and provided them with the opportunity to grab multiple offers. CU attracted the top notch companies for the placements for the placements and the highest multiple offers grabbed by a student is 8.
Along with the highest placement offered, the placement season witnessed a rise in the number of students placed. Till present, the highest number of students placed is in the year 2017 with 4964 figure, which is exceptionally higher than the previous year 4690 figure. Over the years, a steep increase in the number of students placed has been witnessed which is evident from the following data-
Number of Companies that visited campus for recruitment:
The maximum number of companies that visited the campus in the history of the Chandigarh University was in the year 2017. The University witnessed an increase of 29 from the last year. During the previous year, 425 companies visited the campus while in the year 2017 454 companies visited campus for the recruitment. The top 400 multinational companies that visited the campus were from the field of Electronics and Communication, Civil, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Hotel Management, Computer Applications, Animation, Bio-Technology and MBA (Hr, Finance and Marketing).
The increase in the companies visited the campus year on year, is evident from the data available of the last nine years.
Looking at another aspect of the Placement records, the analysis can be done streamwise to get the more profound insights.
Engineering Placement Records:
Engineering stream is the most remunerative stream of the Chandigarh University. The highest package offered in the engineering stream is the highest among the others. In 2017, the highest package offered in the engineering field is INR 31 LPA which was offered by the Global e-commerce giant Amazon. World's top MNCs like Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Polaris, ITC Infotech and other significant companies hired the students.
Management placement Record:
200 big MNCs participated in the campus recruitment process and offered jobs to 1200 MBA students. In the field of management, the highest package offered to a student was INR 14 LPA by an International Banking Firm Madison Street Capital. The average pay package offered to the students of the management background was INR 4.5 lakhs. As the students were given full access to sit in multiple placement drives, around 150 MBA students got the multiple placement offers during the campus drive. In the MBA placement drive, the growth of 20% is witnessed in the MNCs participating this year thereby touching the figure of 72. The top recruiters in management field included Federal Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Laurent & Benon, Canara Bank, IBM, TATA, HDFC Bank and many more.
Hotel Management Placement Record:
The sectors in which the students got placed in the Hospitality field were 5-star Hotels, Airlines and International Cruise Liners and Travel and Tour Management companies. The top participating hotel chains were The Oberoi Group, JW Marriott, Jaypee Group, ITC Group of Hotels, The Grand, Hotel Taj, Hyatt Regency, Hotel Lalit and more. These recruitment companies do not just provide the placement opportunities to the students but also provides the internship opportunities to the students studying in the Chandigarh University.
Chandigarh University claims to be the 'University with Best Placement.' As per the records and statistics, the growth in various domains of the placements is indicative of the direction going on a progressive path.
