B.Tech students get lucrative job offers

AROUND 90 per cent students of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) course have been recruited through campus interviews in the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, so far.

AROUND 90 per cent students of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) course have been recruited through campus interviews in the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, so far.

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As per information, out of total 590 students from various branches of engineering such as B.Tech (Ceramic, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Mining, Pharmacy), M.Tech, MCA and M.Sc, 450 have been recruited through campus placements. Some of the students have got a salary package of around Rs 10 lakh per annum.

Out of 392 B.Tech students, a total of 374 candidates have been recruited through campus placements whereas out of 155 students of M.Tech, 72 have got lucrative job offers in several multi-national companies. Out of 43 students of MCA and M.Sc, four have been recruited through campus placements.

As per the Training and Placement Cell of IT-BHU, leading multi-national companies like Wipro, IBM, Infosys and cognisant have conducted campus interviews so far. M/s Cognizant Ltd. has selected 206 students from different branches of engineering whereas IBM has recruited 96 students from B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA and M.Sc branches of Engineering. M/s Infosys have selected 62 students from B.Tech and M.Tech whereas Wipro have selected 50 students.

Training and Placement Officer of IT-BHU, Dr SN Singh said that Microsoft Ltd, Hindustan Lever Limited, Morgan and Stanley, Oracle, Ashok Leyland, Hewllet and Packard and M.Dot are among other multi-national companies, which are scheduled to visit IT-BHU. The campus placement got underway on July 31 last month and would continue till August 31.