Placement boom at DTU
Delhi Technological University, formerly Delhi College of Engineering, has experienced a boom in placements this year with almost 100 leading companies having visited the campus for recruitment.
Tweet-- Consequent upon upgradation of Delhi College of Engineering into Delhi Technological University (DTU), a great number of companies including MNCs and leading world-class Research and Consultancy organizations have chosen DTU for sourcing quality manpower, through campus placements. Almost 100 organizations have already visited the campus of DTU for placements in the 2009-10 academic session.
In this session, around 516 job offers have been made so far to approx. 460 eligible candidates. Even today, India's leading consultancy company Engineers India Ltd, renowned software company HUAWEI and ZTE Telecom India Pvt. Ltd visited the DTU campus for placements.
Leading MNC's which have selected students of DTU include Microsoft, IBM, Coca Cola, Sony Research Centre, Bank of America, Mckinsey, Schlumberger, Cisco, McAfee, Samsung Engineering, Deloitte apart from India's reputed industries like TCS, Infosys, Maruti Udyog Ltd., L&T, Ashok Leyland, Hero Honda, Airtel, Tata Motors etc. Even Public Sector Undertakings including NTPC, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, and Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd (BHEL) besides Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Indian Navy have made recruitments from DTU, to mention few.
The highest pay package offered this year has gone upto Rs 11 lakhs, whereas the average package is Rs 5.5 lakhs, which is slightly better than the last year's average salary of just over 5 lakhs. The largest number of offers has been made by Aricent, which has proposed to recruit 60 students from different disciplines like Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics & Communication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering of DTU. "The job offers made this year are in a good mix of varied sectors like core, software, consultancy, IT, Finance, Services, Telecom and even Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)," said Prof. S. K. Garg, Head, Department of Training & Placement, DTU.
Explaining the reasons for placement boom at the Varsity, Prof. P. B. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, DTU, informed, "DTU prepares students beyond structured curriculum to address the challenges of engineering of tomorrow, primarily through expert lectures by industry leaders and participation in activities of professional societies chapters at DTU (such as IEEE, IET, SAE etc.), which further bridges the gap between graduating engineers and professional engineers. The inter-disciplinary focus of engineering and promotion of team work for design, innovation and new product development further strengthens the competency and caliber of our students."
Notes to Editor
Delhi Technological University (formerly known as Delhi College of Engineering) is one of the most well-known engineering institutions of India, with over 68 years of glorious tradition behind it. A non-affiliating teaching and research University, DTU is poised to create an environment of synergetic partnership between academia and industry. It aims to cause a major departure from the conventional system of education and research and aspires to imbibe a culture of scientific research in its technology disciplines and technology temper in its scientific research and education by providing a seamless environment for integration of science and engineering. The University also endeavors to provide the thrill of a corporate R&D environment with a planned focus on industrially relevant projects and technology incubation.