The highest package offered so far is Rs. 16 lakh per annum
Within three weeks of the start of the new academic session,
Delhi Technological University (DTU) students were offered 86 jobs.
As many as 16 companies including Microsoft, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Direction,
Texas Instruments, Indian Oil, Maruti, TCS and Indian Navy visited the campus. The
placements for the 2011-12 academic sessions started on August 2 with a number of
companies visiting the varsity to recruit students. While the first three weeks
had 16 companies offering 86 offers, another 30 are scheduled to visit the campus
by September 30.
The highest package offered so far is Rs. 16 lakh per annum, but the figure
is expected to rise significantly. According to Neeraj Nimwal, placement officer,
DTU, The companies for which the dates have already been booked include Mckinsey,
Oracle, Engineers India Limited, NTPC, Wipro, Info Fidelity and foreign companies
such as Work Applications of Japan, EPIC of America which offer pay package ranging
from Rs. 28-37 lakh per annum. Last year DTU students had received 955 job offers
from 176 companies during the placement period and the university is expecting to
cross the 1,000 job-offer mark this year. Leading companies besides making job offers
to final-year students are also offering paid internship to the third-year students.
Courtesy: Times of India
