Innovation and improvement of the quality of placement have been brought to focus in the IIIT, Bhubaneswar, a university established and supported by the State Government.
This was decided at its Board of Governors’ meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi at the Lok Seva Bhawan on Friday.
Reviewing the progress of infrastructural and study eco-system projects in the institute, Padhi directed to match the areas of specialisation in MTech and PhD with industry requirement. The Director of the institute was advised to liaison with the advanced industries having Research and Development (R and D) activities and sign up placement consent understanding with them for placement of the students completing MTech and PhD from the institute.
Review showed that IIIT, Bhubaneswar started placement drive through campus recruitment initiative from the year 2013. So far around 100 per cent pass outs have found placement in the leading industries and corporate houses.
This year, placement season for the academic year 2019-20 has commenced from August 5, 2019, informed Director Prof Gopal Krishna Nayak World class business leaders like Microsoft, McKinsey and Visa along with leading multinational companies have come to the campus. The students have got placement offers from these companies with compensation ranging from 15 to 41 lakhs per year.
Independent Governors participating in the discussion lighted upon different ways for promoting innovation in the campus. Member Governor Sanjay Kumar Singh advised the institute to participate in National Institute Ranking (NIR) framework each year.
Electronics and IT ACS CJ Venugopal, Skill Development and Technical Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh, MasTek founder Prof Ashank Desai were present, among others.