A total of 1,219 students of State Government-run engineering colleges got placements in various companies through campus selection in 2014-15. Of 1,219 students, highest 412 from the CET, Bhubaneswar got jobs. Similarly, 387 from the VSSUT, Burla, 217 from PMEC, Brahmapur, 177 from IGIT, Saranga and 26 from the GCE, Kalahandi were selected.
The number of Government college engineering students selected through these colleges stood at 1,091 I n 2013-14, 816 in 2012-13, 966 in 2011-12 and 848 in the previous year. Employment and Technical Education and Training Minister Sanjay Dasburma informed this in the Assembly on Saturday in a written reply to a question put by Member Dr Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik. He said college authorities conduct campus selection process on their own manner.