The KIIT University’s record campus placements spell continued in 2013 despite the tough market condition with respect to recruitment of freshers. The university achieved 89 per cent placement averaging across all courses of studies in the year.
Out of 1,848 students eligible for placements in six streams of the university’s Schools of Engineering, School of Computer Application, School of Biotechnology, School of Management, School of Rural Management and School of law, 1,651 bagged job offers. Many students, 57 from Schools of Engineering, were pampered with two or even three job offers. These jobs were offered by 174 companies.
Top corporate houses and multinational companies like Microsoft, Intel, SAP, Tata Steel, Tata Power, MuSigma, Aricent, TCS, Accenture, CapGemini, SISl, TIl, Genpact, Bergen Solar Power & Energy and Windworld Energy (Enercon) participated in the placement drive. For the sixth year in a row, TCS was the top recruiter doling out 432 job offers. The highest salary package in the Schools of Engineering was Rs 16.25 l per annum offered by Microsoft and the average salary package was Rs 3.15 lakh. Visits by many more companies are in the pipeline. As many as 20 recruiters visited School of law and offered jobs to 74 BAllB, BBAllB and BScllB graduates. Taking into account another four students who were academically placed, the school has so far recorded 73 per cent placement.