Srinagar, Jan 11: Chandigarh University (CU), the top private university in India as per the QS Asia Rankings 2024, saw phenomenal placements this academic year (2023-24) with 904 reputed companies turning up with 9124 job offers to CU students across diverse streams.
Chandigarh University Chancellor, Satnam Singh Sandhu, said that the focused approach of the University towards persistent and multidimensional training of students is in-line with the industry expectations and establishment of industry sponsored labs for hands-on-learning has led to a sharp increase in the number of placement offers and record salary packages which are highest in North India.
Sharing the placement statistics of the 2023 batch, Chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu said, “During the 2023 placement drive, the campus of Chandigarh University hosted a remarkable 904 companies that rolled out a total of 9,124 job offers to students across diverse streams.”
Notably, the recruitment drive featured active participation of 374 companies in various disciplines of Engineering, while more than 150 companies visited to hire the students of Management and Commerce. Additionally, more than 80 companies sought talent from CU for various roles in Hotel Management, while 37 companies visited to recruit the students of Pharmacy, Biotechnology, and Healthcare.
“In 2023, students received the highest international package of INR 1.74 Crore, whereas the highest salary package during the domestic placements stood at INR 54.75 Lakh. Over 31 recruiters extended job offers with an annual package of INR 20 Lakh or higher, and 52 companies rolled out job offers with salary packages worth INR 15 Lakh or more.”
More than 100 companies granted job offers with annual packages of INR 10 Lakh, and a substantial 310 companies offered positions with salary packages amounting to INR 5 lakh. Satnam Singh Sandhu further added that engineering streams attracted the highest number lucrative packages offered by over 374 top MNC’s such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, SAP Labs, VMWare, HP, Deloitte, Cognizant, Sapient, Hitachi, Practo Technologies, Flipkart, Gwynniebee India, Zomato.Com, L&T, TAFE, John Deere, Schindler and Deepak Nitrate. In the recent QS Asia Rankings (2023-2024), Chandigarh University clinched the number 1 position among all the private universities in India.