UPES: 100% engineering, computer science students placed
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies' placement season ended 91% students placed.
Abhijit Srivastava | July 26, 2021 | 08:28 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Dehradun-based University Of Petroleum and Energy (UPES) has concluded its annual placements 2020-21 with 91% of its graduate and postgraduate students from its engineering, computer science, and law schools placed. In the case of engineering and computer science, 100% students found jobs. A total of 2,100 students were placed.
Students from across the four schools received over 2,800 offers from more than 500 companies with many students receiving multiple job offers.
The School of Computer Science has had 100% placements for five years in a row, said a statement from UPES .
Job offers
Indian and global corporations such as Amazon, Infosys, Cognizant, Dell, ZS Associates, Vedanta, Flipkart, Ericson, Wipro, Deloitte, EY, Maruti, LinkedIn, Genpact, Accenture, Royal Enfield, VMware, Exxon Mobil and Halliburton participated in the placements.
Sunil Rai, Vice-Chancellor, UPES, said: “Achieving such an impressive number of placements especially in these unprecedented times and without any delays is a true testament of our commitment towards the students and their successful future. While the placement numbers speak for themselves, the emphasis has been on providing career opportunities to the students that are closer to their core profiles, leading to more productivity, learning and joy at work”.
During the COVID year, UPES extended the "placement assistance" service even to students "who didn’t meet the eligibility criteria due to their academic grades, competency and number of attempts", said Rai
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