Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 22: Continuing its success story in campus placements, Chandigarh University saw 119 MNCs conducting virtual recruitment drives during lockdown phase which has turned-out to be a national record.
This was informed by Chancellor, Chandigarh University, Satnam Singh Sandhu and Vice-President, Corporate Relations, Prof Himani Sood during media interaction at University Campus.
While giving details about the campus placements for its students during lockdown, Satnam Sandhu said, “With 119 Multinationals which includes 57 new recruiters conducting Virtual Placement Drives during lockdown phase, the total number of recruiters for 2020 batch has touched 691 companies which is 30 per cent more than last year while the number of offers has registered a growth of 40 per cent and touched a whopping figure of 6617”.
Chandigarh University has become the only university of the country to have kick-started placement process for 2021 batch as more than 25 companies have already conducted their placement drives till date.
“Fortune 500 Companies of the World and India’s top 100 Companies which includes Microsoft, Google, IBM, Amazon, Deloitte, Walmart, Boeing, American Express, Qualcomm, National Instruments, Saint Gobain, TCS, Infosys, Dell, Cisco, Oracle, SAP Labs, Wipro, Cognizant, Capgemini have been some of major recruiters for 2020 batch”, Sandhu said, adding that the total number of offers bagged by the students during lockdown touched 362.
“Multinationals have changed their placement process and have shifted to technology driven virtual recruitment drives which includes online tests and interviews using technology platforms like Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Teams. We have already conducted training for our students so that they can get well versed with the smart and technology platforms which has become the new norm during COVID-19”, said Prof Himani Sood.
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