Rs 40 lakh highest package at UIET

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 13

Google, Amazon and Microsoft have offered jobs to students of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) at the PU.

The highest package offered this year is Rs 40 lakh per annum and the annual average package has also witnessed an increase from Rs 5.5 lakh in 2018 to Rs 7 lakh in 2019. The placement session witnessed the arrival of 63 companies with full-time job and internship offers. A total of 256 students were placed after they got through the selection procedures.

Tarun Khullar from the UIET got an offer from Google for the position of a software engineer. Samsung, another big giant in technology, recruited four students — Sagar Kalra, Akshay Kumar, Amit Singh and Naman. Also, Shivank Bali and Tarun Khullar, computer science students from the UIET, have been offered jobs by Microsoft.

This year, Amazon also recruited students from the UIET. With an annual package of Rs 30 lakh, the online giant has recruited two students — Gurpreet Singh and Rahul Bafila. Ridhima, a computer science student, has been offered six-month internship at Amazon. Moreover, Amit Kumar, Anvneshna Sood, Kunal Garg, Sandhya Kumari, Shivam Chaudhary have been recruited by telecom giant Airtel.

The institute’s position in the National Institute Ranking Framework (NRIF) has also improved due to the exposure it has been getting through students representing the UIET at various national platforms. Along with these companies, Goldman Sachs and several other reputed firms arrived on campus with placement and internship opportunities for students.

The session witnessed collaborations with reputed and prestigious firms such as as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, Airtel, Goldman Sachs, Yamaha Motors, Deloitte, KPMG, ZS Associates, ZScaler, Infosys, TCS, Capgemini, MuSigma and Optum.