VNIT records good placement drive, 16 students land Rs 36 lakh package each

NAGPUR: Despite the Covid-induced lockdown delaying placements and taking away jobs of many professionals across sectors, city-based Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) has seen one of its best campus drives since 2016 as 16 BTech students from 2021-22 batch have got Rs36 lakh per annum package each.

Among those landing highest packages of this year, 12 belong to computer science and engineering, three are from electronics and communication, and one from electrical and electronics. Total 161 from the BTech 2021-22 have so far been placed in the drive, where more than 50 companies registered for continued placement.
More than 30 students have received offers worth more than Rs20 lakh per annum. The students received the job offers within 15 days of the drive, which is still underway.
The previous 2020-21 batch had posted a record recruitment of 527 students from 800 eligible candidates. They were hired by more than 130 companies excluding off campus placements. The placement process for 20-21 batch was delayed due to the pandemic scenario.
Around 150 students have opted for higher education in reputed national and international universities.
PM Padole, director, VNIT, said, “Based on feedback from last few years, four activities — professional communication, programming languages, domain knowledge and other employability skills – were identified for training of students by respective departments.”
The director added that a full-fledged artificial intelligence-based training and placement server is installed for automatic training, mock tests and mock interviews of students, and their automatic record maintenance by the institute. “This has immensely helped the 2021-22 batch, as seen in the placement records,” he said.
The average package so far is around Rs16 lakh per annum. “This is a considerable rise in average package,” said KM Bhurchandi, associate dean (Training and Placements).
Major employers conducting the campus placement drives for this year’s batch include Oracle, DEE SHAW, Morgan Sachs; while many PSUs like IOCL, C-DOT and international brands are in the pipeline, said Padole.
The director has applauded the rigorous academic and training efforts taken by faculty coordinators Anupam Kher, Manasi Radke, Bhurchandi and the VNIT administration.
VNIT was ranked 27th in NIRF 2020, which was four positions ahead of its 2019 ranking. VNIT is ranked at 11th and 25th positions among institutions of national importance and central universities by ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievement) respectively. It did well in other rankings and surveys for educational institutions including one done by the Times Group.