New Delhi: The placement process for the graduating batch of Lovely Professional University has been completed with students being placed across various sectors of their choice. This year more than 150 renowned global and top Indian brands have recruited LPU students; taking the overall tally of recruiters to more than 300. IT remained the most sought after sector by students followed by other sectors including consultancy, banking, finance, engineering, fashion, e-commerce etc.  In terms of number of offers, IT giant Cognizant was the top recruiter across all the sectors and clusters. It recruited 939 students from LPU campus in this session alone. As a part of the corporate social responsibility, LPU also invited many of the students from other colleges and universities to participate in the LPU campus placement drives. The second biggest recruiter remained HCL which recruited 98 LPU students in a single placement drive.

Sharing about the coveted placements of the students, LPU Chancellor Mr. Ashok Mittal said, “This year our students have also been offered international placements by top companies including Adnani Wilmar of US and Al Rakha from Dubai. The successful completion of the recruitment cycle for the batch graduating in 2014 is a strong testament to the high quality of students at the university and the robust nature of the placement process that provides adequate flexibility to both students and recruiters.”

The costs to company packages offered are up to nine lakh per annum.  Most of the students have been offered location of service in top metros including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, and Hyderabad.

Management students this year were well attracted by the e-commerce as well consultancy firms. In the management field the top sector to recruit highest numbers remained retail & financial services. Pharmacy students also saw steep rise in the offered package as not only pharmaceutical companies but also research centers came for the recruitment of the talent. Students of even physical education saw fantastic students as all 61 students doing M P Ed from the university also got placed in top MNC’s. LPU’s Hotel management students also got great opportunities in big hospitality groups like Leela, Taj, Oberoi, etc. Not only multi-national companies, private sectors & NGOs but prestigious government sectors including Navy reached LPU campus to get the best human resource, and many of these companies made repeated approaches.

Further commenting about the placements, Mr. Mittal said, “I am happy to note that this session top companies have recruited remarkable number of LPU students. I feel proud while sharing that our students are being sought after by prestigious banks, consultancy, info-services, pharmacy and other important sectors.”

He further added, “We equally ensure that LPU students are job ready and are given training of global standards.  Besides that, we also encourage the students to take up entrepreneurship as a career. This year, many students have opted out of the placement process to start their own ventures.”

Illustrative, major companies which recruited LPU students include L & T Infotech, Godfery Philips, Hewlett Packard, HT Media, IBM India, Blue Dart, Ceasefire, CRYO Bank International, Cummins India, Ericsson India Global services, Eureka Forbes, Flipkart, Amdocs ,  AON Hewitt, Ranbaxy Laboratory, Royal Bank of Scotland, Tata Consultancy Services, Tommy Hilfiger,  Vardhman Poly, Vodafone (Punjab), Asahi India, Asian Paints, Idea cellular, Ind Swift Labs,  Indian Navy, Life cell International, Acro-petal technologies, Snapdeal.com, Arvind Life Style, Madura Fashion & Life Style and more.