An important part of every student's college life is getting placed in good company, in campus interviews. PRIST University placement also known as campus recruitment, is when companies visit colleges campuses, conduct interviews through the college placement cell, and then hire candidates to work in their company. These campus placements are organised by colleges that invite the best possible companies to recruit their students. The number and the kind of companies that visit the college for recruitment thus matter a lot. At Prist University placements, many companies have made their presence when it comes to placement. The top recruiter companies in the University are comprised of giants like Wipro, IBM, HCL, ICICI Bank, Dell Computers, TATA Motors, HDFC Bank, HP, Nestle etc.
Furthermore, the University also has various foreign collaborations such as Changwon National University, Korea, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, SD, U.S.A., Pusan National University, Korea (South), Anglia Ruskin University, London, U.K., Queen Margaret University, UK, University of Wales, UK, London School of Business Management, Yugenkaisha Hayakawa Shouji Tokyo, Japan, which helps the students to get international job offers. The student exchange programmes and the foreign organisational tie-ups give global exposure and make the students industry-ready.
The School of Engineering and Technology secures the most amount of placements among the courses offered because of the course’s popularity in the job industry. Read ahead in order to know about the placement statistics, the placement procedure, and the placement cell of PRIST University.
The placement cell has been giving placements to the students and is responsible for handling everything related to the recruitment of students of the PRIST University. The cell is responsible for offering training programmes, courses, guest lectures, inviting the company, training the candidate, conducting the interview and keeping the records of the candidate who is getting selected. It is one of the most important departments of the University which is responsible for the recruitment of the final year batches of the University.
Maximum Package | Rs 6,50,000/- |
Average Package | Rs 1,00,000- Rs2,50,000/- |
% of students placed | 84% |
The University has set up a Department of Training and Placement which has the objective to imbibe soft skills into students such as communication skills, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, teamwork, entrepreneurship skills, ethics and professional morals, leadership skills, lifelong learning and information management skills. The cell organises the complete placement process and provides the best placement opportunities to its students. The cell also arranges many activities to make its students industry-ready. 83% of students have been successfully placed in the year 2016-17 and the highest package was 6.5 Lakh per annum.
Handson Technologies, Apollo Pharmacy, Eureka Forbes, Cardwell Manufacturing Company, Finix Info Solutions, Amaze Business Solution, Global Software Developments, Sharda Motor, HCL BPO, TATA Consultancy Services, Infosys, Sharda Motor, Shalom Infotech, Magus, Dextrasys, Mphasis, Proedge, Allbros Global Solutions, KRA Systems, Source HOV, Talent Pro, Cognizant, Allbros Global Solutions, Techruit, Mahindra Finance etc.
Interested candidates may check out the company-wise stats for PRIST University 2013-14 placements.
Company | Number of students |
Acurus Solutions | 1 |
CTS | 1 |
VD Art Software Services | 10 |
TCS | 1 |
Eureka Forbes Ltd. | 6 |
HCL Technologies Ltd. | 20 |
HCL Infra | 11 |
UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd. | 20 |
The PRIST University offers many internships to its students to help them gain some practical experience and to ensure that other than campus placement, the students also get job offers through pre-placement offer (PPO). The tie-ups and collaborations with many renowned organisations help the student get international internships and industry interaction to be job-ready.
The University has set up a collaboration with various universities as well as companies to ensure that students are equipped with practical experience along with theoretical knowledge. There are many training programmes and webinars that train students in professional excellence such as Microsoft, CISCO, Oracle training programme along with certificate programme such as Business English Certificate programme etc.
The PRIST University has a very well networked alumnus. The University has also established an Alumni Association to ensure that the university can keep in touch with the alumni along with a connection among the alumni. The objective of such a network is to ensure the development and strengthening of the relationships between the University and the alumni so that it can benefit future alumni and friends, and by serving as a catalyst for communications and involvement.
The alumni impart valuable knowledge as well as their practical experience to the students. Many alumni are placed at top multi-national software and tech-giant companies in India. Here is a list of the companies and the % of alumni working there:
Company | % of Alumni working |
Citicorp Finance India Ltd. | 27% |
Delphi-TVS Diesel Systems Ltd. | 18% |
Scope Services | 10% |
Citi Finance | 9% |
ABN AMRO Group | 9% |
Bajaj Auto | 8% |
Cognizant | 5% |
Tata Consultancy Services | 5% |
Capegemini | 4% |
Infosys | 4% |
HCL Technologies | 4% |
The Alumni group of PRIST University is well placed in every sector of the job market. The engineering sector has the highest number of alumni. The alumni of the PRIST University are placed in diverse sectors like research, education, marketing, sales, finance, art and design, information, and technology and are making the University proud at every step of their life. Alumni distribution by sector:
Sector | % of Alumni |
Engineering | 29% |
Business Development | 9% |
Information Technology | 13% |
Operations | 13% |
Sales | 5% |
Education | 8% |
Art and Design | 3% |
Human Resources | 4% |
Marketing | 3% |
Research | 4% |
Support | 3% |
Quality Assurance | 5% |
Consulting | 2% |
Administrative | 2% |
programme and Project Management | 2% |
Placement: Although the university secures placements for a majority of students (80-85%), these positions are often with large companies or startups and come with salaries between 15,000 and 20,000 rupees. Internships are offered during the summer in the first and second years.
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