PTU organises placement drive of Wipro Technologies for non- engineering graduates at PCTE

Ludhiana, April 03, 2013:Punjab Technical University organised Joint Placement Drive of Wipro Technologies for non-Engineering Graduates at PCTE, Baddowal, near here, in which over 300 students registered from various Institutes. University is continuously working hard to raise the number of placements of its affiliated institutes. The placements of engineering graduates are always taken care by all the institutes and universities but the placements of non-engineering graduates are also taken into account which was evident by this drive. PTU Placement Officer,

Er. Navdeepak Sandhusaid, In order to strengthen the placements of non-engineering graduates of Punjab in Multi-National Companies, such Joint Campus Recruitment Drives hold great importance. The trend of IT market seems to entering into a new era of recruitment where opportunities for non-engineering graduates would be 50-50 as to that of engineering graduates, he added.

Ovais Chishti, Regional Manager Campus Hiring Wipro Technologies told that under WASE and WiSTA programs, selected students will be given a stipend for a period 04 years along with a regular degree in MS IT or MS CS from the Universities like VIT, Vellore and BITS, Pilani respectively. In this program they have 6000 openings annually and no tuition fee will be charged from the students. Once the student successfully completed the 04 years along with the degree, student can join Wipro as full time employee which is a huge opportunity for the students. The placement drive included an Online Assessment Test which was further followed up by Personal Interview rounds.

Dr. K.N.S Kang, Director General cum Chairman of PCTE Group of Institutes said, “We are pleased to host such placement drives at campus as it provides huge career opportunities to students, moreover placement drives along big companies like Wipro Technologies motivate students and prove the need of growing individuals in IT sector”