Rs 18.6 lakh salary package offered to Thapar varsity

Chandigarh, May 6

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As many as 30 students of a Patiala based Thapar university have been offered an annual salary package exceeding Rs 10 lakh by top global and Indian companies with two students getting highest salary of Rs 18.6 lakh.

Two BE students of the university have bagged an annual package of Rs 18.6 lakh per annum, the highest for this session, from DE Shaw India Software, Thapar university said in a statement issued here.

Microsoft India Development Centre (IDC) has offered an annual package of Rs 18 lakh to another two students, followed by e-commerce portals Snapdeal and Myntra, which picked up six students at an annual package of Rs 15.25 lakh and Rs 15 lakh, respectively, it said.

Thirty students have secured packages exceeding Rs 10 lakh from reputed organisations like Sandisk Corporation, Zomato, Free Scale Semiconductors, and Hike, it said.

A total of 796 students of Thapar university have been hired by 125 reputed organisations during the campus placement drive, it said.

IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) picked up the maximum number of students at 100, followed by Accenture Services hiring 94 and IBM 36.

Significantly, during last year's placement drive, 12 students of Thapar university were hired by Japanese IT firm Hikari Tsushin for its Tokyo office with the highest package of Rs 23 lakh each.

Reaffirming Thapar University's commitment to secure the most rewarding jobs for its students matching their calibre and core engineering skills, Director Prakash Gopalan said, "These impressive placement figures are a result of our strong industry-academia linkages and industry-oriented curriculum. The hard work put in by our students and the commitment shown by our faculty has paid off." — PTI