These BTech grads get jobs amid lockdown

Deepkamal Kaur

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 10

At a time when most of the companies have been going for retrenchment of staff or cutting down of salaries, things have been going good for the two BTech pass-outs from the Regional Campus of Guru Nanak Dev University, Ladhewali.

Both of them said getting placed during this time mattered a lot to them. “The situation around has been grim. We were somehow confident that sooner or later, we will get into something good. But we never knew it would come that soon,” both of them shared.

Vyas, whose father is working in an MNC, says “Unlike my friends around, I had no plans to go to Canada. I had always dreamt of getting into a good company. I was doing C-DAC training when this opportunity came my way. Our e-boarding will start around May 15.”

The boys added, “Our company is based in Bengaluru and we were expecting training there. But may be we will be starting on with online training from our place. In between, we may have to visit the regional office of the company in Jalandhar. The training sessions will be of six to eight hours. Though we are not sure but if same conditions prevail, we may have to Work from Home for some days for the company. Initially, we will be expected to promote the digital application of the company and answer the queries of the users within 24 hours.”

Both Nijjar and Vyas gave the credit for their success to their college faculty, “They trained us well for our placements and helped us prepare a good resume.” Nijjar says owing to frequent transfers of his parents, he got a chance to travel a lot, meet new friends and develop more confidence while getting accustomed to new surroundings. Vyas says that the discipline and mentoring by his grandfather, who retired as a DSP from the Punjab Police helped him develop the required skills.