UoH records highest number of placements despite Covid-19

Over 396 students receive offer

Hyderabad: At a time when layoffs and campus placements have been a tough nut to crack, the University of Hyderabad has recorded the highest number of placements in its history. Over 396 students of UoH have been successful in receiving placement offers from reputed firms.

Coordinated through the campus Placement Guidance Advisory Bureau (PGAB), a total of 396 students were placed in 213 companies for the year 2020-21. The students were offered salaries ranging from Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 17.71 lakh per annum. The University also mentioned that just before lockdown in March, more than 221 students were placed in 132 companies through campus placements.

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Prof. Salman Abdul Moiz, Professor-in-charge for PGAB said, “It’s gratifying to note that against the heavy odds such as Covid-19 lockdowns, PGAB secured record placements for the 2020-21 batch University students. We are confident that the successfully placed students’ will continue to keep the flag of UoH flying high”.

Students of the 2020-21 batch have found placements with many reputed organisations, in the public and private sectors, and in numerous fields. Some of the employers include — TCS, GE, One Convergence, Deloitte, Dr. Reddy’s , Bridge i2i, Blaize, Techsophy, Phenom People, ICICI Bank, Tech Mahindra, Elastic Run, Azentio Software Pvt Ltd, UBS, Global Data, Jocata, Cargo flash Ltd, Brane Enterprises Pvt Ltd, Accenture, Mercedes-Benz, Pega System, Cognizant, Team F1, Thought Works, Manthan School, to name a few.

From May 2021 companies were conducting video interviews and online assessments as they could not physically visit the university campus.

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