Ans: “Getting a job through campus placement is one of the dreams that most students aspire for”
- Answer with conviction that Placements are good and have a dedicated division
LPU provides ample opportunities to each and every eligible student to secure good placement with the help of a dedicated Division of Career Services (team of about 40 persons), Centre for Professional Enhancement and faculty/staff from parent Schools.
Year-on-year LPU has been setting new records with regard to students placements.
- Rankings (Good placements – Not just self-acclaimed; Industry and the Neutral agencies have also ranked us high on placements)
Even the companies that hire LPU stduents through campus recruitment programmes have appreciated LPU talented students and set up placement records, like…
- Cognizant recognized LPU for generating Highest No. of Placement Offers in North India for the session 2020-21 with Cognizant.
- Capgemini recognized LPU for generating Highest No. of Placement Offers in North India for the session 2020-21 with Capgemini.
- Informatica recognized LPU as one of the Trusted University Hiring Partners, twice in a row for the session 2020-21.
- Robert Bosch Engineering Group (RBEI) “Bosch” recognized LPU for having Highest Number of Campus Selections in India for the year 2019-2020 with Bosch.
- Infosys appreciated LPU for its hard-work and committed efforts to bridge the gap between industry and academia.
- RCPL recognized the university for its contribution to academic excellence of students and maintaining high placements statistics.
The university has been ranked high by various neutral agencies with regard to placements of our students.
- Aspiring Minds presented the National Employability Award 2022 to LPU for being amongst the Top 10% Institutes in India that excelled in AMCAT for the 2nd consecutive year, basis the students performance.
- Earlier, LPU is conferred with National Employability Award 2020 by Aspiring Minds for the 7th time in a row for having Most Employable Students and being one among the top colleges and universities in India with one of the Highest Employability rates.
- Career 360 has rated LPU as India’s Best Engineering College 2019 with AAA+
- LPU is ranked 10th Best Training and Placements Institutions in India for 2019 by The Knowledge Review.
- The Chronicle of Career and Education ranked LPU as 20th among Top Engineering universities/colleges in India
- Business Today ranked LPU among Top 100 Private State Universities in 2019 in Placement Performance
- LPU is proud recipient of Golden Star Award 2018 for being University with Best Placements in India
- Digital Learning has recognized LPU as having Highest Placement Record in North India, 2018
- Higher Education Review has placed LPU in Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India in Placements.
- On an average, more than 1000 companies visit every year for various industry-academia activities and campus-recruitment of students from LPU
- LPU students have been working in more than 1800 reputed companies across the globe.
- For the batch about to graduate in 2022, already 1200+ leading National/Multinational companies have conducted campus placement/internship drives for LPU students by mid-April 2022, generating more than 8400+ offers.
List Name of companies where our students are getting placed
Must speak names… Major Brands that have recruited LPU students in last few years:
(Show the list of the companies to the visitors) for Placements.
International Placements (Can be skipped):
Apart of placement of students in India, LPU also makes efforts for placing International students around their home locations OR placing Indian students abroad. To share a few names, LPU students have secured international placement offers from MNCs as mentioned below with a highest offered package up to Rs
- 24 LPA from Marriott Cypress Harbour Villas, USA.
For more details, refer the table below:
Industry Interface for students:
At LPU, it is not about calling companies, it is about preparing students and making sure that they get selected. The university puts its best efforts for the grooming of the students to get good placements. Few of these efforts are like:
- Corporate Interactions: Even while studying from home during this pandemic, LPU facilitated the students with opportunity to interact with and learn from more than 120 prominent leaders and industry giants thorugh Webinar based guest lectures and workshops. The leading personnel to the level of President, Vice-President, Technical Lead, HR Lead from the MNCs like Accenture, Infosys, Adani Enterprises, Assocham, Bosch, Cisco, Cognizant, Capgemini, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Informatica, TCS, Global Consumer Products, Tata AIG, Genpact, Havells, L&T Infotech, Mphasis, Mindtree, HP, Virtusa, Kotak Life Insurance, Linkedin Corporation, ITC Hotels, Conrad Hotels, Delhivery, Lawyered, Le Meridian Hotels, NIIT, Odessa, Panasonic, Energy India, Okaya Powers, Pega, Rockwell Automation, SAP Labs, Schneider Electric, Turban Tadka Chef Harpal Sokhi, Vmware Technologies, Xenon Stack, Morgan Stanley, SUCG, Dhanuka Agritech, Cyient, Hitbullseye, etc. interacted with the students.
Apart from Guest Lectures and Workshops, the LPU students are also exposed to Grand panels of industry leaders under one roof to deliberate and enlighten students with their experience and healthy discussions on Technology, research, social and career related issues during several grand HR Conclaves held in University Campus in the recent years.
Live Projects with Industry:
Thousands of students (UG and PG) are working on Live Projects directly with the companies like Amazon India, Infosys, ITC Limited, Colgate Palmolive, Morris Garages (MG India), Paytm, Reliance Retail, Future Group, Sony India, Shoppers Stop Limited, Oyo Rooms, Decathlon Sports, Britannia, SG Analytics, Schneider Electric, Monte Carlo, DTDC Express, Manpower Group, Espranza, Syngenta India Ltd, Elevate Services India Private Limited, Accrual Intelligence Manuals Group, Anytime Invest, Code Young, Epitome, Ferns N Petals Pvt Ltd, Gostops, Just Agriculture, K12 Techno Services Private Limited, Mantle Labs, Mars Petcare, Meru Mobility, Niva Bupa, Quisil, Radsol Design, Safety Circle India, Shriram Life Insurance, Sky News Punjab (Kavya Group Of Companies), Stockfin, The Money Roller, The Sustainability Practitioners, Tynor Orthotics, UAS International, Unacademy, Fresh Paprika, Cyient, Delta Power, Tek Systems, DCB Bank, Solar Bus, Flying Farmer, Intertek and many more in the recent years.
LPU stands No. 3 in Hackerearth world-wide competitive platform. LPU students have won top positions and PPOs through in industry competitions like Informatica, Delta Automation contest, Texas Instruments Innovation challenge, SBI Digitize, TCS CodeVita, Hackathons by Infosys, SAP, Virtusa, Indian Govt., Rajasthan Govt. LPU Students had won Smart India Hackathon Contests competing against teams across the country.
LPU Vertos Win International Honor At International Astronomy And Astrophysics Competition 2021.
LPU Mechanical Engineering students won the prestiguius STEM Engagement Award 2019 accorded by NASA, USA as the part of NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge.
Two of our students have represented the Country on an International event conducted by NASSCOM on Future Skills at World Skills International Competition.
Another, 2nd year Aerospace Engineering student has been honoured with ‘Hall of Fame’ award at the ‘Annual International Astronomy & Physics Competition (AIAPC-21)’ organized by worldwide reputed physics & science based website ‘Physeeks’. She is also declared as the first ever female to get ‘Rank 1’ in the competition.
LPU Verto awarded for the Best Innovation in AI Hardware at AICRA Global AI Summit 2021.
LPU students are also selected by LinkedIn as Campus Editors.
- Industry Tie-ups and Centres of Excellence:
Google, Intel, Microsoft, L&T, IBM, Pega, Bosch, CISCO, Siemens, Cadence, Texas Instruments, Dell EMC, CompTIA, Vmware IT Academy, PEGA, Automation Anywhere, ASSOCHAM GEN, Informatica, NSE Academy, Cooper Surgical, Aitodesk, WileyNXT, Virtusa, Safeducate, Bioclues Organization, Hughes, Xebia, Transorg, GeeksforGeeks, Tech Mahindra, Glass Academy, Omron, ImaginXP, Samsung Research Institute, Securonix, upGrad, Techno Struct, SmurAgro, Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, NITTTR, Cyient, Juniper Networks, CMC Hospital, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Healium.io, Simplilearn, and KPIT, SAP Labs, Bentley, CISI-Intellivistio, etc. have setup their Centres of Excellence at LPU.
- Industry Tie-ups and Centres of Excellence:
Google, Intel, Microsoft, L&T, IBM, Pega, Bosch, CISCO, Siemens, Cadence, Texas Instruments, Dell EMC, CompTIA, Vmware IT Academy, PEGA, Automation Anywhere, ASSOCHAM GEN, Informatica, NSE Academy, Cooper Surgical, Aitodesk, WileyNXT, Virtusa, Safeducate, Bioclues Organization, Hughes, Xebia, Transorg, GeeksforGeeks, Tech Mahindra, Glass Academy, Omron, ImaginXP, Samsung Research Institute, Securonix, upGrad, Techno Struct, SmurAgro, Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, NITTTR, Cyient, Juniper Networks, CMC Hospital, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Healium.io, Simplilearn, and KPIT, SAP Labs, Bentley, CISI-Intellivistio, etc. have setup their Centres of Excellence at LPU.
Professional Enhancement Programme:
- The curriculum incorporates specific courses (subjects) under the notion of Professional Enhancement Programmes (PEP) in which the students are prepared to crack the placement processes.
- PEP classes start right away from the first semester itself in form of Communication Skills and continue till the final semester covering:
- Analytical Skills (Logic Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning)
- Quantitative Aptitude Skills
- Technical Aptitude Skills
- Presentations and Soft Skills
- Mock Exercises (Mock Interviews, GDs, Mock Tests, etc.)
- National Level Benchmark Assessment of students
Details of the PEP related inputs can be referred from Counselling Shared folder.
Exhaustive preparatory sessions are conducted before the placement drives of leading brands and major recruiters like Google, Amazon, Silicon Labs, Lowe’s India, Cognizant, Capgemini, Bosch, Whatfix, Playsimple, Optmyzr, Vmware, etc. so that more students can secure good placement offers at dream packages with such brands.
- All the exercises stated above are the result of joint efforts of the school departments and the dedicated department named Centre of Professional Enhancement with 100+ full time dedicated trainers working closely with Placement cell (Division of Career Services).
- Experts from the Industry and Professional Trainers/Evaluation bodies are hired/invited to expose the students with real-time placement drives experiences.
- Students are assessed by industry relied 3rd party student assessment agencies like Aspiring Minds, CoCubes, E-Litmus, First Naukri, Myperfectice, Hitbullseye
Industrial Trainings:
We, at LPU understand that the training and internships done with industry during the course of study helps the students to gain practical hands-on and real-life work experience even before they complete their degree. LPU provides opportunities to students to avail Internship / On-Job Training with industry as a part of their degree.
Students go for internship with the company during which they are paid certain monthly stipends. Based on individual’s performance during internship, companies tend to absorb these students through a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO).
Students pursue training with the same company in which they are already placed. In some cases during the training, students get monthly stipend whereas in other cases, students get monthly salary as per their annual package itself, prior to completion of their degree.
Rs 1,60,000 as the highest monthly stipend
offered against internship to 2022 batch students during Internships. More than 75% of the students pursuing internships were able to secure Full Time Employment (FTE) / Pre-placement Offers (PPOs) with the same company of their internship or switched to other companies securing even better packages.
of Engineering, MBA, Journalism, Multimedia, Hotel Management, Fashion, Hospital and Healthcare, Computer Application, Polytechnic, Architecture & Design, Physical Sciences, Applied Medical Sciences, Social Sciences etc. during the session 2021-22 have undergone / are pursuing OJT/Internships across 1000+ companies like Amazon, Cognizant, Capgemini, Wipro, TCS, Bosch, Flipkart, LG Electronics, Informatica, MIQ Digitial, Airtel, L&T Technology Services, Optmyzr, GS Labs, MAQ Software, Trident Group, Cuemath, Allied Analytics, Tivo, Radisson Hotels, Infineon, Paytm, PhonePe, Bajaj Finserv, JK Cements, Delhivery, Fortis Hospitals, Rallis India (Tata Group), Puma Sports, Reliance, GE Power, Optimum, Schindler, Byjus Think and Learn, Forbes Marshall, Hexaware, Hitachi Systems, Tex Fasteners, Synopsys, Perfetti, Jubilant Chemsys, Panacea Biotech, Root Analysis, Espranza, Aditya Brila Fashion & Retail, Whitehat Jr., Tek Systems, DTDC Express, Whatfix, Salesforce, Cleartrip, Pullman Hotels, Novotel Hotels, Taj Hotel, Hyatt Regency, The Leela Hotels, Fairmont Jaipur, Marriott Hotels, etc. This approach also helps the students to gel well and earlier into corporate environment.
Career Pathways
(Can be skipped): At Lovely Professional University, we do not talk about only Job Placements, but Career Placements. As per students’ interest and inclination towards his or her career choice we provide career pathways and accordingly changes are done in the students’ curriculum based on the pathway being opted by students.
Jobs/Public sector placements:
LPU students have also availed opportunities of Placements in government services like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Transport Corporation of India, etc. through on-campus/off-campus placement drives and SSB Interviews.
- Holding Top Positions in Government and Semi-Government sectors in most of the States. More than 40 LPU students are serving in Indian Engineering Services in a single state itself.
- 50+ LPU students from Bhutan are a part of prestigious Bhutan Royal Civil Services Commission (equivalent to IAS in India) and are now working in Ministry of Education, Agriculture, ICT sectors.
University also floats special modules for the students to prepare for their higher studies and competitive exams like GATE, SSB etc. (may be on payment basis) that could help our students to qualify for admission in higher degree programmes in the country or abroad.
Apart from their placements, LPU also provides rich support to its students to focus on their entrepreneurship projects that can help the student set up their own business (even while they are studying in campus).
- In September 2016, Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Mr. Arun Jaitley inaugurated Start-Up School at LPU campus.
- University has set up a dedicated Student Entrepreneurship Cell.
- University has designated more than 50 senior faculty members across all school/departments of the university to help the students in their projects.
- Students can avail the seed money for initiating their projects.
- University hosts several Business Plan competitions to inculcate the spirit and skills of market competition among students.
- University provides updates to students in collaboration with Industry and Government bodies.
- Names of few Entrepreneurship projects/ventures of LPU students:
- Redhood Event Management LLP – A youth orientated startup to provide every possible service to students
- DSA Kite’s King Travel Solution LLP – An Indian Tour Company exceling in domestic and International tour packages
- DealExpertz – This is a venture started by a BCA student for aggregating PG accomodations. The current turnover of this venture is approximately rs 1 Crore
- Digantara Technologies – This team recently won Startup India Punjab Yatra award on 6th February. They have a patented technology to track space debris of upto 5cm size.
- Grandma – This is an innovative product built by a Mechatronic student. It is a medicine dispensing machine and is connected to the mobile. It automatically dispenses the right medicine at the right time for the old aged people with chronic diseases and also send messages to the caretaker.
- In – A one stop portal to order deliveries from any LPU based vendor.
- WeFixD – It is a solution providing company to every problem related to clothes, shoes and bags.
- Green Grocer – It is a venture selling organic produce directly from farms to customers.
- African Food Café – Provides diverse food options to LPU’s 1800+ international students.
- Few other projects:com.au, GetSetLive, Lucideus, PinkHand Technologies, Girly, Prakurth, RISCIN Technologies Pvt. Ltd., ERICK (e-rickshaw), etc.
All a student has to do is to maintain a good academic record and personality to ensure his/her placement.
- Joint-Campus Placement drives: Most of the companies have made us the regional hubs for joint campuses. LPU has become a favorite destination for several leading brands to conduct their joint-campus and pool-campus placement drives which students from the entire northern region participated
* 70+ Companies conducted Joint-campus drives at LPU
* 250+ Colleges and Universities participated in Joint-campus drives at LPU
* 750+ Students Offered Jobs through Joint-campus drives at LPU
* INR 28 LPA as the Highest Salary Package against Joint-campus drives at LPU
- Companies: Amazon, Lenskart, Bank of America, Bosch, Capgemini, HP, MRF Limited, Wipro, Cognizant, Capgemini, KPIT, TCS, IBM, Samsung, Kotak Mahindra Bank, British Telecom, CEAT, NIIT Technologies, Mphasis, Hitachi Consulting, Federal Bank, ESAF Small Finance Bank, Optum, United Health Group, Alight Solutions, Canara HSBC OBC, Byjus, Zolostays, IndiGo Airlines, Life Cell, Decathlon Sports, Josh Technology Group, Tech Mahindra, Nagarro, Cummins India, Bajaj Allianz, Digit General Insurance, Elgi Equipments, MIND, Unisys, Era Infra, Jet Airways, The Oberoi Cecil, The Leela, Cordlife Sciences, Jubilant, Lava, Rexel India, Cure Fit, Home First India, Marks & Spencer, Torrent Power, Wabag, Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Reddy’s, Aurigene Discovery Technologies, Life Cell, Jubilant Chemsys, Indus Towers, Emrill, Hexaware, ITC Maratha, Inurture Education Solutions, Xoriant, Xceedance, Evosys Global, etc.(More details at lpu.in/jpd).
- Participating Institutes: Students from 50+ institutions around the region like GNDU (Amritsar), DAV University (Jal.), DAVIET (Jal.), Apeejay Institute of Management and Technology (Jal.) and other neighbouring colleges like Khalsa College Amritsar, Amritsar College of Engg & Technology (Amritsar) Gulzar Institutes (Khanna), SD College (Jal.), Doaba College (Jal.), Kamla Nehru College (Phagwara), Guru Nanak Engineering College (Ludhiana), Khalsa College for Women (Ludhiana), Kamla Lohita SD College (Ludhiana), PCTE (Ludhiana), Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana (Ambala), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Patiala), Punjabi University (Patiala), Punjab Agricultural University (Ludhiana), Jaypee University of Information Technology, (Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh) participate in Joint campus drives at LPU.
Mention some prominent highlights to take the discussion forward:
Thousands of LPU students have got placed in top MNC’s and are working all over the Globe.
- CTC Rs. 62.72 Lacs is the Highest Package Availed by Engineering student from 2022 graduating batch.
- CTC Rs. 21 LPA is the Highest Package for MBA.
- 1,600,000 per month as Highest Internship Stipend offered to 2022 graduating batch.
- 1200+ companies extended 8400+ placement/internship offers to LPU students across various programs of 2022 batch (as of Apr 2022).
- 120+ Companies offered super dream CTC Rs. 10 LPA or above for the 2022 graduating batch.
- 600+ Companies offered dream CTC Rs. 5 LPA or above for the 2022 graduating batch.
- 5000+ Offers (placement/internship) extended to LPU students by alone by Fortune-500 companies including Google, Microsoft, Intel, Cognizant, Amazon, IBM, Verizon, Colgate Palmolive, HP, Optum, S&P Global, Morgan Stanley, Abbott Tech Data, Samsung, Morgan Stanley, Oracle, United Health Group, etc. over the past few years.
- 110+ companies like Amazon, Hindustan Unilever, Ashok Leyland, ITC Limited, Cognizant, Axis Bank, SAP Labs, Capgemini, Elgi Equipments, HSBC, ICICI, Anglo Eastern, Amdocs, which recruit from IITs/IIMs also recruit LPU students.
***International Placements: Preferably to be discussed in case of Hotel Management Queries
