Hyderabad: With uncertainty over higher education abroad, particularly in countries such as the United States, the number of students opting for campus placements at engineering colleges in Telangana is said to have increased.
Training and Placement Officers (TPOs) and faculty members told TOI that there has been at least a 10%-15% increase in the number of students seeking jobs through campus placements. “There has been a 15% increase in the number of students opting for placements this year. Seconding Upendar, Kishore Kanakapalli, who served as director of Training and Placements at Vasavi College of Engineering, said that while earlier about 90% of students used to opt for placements, now almost all eligible candidates are registering for campus placements. “Over 200 students got placed in TCS recently, and only about 40 of them were hired at the starting package of about ₹3.5 LPA. The majority got hired for digital and prime roles, which offer higher packages of around ₹7.4 LPA and ₹9 LPA, respectively,” said Kishore. “A firm like Infosys is offering packages of up to ₹21 LPA.
Because students are thinking twice about going abroad for higher studies due to uncertainty pertaining to visa rules,” said J Upendar, associate professor, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, this is mainly. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Hyderabad | Silver Rate in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad | Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Petrol Price in Hyderabad | Diesel Price in Hyderabad | CNG Price in Hyderabad | LPG Price in Hyderabad Stay updated with the latest Hyderabad news.
NLN Reddy, director, Career Development Centre, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), said they were also seeing many service-based companies coming for placements this year. Many companies are actively recruiting this year,” he added. Download the TOI App.
Many want to gain some experience before going abroad for higher studies so that they do not face major problems in securing jobs. “Students are keeping a tab on the situation in the US.
This is also a wait-and-watch period for many as the Trump regime will end in 2029, and the same is reflecting in placement registrations, as close to 95% of total students are registering for placements,” added Kishore. Students are being hired for roles such as digital specialist engineer (DSE), specialist programmer and software engineer, among others, with annual packages ranging from ₹3.5 lakh to ₹21 lakh. They added that the placement scenario has also changed for the better in the recent past, with many service-based companies that had stayed away from placements until recently now returning to campuses and offering higher packages this academic year.