15 companies attend LPU’s Job Fair : LPU expects record placements in current academic session

As many as 15 companies from various sectors took part in the LPU Job Fair, which saw 150 students from various streams getting short listed/recruited, pointing to the fact that the recession is on the wane. Nearly 800 students from various colleges and institutes from all across the state took part in the fair, which saw various openings in the field of marketing management, financial management, pharmacy, hotel management, hospitality management, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, civil engineering, IT and computer science engineering. The fair had job opportunities for students from all levels of education i.e. diploma, graduation and post graduation.



Big corporate names like Infosys, Provogue, Max Hospitals, Religare (Wellness Retail), HT Media, LSI Capital, ICFAI, Indo Farm Tractors, Enviro Geosyntetics, NIIT Ltd., KMG Infotech, M Touch Technologies, Jindal Pipes & Tubes, Smart Brains Engineers & Technologist Pvt Ltd came to the campus for this job fair and hiring the students.





Supreet Singh, a student of B. Pharmacy who got selected with Max Hospitals said, “With 15 companies hiring at one time, you have lot of options and lots of chances as well. One can hit at one, after missing the other. When you are appearing for a number of job positions at a single time, it is natural that you will get one in your pocket. It is indeed very good on the part of the University to arrange for a job fair with high number of participation by the quality recruiters.”





Lovely Professional University has a reputation of according high importance to issues of student interests, with specific focus on placements. Big names like Infosys, Wipro, Eli Lilly, Airtel, Indian Army, Dell, Heromindmine, Keane, Spice, TATA, HCL, Eli Lilly, Omega Maritime Management Services Pvt. Ltd, Wipro, Wills Style Group, NIIT, Bharti Maxtel, Yo China etc. have conducted placement programs for students of LPU from different streams. With more companies approaching the campus for hiring students, Department of Placements & Training, LPU expects a record number of placements this year. Mrs. Rashmi Mittal, Executive Dean –LPU said, “Since July 2009, our students have been placed by more than 150 companies across various sectors; which is the highest in the history of the University, so far. We want to end the current academic year on a high, and we are well on our way to achieve that. It’s a team effort of hard working students, committed teachers and Deptt. of Placement & Training.”