Mangaluru: Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management witnessed the highest number of companies visiting for the 2021 batch despite challenges faced by the pandemic.
Speaking at a press meet held here on Friday August 6, Principal of theCcollege, Dr. Rajesh S said, “for the past one year, our teachers introduced many unique virtual tools to engage the students. Our students participated in virtual events and won many prizes and also they got financial assistance from various agencies to convert their idea into products which will help them to become entrepreneurs in the later stage.”
The Placement and Training Department of Sahayadri College ensured that the pandemic would not dampen the recruitment prospects of the students. The college provided precise training and infrastructure to cater their needs.
Placements for the 2021 batch was a roaring success with over 192 companies visiting the campus and 645 plus offers with the highest pay package being Rs. 40 LPA. The Placement Season for 2021 batch started in the month of August with some of the best product and service companies visiting the campus. Highest numbers were picked by Capgemini – 88 selects, Infosys – 82 selects, Cognizant – 75 selects, TCS – 62 selects and SLK Software – 19 selects.
The salaries offered by the companies range from 3.75 LPA to 40 LPA. We had international offers ranging between 14 LPA to 25 LPA from companies based out of Japan and Singapore. Most of the companies provided internship opportunities with stipends ranging from INR 15,000 to 60,000 per month.
Some of the product companies include Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Hexaware, Cadence, Juspay Technologies, SAP Labs, Microsoft, Adobe and the like.
Sahyadri facilitates a strong Academic and Placement Training to the students from first to final year helping them crack the best product and service companies. In order to make the students company ready, Sahyadri focuses on in-depth aptitude training right from the second year, covering elements like gaining, psychometry, pseudocode, quantitative aptitude, reasoning and verbal ability. The aptitude training culminates in the 7th semester with the company-specific training.
“We are also very hopeful for the 2022 batch which is now getting ready for placements. The future looks very bright and this whole thing has worked out because we have an excellent network and the alumni,” said Prof. Rashmi Bhandary, Dean- Placements.
