Smiles at AU as a large number of students secure placements

Engineering College for Women records 100% placement, AUCE achieves 95%

After over four years, Andhra University College of Engineering (AUCoE) recorded a placement of around 95% in this year. During the same period, the Andhra University College of Engineering for Women (AUCEW) achieved 100% placement.

This is a turnaround, especially after the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the job sector in the past two years, said Vice Chancellor Prof. P.V.G.D. Prasad Reddy.

Of the over 900 eligible students from both the colleges, 500 students have already received their placement orders while the orders are pending for 249 students. The remaining students have either opted for higher studies at foreign institutions or have joined top institutions in the country like IIT for their M.Tech, he said.

Prof. Prasad Reddy confirmed that all the eligible students from the women’s college, except those who had opted for higher studies, have secured placement, and only 30 students from AUCoE are yet to be placed. Efforts are on to secure placements for them, he said.

As per the placement record, the biggest recruiter was software major Cognizant. The company has hired around 450 students in two phases.

The highest pay was offered by another software company called Phenom People and the package varied from ₹13.5 lakh to ₹15 lakh.

The other major software companies who have issued placement offers include Infosys, IBM, Wipro and Accenture. In the core sector, the companies that have recruited students are Schneider Electric, L&T and ITC, said the V-C.