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COIMBATORE: After the recession blues, it is a
bullish season on the campuses of the city
engineering colleges and management institutes. For
the first time, IT major Microsoft came to five
campuses of the top technology colleges in the city
last week and recruited over 50 young talents.
Internet major Google is also expected to visit the
campuses during the first week of April with a
tempting package of `19.36 lakh per annum.
At the Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT),
715 engineering students have got offers from both
IT and non-IT companies. In Kumaraguru College
of Engineering, 812 students have landed jobs
through campus recruitments. Of them, 534 were
doubly lucky: they got two job offers each. In the
PSG Institute of Management, 120 post graduates
have got placements this year; a clear 30% spurt in recruitment compared to last academic year.
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Infosys surprised the city in the beginning of the recruitment season, by giving offer letters to as
many as 1224 students of Amrita University. According to the available data on the common
placement programme for colleges affiliated to Anna University, Coimbatore, there is a 20-30%
improvement in the campus recruitment sector since last year.
In a clear sign of buoyancy in non-IT industry too, auto majors, multinational banks, international
travel operators, leading electronics and consumer durable manufacturers flocked to Coimbatore,
scouting for young talents.
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"There was a visible demand for various branches of engineering and the focus was more on
automobile engineering. This has been the best among the last ten seasons of campus
recruitments," says Dr Rajesh Ranganathan of Coimbatore Institute of Technology.
From the job melas on the campuses, most students went back happy, with at least one offer letter.
However, the pay package was not as attractive as it was during the IT boom. The salaries on offer
were quite modest, ranging between Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh per annum.
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The only exception was the `10.50 lakh offered to a few MBA students of Amrita University by the
consumer products division of Khimji Ramdas Group of Muscat. Microsoft offered a pay package of
Rs 7 lakh to selected students. But most other companies limited their offer to Rs 3.5 lakh and Rs
3.9 lakh.
However, there are hopes of greater pay promises from companies which may descend on
Coimbatore during the first week of April.
"The packages may not be very exciting as expected. But we are happy that the days of uncertainty
are over and a number of non-IT companies have come out in the open for the first time in their
history," says K Senthamarai Kannan, placement officer of Kumaraguru College of Technology.
Almost all the top IT companies including Infosys, TCS, Congizant,
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for recruits. But the list of non-IT companies was longer. Non-IT companies like Ashok Leyland,
Cethar Vessels, Dr Reddys, Essar Group, L &T, Shakthi Sugars, Sterlite, Sundaram Fasterners, Ford,
Ford Technologies, Volvo, TVS Lucas, Asian Motor Works, Chettinadu Cements, Tata Advanced
Materials, Amazon, Dow Chemicals, Toshiba, Irevna, Thomas Cook, Payoda, GMMCO, NOMURA,
Asian Paints, Blue Star, Castrol, Coca Cola, Future Group, UAE Exchange, Kotak Bank, ICICI
Securities, HDFC Ltd., Heritage, Havells India Ltd. and Tata Motors have conducted campus
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"Our students were able to get offers even during recession. But this year, almost all of the students
got dual offers. A few were able to get three offers at the same time," the CIT placement officer said.
Among the city colleges, Amrita University, Kumaraguru, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
Institute of Technololgy, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology and Government College of
Technology continue to be the favourites of top recruiters.
"Y es, it is the best of times. I got offer letters from IT major Accenture and automobile company
Renault Nissan. The packages were almost the same. But I decided to opt for Nissan as it suits me
better in my capacity as a mechanical engineer." says Goutham Arun, who completed BE
mechanical from Kumaraguru college.
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