by New Delhi: New milestones have been set by the students of Lovely Professional University (LPU) after receiving 8500 offers from more than 1400 recruiters during the deadly pandemic. The highest salary package in the engineering discipline has reached up to Rs42 lakh per annum with Microsoft. The highest package in Management was offered by Trident worth Rs 21 lakh per annum. The Lovely Professional University said that over 1000 placements events were conducted this year.
The recruiters included Microsoft, Capgemini, Infosys, Bosch, TCS, Wipro, Havells, South Indian Bank, L&T Technology Services, Federal Bank, Hitachi, Informatica, Aditya Birla Group, Accor Group of Hotels, Amazon, Cognizant, DXC Technologies Optum, CISCO, Lowe’s India, TiVo Corporation, Infineon, Bosch, and Siemens Home Appliances Group, and Acko General Insurance.
Ashok Mittal, Chancellor, Lovely Professional University said, “We are proud that our students have been placed with some of the most renowned MNCs, startups and IT companies, despite the challenges the industry has faced due to COVID. Their innovative effort to thank us while they are at their homes, by creating a World Record has lifted the spirits of the entire management, teaching and placement team.”