Accenture selects 1,253 students

Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 21

Leading IT giant Accenture selected a total of 1,253 students during a joint campus placement drive at Chandigarh University on Sunday.

“With the selection of a large number of students in a single drive in the Northern region, Accenture has created a record”, claimed the Chandigarh University authorities while adding that more than 4,000 engineering students of the passing-out batch from Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan underwent a selection process that comprised a written test, group discussion and technical interview.

Students of all streams of engineering, including computer science, IT, electronics & communication, electrical, civil with 60 per cent throughout in their academic career were eligible to participate in the drive.

“The average salary package for engineering students of the passing-out batch (2014) of Chandigarh University has touched Rs 3.25 lakh,” said RS Bawa, Vice-Chancellor of Chandigarh University.