UPES Placement 2017: 94% MBA students placed; highest package hits Rs.29.76 lakhs

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) concluded its campus placements for the academic year 2016-17 on a high note with record placements of 1,447 students and 1527 offers. More than 325 domestic and international companies offered career opportunities to UPES students this year. 56% of these recruiters were first timers at UPES. Overall, 91% of graduates who were eligible and opted for placements have been placed with the highest package of INR 29.76 lakhs.
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MBA students secure highest placement ratio
Placement 2017 at UPES has been conducted for 3 constituent colleges. Among the 3 constituent colleges of UPES, College of Management and Economic Studies (CoMES) has secured highest ratio of placement with 94% students placed. The feat is followed by College of Engineering Studies (CoES) with 90% placement and College of Legal Studies (CoLS) with 85% placements.

Top Recruiters
Of the 325 plus recruiters, the leading names includeIBM, Infosys, KPIT, Nestle, Philip Carbon Black Limited, Shell, Sony, Tech Mahindra, Weatherford Drilling Internationalbesides many large business houses likeAdanis, Birlas, Reliance, L&T, Tatasetc.

First time Recruiters
This years first-time recruiters were Adobe, Armstrong, Amazon, Aditya Birla Solar, Athena Legal, Arka Consulting, Azure Power, Birlasoft,Byjus Think & Learn,Cognizant, Desmania, DHL Global, GM, Grasim Industries, Glencore, JLL, Khurana & Khurana, Lead Law, Lybrate, Microsoft, MPhasis, Madura Fashions, Mahindra Finance, NIIT Technologies, Orionis IP, Pramata Knowledge Solutions, Reliance Retail, Siemens, Sterling, Wilson, Vedanta, Worley Parson, Yamaha Motorsetc.

International Placements
Additionally,17 students from 8 programs ofB.Tech.(Applied Petroleum Engineering GAS; Upstream),M.Tech.(Disaster Management; Energy System; Health, Safety & Environment; Petroleum Exploration),MBA(Oil & Gas Management; Port & Shipping Management) have been hired by international organizations such as Weatherford Drilling International, Shreyas Relay Systems, Mount Meru, Outlook Industrial Consultants etc. and posted in countries like Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania etc.

Rituraaj Juneja, Director-Career Services at UPESsaid, Over the years, there is a clear trend of organizations preferring to hire fresh talent that can be quickly deployed and made billable. We enable the same for our students through our domain-specific, industry-endorsed programs that are co-designed, co-delivered and co-certified by our industry partners.

At UPES we understand and emphasize to our students that a degree is simply an eligibility and not a guarantee for a job. We stress on overall employability of our students by equipping them with updated domain knowledge and the essential soft skills, he further added.

While Indian IT sector is witnessing job cuts owing to digitization and automation, there is distinct strong demand for IT professionals with futuristic specializations. Interestingly, UPES has hit a record 100% placements of its IT & Computer Science engineering students who were eligible and opted for placements. In fact, both the number of recruiters as well as the compensation offered has consistently increased over the last three years.
In another noteworthy development, a UPES B. Tech student got accepted by the Indian Army after clearing written examination and service interview.

Established in 2003 through UPES Act, 2003 of the State Legislature of Uttarakhand, UPES is an UGC recognized and NAAC accredited University. UPES is globally recognized by QS Ratings with 5 Stars for both Employability (placements) and Campus Facilities and 4 Stars for its Teaching. UPES offers industry-aligned graduate and post-graduate courses in high growth sectors like Oil & Gas, Power, Infrastructure, IT, Design, Planning & Architecture, Public Policy, Legal studies and more. Because of its industry oriented programs, UPES graduates are a preferred choice for the companies with track record of minimum 85% placements year-on-year.

The university endeavours to be recognized as a Nation Builders University with a progressive vision of creating specialized professionals in the core sectors that can contribute in the economic growth of the country.
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