Significant Jump in PPOs Indicate Yet Another Placement High at NITIE

Significant Jump in PPOs Indicate Yet Another Placement High at NITIE

After a bumper summer crop on campus, which saw harvesters like Lehmann Brothers and DSP ML apart from the regular list of the best in a variety of sectors, viz., FMCG, Pharma, Banking, Manufacturing, IT & Consultancy students of National Institute of Industrial

Engineering (NITIE) have registered yet another high with the campus literally flooded with Pre-Placement Offers (PPO and PPI) for final year students.

NITIE, which offers PG Courses in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Information Technology Management and Industrial Safety Management, has registered till now a total of 78 offers (55 PPOs and 23 PPIs) more than a month before the start of placement season. The maximum package offered so far is $ 85000 by OLAM International. With almost 33% of the batch already having offers in hand, the mood on campus is definitely upbeat, among the 36 odd companies that have made advance bookings on campus so far.

The Banking, Financial Services & Insurance Sector ranked among students' top preferences. This sector also witnessed a phenomenal increase in the number of jobs and the nature of roles being offered as compared to the last year. Top-most companies of this sector like Citibank, Standard Chartered, ICICI, American Express and GE Money have already made advance booking by offering PPOs & PPIs.

The IT & Consultancy Sector was represented by the likes Intel, Wipro, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Patni Computers, i2 Technologies, Mindtree Consultants, Value Picth. A total of 18 PPOs has been received in this sector. The Automobile / Manufacturing Sector was also well represented by giants like Ceat, Maruti Udyog, Anand Group, Castrol and TATA Motors.

NITIE's long-standing ally FMCG wasn't to be left behind. It was reinforced by the participation of majors like HUL, P&G, ITC, Britannia, Cadburys, Asian Paints, Marico, Colgate Palmolive, Olam International, Reckitt Benkiser India Ltd., and Pharma majors like Glenmark, DRL, Glaxo Smithkline.

With offers still pouring in, this season seems set to break all past records.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Rashmi Panwar,
Media Team,
NITIE, Mumbai.

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