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Over 70 engineering colleges in India opt for ‘progressive closure’ as they fall short of students, checkout the full list

<ul><li>The Vellore Institute of Technology issued a circular to the men’s hostel to ban students from playing the hugely popular online game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, on the premises. </li><li>The announcement has faced backlash on Reddit, Twitter and other social media platforms for being excessive, citing comments that reiterate that colleges are ‘for adults’. </li><li>The underlying concern is that the circular has only been issued to the men’s hostel while there are no such guidelines being put in place for the women’s hostel. </li></ul>Gaming has always been considered a ‘distraction’ or as the Vellore Institute of Technology (<keyword id="272347" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="VIT">VIT</keyword>) puts it, ‘spoiling the atmosphere of the hostel’. The engineering college has banned students from playing the Tencent game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (<keyword id="4998506" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="pubg">PUBG</keyword>), in the men’s hostel according to a post that was shared on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/a59kt9/np_vit_hostel_trying_to_put_a_stop_to_late_night/">Reddit</a>. The email sent out by the institution’s warden asked students to ‘concentrate on physical games or sports and give more importance to their career growth’. In order to ensure that these guidelines are followed, students that don’t adhere to the new rule will be ‘dealt with seriously under the VIT code of conduct’. The fact that the notice has only been issued to the men’s hostel and not to the women’s hostel is a matter of grave concern. If PUBG is in fact undermining the ability of students to focus on campus, shouldn’t the standards for both genders be equal? Gaming addiction A lot of the backlash that VIT is facing on social media seem to be around if college students should be considered responsible enough to make their own decisions resonating with <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/itsarnavb">arnavb</a>’s comment on Reddit stating, “Aren’t colleges for adults?” <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/thewannabetraveller">Thewannabetraveller</a> responded saying that, “No one views college students as adults in India. At least, until you commit a crime of some sort. Then you’re the rouge baddie type guy.” That being said, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/digital-detox-this-bengaluru-clinic-helps-people-battle-tech-based-addictions/story-GvTZEBu7Kt9uEyHioOqC5M.html">reported</a> a number of cases that revealed player addiction to PUBG. Even the World Health Organisation recognised gaming as health disorder earlier this year in June. The issue at VIT This isn’t the first time that VIT’s policies have been in the crosshairs of being <a href="https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/04/sexist-rules-in-vit-university/amp/">too restrictive</a>. In 2013, a female student and staff member were <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/two-vit-students-sent-home-for-dissent/article5222323.ece/amp/">fired</a> for merely questioning the disparity in curfew timings for men and women. The difference remains that even today women have to pay a ‘monetary fine’ when they meet someone of the opposite gender on or off campus after the dictated curfew timings. The circular to ban PUBG gaming in hostels has only been issued for the men’s hostel and if the game is in fact ‘spoiling the atmosphere of the hostel’, shouldn’t the women’s hostel be afforded the same guidelines? The disparity reeks of an obvious bias compounding the many gender <a href="https://www.gameaxis.com/feature/sam-says-girl-playerunknowns-battlegrounds/">stereotypes</a> <a href="https://edtimes.in/im-a-girl-who-plays-pubg-and-here-are-some-of-the-stupid-stereotypes-about-this/">within the game</a> where they have seeped offline under the assumption that women shouldn’t even be a part of the conversation. PUBG is the <a href="https://qz.com/india/1489469/tencents-pubg-is-driving-indian-gamers-crazy/">most popular</a> online battle game this year, surpassing the popularity of Fortnite and FreeFire, primarily due to their decision to introduce the game to the mobile gaming platform.

An Indian engineering college has banned PUBG under the claim that its ‘spoiling the atmosphere of the hostel’ — but leaves women out of the conversation

<ul><li><keyword id="10591" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Samsung" source="Orion">Samsung</keyword> will be recruiting engineers for its Bengaluru, Delhi and Noida offices.</li><li>Around 260 engineers will be coming from all IITs and the balance would be coming from other Tier-1 institutes.</li><li>Samsung had hired 1200 engineers in 2019 as well from these top colleges.</li></ul>South Korean smartphone giant Samsung is looking forward to recruit more than 1000 engineers in India from top engineering colleges like the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Birla Institute of Technology &amp; Science (BITS) Pilani, Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) and many more this year for its Bengaluru, Delhi and Noida offices. Samsung is planning to hire students from multiple streams including computer science, electronics and communications, electrical engineering, mathematics and computing, instrumentation and information technology to support its efforts to build innovative solutions for India-specific challenges. “As businesses continue to expand and grow, we will be hiring 1000 plus engineers for our R&amp;D [research and development] centres from top notch engineering colleges. These engineers will work at our R&amp;D centres located in Bangalore, Delhi and Noida,” said <keyword id="1072012" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sameer-wadhawan" source="Orion">Sameer Wadhawan</keyword>, senior vice president and head of human resources at <keyword id="107877" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="samsung-india" source="Orion">Samsung India</keyword> in an interaction with Business Insider. He said, “One-fourth (260) engineers will be coming from all IITs and the balance would be coming from other tier one schools.” When asked about the average salary package, which the company will be offering to their new employees, Wadhawan said, “We are offering a very competitive compensation [when] hiring from campuses. That is why we are able to hire more than 1000 plus engineers year after year”. Samsung had hired 1200 engineers in 2019 as well from these top colleges, but they joined the company in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reason behind this massive hiring was its main agenda to strengthen their R&amp;D centres. “This is part of our continued growth and expansion plans in India. For us R&amp;D has been on the front. We opened our first R&amp;D centre in India in 1996 in Bengaluru, and a factory in the same year. This shows our commitment to the Indian market and India-related product and talent,” Wadhawan added. The smartphone maker company witnessed a high attrition rate in the last couple of months. “Attrition rate is slightly higher than usual and it is more to do with the simple demand and supply issue, also there are so many tech jobs available, but the situation is not alarming for us”, he said. Attrition rate, also known as churn rate is the rate at which employees leave the company and is often calculated as an annual figure. Samsung, in their third quarter results which came out in October, reported a 28% increase in their operating profit from its previous quarter. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/ey-is-offering-scholarships-to-indian-college-students-worth-1-lakh-with-two-months-internship-opportunity/articleshow/87887106.cms">EY is offering scholarships to Indian college students worth ₹1 lakh with two months’ internship opportunity</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/hindustan-petroleum-is-inviting-applications-from-engineering-graduates-for-its-apprenticeship-programme-with-a-monthly-stipend-of-25000/articleshow/87884547.cms">Hindustan Petroleum is inviting applications from engineering graduates for its apprenticeship programme with a monthly stipend of ₹25,000</a>

Samsung to hire over 1000 engineers in India this year from top engineering colleges like IITs and BITS, Pilani

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Facebook/Olin College of Engineering</div></div></div>We recently reported on the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-hardest-colleges-to-get-into-in-america-2015-10">20 hardest colleges to get into in America</a>, and big names like Harvard and Dartmouth dominated the list. But one school you might not have heard of also made the top 20.<a href="http://www.olin.edu/">Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering</a> in Needham, Massachusetts, was No. 14 on the list.The <a href="https://colleges.niche.com/rankings/">academic-review site Niche.com</a> ranked the hardest-to-get-into colleges based on acceptance rates and SAT and ACT scores - with acceptance rates receiving a weighted average of 60% and ACT and SAT scores getting 40%.While the Franklin W. Olin College might not be a household name, many impressive students want to go there.Students in the 75th percentile at Franklin W. Olin had an SAT score of 2300 out of a possible 2400, <a href="https://colleges.niche.com/rankings/hardest-to-get-in/">according to the Niche data</a>, based on information reported to the US Department of <keyword id="6355445" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Education">Education</keyword>. The fall 2014 acceptance rate was just 12%, <a href="http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/olin-college-39463">US News &amp; World Report</a> finds. The average GPA of incoming students is a 4.0, <a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1037875/college/franklin-w-olin-college-engineering">according to the Princeton Review</a>.There are a few good incentives for students to apply to this school of just 370 students. For starters, 100% of enrolled students <a href="http://www.olin.edu/admission/costs-financial-aid/">get the merit-based Olin Tuition Scholarship of $21,750</a>. Once students get in, they get instruction in small classes: More than 98% of classes have fewer than 50 students, and 51.2% have fewer than 20.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">WikipediaFranklin W. Olin College of Engineering.</div></div></div>Six months out of college, the average Olin grad from 2012, 2013, and 2014 makes $78,074, <a href="http://www.olin.edu/collaborate/careers-graduate-studies/results/">according to the school</a>.A relatively new school, Olin was formed in 1997 with a $200 million gift from the F.W. Olin Foundation. At the time, it was the largest gift in US history to a higher-education institution, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/06/us/largest-gift-ever-endows-a-new-college.html">The New York Times reported</a> in 1997.The school aimed to teach engineering to undergrads in "new, interdisciplinary ways," according to The Times.A decade later, The New York Times Magazine wrote a profile that described Olin and explained why it attracts such exceptional students. The engineering college resembles a liberal-arts school in that students learn "how to learn," The Times noted. It also focuses on humanities in addition to technical classes.From The Times:The notion of taking part in something new is part of the draw for incoming students. Alyssa Levitz could have gone just about anywhere after high school - her grades and scores were great, and her equally accomplished sisters were accepted at the University of Pennsylvania and Brown. She had visited 15 colleges, and they were starting to blur. But Levitz, who says she is as comfortable with math and science as with historical fiction, and who plays flute, piccolo and piano, found that Olin "just stood out." Years after The Times Magazine profile, Olin is still in high demand. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/classrooms-in-27-countries-around-the-world-2015-10">What a classroom looks like in 27 countries around the world</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="RqZnF2dzqipdNKF-t5588elpeLvP-io-" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

This tiny engineering school is one of the hardest colleges to get into in America

<div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image">REUTERS/Keith Bedford</div></div>Recent <keyword id="6360288" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="college">college</keyword> graduates who studied <keyword id="27859" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="engineering">engineering</keyword> will on average make more than any of their peers, according to a new study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
NACE - which <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/01/10/the-college-degrees-with-the-highest-starting-salaries-2/">Forbes describes as a non-profit group</a> that "links college placement offices with employers" - compiled data from an independant compensation management firm, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Census Bureau. Their study found that <a href="http://www.naceweb.org/uploadedFiles/Content/static-assets/downloads/executive-summary/2014-january-salary-survey-executive-summary.pdf">engineering majors in the Class of 2013 had the highest average starting salary at $62,564</a>, while humanities and social sciences majors saw the biggest salary growth from 2012.
However, this was only good news for those <keyword id="3216" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="students">students</keyword> who could secure jobs. According to Forbes, only 29.3% of 2013 graduates had landed jobs prior to graduation.
From NACE, here are the average starting <keyword id="6402851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Salaries">salaries</keyword> for the Class of 2013:
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<li>Engineering - $62,564</li>
<li>Computer Science - $59,084</li>
<li>Business - $55,144</li>
<li>Communications - $44,552</li>
<li>Math &amp; Sciences - $42,956</li>
<li><keyword id="6355445" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Education">Education</keyword> - $40,590</li>
<li>Humanities &amp; Social Sciences - $38,045</li>
</ol>

Engineering Majors Had A Higher Starting Salary Than Any Other College Graduate In 2013

E-commerce companies, especially start-ups are going to find it difficult to hire engineering graduates from leading Indian institutes, since the placement teams at these institutes have decided to go strict after some start-ups failed to deliver on the offers they had made in last placement seasons. 
 
Placement teams at institutes, like Birla Institute of Technology &amp; Science (BITS) Pilani University and Delhi Technological University (DTU) told ET that for the coming placement seasons, they would be turning extra vigilant and introduce stringent background checks on companies from e-commerce sector. Till last season, these companies were the most sought-after recruiters, thanks to their loaded pockets and the surging start-up wave in the country. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Here-are-the-3-exact-ways-to-prepare-students-for-placement-interviews/articleshow/52122413.cms">Here are the 3 exact ways to prepare students for placement interviews</a> 
 
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surathkal, NIT-Trichy and Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad are also pursuing similar strategies for their ongoing and upcoming placements. 
 
"Barring some big names such as Amazon and Paytm, e-commerce companies will have difficulty attracting the best students this year," said a professor in charge of placements at a top NIT on the condition of anonymity. 
 
Last season, as many as 42 students from BITS Pilani, got their offers from start-ups like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Flipkart-calls-deferring-joining-dates-of-campus-recruits-a-tough-decision-but-necessary/articleshow/52437180.cms">Flipkart</a> and Grofers deferred or revoked. Taking a lesson from that, the placement team has, this time, allowed only five to six recruiters from e-commerce and start-up sector to hire their students from the campus. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Read-the-Curt-email-IIM-A-sent-Flipkart-about-bad-hiring-policies/articleshow/52431557.cms">Read the Curt email IIM-A sent Flipkart about bad hiring policies</a> 
 
G Balasubramanian, chief placement officer (India and Dubai) at BITS Pilani, said that the institute will now ask new recruiters in said sectors to sign an agreement that states that they are liable to pay six months' compensation along with an experience certificate in case they revoke a job offer. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-why-B-school-students-ultimately-opt-for-FMCG-companies-over-startups-during-placement-season/articleshow/51059112.cms">Here's why B-school students ultimately opt for FMCG companies over startups during placement season</a> 
 
NO STARTUPS AT DTU THIS MTH 
Delhi Technological University, which started its placement season a few days ago, has decided that no start-ups would be invited for the entire first month of the season. They have only allowed one e-commerce company, Amazon, to attend the placement season. Other e-commerce companies and start-ups could be allowed to attend placements much later, in the second phase of the placements. 
 
Also read: ​ <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Start-ups-low-on-cash-say-no-to-hiring-big/articleshow/52431765.cms">Start-ups are low on cash, and talent acquisition is set to suffer a major deal because of this</a> 
 
<a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/photo/51334995.cms">Image source</a>

Hiring engineers for your start-ups is not going to be easy

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robocup2013/9091354499/">RoboCup2013/flickr</a></div></div></div>In a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/us-news-and-world-report-names-harvard-best-global-university-2015-10">new list on the best universities in the world</a>, US News &amp; World Report found the US has the most school with top-ranked engineering programs.American universities <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-with-most-top-ranked-universities-2015-10">dominated US News' global ranking</a>, with 181 schools making the overall list of 750. For its engineering ranking, US News looked at 250 universities."These subject-specific rankings - which are not of academic majors, departments or specific schools at universities, such as business schools or medical schools - are based on academic research performance in those subjects," <a href="http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/articles/subject-rankings-methodology">Robert Morse, US News' director of data research, writes</a>. "We have used various bibliometric measures, including publications and citations, as well as indicators for global and regional reputation in that specific subject."Here are the five countries with the most top-ranked engineering programs:<ol><li>US</li><li>China</li><li>United Kingdom</li><li>Canada</li><li>Australia</li></ol> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/aerial-video-explosion-blast-site-tianjin-china-2015-8">New aerial footage shows aftermath of explosion in China</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="tkdzUxdzqidr5j3bDhTKNZS1v2q3Z4nZ" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

The 5 countries with the most top-ranked colleges for engineering

As per the findings published by the National Council of Advanced Economic Research, engineering is perhaps the most popularly pursued undergraduate courses in India. The two variations of engineering courses are B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) and B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology). The most obvious question that every engineering course applicant confronts first is the difference between these two kinds of degrees. If you would ask if they differ only in terms of their names or their course curriculum also, here are the possible answers that might quell your doubts and give you a clear picture of what these courses are all about. In the engineering domain, both these courses are equally valuable and where and how you pursue them is the key to the success of your career. B.E. or Bachelor of Engineering program is more theoretical in nature, whereas, the B.Tech courses are more practical oriented. The difference between these two courses is a minor kind. Engineering as a science deals with the theoretical concepts and principles underlying a given engineering discipline. Technology is concerned with how these theories and principles are put or applied to work. A majority of engineering and technology courses offered in the undergraduate level by various engineering colleges and institutes have more or less a similar syllabus. While pursuing a course in engineering or technology, what matters to you the most is the college that offers the course. Know that prospective employers value the degree provided by reputed colleges. Differences between B.E. and B.Tech <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">B.E. (Bachelor in Engineering) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">B.Tech. (Bachelor in Technology) </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">Bachelor of Engineering is a graduate level program. You can do this course after passing the 12th class exams. Usually, after your plus two, you must take an engineering entrance examination conducted in the state level or national level. These exams are the windows to secure an admission to the various B.E. programs offered by different colleges and institutes in the undergraduate level. </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">Bachelor of Technology is a graduate level program that you can pursue after you pass your 12th class board examinations. To get an entry to a bachelor of technology course, you must take a state level or national level entrance test (depending on the case of the course you wish to join). These common entrance examinations secure you an entry into the different bachelor's programs in technology offered by different colleges and institutes. </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">The main focus of the B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering Programs is to equip the student with the theoretical knowledge needed to innovate technology and also invent some new technical gadgets. </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">B. Tech (Bachelor of Technology programs are usually application and skill-based courses. Their prime focus is on making the student understand the technology behind the working of gadgets and modify or enhance their quality of working. </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">B.E. Programs are knowledge oriented courses and the main emphasis of these courses is the theoretical side of the curriculum. </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">B.Tech programs are skill oriented courses. They mainly emphasize on the practical side of the curriculum. </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">Some crucial components of B.E. programs are internships and industrial visits. </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;">B.Tech programs make industrial visits and internships an integral part of their courses. </td></tr></tbody></table>

Difference between B.E. and B.Tech - All you need to know

<ul><li>Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), National Institute of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) — placed almost 77% of its graduates through campus placements. </li><li>Of the total 23,298 engineering students, 17,946 were placed on campus, according to HRD Ministry. </li><li>Bagging over 32% of offers, IIT Delhi campus witnessed an upsurge of 15% in the number of companies visiting for campus placements this year. </li><li>IIT graduates have bagged employment offers from 200 of the top 500 companies across the globe.</li></ul>India’s top notch engineering colleges — Indian Institute of Technology(IITs), National Institute of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institute of Information Technology(IIITs) — placed almost 77% of its graduates through campus placements, <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/education/engineering-campus-placement-45-engineering-graduates-found-jobs-in-2017-18-says-hrd-ministry-2069988?&amp;tb_cb=1">according to</a> the Human Resource &amp; Development Ministry (MHRD). This means, three in every four students from premium institutions received placement offers from the companies visiting the campuses in 2018-19. According to Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Union Human Resource Development Minister, of the total 23,298 engineering students, 17,946 were placed on campus. However, if all the country’s colleges under All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) are included, the percentage of engineers places goes down 45%. "With Government of India targeting a high growth path, employment opportunities shall increase," NDTV<a href="https://www.ndtv.com/education/engineering-campus-placement-45-engineering-graduates-found-jobs-in-2017-18-says-hrd-ministry-2069988?&amp;tb_cb=1"> reported</a> citing Pokhriyal. IITs graduates bagged employment offers from 200 of the top 500 companies across the globe. IIT Delhi campus bagged over 32% of the total offers made to the institutions, and the number of companies making them also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/iit-delhi-campus-placements-exceeded-1000-in-electrical-chemical-civil-mechanical-and-it-engineering/articleshow/68297555.cms">by 15%</a>. It scored over 1,000 offers from Indian as well as overseas employers. This included pre-placement offers allowing students to intern before joining them. Automation effect IT majors including <keyword id="6357150" type="DOMAIN" weightage="20" keywordseo="tcs">TCS</keyword>, <keyword id="10862" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Wipro">Wipro</keyword> and <keyword id="6354512" type="DOMAIN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Infosys">Infosys</keyword> have been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/infosys-is-hiring-18000-freshers-from-campus-placements/articleshow/70223097.cms">hiring freshers</a> in large numbers, from campuses. In the meanwhile, engineering colleges are also offering courses in emerging digital fields like data analytics, AI and machine learning which is improving their employability. The AICTE is also giving importance to sprucing up education in emerging digital fields like <keyword id="107950" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="20" keywordseo="artificial-intelligence">Artificial Intelligence</keyword> and blockchain. IIT also introduced <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/iit-students-choose-ai-over-computer-science/articleshow/70024844.cms">B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence</a> along with other certification courses in machine learning. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/union-budget-2019-for-education-study-in-india-program-announced-by-nirmala-sitharaman/articleshow/70083474.cms">Study in India program to turn the country into an education hub for foreign students</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/iit-delhi-campus-placements-exceeded-1000-in-electrical-chemical-civil-mechanical-and-it-engineering/articleshow/68297555.cms">These core subjects are the biggest winners in IIT-Delhi's record campus placement season</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/iit-students-choose-ai-over-computer-science/articleshow/70024844.cms">IIT students are choosing AI over computer science as job prospects change</a>

3 out of 4 graduates from top engineering colleges got jobs via campus placements, government data shows

New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): <keyword id="19953789" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="IIT-Madras" source="keywords">IIT Madras</keyword> has been ranked the <keyword id="19925221" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="best" source="keywords">best</keyword> <keyword id="22759867" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="higher-educational-institution" source="keywords">higher educational institution</keyword> in <keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="India" source="keywords">India</keyword> followed by IISc Bengaluru and IIT Bombay in an overall category in the ranking conducted by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). The announcement was made on Monday by the Ministry of Education at an event at the Bharat Mandapam in the national capital that was presided by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Indian Institute of Technology Madras was ranked first in the <keyword id="22759868" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="NIRF-rankings" source="keywords">NIRF rankings</keyword> 2024 and it is the 6th time that it has bagged the top spot in NIRF ranking. IIT-Madras has also been ranked as the best engineering college for the past nine years. In the management category, IIM-Ahmedabad and Bangalore and Calcutta are among the top five. Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru) ranked as the best university in the country followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia. Delhi University's Hindu College ranked as the best college in the country followed by Miranda House College and St. Stephen's College. The Chennai-based institute retained the No 1 position in categories "overall and engineering" The NIRF rankings lists was released for 13 different categories, including universities, colleges, research institutions, engineering, management, pharmacy, medical, dental, law, architecture and planning, agriculture and allied sectors, and innovation. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has been accepted by the MoE and launched by Honourable Minister for Education on 29th September 2015. This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country/ The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has been accepted by the MoE and launched by Honourable Minister for Education on September 29, 2015. This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. This year, as many as higher 10885 education institutions participated in the NIRF.(ANI)

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"></div></div>Electrical engineering majors <a href="http://msutoday.msu.edu/_/pdf/assets/2014/starting-salaries-gardner-.pdf">make the most money immediately after graduating college</a>, with an average starting salary of $57,030, according to a recent study from Michigan State University.
The study comes from MSU's College Employment Research Institute, and charts the average starting salaries for new college graduates in a variety of majors.
According to the MSU study, the average starting salary among all new college graduates is $39,045. The lowest average starting salary - advertising - is $36,638.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the MSU list is dominated by engineering majors. Check out the top 10 highest average starting salaries below:
<ol>
<li>Electrical Engineering - $57,030</li>
<li>Computer Engineering - $56,576</li>
<li>Mechanical Engineering - $56,055</li>
<li>Software Design - $54,183</li>
<li>Computer Programming - $54,065</li>
<li>Chemical Engineering - $53,622</li>
<li>Computer Science - $52,237</li>
<li>Civil Engineering - $51,622</li>
<li>Mathematics - $47,952</li>
<li>Construction - $45,591</li>
</ol>
<a href="http://msutoday.msu.edu/_/pdf/assets/2014/starting-salaries-gardner-.pdf">See the full results via the Michigan State University College Employment Research Institute &gt;&gt;</a>

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Edelweiss, which is a financial services firm, is looking forward to tap engineering students who might suggest some innovative ideas and technologies. The company has also created an internal board which would evaluate these ideas. 
 
The step has been taken because the fear of technological disruption which has reached the boards of large companies. These companies are now trying to join the start-up boom, which they plan to do either through funding or collaborations. Edelweiss is open to trying both these ideas and believes that not all innovative ideas can come from inside, the company's technology chief told ET. 
 
"We have a programme called Edelweiss Springboard. We go to engineering colleges and ask students to come up with innovative ideas for our business using few technologies. If the idea has potential, we will mentor the shortlisted teams in implementing their ideas and reward the successful ones," said Kalpana Maniar, who is the president and chief information officer of Edelweiss Financial Services. 
 
For reaching out to the engineering students, the company has been to two engineering colleges this year, and is planning to expand the programme so that more colleges can be included in the coming years. 
In the recent years, the boom in the start-up sector has given tough competition to financial services firms across the globe. 
 
Last week, we reported about Mahindra Group’s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Mahindra-Group-wants-its-employees-to-be-entrepreneurs-too-Heres-how/articleshow/49841964.cms">plans to help aspiring entrepreneurs</a> among its employees so that start-ups can be built in-house with seed funding and incubation facilities. 
 
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MUMBAI: Flush with funds and hungry for growth, a bunch of startups is gearing up to stake claim on talent at India’s top campuses. 
 
As placements unfold over the next few months at the IITs, IIMs and other institutes, these startups look on track to give traditional heavyweights a run for their money in the battle for talent. 
 
Ten startups that ET spoke to are collectively looking to hire more than 850 graduates across leading business schools, engineering colleges and graduate schools this fiscal. 
 From established names such as <keyword id="6354742" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Flipkart">Flipkart</keyword>, TaxiForSure and <keyword id="1006428" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Olacabs">Olacabs</keyword> to campus newbies like Vizury and <keyword id="2463175" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="CodeNation">CodeNation</keyword>, almost all are hiring in greater numbers than before, armed with attractive pay packages and the promise of greater responsibilities and faster growth for potential hires. 
 
Barely six months after being registered as a company, enterprise software developer CodeNation is already one of the most coveted recruiters at engineering campuses such as National Institutes of Technology (NITs), offering salaries of Rs 24 lakh. One of the last to go to the campuses last season, it hired 12 engineering graduates in March 2014. 
 
This time, it plans to net the best early on from the IITs, NITs, IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology), DTU (Delhi Technological University) and PESIT (PES Institute of Technology). "We went to campuses very late (last time), but do not want to do the same this time. We plan to hire 50 students from the best colleges," said Anuja Sivaram, head of operations at CodeNation. 
 Another relatively new name is Bangalore-based big data analytics startup Vizury. Last year, it went to two <keyword id="2470783" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="BITS-Pilani-University">BITS Pilani University</keyword> campuses with seven offers. The startup, which in June saw a third round of <keyword id="6357455" type="EVENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Funding">funding</keyword> totaling $16 million from new and existing investors, is planning to recruit more this year. "We plan to hire 25-30 engineers from IITs, BITS Pilani University, NITs and IIIT campuses for our product engineering team. Students will be working on cuttingedge analytics and advertising technology platforms," said Subra Krishnan, vice-president in charge of products. 
 
Taxi-service startup Olacabs, fresh after raising Rs 250 crore last month, is on an expansion mode. 
 
To drive its growth plans, the company is in the market for 100 new hires from IITs and IIMs, compared with 40 it recruited last year, said co-founder and Chief Executive Bhavish Aggarwal. 
 
Rival TaxiForSure, on its part, is heading to engineering campuses for the first time this year. Until now the company hired engineers laterally. "We will head to IIT-Madras and IIT-Bombay for the first time. Now we have five engineering managers who can train the new recruits and therefore there is sufficient leadership to hire from engineering campuses," said human resources head TN Hari. 
 While it hasn’t decided on the number of engineering students to be recruited, the startup will hire 25 from IIMs in Bangalore, <keyword id="6354925" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kolkata">Kolkata</keyword>, Ahmedabad and Lucknow as well as the <keyword id="6357275" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-School-of-Business">Indian School of Business</keyword>. 
 Online retailer Flipkart, last year’s biggest <keyword id="41007" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="recruiter">recruiter</keyword> in the startup space, declined to share numbers for this year but is expected to at least match last year’s hiring tally. 
The Bangalore-based company, which made an entry into the ET Top Recruiters at B-schools survey for the first time this year, hired more than 275 students from across campuses, including 90 management trainees, 115 graduate trainees and 70 software development engineers last season. 
 
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What helps these startups attract talent other than strong hiring numbers is a vibrant work environment, and salaries that are as competitive as many established organisations. TaxiForSure, for instance, will be offering packages ofRs 8-10 lakh at IITs. At IIMs, salaries will range between Rs 12 lakh and Rs 25 lakh, compared with Rs 12-18 lakh last year. 
 Mobile marketing and communications startup <keyword id="416397" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ZipDial">ZipDial</keyword>, which intends to hire around 20 students this year, says while its fixed salaries may be slightly lower than market rates, top performers stand to make much more in terms of variable bonuses and employee equity grants. LimeRoad.com, which operates an online shopping platform for women, will offer employee stock option programmes. 
 Restaurant-guide startup <keyword id="830092" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Zomato">Zomato</keyword> is offering around Rs 15 lakh a year while property listings portal <keyword id="1960231" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Housing-com">Housing.com</keyword> will be shelling out anywhere between Rs 12 lakh and Rs 18 lakh. 
 Mumbai-based Housing.com, which raised Rs 115 crore in a new round of funding in June, was in fact, a <keyword id="2470782" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="first-day-recruiter">first-day recruiter</keyword> at <keyword id="2470784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="IITKharagpur">IITKharagpur</keyword> placement rounds last December, sharing space with the likes of <keyword id="6355629" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Google">Google</keyword> and <keyword id="43340" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Oracle">Oracle</keyword>. 
 
This year, as well, several startups are likely to be among the first and second day recruiters at prestigious campuses, a privilege usually reserved for big-ticket recruiters. 
 
"The culture of entrepreneurship that startups provide, the growth opportunities and the challenging work environment are all very attractive to a number of students," said Punj Rajan, a student placement committee member at IIT-Kharagpur. "They actually want several startups to be among the companies slotted in the first few days of placements." Rajan had interned with Jabong.com during summer. Even B-schools are ready to make extra efforts to attract more startups. 
 
IIM-Bangalore last year organised a separate day for startups to come and hire from the executive MBA batch. "Startups often offer senior positions and if they need more time and rounds, we are ready to stretch for them. In the near future, we may have separate startup fairs for our flagship PGP batch too," said Sapna Agarwal, head of career development services at IIM-Bangalore. 
 
Not surprisingly, Advitiya Sharma, co-founder of Housing.com, says he has been flooded by invitations from top colleges. His plans are not firmed up as yet, but he intends to hire around 25 people from IITs and a similar number from IIMs across software, analytics, operations and tech roles. 
 
Another startup, Wooqer, has already made three pre-placement offers at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. It plans to hire 25 students across IITs and a couple of NITs, and intends to reach out to IIM-Indore, IIM-Bangalore, SP Jain Institute of Management &amp; Research and NMIMS soon. 
 
Salaries will range from Rs 13 lakh toRs 17 lakh. Other institutes including graduate and design schools are also being targeted by these startups. 
 
Upasana Nath, chief recruitment officer at Zomato, said besides the 40 students it will be hiring from engineering colleges like the IITs and senior leadership profiles from IIMs and ISB, it will be taking on board 200 for front line sales and content operations from graduate colleges in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Suchi Mukherjee, CEO &amp; co-founder of LimeRoad.com, said the startup intends to get 30-50 people from campuses alone. IITs in Delhi, Kanpur, Mumbai and Chennai will be the focus for technology and IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Kolkata for product managers, marketing and category managers.

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