Firms on a hiring mode in engg colleges

After hiring the "creamy layer" from premier engineering colleges, including MNIT, BITS-Pilani and government engineering colleges in the state, corporate biggies are now eyeing city-based private engineering colleges, indicating that recession' has possibly been replaced by recovery'.
The placement sessions in premier engineering colleges were over as they claimed to have got offers letters for 90% of the eligible candidates. Nizami, placement co-ordinator of MNIT, said, "We are almost done with placements. It has given space for the companies to explore opportunities in other institutes."
IT majors, including TCS, Infosys and Wipro, besides Bosch, are visiting private colleges to recruit students in varioust semesters in accordance with their upcoming projects. These institutes are delighted to see the IT biggies in their colleges.
In fact, TCS camped in the city's three private engineering colleges and conducted on-line test for hiring on Monday. Meenu Saxena, placement co-ordinator for Poornima Group of Colleges said, "A year ago it was quite difficult for us to invite the companies for hiring due to recession. Now the situation has changed as companies are flocking the campuses." Recently, Infosys recruited hundreds of students from private colleges with an average package of Rs 3.25 lakh.
The city has over 30 engineering colleges, most of them began only five years ago. Earlier, the placement process was a year-long event.
Saxena explained the reason behind the core companies' preferring Rajasthan's private colleges over other states. "It is the performance and the reputation earned by our students in the market. The performance of our students was outstanding as compared to other centres," said Saxena. Rohit Mishra, branch head of a consultancy firm said, "Generally the corporate bigwigs look for IITs and NITs but as the economy is recovering they are exploring opportunities in two-tier colleges as well."