On a recent train journey from Bangalore to Delhi, I met a young engineering student from Bangalore. Our mutual dislike of curd rice & coconut led to a long winded conversation about the placement possibilities in some of the private colleges in Bangalore.
A talkative young chap, my new friend was pursuing his B.Tech in IT from a private college called PESIT. Later, upon googling, I found the college was called People Education Society Institutes and offered a gamut of courses ranging from Medical and Engineering to Hotel Management and MBA.
Admissions are made on the basis of CET and COMED-K ranking. The management might also consider special cases: euphemism for the management quota. I probed the student and got a candid confession that management seats were the most expensive for CSE. I asked whether he too was a “special case”? Not surprisingly, a stoic look was what I got.
A shared cigarette soon got us back on track. Upon asking, I was informed that the placement situation for IT & CSE were pretty good. This is what I could gather from the conversation:
- Top companies do visit the campus.
- Tier 1 companies have a tough screening procedure which includes two aptitude tests and two rounds of interviews.
- Tier 2 & 3 companies take a screening test and one round of interview. Placement is more or less guaranteed if one clears the written screening test.
I checked the institute website and found that these companies did visit the campus in 2007. The Salary Details of 2007 CSE Batch are as follows:
- Minimum Salary – 2.10 Lacs
- Average Salary – 3.50 Lacs
- Maximum Salary - 9.20 Lacs