Lovely Professional University (LPU) is a renowned institution situated in Jalandhar, Punjab. LPU records 100% placements every year. More than 800 National and International companies such as Byju’s, IBM, Capgemini, Abbott, Amazon, OPTUM, BT, Canara HSBC, I Nurture-Education Solution, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Microsoft and Google, etc., come for placements every year. The LPU placement process witnessed high salaries offered by these top-rated organizations. As stated by the University officials, in the entire region, LPU students received the highest number of appointment letters.
A lot of students are also hired for internship opportunities other than placements. Internship opportunities are offered by some of the top companies including Microsoft, Cognizant, Morgan Stanley and Infosys, etc. This year, students of the 2021 batch were offered Rs 80,000 per month.
LPU Placements 2020
The basic eligibility criteria to participate in campus recruitment is mentioned below: –
- An average of 60% of marks is required in class 10th, 12th, and undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- There should not be any standing arrears.
- Students having a maximum of 2 years’ standing arrears considered at the company’s discretion.
- Students, participating in placement drives, will be given a LOR (Letter of Recommendation) for pursuing higher studies if the students do not get placements in core companies.
LPU students were offered over 2500 placement and internship opportunities by more than 500 companies during the 2020 placements. Also, more than 2000 LPU students are pursuing successful careers in different countries such as the UK, USA, Australia, and Canada, etc. A few placement highlights and a comparison with the last few years are discussed below: –
Lovely Professional University (LPU) is ranked among ‘Top 100 private universities under Placement Performance Category’ by Business Today. This university is also awarded the ‘National Employability Award 2020’ by Aspiring Minds for the last seven consecutive years. To find out the reasons for high placement ratings by the top business organizations, let’s compare the last two years’ placement highlights of LPU below: –
| Particulars | Salary/ Statistics (2019) | Salary Statistics (2020) |
| Number of Recruiters | 639 | 800 |
| Total Offers | N/A | 2500 |
| Highest CTC | Rs 31 LPA | Rs 42 LPA (Microsoft) |
| Average CTC | N/A | Rs 7 LPA |
| Companies offering dream packages | 140 | 250 |
| Recruiters of IITs/ IIMs/ NITs | N/A | 110 |
| Star Recruiter | Cognizant | Cognizant |
Companies visited in last few years
An average of more than 200 international and national companies visited the LPU campus for recruitment in the last few years. But 2020 breaks all the records as the top 800 MNCs visited the campus for placements. If we compare it with the year 2019, there is an increase of 20.12% in terms of the company visits during 2020 placements in the LPU campus. This below-mentioned graphical representation will help us to understand the number of companies that visited in the LPU campus over the last five few years: –
During 2020 placements, among 800 companies that visited the LPU campus, 250 companies are considered dream companies as the CTC offered by these companies are more than 5 LPA. In the year 2019, only 140 dream companies visited and hired students from the LPU campus. So, in the year 2020, there is a significant rise of 44% of dream companies that visited the LPU campus. The graphical representations of the last five years dream companies that visited in LPU campus are shown below: –
The below-drawn pie chart will give a clear indication of the start recruiters that visited LPU campus. As per the reports of the 2020 LPU student batch, the top seven companies offering highest to lowest packages are given below: –
Cognizant > Capgemini > Tech Mahindra > Amazon > Wipro > Bosch
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