HYDERABAD: The end of examinations spells the beginning of placements for B.Tech students but those studying in affiliated colleges may have to wait till later. While the second round of placements at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) is scheduled to begin after January 14, the pooled-placement drive for the affiliated colleges is scheduled for February-March next year. There is little likelihood that placements will be affected by fresh round of agitations as universities are gearing up to conduct placement drives outside the campuses for minimal disruption.“The campus recruitment will be first taken care of. So far, 450 offers were made during the first semester placement session in JNTU. The next round will begin by January-end, followed by rural and affiliated colleges,” said Dr A Prabhu Kumar, officer in-charge of Training and Placement at JNTU. The university expects to place all of its candidates at the second session and another 1000 offers are likely for the pooled-placement drive to be held in February and March. “The top ten affiliated colleges usually have their own placement cells. We will be taking in students from Tier-2 and rural colleges for these drives. We plan to hold a recruitment drive at MLR college on January 5 to begin with,” said the placement officer.The University College of Engineering at Osmania University has seen 671 offers during the first semester placements this year. “We will resume the placements after completion of end-semester examinations. While 70 per cent of the students have already been placed, the remaining 30 per cent will be taken care of in the next session,” said V Uma Maheshwar, Associate Professor and Placement and Training Officer of the college.IT is the big betInformation Technology sector and IT-enabled services will continue to recruit the major chunk of students. Most of the major IT companies recruited large numbers in the first semester and are likely to provide good openings in the pooled-recruitment drive as well. “The core companies usually hire lesser numbers and the numbers are decided only 4 to 5 months in advance. The intake by IT companies remains high and large volumes are recruited,” explained V. Uma Maheshwar. Core company majors Maruti Suzuki, Larsen and Toubro and Intergraph have been the major recruiters so far.Fewer students going in for higher educationBetter packages and fear of a second recession have ensured that fewer students go in for higher studies. An average of only 15 to 20 per cent students are applying for MS and MTech courses, observe the placement officers. The numbers have reduced over the years and the number of students applying for GATE, administrative services and MBA has risen, as compared to the overseas aspirants. “Students of EEE usually apply for GATE as the opportunities abroad are few. The increase in dollar rates has dissuaded many of my classmates from applying for courses in US,” said R Siddharth, a student of final year B.Tech in VNR VJIET.
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