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Following are career options in field of IT:
(a) Development and Testing: In order to have technical career in IT, you require educational qualifications such as B.Tech CS/ IT, BCA-MCA, B.Sc-M.Sc CS/IT.
(b) IT infrastructure support including Desktop, server, networking, Telecom support. Most of these roles are filled by Electronics and Science grads or diploma and degree holders.
(c) Project Management: Technical Professional grow into role of Project Management with Certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 etc after few years of development or testing experience. Some MBA IT grads get Project Management opportunities directly.
(d) Business Analysis: Subject Matter experts with domain experience in Functional areas such as BFSI, Healthcare, Travel & Transportation etc can become BA. Most of the BA are with MBA background with BA Certification such as IIBA or BCS.
(e) Business Development: MBA grads have opportunities in IT industry in PreSales support, Sales & Marketing and Account Management.
(f) IT support role in Quality, Technical writing, Customer service engineer etc. These roles are filled with lower education. profile professional such as BCA grads.
(g) In addition IT industry requires HR, Finance and Accounting, Administration professionals.
You may choose any of the above based on your interest, personal conditions and preferences.

LPU provides quality education and has provided good rankings to the university on various parameters like placements, quality education, industry interface, infrastructure, international relations, Tie-ups, etc. LPU provides plenty of opportunities to its students to take part in events, competitions, and fests in order to let them grow their personalities and give them a chance to polish their skills. The students of LPU have been placed in the top companies with high salary packages. The placements have been divided into dream packages and bulk recruiters. Apart from placements, many eminent companies approach LPU to hire students for internships. A Salary package of 42 LPA was offered by Microsoft. The center for Professional enhancement of LPU aims at developing new skill Sets to its students besides improving their existing skills and competencies. The students get trained in Logical Reasoning, Aptitude, Verbal Ability, and Soft Skills by professional faculty members. LPU provides various opportunities which range from one-day workshops to a semester-long academic course that improves the learning experiences of its students.

As an alumnus of LPU, I feel proud to answer this question. I was a student in the B.Tech CSE of 2012 batch, the knowledge that I gained while my course duration has helped me a lot in shaping my career. I am currently working as an Application Development Analyst in Accenture, Noida. To begin with, LPU provides a lot of options in engineering only. It is one of the most highlighted courses. It has B.Tech and B.Tech (Hons) courses. B.Tech (Hons. ). With time they had introduced my new programs considering in mind the change occurring in technology. LPU has been ranked in the top 100 private universities by many outer agencies such as Business Today, golden star awards, Digital learning, zee news etc. More than 600 companies visit every year for various industry-academia activities and campus recruitment of students from LPU
Following is the data showing the placements of LPU students by top brand companies.
1. Microsoft with a package of 42 Lacs per annum.
2. Amazon with a package of 16 Lacs per annum
The main concern of every student and their parents is the job and LPU fulfills that requirement. According to the placement data of 2019-20 LPU has given jobs to 90% of their students appearing in the interview. Even in 2020-21 placement record was up to 72% considering the lockdown situation and rising cases of corona patients, LPU has delivered its promise. All my batch mates were working in reputed companies in India as well as abroad. If someone is planning their career in engineering, then I would suggest LPU. It will take care of your dreams and help you fly high.