Which is the best college for placements among UPES and LPU?

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Dinesh upadhyay · Answer

Rankwise, LPU is higher than UPES. For some specialised courses like petroleum engineering UPES is better but overall LPU would be a better choice.

ParmSidhu · Answer

Lovely Professional University (LPU), which is known for its strong focus on placements and career development. LPU has built a robust placement ecosystem that helps students prepare for employment opportunities through a combination of academic learning, skill development, and industry engagement. The university offers specialised training programs in aptitude, logical reasoning, communication skills, coding, technical competencies, resume building, group discussions, and interview preparation to ensure students are industry-ready. One of the major strengths of LPU is its dedicated Career Services division, which works closely with students throughout their academic journey. The university regularly organizes placement drives, career fairs, workshops, seminars, and interactions with industry professionals. Students are encouraged to participate in internships, live projects, hackathons, and certification programs that help them gain practical experience and strengthen their professional profiles. LPU attracts recruiters from a wide range of sectors, including information technology, software development, consulting, analytics, banking, finance, manufacturing, healthcare, e-commerce, and core engineering industries. The university's industry-oriented curriculum and focus on experiential learning help students develop the skills employers seek in today's competitive job market. Additionally, LPU supports entrepreneurship and innovation through incubation centers, mentoring programs, and startup initiatives for students interested in launching their own ventures. The university also provides modern infrastructure, advanced laboratories, research opportunities, and international collaborations that contribute to overall student development. Students who actively engage in academics, internships, skill-building activities, and placement preparation often achieve excellent career outcomes. With its strong emphasis on employability, professional development, and industry exposure, LPU offers a comprehensive platform for students aspiring to build successful careers after graduation and is considered a strong choice for placement-focused education.

preeti gogna · Answer

LPU has one of the largest placement networks. Fortune 500 Companies have hired around 4500 students from Lovely Professional University. The wide array of employers that hire LPU students is remarkable, representing our students' potential and ingenuity in shaping the students. LPU Vertos have secured placement offers from Amazon at a dream package of up to Rs. 30 Lac per annum. While the world is still in a recession, LPU is establishing dominance in Placements and creating benchmarks. We look forward to our brilliant engineers making new strides in their careers and inspiring others to strive for excellence in their careers. Tanya Arora, B.Tech Computer Science Engineering student of Lovely Professional University, has bagged a whopping INR 42 Lac job. Our Vertos from B.Tech. CSE (Hons. ), Batch of 2021, S Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, and Aalap Singh Rawat kickstarted their professional lives at WorkIndia, one of India's leading companies for working professionals with a CTC of INR 35 LPA. Both of these LPU students shall be carving out promising futures by leveraging our unmatchable placement support and hands-on training. The companies that comes to campus for placements are giants like - GOOGLE, AMAZON, COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION, HEWLETT PACKARD, VIRTUS, INTEL, HILTON HOTEL, MRF LIMITED, HINDUSTAN UNILEVER, FLIPKART, ICICI BANK, ASIAN PAINTS TECH MAHINDRA, TCS, CISCO, JW MARRIOTT, THE LEELA GROUP, AIR VISTARA, PAYTM, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD, WIPRO LIMITED, HDFC BANK, COLGATE PALMOLIVE INDIA LIMITED, CAPGEMINI, FEDERAL BANK, CLUB MAHINDRA, GLAXOSMITHKLINE, VENTUREPACT LLC, OYO ROOMS, INFOSYS, BOSCH ENGINEERING, AND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, ACKO GENERAL INSURANCE DXC TECHNOLOGIES, LOWE'S INDIA, L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, OPTUM, PLAY SIMPLE GAMES, OPTMYZR, INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES, ACCOR GROUP, INFORMATICA, ADITYA BIRLA GROUP QATAR AIRWAYS, and more.

Arshiya Singh · Answer

LPU is much better than any other University. It is a UGC-recognized and renowned University and is considered as one of the top 5 universities of the country because of its quality education and unbeatable placements, immense on course exposures and a beautiful 600 acres campus to live in with the latest facilities. LPU has one of the best placement records in the whole of India and that is why students want to join LPU to get placed. Right from Google to Microsoft, LPU alumni are working with the top brands at the package of 1 crore and above. Annually, more than 450 brands come to LPU to recruit students, where 90% of them are MNCs. Moreover, 80+ companies that recruit from IITs and NITs also recruit from LPU. Over the last three years, Cognizant alone has recruited 1900+ students from the LPU campus and has been titled with the Most Employable Students consecutively twice in a row by India's top talent company Aspiring Minds. Barring a few names in the south, there are hardly any colleges that can boast of such tall records.

Sunita Singh · Answer

As a part of thisLovely Professional university, I can share some features regarding LPU placement. Placements in LPU are administered by a team called the Division of Career Services. This team helps the students in obtaining relevant work experience to complement their studies and develop appropriate skills and knowledge. Campus placements at Lovely Professional University have always been a sought-after affair for final-year students. Recruitment drives and fairs are held regularly and apart from this, other facilities such as resume writing, career advisory services, aptitude development workshops are held for the development of students.

Navneet Kaur · Answer

LPU has outdone itself in respect to the placements this session. This year, LPU has set the record in North India with the largest number I. e. , 610 engineering students getting recruited by a single company, in a single day and also on the single campus. Cognizant Technologies, one of the leading IT Company visited the campus two times within a span of nine months. Apart from that, students of LPU also procured international placements by big names in the global market like Ritz Carlton Hotel USA, Qatar Airways Doha & Al Rakha Group Dubai which offered the students up to Rs 22 Lacs and also made LPU to get one of the highest placement packages record in the region. There were also numerous top salary offering companies such as Practo Technologies offering packages of Rs 7 Lacs, Josh Technologies with Rs 6 Lacs, LG Soft with Rs 5.5 Lacs and many more. When it comes to placement drives, there were about 200 placement drives that were made by top brands including 100+ drives for technology & Science students and 60 other for business administration students. Under these drives, 2000+ LPU students got placed in all disciplines including Management, IT, Engineering, Banking, Agriculture, Consultancy, Architecture, Pharmaceuticals and more. Several campus placement drives made by many global giants include Cognizant, Amdocs, HCL Technologies, Vodafone, LG Soft, Ericsson, Asian Paints, Verizon Data Service, Tavant Technologies, I GATE Infosys, IBM, ERA Infra Engineering, Madurai Fashion and Lifestyle, Redington India, Rockman Industries, Sandhar Technologies, Simplex Infrastructures, Zenesis Agro etc. Aspiring Minds, one of the leading Career Assessment Organizations awarded LPU with the National Employability Award in 2015 for top employability quality of its students. There was a recent survey conducted by one ZEE NEWS, one of the most prominent and trusted news channels in India that reported about top universities under various headings. Under this survey, LPU was ranked as the 11th best university in regards to Placements in all of India. Thanks.

Alok Agarwal · Answer

LPU is for sure the best and the placement at LPU are as follows: 800+ Recruiters hire LPU students 42 Lac the highest Salary package availed 250+ Companies offering Dream Packages 110+Recruiters of IITs/Iims/NITs also, hire from LPU 80k the highest Internship Stipend per month With a track record of 100% placements for most of its courses, the final placement session of LPU witnessed high salary packages offered by top-notch companies. As per the university officials, students of LPU received the highest number of appointment letters in the region. Keeping up with its high standards, over 550 national and international companies visited the campus this year including Hewlett Packard, Amazon, Abbott, IBM, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Google and Microsoft. LPU provides more than just placements I. e. a lifetime opportunity and an unmatched experience I believe.

Arnav Sethi · Answer

LPU is much better than UPES because LPU provides great opportunities to all eligible students to secure good placements. Moreover, LPU ranks amongst the Top 200 universities globally as per the prestigious Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021. I have spent 4 years in LPU and yes of course I have been placed in good company with the handsome package. Honestly saying LPU has a great role in this. When I joined LPU I was not good at speaking, presenting but LPU gave me all required inputs through PEP classes and Soft Skill Classes which actually groomed me. LPU has a separate department of career services which helps students in every step. The university has been ranked high by various outer agencies with regard to the placements of the students. LPU is conferred with National Employability Award 2020 by Aspiring Minds for the 7th time in a row for most Employable Students and one among the top colleges and universities in India with one of the highest Employability rates. LPU is ranked 10th Best Training and Placements Institutions in India for 2019 by The Knowledge Review. Business Today ranked LPU among the Top 100 Private State Universities in the Placement Performance Category. The highest package was 42 Lacs per annum in 2020. Best Wishes Arnav Alumni LPU.

Puneet Singh · Answer

Dear Sameeksha, Being alumni of LPU, I can answer this question. Comparing other Universities with LPU, I would say that LPU is better in terms of placements. In fact, LPU created a new record in the whole of North India by placing its student Tanya Arora with Microsoft, who bagged a package of 42 LPA. Besides, other record-breaking placements for LPU includes: the highest Placement (Engineering) Rs. 42 Lacs per annum (Microsoft) the highest Placement (Management) Rs. 19.75 Lacs per annum (SOBHA Developers) the highest Placement (Design) Rs. 15 Lacs per annum (Trident Group) Amazon recruited LPU students on a package of 28 LPA The highest internship stipend is up to 80k per month. (which is really hard to get in other universities) The reason why LPU has better placement records than other universities is because of its unique career cell. It enables students in getting relevant work experience to complement their studies and develop appropriate skills and knowledge. Resume writing, aptitude development workshops among other activities are hosted for the overall development of students and prepare them to crack the interviews easily. Alumni of LPU are working with top-notch brands globally with a package of more than 1 crore. Right from Google to Apple, students are working worldwide. Some of the top recruiters are Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Accenture, Cognizant, Amazon, TCS, IBM, Informatica, Capgemini, SAP, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Bosch, Ashok Leyland, Voltas, Mercedes Benz, Honda, Daikin, Renault Nissan, Sony, Adobe, Virtusa, KPIT, Morgan Stanley, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Trident Group, Infineon, KPMG, Colgate-Palmolive and the list still goes on. LPU received an Employability award by Aspiring Mind in 2020 for best placement Institute in India. LPU is ranked 10th best university for Training and Placement in 2019 by Knowledge Review LPU got the Golden Star Award 2018 for being the University with the best placements in India. For more details of placements at LPU, you may refer to the LPU website. I hope this answer is helpful to you. ! Good Luck!

Lipika Dhingra · Answer

Being an alumni I would like to highlight certain pints: Division of Career Services Sets up recruitment drives and job fairs on a regular basis. Apart from this, it also extends abundant facilities such as resume writing sessions, career advisory services, and aptitude development workshops to proffer better placement to the students. Industry leading companies, every year, come to Lovely Professional University to participate in recruitment drives. Placements are administered by a team called Division of Career Services. This team aims to help students in obtaining relevant work experience to complement their academic studies and to develop appropriate skills and knowledge to be ready to work in tandem with best minds across industries. LPU is having outstanding Placements record for the students. As every year not only national companies but also international ones are also hiring the LPU students for instance Amazon offers 30 Lacs package per annum. The Corporates which have visited the campus are Microsoft, Amazon, DBS Bank etc. The minimum salary package offered is 5 LPA, and the highest salary package offered till now is 42 LPA. International Companies like Hyatt (USA), Ritz Carlton (USA), Adani Wilmar (Africa), Altruist (Africa), Al-Rakha (Dubai), Dharam Consultancy (USA) selected LPU students for International locations. The minimum salary package offered is 5 LPA, and the highest salary package offered till now is 42 LPA. DURING PANDEMIC PLACEMENT 21LPA BY TRIDENT Some of the companies where LPU students for MBA are placed are - AMAZON INDIA SOBHA REALTY TRIDENT GROUP VODAFONE FLIPKART CAVINKARE PVT. LTD. ASIAN PAINTS BERGER PAINTS NEROLAC PAINTS MOODYS ANALYTICS LOREAL INDIA PVT LTD FEDERAL BANK HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD. GODFREY PHILLIPS INDIA LIMITED H & R JOHNSON LIMITED HAVELLS INDIA LTD. HDFC BANK HETTICH INDIA PVT LTD ICICI BANK ITC LIMITED MARICO LTD etc. The students get internships at Bosch and Siemens appliances group, Bosch engineering solutions, Infineon Technologies, Cognizant Technology Solutions, WIPRO, INTEL, etc. LPU Students are placed in AMAZON at a package of 28 LPA. Rs. 24 LPA for B.Tech/M.Tech CSE by Optmyzer If you are looking for industry-oriented academics, practical-based curriculum, professional corporate culture during college life itself, and better placement in any fortune company, then Lovely Professional University would be the best choice.

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