The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Madurai News : 100 final-year students find job placements

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Wednesday, Feb 23, 2005

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100 final-year students find job placements

By Our Staff Reporter

MADURAI, FEB.22. A total of 100 final-year engineering students from 29 non-autonomous self-financing colleges in the State have found job placements at the State-level Placement Programme conducted by the Anna University here on Monday.

The programme commenced at the K. L. N. College of Engineering on Sunday. The candidates were absorbed by the software company - Cognizant Technology Solutions - after conducting an aptitude test and interview. Altogether, 777 students from 74 colleges in the Madurai region, comprising southern districts, attended the programme.

According to P. Mannar Jawahar, Director, Centre for University-Industry Collaboration, Anna University, the company had shortlisted 271 students in the first stage and conducted individual interviews.

Among them, 100 were successful and they would be given confirmation letters in two or three days, he said.

The successful students included 58 girls and 42 boys and they would get a monthly pay of Rs.20,000, Dr. Jawahar said, adding that the placement programme was a novel attempt of the university to provide job opportunities for students in all places.

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