The Placement Department in Guru Nanak Dev University was established in March 1998 to cater to the needs of university students for their placements in various institutions/organizations - both Govt. and Private having National/International reputation. In year 2022, the department was renamed as "Directorate of Placement & Career Enhancement". The Department acts as a bridge between Industry and the Academia. The Department is a centralized facility to assist the placement of the students in the main campus of GNDU, all the regional campuses and constituent colleges of GNDU. It looks after academic and career counselling of students and organizes seminars, workshops and industrial training related to job openings in various sectors, skill development and entrepreneurship. It assists the departments in establishing the advance communication with prospective employers and arranging their visit to the campus for campus placements of our students of various courses from following faculties:
Agriculture & Forestry, Arts & Social Sciences, Economics & Business, Education, Engineering & Technology, Humanities & Religious Studies, Languages, Laws, Life Sciences, Physical Education, Physical Planning &Architecture, Sciences, Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy, Visual Arts & Performing Arts.
GNDU student placed at Rs. 44.00 Lakh per annum
GNDU students have been placed at high packages in multinational companies. The highest salary package of Rs. 44.00 Lakhs per annum (LPA) has been offered by Amazon company. Ms. Pawandeep Kaur, student of B.Tech. CSE – Batch 2022, GNDU Amritsar has been selected by this company. The pay package includes fix salary of Rs. 33.26 Lakh per annum and 143 RSU (Restricted Stock Units) of the company. The student also got Rs. 80,000 per month from Amazon during the six months internship at the company. Apart from the highest package offered by Amazon, Walmart offered Rs. 23.39 LPA, Josh Technology Group Rs. 18.00 LPA and Zscaler offered Rs. 17.50 LPA to GNDU students.
Highest Stipend
GNDU student Ms. Himakshi Sethi, B.Tech. CSE – Batch 2023 got selected by Amazon company for 6 months internship at a stipend of Rs. 1,10,000 per month.
Average Package
The average package for Batch 2023 is Rs. 6.17 Lakh per annum for various courses.
Major Recruiters
TCS, Capgemini, Amdocs, Accenture, KPMG, Nagarro, PwC, L&T Technology, Wipro, Amazon, Newgen, Zscaler, HDFC Bank, Bandhan Bank, Aakash Institute, HDFC Life, ICICI Securities, ICICI Bank, ICICI Prudential, Crompton Greaves, Gujarat Gas, Byju’s, Walmart, ITC Food, Nestle, SBI Mutual Funds, Indiamart, Fidelity International, Panacea Biotec, Haldiram’s, Infosys and many more. These companies hired Graduates / Post Graduate students from different faculties of university main campus and regional campuses.