FINISHING SCHOOL: CAREER COUNSELLING AND PLACEMENT CELL (Webpage Under Maintenance)

Overview

Finishing School acts as an interface between the students and prospective employers. The University realizes that long-term sustainability of relationship with employers for training and placement of students can only be achieved by grooming the students with the right kind of skill-set required for becoming successful employees or entrepreneurs. In this context, the needs of industry are assessed on a continuous basis and inputs provided to concerned departments in the form of internal feedback or through interaction with alumni as well as senior delegates from industry/premier educational and research institutions. The Finishing School provides a central platform for honing the skills of students. A high degree of responsiveness in working is maintained through dedicated human efforts, coupled with application of information technology.

Director's Message

I feel privileged and honoured to get an opportunity to serve as the Placement Director of Punjabi University, Patiala which is among the premier institutions of higher learning. It is one of the most esteemed universities in Punjab where we promised all possible support to the students and their parents and pray for their well-being and success. Punjabi University, Patiala has perpetuated an admirable record for academic contribution towards achieving excellence in building enviable organizations & a stupendous society. The teachers here respect their duties and are always keen to support and impart knowledge to the students and nurture their skill set to make them asset for the organisations. The students here are always welcomed with their innovations and new technologies where they are also awarded and we are honored to have such cream in our university. The compatibility of this university is hard because of the past achievements by our alumni and the selection of their talent by major companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Rolls Royce, Infosys, Larsen and Turbo, HDFC Bank, ICICI, SBI MF, etc. We always welcome from the core of our hearts to the new bees who want to learn in the way our previous students learned.

Vision

We believe that long-term sustainability of the University and her relationships with industry for training & placement of our students can only be achieved by making assiduous efforts in the following directions:

• Grooming our students with the right combination of skill-set required for becoming a successful employee or entrepreneur.
• Assessing the needs of industry and providing inputs to concerned departments in the form of internal feedback or through interaction with our alumni as well as senior delegates from industry/premier educational & research institutions, so that relevant skill-set is imparted to our students.
• Achieving high degree of responsiveness through dedicated human effort, coupled with application of information technology.
• Maintaining good work-ethics.

Mission

Our mission is to enhance the relevant skills of our students, whereby they are enabled to get a suitable employment or become successful entrepreneurs.

Objectives

Focus on Career

• We prepare students for the real world and fulfilling careers, create awareness regarding available career options and help them in identifying their career objectives.
• Guide the students in developing skills and job-search strategies required to achieve their career objectives.
• Organize activities concerning career planning.
• Take feedback from industry and provide inputs for curriculum.
• Our programmes are designed to give the students a balanced education with theory as well as practical knowledge.
• They are encouraged to participate in extra curricular activities as it helps them to develop soft skills and well rounded personalities.

Objectives

Focus on Career

• We prepare students for the real world and fulfilling careers, create awareness regarding available career options and help them in identifying their career objectives.
• Guide the students in developing skills and job-search strategies required to achieve their career objectives.
• Organize activities concerning career planning.
• Take feedback from industry and provide inputs for curriculum.
• Our programmes are designed to give the students a balanced education with theory as well as practical knowledge.
• They are encouraged to participate in extra curricular activities as it helps them to develop soft skills and well rounded personalities.

Networking

• Smart graduates require tapping into network of people, technology and information.
• Students are connected with world-class faculty, savvy technocrats and innovators.
• Technical workshops with guest speakers from the industry are held regularly to acquaint students with the latest technology.
• Identify suitable potential employers and help them achieve their hiring goals.
• Act as a bridge between students, alumni and employers.

Skill Development

• Career opportunities
• Joining location
• Skills
• Choice among multiple offers

Career Counselling

• Domain specific skills
• Soft Skills
• Communication Skills
• Aptitude Training
• Internship / Training

Entrepreneur Development

• Talks by entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurship competitions
• Communication Skills
• Awareness programmes
• Incubation Cell

PLACEMENT COUNCIL

With a view to streamline the communication process and address the requirements of students from different departments/courses, faculty coordinators from various departments/faculties are associated with the central placement cell as "Single Point of Contact" (SPoC) to form a broad-based Placement Council, covering all departments, whose students are willing to participate in the placement activities.

Heads of individual departments/centres/campuses can send their nomination/updation in this respect in accordance with the prescribed procedure.

The details of nominations received are provided in the table below. Click on the letter number against department's name to see details of the contact persons:

Placement Co-ordinators

Our Recruiters

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Assistance to Employers

The Placement Cell serves to extend following support for the recruitment process:

• Providing break-up numbers or lists of eligible candidates as per the eligibility criteria of the hiring organization. Display on notice boards/electronic transmission of the organizations publicity material and information to the departments/students. Facilitate interaction with the students before recruitment process.
• Provide necessary logistic support for the campus hiring process.
• Take feedback for future improvements.

Organizations who wish to recruit students from the University may send e-mail to placement.brs@gmail.com, mentioning their requirements of eligibility criteria and details of recruitment process etc., to help us work out necessary arrangements and ensure smooth execution of the process.

Placement Records - Engineeringg Streams

Our Alumni

Career Counselling

Students can send their career related queries to placement@pbi.ac.in, mentioning their complete candidature details. Most queries will be answered within 3 working days. When sending query in continuation with earlier communications, complete trail-mail should be retained with the latest message, so as to maintain reference to the context.

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