An ideal learning environment leaves no stone unturned in raising its students into full-fledged individuals with all their skills and talents unveiled. The coming-of-age educational institutions are still in search of extended possibilities to churn out the best from their students. Catering to their academic needs only amounts to meeting just one requirement on the list. There remains an unexplored set of other items that will better equip them to grow into competent professionals. Placements, training sessions, and internships are a few among them that are currently bringing pronounced changes in the educational landscape.
Students are keenly on the lookout for institutions that offer them premium placement opportunities. Universities are vying to bring top-tier recruiters from across the globe to attract the student community. Maintaining an academic environment that offers a smooth transition from the learning journey to a professional endeavour is what makes an institution the favourite choice of students. SRM University-AP is one of the few pioneering institutions in the country that has come out with 100 per cent placement with excellent pay packages including international opportunities for its opening batch of graduates.
Placements at SRM University-AP are a constant and continuous process. From the very first year of joining to the final year of their academic life, students are flooded with a diverse array of activities to hone their professional capabilities. Besides its high-quality courses, a series of other initiatives are equally promoted to enhance the employability skills of students. The Directorate of Corporate Relations and Career Services (CR&CS) ensures a well-structured interface with industry and the corporate world to acquaint students with the job market and its working methodologies. The overarching objective is to train its students to actualize their potential enabling them to fly off to their dream careers.
Some of the core activities offered by the CR & CS Directorate include:
- Placement drives with competitive pay packages
- Domestic and International internship opportunities
- Industrial workshops and webinars
- Career counselling and personality development classes
- Intensive corporate training programmes
- Soft skill development and placement-oriented programmes
- Interactive sessions with industrial stalwarts
- Industry/laboratory/corporate visits
The primary reason for the flourishing placement scenario at SRM-AP is the paramount importance given to bridging the gap between student capabilities and the emerging industrial demands. The placement cell is putting rigorous efforts into conducting professional development programmes in close coordination with leading corporate sectors across various domains. Frequent visits to industries and exhaustive training sessions with experts will help them understand the course of action from close quarters and build a competitive edge over their peers. Taking a look at the placement statistics will show the staggering growth rate the university has been experiencing since the time of its inception.
| PARTICULARS | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|
| HIGHEST SALARY | INR 50 LPA | INR 44.91 LPA |
| AVERAGE SALARY | INR 6.87 LPA | INR 7.20 LPA |
| NO: OF OFFERS | 265 | 1568 |
| NO: OF RECRUITERS | 300+ | 600+ |
| HIGHEST SALARY | Amazon, Abinbev, Samsung, Zoom, VMware, JP Morgan, Analog Devices, F5 Networks, Bank of America Continuum Solutions, etc. |
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Internships are exciting opportunities for students to acquire hands-on exposure to contemporary industrial practices and mould themselves in line with global entrepreneurial demands. Acquiring intensive training and experience in their field of interest will equip them with desired skillsets to enhance their performance capabilities. A great number of educational institutions now gives special emphasis on internship programmes to facilitate the professional advancement and career prospects of their students.
The Directorate of Corporate Relations & Career Services at SRM-AP offers its students all-encompassing internship programmes with leading MNCs across the globe. This will help them build global networks and ease their pathway to a lucrative career of their choice. SRM University- AP has successfully completed its summer internship process for the students of all three schools, namely, the School of Engineering and Sciences (SEAS), School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (SLASS), and School of Entrepreneurship and Management Studies (SEAMS). An extensive range of companies made internship offers to a total of 1259 students.
- Usually, summer internships are 6 to 8 week-programme for second year BTech, BSc, BBA, and first-year MTech and MBA students.
- It provides three credits to their academics and is embedded in the curriculum.
- Apart from the second-year students, third-year students are provided with summer internships for 6 months which will be mostly converted to PPD.
SRM University-AP is in pursuit of unexplored possibilities to nurture its students to outperform in a competitive work environment. International placement programmes and internship training have enormously aided the inclusive development of the student community. Moreover, the core focus on research innovations has also opened unseen paths for its students to aim for a career in the field of research. The noteworthy achievements of its faculty and students across various specialities have already brought laurels to the institute from far and wide. With an increasing list of accomplishments to its credit, the university has already carved a niche for itself in the academic milieu.