Students from Majha region have shown brilliant performance in academics & Research-  Dr. Bawa

Amritsar, June 20 (Punjab Post Bureau) – “Students from Majha region from Punjab have shown brilliant performance in academics and campus placements 2015” said Dr. R.S.Bawa, Vice-Chancellor, Chandigarh University during a press conference at Amritsar. Be it the academic results in board examination, capturing top positions in University or campus recruitments by Multi-Nationals, students from Majha  state have proved their mettle in every field, added Dr. Bawa. More than 416 students of Engineering, Management and Hotel Management from Punjab have managed to get 765 offer letters from top notch MNCs like Microsoft, IBM, Google, Amazon, Wipro, Cognizant, Bank of America and others during campus placements 2015, which is about 80% higher than the placements held in 2014, said Dr. Bawa. “There are 27 students from Punjab like Ramandeep Kaur, who is a computer science engineering student from Amritsar who has been selected by multiple companies during campus placements”. “Ramandeep Kaur has been selected by 5 top notch MNCs like Hewlett Packard, Wipro, Cognizant, Capgemini and L&T Infotech” he said. Yet another student from Majha Region, Jaskaran Singh who has bagged multiple offers from top notch companies like Wipro, Cognizant, NEC Technologies and L&T Infotech.

“With more than 690 students from Majha Region of Punjab studying at Chandigarh University currently, Chandigarh has emerged as the top destination for the students for their higher education as we are offering the students not only contemporary programs but also Industry Collaborative courses such as IBM Collaborative Computer Science Engineering in emerging fields of Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics and Information Security” added Dr. Bawa. The University has set-up Punjab’s 1^st Film Production and Visual Arts Institution, UIFVA this year that will offer professional courses in Film Production, Animation, Fashion Designing and Fine Arts.

Chandigarh University has formulated a special scholarship scheme for the meritorious students of Punjab so that they are rewarded for their performance in University and Board Examinations and are able to continue their studies and pursue higher education without any hassles. Announcing the details of CU Scholarship Scheme for meritorious students of Punjab, Dr. R.S.Bawa said that any 10+2 or Graduation passing-out student of any stream with 75% or above can apply for 100% academic scholarships at Chandigarh University, added University Vice-Chancellor.

While answering the questions of press, Vice-Chancellor said that CU-Gharuan has adopted world class Teaching model on the patterns of IIM’s and IIT’s and is providing ample number of opportunities in research in the field of Engineering & Technology. For promotion of innovation, Chandigarh University is hub for Centre of Excellence (CoE) established by top notch Multi-Nationals such as Microsoft, IBM, Wipro, Infosys, Tech-Mahindra, Quarks and Mahindra & Mahindra where students are given hands-on experience to learn emerging technologies and cater to Industry needs by working on live projects, Dr Bawa added.

Students from Majha region stand to reap benefits while studying at Chandigarh University, as good placements have always been top priority which can be established by the fact that more than 425 Multi-Nationals have offered 4690 placements to 2015 passing-out students till date, Dr Bawa said. Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google, Tech-Mahindra and L&T have visited University campus at Gharuan this year for campus recruitments.

With an endeavor to provide international academic exposure, research opportunities and international placements, Chandigarh University has achieved yet another milestone and has become North India’s first university to have signed partnership with more than 100 top ranking international universities from all across the globe. While giving details about the  academic partnership with International Universities, Dr. R.S.Bawa, Vice-Chancellor, Chandigarh University said, “Under the signed MoU’s with more than 100 universities from 33 countries which includes universities from USA, Canada, UK, European Union (EU), Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Middle- East and Asian Nations”. While highlighting the academic alliance with foreign universities, Dr. Bawa said,” CU have partnered with 100 universities in which more than 36 Universities have QS World Rankings and are ranked among the top 700 Universities of the World”. Among the partner Universities, there are 14 Universities from USA that includes 158 year old, University of Illinois, Chicago which has been ranked 186th in the World QS Ranking, University of California, USA ranked 265th in the World Ranking, while among the 12 Universities from Canada which includes McGill University, Montreal, Canada which ranks 24th among the QS World Ranking and Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada which ranks 35th in the World Ranking, he added.

“More than 150 scholarships have been offered by the partner universities in USA, UK, Canada, Australia and European Union to the students of Chandigarh Universities in different domains or fields under which more than 500 students have applied for the summer internship and semester exchange programs” Dr. Bawa said.