National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), which is holding its 14th convocation on Saturday, has a reason to cheer about — Its excellent placement record despite faring unsatisfactorily in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
A total of 1,572 graduands will receive their degrees in the convocation at a function to be held at NIT-C auditorium at 4 p.m. This include 941 B.Tech., 52 B.Arch., 42 MBA, 36 MCA, 45 M.Sc., 13 M.Plan., 348 M.Tech. degrees and 95 PhDs, P.S. Sathidevi, Dean (Academic), NIT-C, said here on Thursday.
Prof. Sankar.K. Pal, scientist and former Director of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, will deliver the convocation address. Prof. Pal, a Padma Shri awardee, is known for his distinct research contributions in the fields of mathematics and computing. He will occupy the post of Distinguished Professor’s Chair at Indian National Science Academy in New Delhi, the apex body of Indian scientists representing all branches of science and technology, from October 1.
Dr. Sivaji Chakravorti, Director, NIT-C, will present an annual report on the occasion. About 75% of the students have been hired by 134 companies this year. As many as 455 placement offers were made to B.Tech. students. All the students of the MCA have got placement, besides a remarkable percentage of M.Tech. and MBA students .
Three students have been offered the highest salary of ₹40 lakh each by Adobe Systems Incorporated and three others were offered ₹33 lakh each by Goldman Sachs Group. Five students were offered annual packages above ₹30 lakh, six students over ₹25 lakh, 21 students above ₹20 lakh, 55 students above ₹15 lakh, and 140 students above ₹10 lakh.
