UPES completes placements with 1,447 students bagging 1527 offers

MUMBAI: University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) has completed its placements with 1,447 students bagging 1527 offers. More than 325 domestic and international companies offered career opportunities to UPES students this year. 56% of these recruiters were first timers at UPES.

Overall, 91% of graduates who were eligible and opted for placements have been placed with the highest package of Rs 29.76 lakh.

Placements at 3 constituent colleges of UPES — College of Engineering Studies (CoES), College of Management and Economic Studies (CoMES) and College of Legal Studies (CoLS) stand at 90%, 94% and 85% respectively.

Of the 325 plus recruiters, the leading names include IBM, Infosys, KPIT, Nestle, Philip Carbon Black Limited, Shell, Sony, Tech Mahindra, Weatherford Drilling International besides many large business houses like Adanis, Birlas, Reliance, L&T, Tatas etc.

This year’s first-time recruiters were – Adobe, Armstrong, Amazon, Aditya Birla Solar, Athena Legal, Arka Consulting, Azure Power, Birlasoft, Byjus Think & Learn, Cognizant, Desmania, DHL Global, GM, Grasim Industries, Glencore, JLL, Khurana & Khurana, Lead Law, Lybrate, Microsoft, MPhasis, Madura Fashions, Mahindra Finance, NIIT Technologies, Orionis IP, Pramata Knowledge Solutions, Reliance Retail, Siemens, Sterling, Wilson, Vedanta, Worley Parson, Yamaha Motors etc.

Additionally, 17 students from 8 programs of B.Tech. (Applied Petroleum Engineering GAS; Upstream), M.Tech. (Disaster Management; Energy System; Health, Safety & Environment; Petroleum Exploration), MBA (Oil & Gas Management; Port & Shipping Management) have been hired by international organizations such as Weatherford Drilling International, Shreyas Relay Systems, Mount Meru, Outlook Industrial Consultants etc. and posted in countries like Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania etc.