Punjab: In a recent survey conducted jointly by the Sunday Indian, the Human Factor and ICMR (Indian Council of Market Research), Lovely Professional University (LPU) has secured the 8th best B-school position in the upcoming B-School category. Moreover, in the overall ranking of B -Schools on the basis of placements, (not confining to Upcoming B-Schools only), LPU was adjudged as the 36th Best B-School of India amongst 400 B Schools, spread across the country.
As per sources, more than 400 institutes and Universities took part in the survey, and the focus of the ranking hinged upon placements record of the University/Institute. The final ranking was based on the Mean Compensation Packages offered to the passing out students. The panel, which evaluated the B-schools on the basis of placements secured by them, had experts of the stature of V Balakrishnan (CFO, Infosys Tech), Girish G Vaidya (Director, Infosys Leadership Institute), Narsh Gupta (MD, Adobe India), Brian Tempest (Former CEO, Ranbaxy) and Dr. Sanjeev Sahni (Head, Strategic HR, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.).
In recent times, LPU has excelled brilliantly on the front of placements, with not only the number of visiting companies, but also the pay packages offered to the selected students going northwards. Big names like Infosys, Bharti Airtel, Bharti Retail, Sharekhan, Nokia Siemens, Smart Chip-Online, Indian Army, Dell, Heromindmine, Keane, Spice, TATA, HCL, Eli Lilly, Omega Maritime Management Services Pvt. Ltd, Wipro, Wills Style Group, NIIT, Bharti Maxtel, Yo China are some of the companies that have visited the campus in the current academic session.
