New Delhi: The placement season at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Delhi University (DU), has started with various final year students being hired with high salary packages. As per sources, different top corporate companies took part in the college placement session that began in August. While, it is still the mid-term, more than 100 final year students have already been placed. Further, the college has already surpassed last year’s average salary with the highest annual package bagged at Rs 10 lakh.
Discussing the successful placement session, Aditya Narain, Coordinator, SRCC’s Placement Cell, said that it has been just three months into the current academic year and 16.5% of college’s students i.e. 102 - have already been placed. Last year, by this time in November, only 50 students were recruited in the industry; however, this year’s placements have started with a 100% increase, he added. He further explained that the placement drive usually starts in October but this year, it began well before time to fit into the semester schedule as well as to accommodate all companies willing to recruit in a more organized way.
Narain also said that till now, at least 20 companies have already visited the campus and the college is in talks with many more. All big firms have already recruited students at an average annual salary of Rs 6.5 lakh. The figure is likely to shoot up as the drive is likely to continue till March. The average package offered last year was Rs 6.3 lakh, he added. He also informed that two students pursuing B Com (Honours) have bagged the highest package of Rs 10 lakh. As per sources, the job has been offered by Bain Capability Centre that visited the college in August.
