Azim Premji University Placement Details

Vedika Dubey

Azim Premji University placements are good and are focused on building the social purpose of seeing the students engaged in good jobs. More than 2700 of the Azim Premji University graduates find their work both meaningful and impactful. Around 78% of the Azim Premji University students are freshers, followed by 10% which have (0-2) years of experience, 9% are having work experience of around (2-5) years, and so on. In the last ten batches, more than 3350 students have graduated.

About 70% of the students work in the social sector and 80% of the Azim Premji University alumni work in disadvantaged parts of India. Over 2300 alumni of the Azim Premji University work across 500 locations across India, and many at the grassroots. Every year, on an average, more than 90 organisations visit the campus for the placement process. 

Table of Contents

• Placement Highlights
• Placement Cell
• Placement Statistics
• Alumni Placements
• Placement Process
• Top Recruiters

Azim Premji University Placement Highlights

The Azim Premji University placement cell helps to to expand its network year after year to provide the right kind of opportunities to students to work in the social/​development sector. The general placement highlights of the Azim Premji University are listed below.

Azim Premji University Placement Cell

The placement cell carries the outplacement process at the institute. This committee comprises students representatives, faculty coordinators, and other members. The campus placement activity is undertaken by the Placement Cell of Azim Premji University Campus. Once an organization confirms its participation, the information provided by it is made available to the students.

This is followed by a process of deciding upon the slots
of placement process for respective organizations. This is done to ensure that the process goes on smoothly and with minimal logistical inconvenience. Once the slots are decided, the dates of the placement process are fixed and the same will be communicated to the organizations. The other roles of the placement committee are as follows:

• It plans the placement calendar and sets rules for placement.
• The committee communicates with organizations regarding opportunities for fellowships, jobs, and higher studies.
• It conducts practitioner lectures, workshops, and seminars.
• Students are also trained in soft skills such as communication skills, resume building, identifying interest areas, and interview skills.
• It ensures smooth operations of pre-placement talks(PPT), interviews and final offer processes.

APU Bangalore Placement Statistics

The percentage of the type of organizations participating in the Azim Premji University placement drive 2020-22 is listed below.

APU Bangalore Alumni Placements

APU alumni work in non governmental organisations, government and quasi government bodies, policy making institutes, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and small social sector organisations. Some of the alumni have also gone on to start their own organisations, working with issues as diverse as running schools, providing employment to people with disabilities, to improving agricultural practices. 

APU Bangalore Placement Process

The recruitment process will commence from 23rd of January 2023 and continue on all Fridays and Saturdays till 31st of May 2023.Organizations wishing to recruit students from the Azim Premji University Campus will have to communicate their interest for the same.In short the placement process consists of the following steps listed below.

• Pre-Placement Talk (PPT)
• Collection and handing of CVs of interested candidates to the recruiter
• Selection process by the recruiter (Recruiter can decide on the process such as written test, group discussion, interview, etc.)
• Handing over the list of selected candidates for Placement by recruiter to Placement Cell

APU Bangalore Top Recruiters

The table below shows the companies that visit APU Bangalore during the campus placements.