Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh Placement Details

Noti Dinesh Kumar Reddy

PEC Chandigarh placements soar high as reputed organizations, including MNC’s, are part of the recruiters. The Career Development and Guidance Centre works towards improving the students' competence and works through a close-knit structure. PEC University College of Technology placement 2019 witnessed the highest cost to company of INR 42 LPA- the highest in the last five years.

Table of Contents 

• Placement Highlights
• Placement Cell
• Internship
• Top Recruiters
• Placement Statistics
• Frequently Asked Questions

PEC Chandigarh Placement Highlights

The key highlights of PEC Chandigarh are listed below.

• 125+ companies visited the campus so far.
• Substantial increase in the number of internships offered, Circuital, Non-Circuital alike.
• 30+ new companies to the campus (Salesforce, Deloitte, Royal Bank of Scotland etc.).
• 90+ students got internship stipends above 30k/pm.
• 25+ startups invited for on-campus drives.

Following is the highest and lowest package offered to UG ECE students in 2018-19.

PEC Chandigarh Placement Cell

The Career Development & Guidance Centre believes in ‘Industry-Institute Interaction.’ The placement centre organizes various trainings to achieve this goal. The various placement activities conducted are as follows:-

• Technical talks and national seminars.
• Industrial visits.
• Arranges for industrial problems to be worked on by students as part of their projects. 
• Technical paper presentation contests.

PEC Chandigarh Internships

Internships are compulsory for pre-final year BE students. These internships are semester-long and are part of students' curriculum. The internship period is from January to July. The duration of the internship are as follows:

• Minimum- 16 weeks 
• Maximum- 24 weeks

PEC Chandigarh Top Recruiters 

The top recruiters taking part in placements of PEC are as follows:-

PEC Chandigarh Placement Statistics  

The preplacement offers have grown exponentially since 2016. An increase of 219 % was observed in 2019, in three years. The growth has been encouraging for the management and the students. In 2019, the recruiters extended 83 preplacement offers. The PPOs made in the last four years are tabulated below.

PEC University of Technology Department Wise Placement Statistics

The METT and PROD observed the highest placement percentage in 2018. The CSE stream observed 87 percent of its students being placed. The department-wise placement statistics for 2018 is mentioned below.

PEC Chandigarh Salary Packages

The highest cost to company rose from INR 27 LPA in 2017 to INR 42 LPA in 2019. The average and median pay rise has been minimal yet satisfactory. The median package stood at INR 3.24 in 2018. The placement package statistics of PEC Chandigarh is mentioned below.

Frequently Asked Questions 

• What was the highest package offered to the PEC University students in the year 2020 campus placement?

- The highest package offered to PEC University students in the year 2020 campus placement was INR 42 LPA.

• What is the PEC University placement salary structure?

- The highest salary received by ECE students in 2019 at PEC University is approx. INR 17.83 LPA and the lowest salary received is INR 3.6 LPA. 

• What is the median salary offered to the engineering students at PEC University?

- The median salary offered to the students of PEC University in 2017-18 was INR 6.50 LPA.