The Anna University students are excited to receive 700 job offers from the U.S.-based Cognizant Technology Solutions, though it was less than the 1,000 offers that Cognizant made last year, said Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar, Vice Chancellor, Anna University.
"The numbers may be less from Cognizant, but we are still happy considering the downturn in the software industry," Jawahar told Business Line. Cognizant was the first large recruiter this year in the university that includes the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras Institute of Technology, Chrompet and Alagappa College of Technology.
The starting salary offered by Cognizant remained unchanged from last year, at Rs. 3 lakh a year. Around 1,640 students took the test, of whom 1,345 were shortlisted and 700 were offered jobs, Jawahar said. Before Cognizant, 'core and dream' companies such as Caterpillar and Larsen & Toubro that offer a starting salary of over Rs. 4 lakh have given job offers to around 300 students, Jawahar said.
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