72% placement with leading companies till date; number to grow further as placements progress
Pune, June 20, 2013: The Cummins College of Engineering for Women (CCEW), Pune, this year, witnessed campus placements for their graduating batch of engineers with leading multi-national companies. Pleased with the technical knowledge and soft skill competencies demonstrated by the students, major Manufacturing and IT companies like Cummins, Microsoft, Symantec, John Deere, Honeywell, Mindtree, Persistent, Alfa Laval etc. have offered placements to as much as 72% of the batch during campus recruitment. With recruitment still in progress at the Campus, this number is expected to increase further. The highest package offered so far is Rs. 16 L per annum.
Fifty-eight women engineers have been recruited by Cummins for its many manufacturing units and offices across India. An additional 39 women have been offered jobs by KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. Commenting on the placements, Dr. Madhuri B. Khambete – Principal of Cummins College of Engineering for Women said, “The number of companies visiting our Campus for recruitment has been increasing substantially over the years. We are delighted to see leading Indian and multinational companies visit our Campus and employ our women engineers at the start of their career. We remain committed to providing technical education to women that allows them to foray into and thereafter succeed across various industry sectors.”
About Cummins College of Engineering for Women:
Cummins College of Engineering for Women in Pune is a collaboration between Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha (MKSSS) and Cummins India Foundation (CIF), a trust founded by Cummins. In 1991 with a donation from CIF, MKSSS commissioned a first of its kind college in the country, dedicated towards imparting education in the field of engineering, exclusively to women. The college was named as ‘Cummins College of Engineering for Women’ (CCEW), owing to the support offered by Cummins in ways monetary and beyond.
Affiliated to the University of Pune, CCEW offers technical courses that have been approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. The college currently offers undergraduate B Tech degrees in Computer Engineering, Electronics & Telecom Engineering, IT, Instrumentation & Control Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. In 2010, a second branch of CCEW opened its doors to students in Nagpur.
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