AMU Placements 2020: 180 students get job offers at 'AMU Online Job Fair'

Approximately 23 companies participated in the online job fair of Aligarh Muslim University. 

AMU Placement 2020: More than 180 students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) got job offers from different companies at the varsity’s online job fair with the highest offer being a Rs 10 lakh per annum package. While talking to the media, Saad Hameed, training and placement officer of the AMU stated that the online job fair witnessed around 23 companies participating in the event and that the highest job offer this year was of Rs 10,00,000.

“This was our first online job fair due to the pandemic. Around 23 firms took part in it. There were 180 job offers in different courses. While Rs 10,00,000 package was the highest, several students got Rs 6,00,000package. We had prepared our students before interviews, which proved fruitful.”

Arbab Ahmed, a student said, “I got job offers from three companies... They have offered me Rs 10,00,000 package. I got all offers through the university. I am thankful that at a time when people are not getting jobs and businesses are affected, I got these offers."

Another student who participated in the online job fair and got decent offers, Harpreet Kaur, stated, “I did a Bachelor of Commerce from here. The AMU organised a job fair which began on August 10. I got a Rs 10,00,000 job offer. There were four rounds of interviews by the company."

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus led to the closure of academic institutions. However, in order to keep the academic activities ongoing, universities and colleges adopted online methods. Despite the ongoing pandemic, the official data released from various universities including AMU stated that the students received a decent number of offers from renowned companies.  

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