Venkateshwara Open University

Venkateswara Open University (VOU) in Arunachal Pradesh is approved by University Grants Commission (UGC) provides a wide range of UG and PG courses with good quality education. The university is well known for its MBA, BBA, BA and many other programmes which offers a good choice for distance learning. 

However, the BBA programmes at VOU offers various specializations in management, commerce, social work, and other discipline. Though there is no particular number of seats available for the BBA programme in the university yet the student has to pass the 10+2 in relevant field for being eligible to get admission. The Four- Year BBA programmes cost around Rs. 25,000 annually with total tuition fees of Rs. 1,00,000.

Venkateswara Open University (VOU) is ranked as one of the top universities and is approved by University Grants Commission (UGC). VOU is renowned for it's MBA programmes and is recommended as a good choice for distance learning. The university calls for MBA aspirants with more than 50% marks in any graduation discipline. The university costs around total tuition fee of Rs. 76, 000 for two -year MBA programmes. Students can take admission in PG courses like MBA through online when the admission registration is open. They can fill the admission form at the official website of VOU and provide accurate required personal and educational details in order to get successfully admitted. 

Venkateswara Open University (VOU) has been succesful in offering good placements for it's students over the years. The placement drive of the university brings in national and international recruiters and companies such as Cognizant Technologies Solutions, CGI India, Borderless Access Panels Pvt. Ltd., Assistant Manager, Ajeenkya D Y Patil University, Discus It, EY, Flipkart, Gvkemri, IStudy International Pvt. Ltd., Infosys, Intertek India Pvt Ltd, Japfa Comfeed, KSCF, Aczet Pvt Ltd, etc. which provide a wide range of opportunities.

The average placement % of the last three years has been 70%. 

The highest salary package in the academic session of 2021-22 was INR. 21.5 LPA with the average salary package of INR. 5.90 LPA. 

There are two universities in Itanagar Venkateshwara Open University and Rajiv Gandhi University. Rajiv Gandhi University was opened in 1984, whereas VOU is fairly new being opened in 2012. 

Rajiv Gandhi University is a central University offering a variety of courses to the students. VOU on the other hand is a private open University offering limited course and specialises in Work Integrated MBA programs. 

Median package drawn by students of Rajiv Gandhi University is around INR 4.5 LPA and VOU bags around INR 6 LPA as median package. 

Now, it totally depends on the student and his/ her preference to select which university works better for him/ her.

Venkateshwara Open University have been able to secure good placements offers for its students over the years. 

In 2021-22, the placement cell at VOU secured over 200 placement offers for the Departments of Science, Commerce, and Arts from renowned multinational organisations such as DE Shaw, Accenture, Deloitte (US offices), KPMG, PwC, EY, Wipro, Barclays India, United Airlines, Willis Towers Watson, AON and Grant Thornton among others. 

For the academic session 2021-22, the average salary package is INR 5.90 LPA, with the highest package reaching INR 21.5 LPA. It was offered by DE Shaw. During this session, more than 90 companies provided placement opportunities to the students. The recruitment drive was conducted online.

UPES Online and Venkateshwara Open University are both at the same level when it comes to placements. The last median salary bagged by MBA students from UPES Online was INR 5.5 LPA, whereas it was INR 6 LPA for Venkateshwara Open University.

The top recruiters at UPES Online are Accenture, Adobe, Amazon, Comm Vault Systems, Ernst & Young, Haier, IBM, Infosys, and L&T. The top companies that recruited from Venkateshwara Open University are Cognizant Technologies Solutions, CGI India, Borderless Access Panels Pvt. Ltd., Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Discus It, EY, Flipkart, IStudy International Pvt. Ltd., Infosys, Intertek India Pvt Ltd, Japfa Comfeed, KSCF, Aczet Pvt Ltd, and others.

So, I believe Venkateshwara Open University offers more placement opportunities than UPES Online.

Venkateshwara Open University specialises in providing Work Integrated MBA programs. The other programs offered at VOU include BA, BCA, and BCom, among others. For a distance MBA program, the placements are quite decent at this university. Students from VOU are working at big corporates, MNCs, and several Indian organizations.

Top companies visiting Venkateshwara Open University for recruitment include:

Cognizant Technologies Solutions, CGI India, Borderless Access Panels Pvt. Ltd., Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Discus It, EY, Flipkart, IStudy International Pvt. Ltd., Infosys, Intertek India Pvt Ltd, Japfa Comfeed, KSCF, Aczet Pvt Ltd, and others.