Christ University Placement Blog

  Workplace Skills Students Develop at Christ University At first glance, a university campus may look like a place of lectures, assignments, and examinations. But beneath the surface, something far more powerful is happening. Every presentation delivered, every internship completed, every club meeting attended is quietly shaping the professional abilities that employers seek. At Christ University , the classroom is only the beginning—the real learning often happens in the spaces where students collaborate, lead, and solve real-world problems. In today’s competitive job market, students create that future by developing workplace skills long before they step into corporate offices. Learning Skills that Employers Actually Need Modern employers are not looking only for degrees; they are looking for adaptable professionals. According to research by the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) , a major challenge in global education is the gap between graduates’ qualificatio...

  How Students from Christ University Crack Top Recruiters On any placement morning at Christ University, the campus carries a quiet electricity. Formal suits replace backpacks, conversations turn into strategy sessions, and somewhere between nervous smiles and firm handshakes, careers begin. What appears to be a single interview is often the culmination of years of preparation, which includes academic rigor, skill development, and relentless discipline. As management thinker Peter Drucker once said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Christites embody this philosophy long before they walk into the placement room. A Culture of Preparation Success in placements rarely happens by chance. It is the outcome of structured preparation supported by the university’s training ecosystem. The Centre for Placement and Career Guidance regularly organizes resume-building workshops, aptitude training, mock interviews, and group discussion sessions that simulate real corporate ...

 Placements for Students of Economics The School of Social Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) offers Economics as a branch of study both at the under graduate and post graduate levels. Over the last few years, CHRIST University has witnessed a steep increase in the number of applicants keen on pursuing these programmes. This can be attributed to a robust curriculum which is in sync with the latest trends in the industry along with an excellent campus placement record.      The application of Economics is now widespread across a spectrum of industries like healthcare, information technology, manufacturing, education, environment, media to name a few and job profiles offered include research analyst, business reporter, economic consultant, quantitative analyst, supply chain analyst etc. Some of the prominent recruiters of Economics graduates include DE Shaw, Deloitte USI, ICICI Bank, Gartner, PwC, Ernst Young (EY), HSBC etc. Some of the students who wer...

  Career opportunities in Social Work The Master of Social Work (MSW) Programme offered by the School of Social Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) was established in the year 2004. The MSW programmes are offered in two different specializations viz Human Resource Development and Management (HRDM) and Clinical and Community Practice (CCP). The MSW Programme has been consistently ranked in the top ten, amongst Social Work Schools in the country in surveys conducted by reputed magazines like India Today, Outlook to name a few. The Department of Sociology and Social Work at the University has ensured the holistic development of the students through a mix of classroom and experiential learning. Young people involved in social work tend to become more socially aware and responsible. Today, Social Work profession has come to flourish and offers more than just compulsory community hours. It allows a deeper understanding of systemic problems and a chance to bring abo...

  Placement for Commerce Students 2021-22 The Department of Commerce, School of Finance, Commerce and Accountancy, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) has been consistently ranked over the past 3 years as amongst the top 6 Commerce colleges in the Country according to the India Today survey on top ranking colleges. The Department of Commerce has ensured an evolving curriculum which is in tune with the changing needs of the industry to enhance the employability skills of the students. Apart from a robust curriculum, the Department also engages with various external partners and in-house faculty in training the students on various aspects of campus recruitment process like Resume Writing, Personal Interview skills, mock Group Discussion sessions, Logical Reasoning and Aptitude, Quantitative Analysis to name a few. The students are also provided with technical training on areas like advanced Excel etc. The Department also connected with prominent alumni to address the students on t...

BBA Campus Hiring 2021-22 The academic year 2021-22 continued with Campus Recruiment processes being conducted in a virtual mode just like for the previous academic year 2020-21. Organizations have to choose the best available talent without any physical interaction, and this is challenging for the students as well. Despite this, The School of Business and Management, Christ (Deemed to be University) has had an extremely good placement record during the academic year 2021-22. The courses offered by the School of Business & Management are BBA, BBA (Honors) and BBA (Finance and International Business), located at two campuses in Bengaluru.  The BBA programmes offered by the School of Business and Management, Christ University are amongst the most sought-after programmes for Management Studies in the country. The CTC (Cost to Company) ranged from Rs 3 Lakhs per annum to Rs 12 Lakhs per annum with as much as 19 companies offering Rs 6 Lakhs and above as the CTC per an...

Career Corridor- Employability Enhancement Training Module The Centre for Placement and Career Guidance, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) in association with Para Learning organized ‘Career Corridor’ an employability enhancement training module for the final year undergraduate and postgraduate students in the months of August September 2022. The module was spread over six sessions and each session was for a duration of ninety minutes with each batch consisting of sixty students. The sessions covered the entire gamut of campus recruitment process like  1) Resume Writing 2) How to develop a clear and concise resume. 3) Communication skills - Importance of clear communication, listening skills, presentation skills, digital workplace (video conferencing etiquette), body language and grooming etc 4) Mock Sessions Mock personal interview (PI) and group discussion (GD) sessions to familiarize students with the Do’s and don’ts during PI and GD like speaking in a clear voice, not to interru...

  Leadership Training Workshop The Office of Placements and Career Guidance organized a ‘Leadership Training Workshop’ for all the Post Graduate and Under Graduate Student Placement Representatives on 1st August and 8 th August 2022 respectively. The event was a mix of indoor brainstorming sessions and outdoor activities. The workshop was organized with the objective to instill leadership skills among the placement representatives by focusing on interpersonal skills, team building, communication, decision making and self-awareness. The one day workshop was inaugurated by Dr (Fr) Jose, Pro Vice Chancellor who explained the importance of employability and all the requirements for the same. Then the students were briefed on the various opportunities and responsibilities of the student placement representatives by Dr Johny Joseph, Controller Of Examinations. Prof Bhoopathy and Dr. Viajaya R conducted a host of outdoor activities starting with listening skills, Interaction acti...

Master of Commerce in International Finance (MCom IF): Placements - A Dream Debut The Department of Professional Studies under the School of Commerce, Finance and Accountancy, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) introduced the Master of Commerce in International Finance (MCom IF) in the academic year 2020-21. The programme is designed to develop professionals with specialized skills and applied global competencies in the areas of Strategic Financial Management, Wealth Management and Risk Management catering to the contemporary needs of industry and academia. Some of the other programme highlights include an advanced curriculum with hands-on exposure, research project and publication, experiential training sessions, employability skills enhancement certificate course in the area of Financial Technology, industry internships to name a few. The first batch of graduating students in June 2022 had to grapple with multiple challenges on the campus recruitment front with the pandemic slowing...

  Placed at Accenture: A Student Narrative “As I had already participated in the placement process for a different organization before registering for the Accenture role, i was a little familiar with the general placement process, and as such it was pretty smooth sailing for me.   Before the actual assessment test, we had the company presentation. We were familiarised with the job description in detail and were briefed about the work culture. I think these presentations are beneficial as they prime you for the process and give you an idea about what the company expects from the candidates and the kind of skillsets they expect in a recruit.” “The next step was the Assessment Test or the Aptitude Test. You have to be fast, and you need to be focused. I had a few issues with my system (even after taking the mock test). The process was anxiety-inducing, but all in all, it went smoothly once the test started. After this, I waited for updates about the shortlisted candidates. Ne...

  Engineering Placements: Growing in leaps and bounds! The School of Engineering and Technology at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), established in 2008, has an enviable record when it comes to Campus Placements for Engineering students. There has been a surge in the number of organizations participating in campus recruitment since the last two years despite the economic slowdown due to the Pandemic. The academic year 2021-22 witnessed a total of more than 450 students from different Branches of Engineering including Computer Science & Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Mechanical and Civil Engineering actively participating in the campus recruitment process. The top recruiters include reputed and well established organizations from different sectors like technology firms Capgemini, Cognizant, IBM, Mindtree etc ; audit firms like EY, Deloitte; manufacturing com...

P lacements for BBA Finance & Accountancy The Department of Professional Studies, Christ (Deemed to be University), established in 2007 offers some of the most unique and specialized undergraduate programmes that are benchmarked with international professional bodies through a meticulous mapping of the curriculum and innovative evaluation patterns. The students are provided with excellent placements through Employability Skill Enhancement Courses like Advanced Excel, Tableau, Python are conducted along with special training / bridge courses for professional certification of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) to name a few. Some of the major recruiters under this initiative include Wipro, Price Water Cooper (PwC), Grant Thorton, Ernst Young (EY), ABB, KPMG, AON, Oman Insurance Company to name a few. Typical packages are in the range of Rs 6 Lakhs to Rs 12 lakhs per annum, ...

MSc Statistics Placements - A Dream Debut  The Department of Statistics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) introduced an MSc Statistics Programme in the academic year 2020-21 and we have the first batch graduating in the year 2021-22. As is the case with every new Programme, the students were anxious about good placement opportunities and suitable job profiles, with the raging pandemic also adding to their worries. However the ongoing placement season has put to rest all their apprehensions and the students have been recruited by reputed organizations like HSBC, Accenture, Tiger Analytics, IQVIA, Gartner, PaperPedia, GALE, Loyalitics to name a few. The profiles offered were in the areas of Data Analytics, Research, Academics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) etc. Average package was in the range of Rs 6.00 lacs CTC per annum and the highest was Rs 11. 50 lacs. The students who are placed in different organizations reflect on their experience and learnings which helped them in landing dr...

The Office of Placements and Career Guidance, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) organized a Soft Skills training session for the final year Under Graduate and Post Graduate students in the month of January 2022. A total of 160 students registered for the session, and they were divided into three batches. Each batch had a six-hour training module in total spread across four sessions of ninety minutes duration. The sessions were conducted by Ms. Jaicy George, a professional trainer with more than two decades of experience in Soft Skills training and associated with The Institute of Chartered Accountants Institute of India (ICAI). The topics covered in training module include the following. Resume Building and Job Application session which covered areas like resume writing, cover letters, career objectives, job search engines etc.   Interview skills and Group discussion sessions included effective communication during an interview, types of interviews, mock interviews, importance o...

Even as we complete 2 years of the Pandemic, campus placements continue to flourish, and the current academic year has witnessed more organizations participate in recruitment, especially for the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) programmes. The School of Commerce, Finance and Accountancy, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) offers a variety of BCom programmes such as BCom, BCom Honours, BCom Professional, BCom International Finance. Each course is unique with integrated professional certifications such as Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Accountant (CA) etc. Despite the multiple challenges of the Pandemic, BCom students have had an excellent placement season during the current academic year 2021-22. A talented pool of BCom students at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) added to the performance of alumni recruited in the past ensuring most corporates partic...

  BCom Students Speak on Placements 2022   I have been living a city life since my birth. My foundational knowledge and skills are quite strong due to this. The Department of Commerce had helped me a lot during the whole placement process through orientations and timely clarification of queries. The Faculty from the Department of Commerce had also provided me guidance on choosing the right career path based on my academic and personal background. Apart from this, the Faculty Placement Coordinators from the Department of Commer have been organizing insightful sessions under the “Placement Talk Series” initiative. It really helped me get over my fear of facing the placement process. To share about my placement experience, I applied for four companies in total. I couldn’t get through the previous companies because I was not ready for them as I had not prepared myself well enough to appear for the shortlisting processes and get through them. Later, the practice of going throug...

The Academic Year 2021-22 at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), despite the disruption of normal academics due to the continuing Pandemic, has seen an excellent placement record, with 90.7% of the Post Graduate students from Master of Computer Applications (MCA), MSc Computer Science and MSc Data Science getting placed through campus recruitment before the end of December 2021. A total number of 42 organizations have participated in the campus recruitment process during the current year and recruited 206 students. The job profiles offered include Software Developer, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Analyst, Software Testing, Technical Writer, Instructional Designer, Data Scientist, Web Developer to name a few. The highest salary packages in terms of Cost to Company (CTC) was Rs 16.00 lacs offered by KPMG for the data analyst profile. Some of the other top paying recruiters in include DE Shaw Rs 11.50 lacs, Whatfix Rs 11.00 lacs, Citi Group Rs 10.00 lacs, Eurofins IT Solutions Rs 9.5...

Students' Experience of Placements - Commerce I am Dhanush C S from Bangalore. Moving from a student phase to an employee phase is a beautiful transition, and I should thank Department Of Commerce, CHRIST Deemed to be University and the placement cell for providing me with an opportunity and getting placed in KPMG for the Audit Associate role. The emotional experience of getting placed with a Big Four dream company like KPMG is something I will cherish forever. The Department of Commerce has always provided me with excellent opportunities to develop at both professional and personal level. The exposure I got from participating in many commerce fests, right from Prarambh to Mitige, helped me develop my skills, and many webinars conducted by the department helped me understand the ground reality of the corporate world. Seminars and placement training activities undertaken by the placement cell helped boost and increased my confidence level, which allowed me to crack the interviews ...