Siliconindia Magazine

Thapar University: Taking a Leap towards a Global Future with a Great Vision

In the year 2014 when the Japanese IT firm, Hikari Tsushin decided to recruit young web engineers from India for the first time, they broke they broke a myth by not only avoiding a visit to IITs but also by raking 12 graduates from Patiala based Thapar University with an annual pay package of Rs 24 lakhs per annum. While in 2014, Hikari Tsushin remained as a star of placement in Thapar University with highest offerings of that year, DE Shaw India was not far behind in picking two of the brightest students at the university at a substantial package of Rs 18.4 lakh. Global IT giant Microsoft and Samsung Engineering, too, endorsed the academic brilliance at the university by hiring nine students at an attractive starting salary of Rs 16 lakh per annum, which was much higher than the...