Placement week organized
ALIGARH : Two MBA students from the Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University – Afnan Haroon and Saad Abdullah have been hired by Unthinkable Solutions, a multi-national and affiliate company of the Daffodil Software, an IT services and consulting company with a global presence in the US, UAE, and India. They have been offered a handsome package of 14 LPA after their selection following a rigorous campus recruitment drive conducted by the Training and Placement Office, Department of Business Administration, in collaboration with the Training and Placement Office (General), during the Placement Week 1.0, held from December 26-29, 2022.
Congratulating the selected students, Prof. Jamal A. Farooqui (Chairperson of the department) said it is indeed a momentous achievement to conduct the placement week which is the first event of its type held in the department.
“I congratulate the training and placement team, along with the faculty advisors, who worked hard to gather information regarding the employment opportunities and managed the placement procedures in a successful manner,” he added.
Prof. Farooqui said that the event was aimed at providing management graduates the opportunity to secure a career as future business leaders. “Several companies including Unthinkable Solutions, Adani Electricity, Garware Technical Fibres, Infoglen, Mindlance, Assetmonk and Eazydiner participated in the drive and more than 260 students from the Department and from the Malappuram, Kishanganj and Murshidabad centres registered for selection.
He said that more recruitment results are awaited and we hope other companies will also hire our students.
The placement week began with Mr. Shahab Hashmi (Director, Business Development, VISA) as the chief guest, who is also an alumnus of the department, and urged the participating students to give the best of their performance during the placement drive.
Welcoming the participants, Prof. Saboohi Nasim appreciated the efforts of the TPO team for organizing the event at such short notice and urged them to conduct more events in the future.
Prof. Ayesha Farooq delivered the opening remarks while a TPO member, Abdur Rehman presented an introduction to the placement week.
Mr. Saad Hameed also addressed the students and Dr. Asad Rehman made the concluding remarks. The ceremony came to an end with a vote of thanks by Lovekesh Gautam.
Meanwhile, a personality enhancement workshop was also conducted on December 25, 2022, by Mr. Mohammad Maaz Husain who provided training to the students on how to face interviews.