“Himachal Pradesh girls are breaking the conventional barrier of society by outperforming boys in every field at Chandigarh University. Be it academics, sports, campus placements, research or entrepreneurship, the girls from Himachal Pradesh are shining and proving their mettle with their outstanding achievements”. This was stated by Dr. R.S Bawa, Pro-Chancellor, Chandigarh University during the Press Conference at Baddi. Dr.Bawa further added, “In Himachal Pradesh girls are not only taking up careers in the male-dominated areas but are also reaching at the top giving boys a challenging competition”. This can be ascertained from the fact that girls’ accounts for 62% of the total number of Himachal Pradesh students who have bagged job offers during campus placements 2020”.
“Priya Bansal a student of Computer Science Eng. from Baddi managed to grab 4 offers from VMware, Wipro, Birlasoft, and Hexaware while Amisha Rana a student of Computer Science Eng. from Palampur managed to grab 3 offers from L&T, Cognizant, and DXC Technology while another student Rohita Soni from Kangra of Computer Science grab 2 offers from Accenture and Open Access Technology India Private Limited”, said Dr. Bawa.
While interacting with media, Dr. Bawa said, “In total 7412 students bagged job offers from MNCs during the placement season 2020, in which more than 460 girls out of the total 740 students from Himachal Pradesh bagged a job offer with top companies”. Speaking further Dr. Bawa said, “Top-notch companies like Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, TCS have been the regular recruiter of young talent from Chandigarh University and the trend has continued for 2021 passing out batch also as more than 7000 offers has already been made by 757 companies that participated during campus placement despite Covid-19 Pandemic”.
While mentioning the accomplishments of the students from Himachal Pradesh and particularly by the girls in the field of research and entrepreneurship, Dr. Bawa said, “The students and the faculty of the Chandigarh University have filed 900 patents during the last 4 years out of them 31 patents have been filed by students from Himachal Pradesh which comprise the 11 patents from the girls alone”. The university students have filed patent in diversified fields engineering, IT, Sciences, and Health Care. It is important to mention here that Chandigarh university has emerged as the leading University of India by the Office of The Controller General of Patents and trademark for filing the highest number of patent s during 2018-19.
Dr. Bawa said, “Always known for their entrepreneurship skills, the young students from Himachal Pradesh at Chandigarh University are also contributing big time by establishing their own start-ups at University’s Technology Business incubator. Out of the total 108 start-ups at CU-TBI, 11 start-ups have been established by the students from Himachal Pradesh over the period of three years”. Dr. Bawa further added, “Understanding the aspirations of modern-day youth to undergo world-class academic learning Chandigarh University has emerged as the First University of India to have established an academic tie-up with 308 top-ranked universities across the globe which not only provides international academic exposures to the students but also offers new avenues in the field of research, international placements, internships, and learning opportunity from global professionals. Under the International Academic Alliance program of Chandigarh University, till date more than 1200 university students have been provided an opportunity to undergo Internships, Semester Abroad, part of Joint Research Initiatives at world’s top universities by the Department of International Affairs at Chandigarh University.
Dr. Bawa said, “The students at Chandigarh University are not only performing exceptionally in the academics but they are leading in the field of sports also”. He further said, “It is a matter of proud for Chandigarh University that Vaibhav Arora, a fast bowler from Himachal Pradesh is all set to make debut in IPL-2021 as he has been picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 20 lakh in the recent IPL auctions”.
“Chandigarh University has positioned itself amongst India’s elite and prestigious higher education institutions as it has been awarded A+ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and also bagged Diamond rating by QS I-Gauge rankings in 2020. With this achievement, CU stands amongst the top 24 ranked universities of India which have been awarded A+ grade by NAAC ”, Dr. R.S Bawa added.
While launching National Level Entrance cum Scholarship test of Chandigarh University Dr.R. S Bawa said, “With the mission to motivate and reward talent amongst Indian youth, CU has launched CUCET-2021 which offers a golden chance for the student community to earn scholarships worth Rs 33 crores”. CUCET-2021 is an online examination which offers flexibility to the students to choose their slot and makes them eligible to grab academic scholarship up to 100% in the course of their choice. The National Level Entrance Cum Scholarship test is mandatory for Engineering, MBA, Pharmacy, Integrated Law and Agriculture programs while for the other programs the online examination offers an opportunity to grab scholarships. Dr. R.S Bawa inaugurated the online portal https://cucet.cuchd.in/ where the students can register for the Entrance Cum Scholarship test from today itself.
