Job fair at Madras varsity: 750 students bag spot offers

Chennai: More than 750 students from arts and science colleges under University of Madras received spot offers at the job fair conducted on campus on Saturday. Around 2,000 students were shortlisted, and they will be called for further rounds of interviews.Pay packages ranged from 2.5 lakh a year to 4.5 lakh a year for BA, BSc, and BCom students graduating in May 2025. More than 4,500 undergraduate students from 100 arts and science colleges affiliated with the university registered for the job fair. Companies such as Tech Mahindra, Ashok Leyland, TVC, Nokia, ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank recruited students at the fair."As many as 75 companies from the manufacturing sector, IT, banking, finance, and healthcare participated in the job fair," said S R Rajavarshan, CEO of Asgardia Foundation. Asgardia Foundation and NSE Academy, who are training partners of the Naan Mudhalvan scheme, jointly organised the job fair for arts and science students skilled under this scheme.Students were hired for various job roles such as trainee engineer (quality and production), technical support, and process associate. E Yabez from Presidency College got an offer from Nokia with a 2.5 lakh annual pay package. "I completed BCom and am studying Tally now. I got selected for a manufacturing job," he said.Raghav from Thiruthangal Nadar College was shortlisted for an accountancy-related job role. "I was told that there will be further rounds of interviews," he said. Due to a huge number of students turning up for the fair, many companies told the candidates to submit their resumes, and that they would be called for interviews later. The students said some companies were also hiring for call centre jobs, which many were not keen to take up.