University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) of Punjab University placement in the branches of biotech and mechanical engineering has gone to as low as 30percent in the recent years. Less than 30percent of the students get placement in campus placement drives in biotech and mechanical engineering streams. The campus placement in the streams of computer science, engineering and IT are very low.
The years that are in consideration are 2017, 2018 and 2019 when the campus placement were low in quantum. Nearly 150 students appeared in the campus placement in the biotech stream and the number of students who get placed is low. Around 25 students get placed in the campus placement drive. On the other hand, the students in the mechanical engineering branch, who took part in the campus placement, were around 200. Out of these, around 60 students were placed.
The lower placement figure is a worrying sign for the students and the UIET both. If the number of students placed from campus placement remains low then it is not meeting the expectations of standard education. The poor placement is because of ignorance of the Training and Placement Cell (TPC), said one of the students.