Samsung, famous for appliances and consumer electronics allover the world, has already offered more than 200 Pre-Placement Offers to IIT students this year
Samsung India has plans to hire more than 300 engineers from various Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). The hiring will be done during this placement season with an aim to strengthen company’s research and development (R&D) operations in India, a company spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
Officials from three Samsung R&D centers located in Bengaluru, Delhi and Noida, will start visiting IITs located in Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati, Chennai, Kanpur, Varanasi , Kanpur and Rrorkie starting December 1 2018. Samsung will also be hiring engineers from newly formed IITs located in Jodhpur, Patna, Gandhinagar, Ropar, Mandi, Dhanbad, Indore, Bubaneswar, and Hyderabad.
Sameer Wadhawan, head, human resources, Samsung India said, “Our R&D centres are focusing on cutting edge technologies, developing innovations for the Indian market as well as for the globe. We will continue to add engineers for research and development in these areas and further our commitment to making a strong research base in India.”
200 Pre-Placement Offers already offered
It is to be noted here that Samsung, famous for appliances and consumer electronics allover the world, has already offered more than 200 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) to IIT students this year. Samsung considers the move as a tactical shift that will help the technology giant in spotting talent at an early stage.
Wadhawan said, “There’s a tactical shift that we have made to spot talent early and offer PPOs. This year, we had a slightly longer internship period so that students can spend more time in the company, giving them opportunity to interact with the leaders and managers. This helps us select bright talents among them.”
Hiring from other engineering colleges
The company will also be hiring engineers from colleges including Delhi Technological University, NITs, BITS Pilani, IISc Bangalore, IIITs and Manipal Institute of Technology.
Samsung will be hiring around 1,000 engineers from IITs and other top engineering colleges. The company has already offered around 350 PPOs in 2018.
(With inputs from a leading News Agency)
