Graphic Era Group of Institutions on Saturday honoured 723 students and their parents at a ceremony held at the Silver Jubilee Convention Centre for outstanding campus placements and high academic performance, with salary packages reaching up to Rs 61.63 lakh.
Students who secured up to 98.2 per cent marks in high school were also felicitated at the event.
Chairman of the Graphic Era Group of Institutions, Dr Kamal Ghanshala, addressing the gathering, said that at the beginning of a career, work culture, opportunities to learn new skills and avenues for growth are more important than attractive salary packages.
Citing several examples, he said real success is defined by work done with honesty, discipline, stability and human values. He urged students to maintain positive relationships, communicate effectively, work with team spirit, avoid negativity and keep progressing by learning from failures.
At the ceremony, BTech student Pradeep Rawat of Graphic Era Deemed University was awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a trophy for securing a placement at Google with a package of Rs 61.63 lakh. Shivam Aggarwal was recognised for securing Rs 60.3 lakh at D.E. Shaw, Kunal Kumar for Rs 56 lakh at Microsoft, Arshita and Shreya Mahajan for Rs 54.84 lakh at Google, and Astha Mehta and Adarsh Bharti Musa for Rs 47.88 lakh at Amazon.
Among BTech students of Graphic Era Hill University, Prerna Badoni and Rakshit Beniwal received Rs 1 lakh each and trophies for securing Rs 56 lakh packages at Microsoft, while Palak Aggarwal was honoured for a Rs 54.84 lakh annual package at Google.
Parents of the placed students were also felicitated by Dr Kamal Ghanshala and Vice Chairperson Dr Rakhi Ghanshala.
Other students from Graphic Era Deemed University, including Aradhya Bahuguna, Dev Verma, Dhruv Gupta and Manisha Pannu, and from Graphic Era Hill University, including Aanshik Sharma, Himani Upadhyay, Ishika Rana, Mohit Singh Rawat and Nitin Rana, were awarded Rs 50,000 each for securing Rs 47.88 lakh packages at Amazon.
This year, 723 students from Graphic Era institutions secured placements across BTech, BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA and other programmes in multinational companies including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Infosys, Flipkart, JP Morgan, Deloitte, Tata Consultancy Services, Amul, National Australia Bank, Yamaha, Nykaa, Lenskart and Asian Paints.
