New Delhi: Consequent upon upgradation of Delhi College of Engineering into Delhi Technological University (DTU), a great number of companies including MNCs and leading world-class research and consultancy organizations have chosen DTU for sourcing quality manpower, through campus placements. Almost 100 organizations have already visited the campus of DTU for placements in the 2009-10 academic session. In this session, around 516 job offers have been made so far to approximately 460 eligible candidates. Engineers India Ltd, HUAWEI and ZTE Telecom India Pvt. Ltd visited the DTU campus for placements. Leading MNC's which have selected students of DTU include Microsoft, IBM, Coca Cola, Sony Research Centre, Bank of America, Mckinsey, Schlumberger, Cisco, McAfee, Samsung Engineering, Deloitte apart from TCS, Infosys, Maruti Udyog Ltd., L&T, Ashok Leyland, Hero Honda, Airtel, Tata Motors etc. Even Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including NTPC, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, and Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd (BHEL) besides Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Indian Navy have made recruitments from DTU. The highest pay package offered this year has gone upto 11 lakhs, whereas the average package is 5.5 lakhs, which is slightly better than the last year's average salary of just over 5 lakhs. The largest number of offers has been made by Aricent, which has proposed to recruit 60 students from different disciplines like Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics & Communication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering of DTU. "The job offers made this year are in a good mix of varied sectors like core, software, consultancy, IT, Finance, Services, Telecom and even Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)," said Prof. S. K. Garg, Head, department of training & placement, DTU. Explaining the reasons for placement boom at the university, Prof. P.B. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, DTU, informed, "DTU prepares students beyond structured curriculum to address the challenges of engineering of tomorrow, primarily through expert lectures by industry leaders and participation in activities of professional societies chapters at DTU (such as IEEE, IET, SAE etc.), which further bridges the gap between graduating engineers and professional engineers. The inter-disciplinary focus of engineering and promotion of team work for design, innovation and new product development further strengthens the competency and caliber of our students."