DW BUREAU / PATIALA Punjabi University is making impressive strides in the field of academics and over the last few years, large-scale placement of students in departments like Engineering and Management has emerged as another achievement for it. Now, it has again proved with the start of placement of 2022 batch. For the current batch, 14 companies have visited till now and more than 30 companies are in the pipeline. Prof. Arvind, Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, called a meeting here today to encourage the students for the placement and to celebrate their success. Prof. Arvind, while speaking on this occasion, advised the students to give their best in the corporate sector and the society to become brand ambassador of Punjabi University. He said that Punjabi University is known for building their students for contribute to society. He said that the recent achievements of the university in the field of academics and sports would also have a positive impact on the placement in future. He said that it is a matter of pride for the university that Harwinder Singh, research scholar from the Department of Economics, has won bronze medal in archery at Tokoyo Paralympics. It is India's first ever medal in archery in Paralympics. He further said that Punjabi University is raising the banner of its achievements not only in sports but in every field. Dr. Manjit Singh, Director Placement Cell, while presenting the placement records of previous years, told that the batch of 2020 had great placements with 370+ offers and 35 companies visited for placement drive during that time. The highest package was 12.40 LPA. For the 2021 batch more than 60 companies visited for campus placements and offers were given to the students. More than 28 students were able to get multiple offers. The highest package offered was 20 LPA, he told further. Dr. Jaswinder Singh, Placement Co-ordinator, also congratulated the students for making the University feel proud as is evident from the previous placement records also. He said that the students from the present batch are placed in Infosys through INFYTQ, HackWithInfy, Impetus Technologies, SafeAeon, Daffodil etc. These students expressed their gratitude towards the placement cell, PUP for the continuous support and motivation. (editor@dailyworld.in)