FAQ's

You can refer to the following link -  https://www.ipr.res.in/documents/project_eie.html

Instruction's:

1. During the entire Placement Season, for any queries in regards to Placement Activities, mail should strictly be shared on helpdesk.iiicell@nirmauni.ac.in ONLY. No response will be received, if shared on any other Email IDs.

2. Your First Point of Contact, for any queries, will  be the Student Placement Coordinator, if your query still stands unsolved, you can visit III Cell along with one of your Student Placement Coordinator.

3. In regards to Placement Events, students need to maintain the Timeline shared, requests for extension in the Timeline would not be entertained under any circumstances.

4. III Cell tries to schedule Campus Drive Process at the best convenient time, yet, if a specific timeline has been provided by the Company, students will have to maintain the same and attend the process and avoid raising requests to change the schedule.

5. Eligibility Criteria in regards to Placement Drives are decided by the Company Officials ONLY. III Cell does not have any role in regards to the same. Hence, students need to avoid raising requests to negotiate or dilute the Criteria for any Placement Drives.

6. Shortlisting, if any, during any stage of a Placement Drive is the Company Officials sole decision. III Cell does not have any say in shortlisting shared by the Company.

7. Students need to get their PERSONAL LAPTOPS connected with Nirma University WiFi. Since, during the entire Placement Season, process would be scheduled in Virtual Mode, wherein Internet would be required.

   1. https://nirmauni.ac.in/downloads/

   2. Wi Fi Registration Form

8. A separate Mail has already been shared in regards to Instructions Related to POD.ai Platform - the platform III Cell uses for Placement Drive Registration. If a Student makes changes in their Pod.ai Account, which are against the Instruction provided, their Account will be put ON HOLD by the system itself.

   1. In case Students Pod.ai Account gets put ON HOLD, the student won't be able to Apply for any Placement Drive

   2. In such case, students will have to take a Print Out of the Reactivate Pod.ai Account Form (Attached in this Mail) and submit the Duly Filled Form to III Cell, post which the Account will be REACTIVATED.

9. If a Student wants to utilize Upgradation Attempt, he / she needs to

   1. Submit the Upgradation Form (Attached in this Mail) and submit the Duly Filled Form with III Cell, before applying for the said Placement Drive

   2. And also fill the Google Form Link for Upgradation Attempt.

   3. If the above task is not completed, their name won't be considered for Upgradation and the ATTEMPT will be counted.

10. If a Students wishes to Withdraw from a Campus Placement Drive post registering for the same - ALLOWED MAXIMUM TWICE DURING THE ENTIRE PLACEMENT SEASON - 

    1. They need to fill the Google Form for Non Participation / Withdrawal from Campus Drive, without fail.

Reactivate Pod Form: Click here 

Upgradation Form: Click here 

Introduction to placement team: Click here 

Placement opt out Form: Click here 

B.Tech: Click Here 

M.Tech/MCA: Click here 

1. First and foremost, DO NOT MAKE any changes in the Academic Details without uploading the MARKSHEET:

   • For B.Tech - Upload Marksheet of

     • SSC

     • HSC / Diploma

     • Current Course

       • Regular Students - Semester - 1 to 6

       • D2D Students - Semester 3 to 6

   • For M.Tech and MCA - Upload Marksheet of

     • SSC

     • HSC / Diploma

     • Graduation

     • Current Course

       • Semester 1 and 2

2. Update Backlog Details - Semester Wise and Aggregate (Total)

   • For B.Tech

     • Regular Students - Semester 1 to 6

     • D2D Students - Semester 3 to 6 - D2D Students DO NOT ENTER ANYTHING in Semester 1 and 2, leave it blank.

   • For M.Tech and MCA

     • Semester 1 and 2

3. The following details should not be left blank:

   • Gender

   • Date of Birth

   • Blood Group

   • Marital Status

   • Disability

   • Known Languages

   • Other Phone Number(s)

   • Other Email(s) - Pod.ai Account would be put ON HOLD, if PERSONAL EMAIL ID is not mentioned.

   • Current Address (especially students from outside Ahmedabad, need to keep these details updated.)

   • Academic Gap Details

   • Graduate Degree

   • Caste Category

   • Minor Subject (Students who have NOT OPTED for any Minor Subject need to mention Not Applicable)

4. Students need to make sure that the following details are made in the Placement Policy Tab:

   • Interested In Jobs  - YES

   • Interested In Internships - YES

   • Placement Policy - 

Refer to the attachments for more clarity.

NOTE:

1. While uploading the Marksheet in the Education Tabs, make sure you upload the same in chronological order. i.e. SSC  HSC / Diploma  Graduation (in case of M.Tech and MCA)  Current Course

2. If the CLICK TO UPLOAD in MARKSHEET Section is GREYED OUT, click on any TAB in the BOX and then try to UPLOAD the file.

Students will not be able to GENERATE RESUME and / or Apply for Placement Events if the above Instructions are NOT followed.

In case of any queries, get in touch with your Student Placement Coordinator first, if the query still persists, share a mail strictly on helpdesk.iiicell@nirmauni.ac.in

https://coreplacementsnsit.blogspot.com/2018/08/hi-i-am-rachit_14.html?m=1 

1. Quest Global

2. SmartSoC Solutions Pvt Ltd

3. BITSILICA

4. LeadSoc Technologies Pvt Ltd

5. leadIC Design Pvt Ltd

6. Eximietas Design

7. 7Rays Semiconductors India Private Limited

8. Mirafra Technologies

9. eInfochips (An Arrow Company)

10. Wipro

11. HCLTech

12. L&T Technology Services

13. Ignitarium 

14. Tessolve

15. Scaledge Technology

I will not try to learn anything beyond electronics during the 4 years.

CGPA is only important for a Job.

Think that Electronics is only Hardware.

Programming skills are not necessary for an Electronics Core Job.

Only a degree certificate will get me a job.

Do not understand the importance of daily Practice, Projects, and Laboratory experiments 

Doing the Project by myself without any team members will get good marks.

Do not take the initiative to do projects in every semester

Do not keep in touch with Industry People through LinkedIn.

Think that Core Electronics Companies will not come for Campus placement.

I can learn Embedded & VLSI only during the final year.

Try to do innovative projects without understanding the fundamentals in the final year

Underestimate the need for Soldering skills, hardware design, hardware projects & CAD layout

Not contacting the Alumni working in companies

Do not understand the value of Honesty, being Humble, being hungry for a job

Write everything that he/she heard/saw in the senior's Resume.

Trying to satisfy/please HR people during the interview 

Think that IT jobs are easy to get and pay more salary

Do not understand the importance of Fundamentals of all the courses 

Always hesitate to ask doubts in the public forum.

Never try to learn the subject before taught by the lecturer or professor.

Never try to take challenges

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1. Akuna Capital University (Options 101, 201)

2. AQR Early Engagement Day

3. AQR Quanta Academy

4. Bridgewater Investment Immersion Program

5. Bridgewater Rising Fellows Program

6. Citadel Datathon / Data Open (split by region, then global finals)

7. Citadel Securities Terminal / Terminal AI Competition (split by region)

8. Citadel x Amplify Trading Challenge

9. Citadel + CorrelationOne Summer Invitational (another name for the datathon)

10. Discover Citadel

11. Cornell Trading Competition

12. Cubist Quant Academy

13. Cubist Systematic Strategies Hackathon

14. D. E. Shaw & Co. Discovery Fellowship

15. D. E. Shaw & Co. Latitude Fellowship

16. D. E. Shaw & Co. Momentum Fellowship

17. D. E. Shaw & Co. Nexus Fellowship

18. Duke FinTech Intercollegiate Trading Competition

19. Flow Traders E-House Day

20. Flow Traders Trading Business Course

21. IMC UK Masterclass

22. IMC Prosperity Trading Competition

23. IMC WiT (Women in Technology)

24. Jane Street AMP

25. Jane Street ETC (hack

26. Jane Street FTTP (First-Year Trading/Technology Program)

27. Jane Street FOCUS

28. Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship

29. Jane Street IN FOCUS

30. Jane Street INSIGHT

31. Jane Street JSIP

32. Jane Street Market Prediction Kaggle Competition

33. Jane Street SEE

34. Jane Street SF Puzzle City

35. Jane Street Symposium

36. Jane Street Unboxed

37. Jane Street Visiting Researcher / Prefaculty

38. Jane Street WiSE

39. Jane Street - Unboxed Program

40. J.P. Morgan Chase Quantitative Research Virtual Experience Program

41. Kalshi Trading Competition

42. MIT Trading Competition

43. MIT Pokerbots

44. Optiver Insight Days

45. Optiver Trading Day

46. Optiver Market Making Competition

47. Optiver Ready Trader Go

48. Point72 Academy

49. Rotman International Trading Competition

50. Susquehanna International Group Insight Week

51. Susquehanna International Group Freshman Discovery Day

52. Susquehanna International Group Sophomore Discovery Day – Trading

53. Susquehanna International Group Sophomore Discovery Day for Women – Trading

54. Susquehanna International Group Sophomore Discovery Day – Capital Markets

55. Susquehanna International Group Sophomore Discovery Day for Women – Capital Markets

56. Susquehanna International Group Sophomore Discovery Day – Technology

57. Susquehanna International Group Sophomore Discovery Day for Women – Technology

58. Susquehanna International Group Sophomore Discovery Day – Technology Infrastructure

59. Susquehanna International Group Sophomore Discovery Day – Growth Equity

60. Tapia Conference

61. Thinkorswim Challenge

62. Two Sigma College Mentor Connect

63. Two Sigma Financial Modeling Challenge

64. Two Sigma PhD Fellowship

65. Two Sigma Undergraduate Scholarship

66. UC Berkeley Trading Competition

67. UChicago Trading Competition

68. Urban Initiative’s Traders Poker Tournament

69. Virtu Financial Women’s Winternship

70. WorldQuant BRAIN

Are you someone who doesn’t know what to post on LinkedIn?

Here are some ideas for you:

1. Projects: Did you work on a project in school/college? Talk about the project. How did the idea strike? How did you work on it? What were your learnings? What was the impact of the project? What would your next steps be?

2. Events/Conference: Did you attend an event with an inspirational speaker? Share your takeaways and learnings. Did you attend a conference? How was your experience? How did you network with companies? Did you get any opportunity?

3. Semester-end learnings: Wrapped up a semester at university? What subjects did you take? What did you learn from the classes? How do you plan to implement those learnings?

4. Internship: Started/Completing an internship? How did you land the internship? What are your projects going to be? What did you learn during the internship? How do you plan to implement those learnings?

5. Student Chapters/Clubs: Leading a student chapter or a club at your university? Why did you join that club? How did you get a leadership position? What did you work on?

First and foremost, Students need to fill the Hard Copy of Training & Project Announcement Form available from the Department. The same details should be filled in the Google Form Link shared in the mail. The following details need to be filled properly, Requisition Letter will not be issued if the details below are not mentioned in the Form.

Roll Number

Students Name (as per Academic Record)

Training / Project Duration should be mentioned in DD/MM/YYYY Format ONLY.

Company Name (Example: Reliance Industries Limited). Students need to mention whether the company is Private Limited, Limited, LLP, etc.

Full Address of the Organization (where the student is about to undergo his / her Training / Project should be mentioned along with PINCODE.)

Signature of the Student + Signature of HOD (Department) or Section Head or Faculty Coordinator should be there.

Undertaking to be given by the student for Training and Project Placement

Students need to submit the Properly Stapled & Duly Filled Hard Copy of Training & Project Announcement Form along with Photo Copy of Offer Letter / Mail Confirmation / Internship Confirmation to III Cell, K Block.

The Sequence of the Documents should be:

Document Sequence No. Documents

1 Training & Project Announcement Form

2 Undertaking to be given by the student for Training and Project Placement

3 Hard Copy of Offer Letter / Mail Confirmation / Internship Confirmation

Instruction in regards to the Google Form:

Company Name (Example: Reliance Industries Limited). Students need to mention whether the company is Private Limited, Limited, LLP, etc.

Address Line 1, Address Line 2 should not be the same.

Company Name, City / District, State, Pincode, etc. should not be mentioned in the Address Line 1 and 2.

Google form link

Click here

- Request to consider application for any opportunity after deadline will not be entertained.

- Deadline mentioned on the POD should be considered as final in case you are applying through the POD.

- No relaxation in PPI will be considered, the eligibility criteria mentioned on the pod will be final.

- If you are raising any request on POD, don't expect it to get approved right away. So if you need to make any changes don't wait and do it as per the mentioned procedure only.

- Contact your group SPC only, if he/she is not responding then only you should contact other SPCs. Don't contact multiple SPC for the same concern as all of us will contact III Cell for the same thing and same person and it is not the appropriate way.

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Summer Internships - April-May of Sem 6

Winter Internships - Nov-Dec of Sem 7

Placements - Jun-Dec of Sem 7

The primary role of a student placement coordinator is to act as a bridge between Placement Cell and the students. As an SPC, you would also be responsible to handle the complete placement process of a company. To apply for becoming an SPC, contact the Point of Contact of the department.

NOC stands for No Objection Certificate. Some of the companies where you will be doing your summer/winter internship would ask you to submit NOC. To download your form to get NOC, head to Downloads section of Summer/Winter Internship tab. 

1. First and foremost, Students need to fill the Hard Copy of Training & Project Announcement Form available from the Department's career care portal at link: https://sites.google.com/view/ec-careercare/summer-internship/downloads. The following details need to be filled properly, Requisition Letter will not be issued if the details below are not mentioned in the Form.

• Roll Number

• Students Name

• Training / Project Duration (in DD/MM/YYYY Format)

• Company Name (Example: Reliance Industries Limited)

• Full Address of the Organization (where the student is about to undergo his / her Training / Project should be mentioned along with PINCODE.

• Signature of the Student + Signature of HOD (Department) or Section Head or Faculty Coordinator should be there.

• Undertaking to be given by the student for Training and Project Placement

2. Students need to submit the Properly Stapled & Duly Filled Hard Copy of Training & Project Announcement Form along with Photo Copy of Offer Letter / Mail Confirmation / Internship Confirmation to III Cell, K Block.

• The Sequence of the Documents should be:

Document Sequence No. Documents

1 Training & Project Announcement Form

2 Undertaking to be given by the student for Training and Project Placement

3 Hard Copy of Offer Letter / Mail Confirmation / Internship Confirmation

Google Form Link 

1. You can upgrade to any company only once you have an offer from a company

2. You should thoroughly check upgradation matrix before applying for upgradation

3. You have 2 ATTEMPTS for upgradation. An attempt gets counted irrespective of your result of the company in which you have applied in

4. Once you fill the upgradation form, you should send the form to your department Student Placement Coordinator who would further send to placement coordinator of the department for further approval

5. Placement coordinator will submit it to Placement Cell

No, you are free to choose the domain of your choice. The domain has to be technical domain in the area of Electronics and Communication.

Yes. Once you get the final offer, you are supposed to inform the same to ec.project@nirmauni.ac.in

Summer Internship is of 4 to 6 weeks starting after last week of May

Winter Internship starts from first week of January and goes till second week of May

Yes. However, you have an option to do an in-house internship as well which would be there in the Department of ECE, Nirma University.

No. The internship has to be in the technical field only.

You are supposed to email the professor under whom you would like to pursue your internship.

Procedure for companies vary as per the role they offer. A general procedure is - Online Test -> Rounds of Face to Face (F2F) interviews -> Final Selection.

The evaluation process is again decided by the company and may or may not only be based on student’s PPI/Resume

You should be very careful about applying to companies. If you register for a company and do not appear in any of the interview process or online test, you shall be strictly removed from the ongoing process. Hence, be very sure that you read the company details carefully before applying and once you have registered for company placement drive you attend all the processes related to the placement drive.

The graduate placement program typically runs from June to March. The summer internship placements recruiting are in April-May. For specific dates in the current year please write to ec.project@nirmauni.ac.in. If you are a first time recruiter, please write to ec.project@nirmauni.ac.in. 

The information that students typically look for in corporate presentations is: Profile of the company  

Profile of the career role (projects in case of summer internships) and responsibilities  

Locations where the student is likely to be posted  

Compensation / Stipend 

The typical steps in the placement process would be:

1. Registration of company officially on campus

2. Submission of CVs/Applications by students  

3. Shortlisting of students  

4. Pre-processes (tests/group discussions)  

5. Interviews  

6. Selection list 

The academic schedule for the summer internship normally starts between the last-week of May and mid-June. The internship may last for 4 to 6 weeks.

See the Tab "Details for CPI to Percentage marks conversion"  under the Placement --> Downloads tab

1. As per the placement policy upgrade happens when a student gets a job offer in hand. Once any student gets an offer then he / she is eligible for upgradation to the higher band as mentioned in our policy. 

2. The students get "Generic offer " from TCS, Infosys and Cognizant , we still consider those students as "No offer" and they would be eligible to apply as many companies visit our campus. 

3. Generic offer details :

TCS : 3.6 LPA, Infosys : 3.6 LPA & Cognizant : 4 LPA

4. Apply to all the Day sharing companies and secure one job in hand be safe with minimum preparations .

If you are having any doubts related to summer/winter internship and placement you should do the following:

1) Read the placement policy available at the portal (same policy applies for internship also)

2) Read Sachin Sir's presentation related to placement and internship available at the portal

3) Read the Q and A section of the portal

If your doubts are still unclear (which would for sure not be the case if you have thoroughly carried out the above steps) you can send an email to ec.project@nirmauni.ac.in.

The details of the companies that visited and hired from BTech School of Technology 2022 passout batch are in the attached file.(Click here to see the file)

1. TCS Digital offer students : this offer falls in A Category and those students will be eligible for upgradation with given 2 attempts . 

2. TCS Ninja Offer students : This offer is not counted and students are free to apply to B, A or A+ category companies . It is a BONUS offer.

As per our placement policy students have to accept the offer and if they don't accept the offer , then they are moved out of our placement process. 

First task for the selected students need to accept the offer . There is no harm in accepting the offer for TCS Ninja students ( Since as per the amendment we are not counting this offer and technically those students still stand with "Zero" offers. 

Those of you who are taking part in the placement drive and attending the Pre Placement Talk, online/offline test, online/offline interviews, related activities are to make sure that they sign in the attendance sheet for the said sessions. The attendance sheet is available with the Studnet Placement Coordinators. Signing in the sheet doest not give you attendance for the said hours. However, if you fall too short for the attendance towards the end of the semester, department will look in for the reasons for the absenteeism viz was it placement or otherwise.

Those of you who are planning for higher students/competitive exams and looking for a Letter of Recommendation/Related Documents are to follow the below-mentioned procedure:

Step 1. Fill up the google form related to higher studies/competitive exams available on the Career Care at Higher Studies Tab.

The link is: EC Career Care Portal - Higher Studies (google.com).

You are required to upload the score card at the time of filling in the above form. 

Step 2. Download the Request form (Letter of Recommendation/Related Document) available on the Career Care Portal at the Higher Studies Tab.

Link is: EC Career Care Portal - Higher Studies (google.com)

Fill up the request form and submit the hard copy of the filled-in form to Ms. Krupaxi Patel, Office Assistant, Office Area, D Block, Ground Floor.

Once you receive the admit letters from the University you are to mail them to (I) ec.project@nirmauni.ac.in and (ii) the faculty member from whom you have taken your LOR.

1. Go to POD.ai application ( Install on the mobile ) and find the right companies to register. Do it on a regular basis and don't miss out on any best opportunities. 

2. Register on or well before the deadline mentioned .

3. Pick a company , register to that company , Refer to all the information shared by us , prepare best preparation about role and company details .

4.Follow the Placement policy very religiously .

5. Share your query only with our Helpdesk email id . 

6. About upgradation , decide wisely and share the Upgradation form duly approved by academic placement Coordinator & SPC with authentic reasons prior registering for the drive .

Do your best and get better success . 

Refer the following link: Link

Refer the following link: Link

Following are the etiquettes for a good virtual interview:  

·         Keep your video ON - To have a near face-to-face experience, please keep your video on during the interviews. Adjust your camera before you join the meeting. 

·         Join from a quiet place - Background noise can mean that the interviewers may struggle to hear you clearly, so be aware of your surroundings/background noise and try to join from a quiet location 

·         Use the right headset - The best audio experience is achieved with a good internet connection and a wired headset. When using a headset, place the microphone in front of your chin. 

·         Alternate Audio Options - Please try alternate audio options such as “Call me”, “I will call in” or request to be dialed into the meeting as a phone user, in case you are having connectivity issues 

These are the steps that you need to follow if you are applying off-campus for your winter internship:

(i) Before finalizing your internship, you are supposed to download an fill the request form available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WDT5IWASlm2-tM7fEOavnAm7oi1ZvNOz/view

Write the work that you are going to do at the company in the "Any Other Details" section of the above form. You should mention the last date of your internship as the 10th of May.

(ii) Email the filled in form to ec.project@nirmauni.ac.in for approval.

(iii) You can apply to the company once you get a reply "Your internship is approved" email from Placement team  

 (iv) Once you get the internship offer letter, fill in the form at Step 3 of the Winter Internship info section of the career care portal. Link is: Winter Internship | ECE'23 | Finalized Database (google.com)

The following are the rules:

0) You should apply to the company ONLY IF you are interested and satisfied with the STIPEND offerings of the company (if there are any).

1) Once an interview is scheduled by the company you are to reach the interview venue or join the online meeting well before the time. 

2) Prepare well for the interview

3) ONCE YOU ARE SELECTED YOU ARE TO JOIN THE COMPANY COMPULSORILY.  YOU SHOULD VOLUNTARILY BACK OFF FROM THE ONGOING INTERNSHIP PROCESSES AND ALSO NOT APPLY FOR OFF-CAMPUS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 

As per the directions from HOD-EC the students who will not meet the above expectations will not be given a No Object Certificate for joining OFF-CAMPUS companies which will lead them to do a major project (inhouse internship) at the EC Department. 

Hoping for co-operation from you all!

Refer to the link: https://marvell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MarvellCareers

Refer the link:

https://internship.aicte-india.org/

Refer the link:

https://internship.aicte-india.org/

Refer the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QyQILCuiZ6WDJch-cJQPDyi_NDtK0VfT/view?usp=drive_link 

Dr. Sachin Gajjar, Prof. Jayesh Patel - ec.project@nirmauni.ac.in 

You can apply online through the Nirma University Examinations Section website. Fill out the form, pay the required fees, and submit necessary documents. Once processed (usually 1-2 working days), you can collect your documents from the E block. Visit https://nirmauni.ac.in/examination-services/ for more details.