Lovely Professional University’s proud student is Tanya Arora who have bagged Rs 42 lakh job offer from Microsoft. Tanya is a final year Computer Science Engineering and has received one of the highest job offers received by engineering fresher in 2019.
Tanya has been offered the role of Software Engineer at Microsoft’s India R&D Centre in Hyderabad. Expressing herself on this matter she has quoted the following:
“I am excited to get the opportunity to work at Microsoft. I did my summer internship at the company and had a great experience. To now get selected as a member of the Microsoft team is a dream come true. I have always had a deep interest in technology and have worked hard to stay on top of emerging trends like AI and Machine Learning. I have benefitted immensely from my peers at LPU, several of whom are equally technology savvy. I am also thankful to my alma mater, Lovely Professional University that provided an invigorating and career-focused learning environment and my teachers and mentors who helped me at every turn”
Tanya Arora
Further adding to this moment of achievemnet for Tanya and the University, Mr. Ashwani Kumar Tewari, COS, Computer Science and Application, Lovely Professional University said, “We are proud of the kind of offer that Tanya has received from Microsoft . At LPU, our focus is on industry-academia immersion. The centres of excellence that we have, offer students plenty of opportunities to work on real-time industry projects and apply what they learn in the classroom. We hope to see more students following Tanya’s path in the future”.
The School of Computer Science and Engineering is one of the best performing schools at Lovely Professional University. In the last three years, the School has established a record of highest number of placements in North India. Several of its Alumni are working at fortune 500 companies such as HP, Amazon, Yahoo, Cisco, Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon with salaries upwards of Rs. 1 crore.
About LPU
Established in 2005, Lovely Professional University (LPU) is a private university based out of Jalandhar, Punjab. The university campus spreads over 600 acres on the outskirts of Jalandhar. LPU offers a wide variety of courses such as engineering streams, Hotel Management, and Tourism, Architecture and Design, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Agriculture, Fashion Design, Journalism, Films and Creative Arts, Law, Physiotherapy and Paramedical Sciences as well as Art and Languages.
With over 25,000 students currently enrolled LPU offers students full-time as well as part-time courses. LPU houses students from over 50 countries and encourages diversity. The sprawling campus consists of its own shopping mall, a MAC lab for students to develop & deploy Apple apps, an aviation lab, a skating rink, in-house bowling complex, convenience stores, and numerous food kiosks.
The vision of LPU is to be a premier academic institution, recognized internationally for its contribution to industry and society through excellence in teaching, learning, research, internationalization, entrepreneurship, and leadership. LPU aims to implement a relationship of cooperation between industry and academia and to prepare graduates to be lifelong learners with strong analytical and leadership skills.
