5123_2_Placement Policy 2013 Highlighted

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LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

Placement Policyfor students graduating in 2013

Released Date: February 2012

This document describes the provisions regarding the placement policy of theuniversity. The policy is applicable only to the students who are graduating inyear 2013 and shall have opted for placement assistance from the university.


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Department of PlacementsDivision of Career Services, LPU

Contents

Contents................................................................................................................ 2

I.Applicability......................................................................................................... 3

II.Salient Features of the Policy..............................................................................3

III.The Registration Process....................................................................................3

IV.The Employability Enhancement Programme....................................................5

V.The Diagnostic and Benchmarking Tests............................................................5

VI.Cycle through Cycle Transition of student.........................................................6

VII.Disciplinary Code for students........................................................................10

VIII.Code of Job Offers..........................................................................................11

IX.Exceptions to the Policy...................................................................................11

X.Summary of Financial obligations.....................................................................12

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I. ApplicabilityThis policy is applicable only to the students of batches passing-out in 2013 who

shall opt for Placement Assistance from the university and commit to abide bythe requirements thereof.

II. Salient Features of the PolicyThe following are the salient features of the universitys Placement Policy:

As per current recruitment trends, the recruitment activity starts early in

pre-final semester. Thus, the students passing out in 2013 are required to

gear up for being a part of placement related activities immediately at this

stage.

1. In order to provide effective inputs to the students and groom their skills

for placements, the university shall host several interventions for the

students. The students passing out in 2013 seeking placement assistance

from the university will have to attend special inputs/sessions including

few sessions in vacations (summer and winter vacations) as well and take

certain tests to evaluate their skills time-to-time. The students are

required to ensure that they participate in all such interventions (even

those which are held during their vacations).

2. The input sessions and grooming sessions will be held under thenomenclature of Employability Enhancement Programme (EEP) and the

entire programme shall be divided into 5 stages referred to as cycles.

3. The attendance to these EEP sessions shall be mapped rigorously.

4. A series of tests shall be conducted during entire EEP that will count for

progressive performance analysis of students. It shall be mandatory for a

student to take these tests.

5. The university will bear the cost of Employability Enhancement

Programmes without passing on the cost to the students.

6. For all purposes, the UMS will be used for announcements/notifications.

Any announcement/notification made on UMS will be deemed to have

been served on the students. The University may also use Email/SMS at

times to convey information/interact with students/parents at its

discretion.

III. The Registration ProcessTo opt for placement assistance from university, a student has to register

himself/herself with Department of Placements (Division of Career Services, LPU)

online, through UMS latest by stipulated date (18-Feb-2012).



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The following steps shall be followed to complete the registration process:

1. Login to UMS with your registration number and password.

2. Navigate to LPU Placement Portal through UMS Navigation Placement Placement Registration.

3. Click on the Registration option in the webpages top panel strip.

4. Fill in your Personal details, Contact details, Qualification details

andother details marked as mandatory in form.

5. Kindly ensure that the details entered in all fields are correct, particularly,

the:

a. Year of Passing-out (Passing Batch Year)

b. Programme (Currently Pursuing)

c. Contact Information (Mobile No. and Email ID)

6. Before submitting the form, student must carefully read Placement

Policy to understand expectations of university from students and

universitys offerings to students in name of Placement Services.

a. To accept the provisions, the student must click on provided check

box.

7. Click Submit to register.

Upon successful registration online, the student shall receive an e-Mail/SMS

stating his unique Placement ID.

In case this confirmation e-Mail/SMS along with Placement ID is not

received by the student, he/she must personally contact the Department

of Placements.

The registration process is not yet complete. In order to complete the

process, student must deposit the Placement Registration fee in accounts by

stipulated date (28-Feb-2012).

8. After successful online registration, student must deposit a sum of Rs.

3,500 (which includes Rs. 2,000 as refundable security charges for the

EEP and Rs. 1,500 as non-refundable fee for the Benchmarking and

Diagnostic Tests) in accounts latest by 28-Feb-2012.

Note:

The students must retain their contact information (esp. Mobile No. and

E-Mail ID) submitted during Placement Registration so that they do not

miss out any important communications from the university or theprospective employers subsequently. They shall check their SMS and e-



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Mail inbox for any new messages at least once a day, esp. during

placement drives and related interventions.

It is more evident that during trainings/vacations, the students may switch

to some alternate contact numbers and may miss-out important

communication regarding placements. It is advised that students shall notdiscontinue with their registered contact numbers and e-Mail IDs during

and after Placement session i.e. at least up to December 2013.

The university shall not be responsible for any such loss of communication

arising out of incorrect contact details provided during placement

registration or in cases as discussed above.

IV. The Employability Enhancement Programme

In order to facilitate active placement support to the eligible students registeredfor placement assistance from the university, the Centre of Employability

Enhancement Programme and the respective School-Departments, shall engage

several special training sessions and evaluation sessions for students under

name ofEmployability Enhancement Programme or EEP.

1. The EEP shall comprise of five cycles. The tentative schedule of EEP cycles

is outlined in Table 1.

2. A student moves from one cycle to the next upon satisfying the criteria of

successful completion of that cycle. Refer to Section VI for detail on

successful completion and cycle through cycle transition of a student.

3. It is mandatory for every student registered for placement services to

attend these EEP sessions and activities thereof.

4. The precise details of activities to be held and type of inputs to be

delivered during each cycle shall be announced subsequently.

Table 1: Tentative schedule of EEP Cycles

Cycle # Scheduled duringI Spring Term of session 2011-2012II Summer Term of session 2011-2012 (20-Jul-2012 to 07-Aug-2012)III Autumn Term of session 2012-2013 (Pre-MTE)IV Autumn Term of session 2012-2013 (Post-MTE)V Spring Term of session 2012-2013

V. The Diagnostic and Benchmarking TestsWith a view to map and profile every student who registers for placement

services, the university shall conduct a series of tests and evaluations in-house

or out-sourced to third parties.



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1. The Diagnostic Test: This test is aimed at having a first-hand idea of the

strengths and weaknesses of the students with respect to skills on which

the recruiters test the students during selection process.

This test shall be conducted early on at end of Cycle I of the EEP.

2. The Benchmarking Tests: These are the industry standard test

conducted by representative bodies (third-party organizations) of different

industries. The scores of these tests are recognized by and used by the

recruiting companies during their recruitment processes (not just during

campus placements but also otherwise if candidates directly approach the

company)

These tests shall be conducted tentatively during Cycle III of the

EEP.

Based on the results and ranking of student in these tests, betterstudents shall be exposed to better companies as per criteria laid

down by respective companies during their selection process.

To name a few, tests like NACHTECH Test for IT/ITeS based

companies, AMCAT for multidisciplinary evaluation, or any other

such benchmarking tests can be organized for the respective

students.

It shall be mandatory for every student to take these tests

respective to their stream/discipline.

3. Other Departmental or Continuous Evaluations: Apart from the

diagnostic and benchmarking tests, every student is supposed to take

several tests/evaluations conducted during or after each cycle of EEP.

These evaluations/tests shall be used as one of the components

constituting criteria to determine promotion of student through next

cycle of EEP.

The fee of Rs. 1,500 is charged from students during the registration for

conducting benchmarking and diagnostic tests. This is non-refundable fee.However, if the actual expenditure incurred (per student) for conducting these

tests is below Rs. 1,500 then the excess shall be refunded back to students

subsequently. Alternatively, if the actual expenditure incurred (per student) for

conducting these test is above Rs. 1,500 then it shall be received from student or

adjusted from the security amount (Rs. 2,000) deposited by the student.

VI. Cycle through Cycle Transition of studentAs can be noted in Table 1, various cycles of EEP are mutually exclusive over

schedule. A student shall be allowed to move to next cycle if and only if he/she

successfully clears the current cycle.



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1. Successful completion of a cycle: A student is said to successfully

complete/clear a cycle provided he/she satisfies each of the following

criteria.

a. Attendance: A student needs to secure a cumulative attendance

of 90% taking into consideration all types of activities conducted for

the student in respective (current) cycle. A relaxation of 10% in this

criteria is offered to student in terms of medical allowance, thereby,

requiring a student to secure at least 80% attendance in current

cycle so as to progress to next cycle.

b. Qualifying Score: A student has to score satisfactory grades

pertaining to various tests (and evaluations) conducted during or atend of current cycle. The tests may be conducted internally by LPU

or may be outsourced to third parties. The detailed criteria of cycle

wise qualifying score is stated in Table 2.

In the table:

Test-I score shall represent cumulative score of student in

tests/evaluations conducted during and/or at end of Cycle-I.

Test-II score shall represent cumulative score of student in

tests/evaluations conducted during and/or at end of Cycle-II.

Test-III score shall represent cumulative score of student in the

benchmarking tests/evaluations conducted during or at end of

Cycle-III.

Test-IV score shall represent cumulative score of student in

tests/evaluations conducted during and/or at end of Cycle-IV.

The bare minimum score for respective tests shall be announcedsubsequently.

Table 2: Qualifying Score criteria of Tests

Sr.

Test Name/Source Testsduring/after

Qualifying ScoreCriteria

1 Test-I (Departmental) Cycle-I Score prescribed bareminimum marks in Test-I

2 Test-II (Departmental) Cycle-II Score prescribed bareminimum marks in Test-II



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3 Test-III (Benchmarking Test BT; may be outsourced)

Cycle-III Score prescribedminimum markscumulative of:

Test-I (10% weightage) +Test-II (30% weightage)

+ Test-III (BT) (60%weightage)Subject to CGPA 5 orabove

4 Test-IV Cycle-IV Score prescribed bareminimum marks in Test-IV

c. Behavioural Norms: A student must conform to norms of

behaviour, dress code, attitude and ethics throughout the EEP (and

not just until the time he is placed) and afterwards.

d. Other Parameters: A student must conform to any other

parameters or conditions or such part of the policy which may be

notified and/or modified later.

2. The cycle through cycle transition: The following series of tables

(Tables 3 through 6) chart the cycle-through-cycle transition of a student

on the basis ofAttendance and Qualifying Score in tests/evaluationsconducted during/after respective cycles, provided that the student

fulfils of criteria mentioned in VIII.1.c and VIII.1.dabove.

Table 3: Cycle I to Cycle II transition

Cycle-IAttendance

Criteria

Cycle-IQualifying

ScoreCriteria

PreliminaryStatus for

Cycle-II

Did studentRe-register?

Final Statusfor Cycle-II

Fulfilled FulfilledEligible for

Cycle-IINot Applicable

Eligible forCycle-II

Fulfilled Not Fulfilled

Can re-register

paying a feeof Rs. 1,000

YesEligible for

Cycle-II

No Debarred

Not Fulfilled Fulfilled

Can re-register


YesEligible for

Cycle-II

No Debarred

Not Fulfilled Not Fulfilled Can re-register

Yes Eligible forCycle-II



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No Debarred

Table 4: Cycle II to Cycle III transition

Cycle-IIAttendance

Criteria

Cycle-IIQualifying

ScoreCriteria

PreliminaryStatus forCycle-III


Final Statusfor Cycle-III

Fulfilled FulfilledEligible for

Cycle-IIINot Applicable

Eligible forCycle-III

Fulfilled Not Fulfilled

Can re-register

paying a fee

of Rs. 1,000

YesEligible for

Cycle-III

No Debarred

Not Fulfilled Fulfilled Debarred

Not Fulfilled Not Fulfilled Debarred

Table 5: Cycle III to Cycle IV transition

Cycle-IIIAttendance

Criteria

Cycle-III

QualifyingScore

Criteria

PreliminaryStatus forCycle-IV


Final Statusfor Cycle-IV

Fulfilled FulfilledEligible forCycle-IV

Not ApplicableEligible forCycle-IV

Fulfilled Not Fulfilled Debarred



Table 6: Cycle IV to Cycle V transition

Cycle-IVAttendance

Criteria

Cycle-IVQualifying

ScoreCriteria

PreliminaryStatus for

Cycle-V


Final Statusfor Cycle-V

Fulfilled Fulfilled Eligible forCycle-V Not Applicable Eligible forCycle-V



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Fulfilled Not Fulfilled Debarred



3. Important note in context of Debarment and Re-registration:

a. A student may be debarred during any of the cycles (I through V) on

the grounds of violation of criteria as mentioned in VIII.1.c and

VIII.1.dabove.

b. If a preliminary or final status of a student for any given cycle is

declared to be DEBARRED, the student loses chances of re-

registration. Such students cannot even participate in any of the

subsequent placement-related activities and recruitment drives.

c. If preliminary status of a student allows him/her to re-register with

some fee, then student shall not be allowed to participate in any

placement-activities or drives until he re-registers.

If a student does not re-register for next cycle within

stipulated time frame (as notified through UMS), it shall be

assumed that student is no longer interested to seek

placement assistance from the university and shall be

permanently debarred.

d. In order to re-register for next cycle (as applicable), the student

shall submit the following by the dates announced through UMS:

Deposit the requisite fee (Rs. 1,000 or Rs. 2,000) in accounts

and furnish a copy of the receipt of same to the Department

of Placements.

Submit an undertaking signed by his parent. The format of

undertaking shall be provided later.

e. The amount submitted as fee for re-registration is NOT refundable.

f. The security amount submitted during initial registration shall be

refunded only to those students, who successfully clear the Cycle-V

(irrespective of whether they had to re-register after any cycle or

not).

VII. Disciplinary Code for studentsThis will be announced at appropriate time later in pre final semester.



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VIII. Code of Job OffersThe policy for job offers and instructions regarding actual placement process

and/or any modification/deletion/change/addition etc. in the policy will be

notified later at appropriate time aligned with other critical timelines.

IX. Exceptions to the Policy

Following are some exceptions to the above-mentioned provisions in this policy:

1. Attendance in EEP Cycles during Trainings:

Any student who is on training (as approved by the university) during any

of the attendance cycles will be required to attend mandatory sessions

immediately after his return or if called by the university earlier on

curtailment of training or after viva etc. He/she would, however, berequired to take part in all such interventions/tests which are made

available to students online or on UMS.

2. Attendance in EEP during Examinations:

In so far as possible, no EEP session would be organized during regular

exams. However, in case some EEP session and a backlog/reappear exam

date clashes, then exemption from EEP session will be given on specific

request in advance.

3. Exemption from EEP during Recruitment Drives:

Exemption from EEP sessions may also be considered in case sessions

clash with any recruitment drive facilitated by the university.

4. EEP sessions for non-registered students:

The University recognizes the fact that there may be few students who are

not interested in placements. Such students may also take part in EEP

sessions by registering in the same way. However, they will be required to

pay Rs. 2,000 per cycle in order to avail these sessions which are

otherwise free for students registered for placement assistance from

university.

5. Duty Leaves for Off-campus drives:



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The duty leaves for participating in any off-campus placement drives that

are facilitated/represented/recognized by LPU shall be given to students.

The duty leaves may not be granted to students for participating in other

off-campus placement drives or job fairs not recognized/recommended by

LPU.

6. Re-entry of a debarred student into EEP:

A student debarred from placement assistance from university on the

basis ofnot fulfilling Qualifying Score criteria after Cycle III (i.e. not

achieving stipulated score in benchmark test) may be given an option to

retake the test for improvement. If the student fulfils the qualifying score

criteria in improvement test, he/she shall be eligible to re-register for EEP.

X. Summary of Financial obligations

As can be observed from Table 7 below, the university is likely to spend about

more than Rs. 10,000 per student in enhancing their employability. Other thandiagnostic and benchmarking tests costing Rs. 1,500 no cost has been passed on

to the students.

The element of recovery/forfeiture has been included to ensure element of

seriousness and for the sake of constructive participation.

Table 7: Approximate Financial obligations of students

and the LPU

Event EEP Sessions Diagnostic andBenchmarking Tests

Cost Involved Rs. 4,000 per student peryear

Rs. 1,500 per student

Cost to be borne by LPU (No cost to student) StudentForfeiture/RecoveryClause

In case a student isdebarred due to reasonsstated earlier, securityamount of Rs. 2,000 shall

be forfeited.

In case a student isregistered for the testbut fails to take the teston stipulated dates.



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Important:

The university may modify/delete any of the existing provisions

or add new provisions at any time.


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