BITS-Pilani students get huge pre-placement offers
The Hindu
Surge in hiring in the Information Technology (IT) segment owing to increased demand in the networking, cyber security, cloud connectivity and data science spaces saw a robust Pre Placement Offers (PP
Surge in hiring in the Information Technology (IT) segment owing to increased demand in the networking, cyber security, cloud connectivity and data science spaces saw a robust Pre Placement Offers (PPOs) and internships to the students of Birla Institute of Technological Sciences (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad and Goa campuses this year. The pre-placement season for 2021 hiring has begun this month and the 3 BITS campuses received PPOs from companies such as Microsoft, DE Shaw, Google, Uber, Cisco, Adobe, Salesforce, Amazon, ServiceNow, Oracle and Flipkart in the IT segment, all of whom hired aggressively, according to Balasubramanian Gurumurthy, Chief Placement Officer, BITS Pilani.Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”
The festival in Bengaluru is happening at various locations, including ATREE in Jakkur, Bangalore Creative Circus in Yeshwantpur, Courtyard Koota in Kengeri, and Medai the Stage in Koramangala. The festival will also take place in various cities across Karnataka including Tumakuru, Ramanagara, Mandya, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Hassan, Chitradurga, Davangere, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru.