THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Braving the crippling pandemic, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University has facilitated its first international placement.
Virtusa, an American information technology multinational company, conducted the placement for 2021 passout students from all affiliated colleges of the university.
The recruitment drive was assisted by the industry attachment cell of the university.
Students with valid US passports and who were ready to relocate to the US office of Virtusa were eligible to participate in the recruitment process.
Of 16 students who participated in the placement, two of them successfully completed the process.
Savio Siby (Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam) and Linda Sara Phillip (St Thomas College of Engg & Tech, Chengannur), who bagged the placements, are now completing the procedures to join the Virtusa office in the US after their courses, the university authorities said here on Saturday.