NIT News Network Collegekhabar.com November 15th, 2009

Vedanta is on a mass recruitment drive this year. Thanks to their expansion plan. As reported earlier by CK team, Vedanta has visited various NITs and recruited students from there in great number. Recently Vedanta has visited two campuses on a single day, 13th Nov 2009
1) NIT Jaipur 2) NIT Srinagar
Here is what they had to offer to students:
Offer by the company:
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Eligibility
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ECE, MECH, CHEMICAL, EE (60 % THROUGHOUT AND 1 DROP MAX)
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Salary
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CTC- 3.2 LPA, 6 months of Training, ( 25000 /month in hand )
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Profile Offered
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GTE
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Location
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NA
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Placement Process Details:
The process followed by Vedanta was 1) Written test 2) Group Discussion (Only at NIT Jaipur) 3) Personal Interview
Written Test:
ONLY APTITUDE: 35 QUESTIONS IN 45 MIN.
Group Discussion:
GD Topics were general in nature like at NIT Jaipur it was: “WORK IS ALL ABOUT MONEY.”
At NIT Srinagar students shortlisted from the written test were directly called for the interview.
Personal Interview:
Unlike IT companies’ interview which usually does not last long than 10 minutes, interview process of Vedanta was of 30-40 minutes for the many students. Here are some of the questions asked during the interview:
HR Questions:
Tell me about yourself? Why do you want to join Vedanta? Why should we select you? If your boss ordered u to do a wrong work then what u will do? After 5 yrs where u want to see yourself? Are you ready to work in remote areas? U can be placed in Kerala U can manage or not? if yes how? Why do you don’t want to go for higher study?
Technical Questions (Metallurgical and materials engineering)
Tell me about your training What have you learnt from your industrial training? How Zinc is extracted from Zinc ore? Explain what is done for SO2? How H2SO4 is prepared form SO 2? What catalyst is used to convert SO2 to SO3? How electricity is generated by using heat of escape gases and SO2? And many question related to extraction of zinc, lead, copper, aluminum. What is your favorite subject? And general questions related to that subject?
Result:
Vedanta visit came as a pleasant wave to NIT Jaipur as they have recruited 27 students from various branches. At NIT Srinagar they ended up taking 7 students. Here is the branch wise breakup:
NIT Jaipur: Total 27
ECE-9. META-8, CHEMICAL-3, MECH-1, EE-6
NIT Srinagar: Total: 7
Mechanical 3 Chemical 3 ECE 1
Here is quick snapshot of their presence at various NIT’s till date:
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College
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No of Students Recruited
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NIT Raipur
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2
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NIT Rourkela
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14
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NIT Srinagar
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7
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NIT Jaipur
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27
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Company Profile:
Vedanta Resources plc is a global diversified and integrated metals and mining group headquartered in London, England. Headed by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, most of Vedanta's operations are located in India. For more details please visit: http://www.vedantaresources.com/
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