Placements
More than 3,700 of our graduates have gone on to find the work that they do meaningful and impactful.
Azim Premji University is committed to social change
The roots of the University lie in the learning and experience of the Foundation. The Foundation established the University for an explicit and clear social purpose, as a part of a larger strategy to contribute to the Education and Development sectors in the country.
Vision of the Placement Cell
Central to realising our vision is to see our students engaged with the social sector after they graduate. The Placement Cell at the University constantly thrives and acts as a platform to assist the students to find the ideal place of work to contribute to building a better society.
Placement Overview
More than 3,700 of our graduates have gone on to find the work that they do meaningful and impactful. About 90% of the students work in the social sector and 80% of our alumni now work in disadvantaged parts of India at the grassroots.
The Placement Cell constantly takes efforts to bring in organisations that have values, ethics and commitment that are in adherence to that of the University’s. The Placement Cell is trying to expand its network year after year to provide the right kind of opportunities to students to work in the social/development sector.
Various organisations come to the campus for recruitment each year. Every year, on an average, more than 100 organisations visit the campus for placement process. The recruiting organisations are from social sector, including not-for-profit, government/quasi-government, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), policy think tanks, schools, for-profit, and others.
- 400 organisations
- 90% students in social sector
Campus Recruitment 2024 | Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
The batch of 2024 is scheduled to graduate in the middle of the year in 2024. We have around 400 students in the Postgraduate programmes at Azim Premji University in the following courses: MA Development, MA Education, MA Public Policy & Governance, MA Economics, and 1‑year LLM Degree in Law & Development.
In the Undergraduate programmes, we have students graduating in BA Economics, BA English, BA History, BA Philosophy, BSc Biology, BSc Mathematics and BSc Physics.
In addition, we have a set of students graduating in our unique 4‑year Dual Degree programme – BSc BEd in Mathematics, Physics and Biology.
Our students are passionate, capable and with a social bent of mind. They are eager to work in various domains of Education and Development in the country, such as Livelihood, Public Health, Public Education, Policy Analysis, Developmental Economics, Rights and Law, Sustainability, Community Level Engagement, Teaching, Programme Management & Evaluation, Research, etc.
I have been working with Pradan in Chattisgarh. Things are challenging but I have learnt a lot. My education at Azim Premji University gave me a good base to understand the realities of living in a village. Now, my job is helping me grow further.
We invite you to our Campus for recruiting our graduating Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.
It will be our pleasure to host you at our University for the Campus Placement process.
We encourage organisations to visit our campus and conduct the entire process in person, but we are also open to using Zoom/Skype/MS Teams, or any other suitable video-conferencing and/or telephonic facilities in case organisation is unable to travel.
Please note that we will be happy to provide accommodation facilities and within-city (in Bengaluru) transport arrangements for the recruiting team.
Please view our latest Placement Brochure for the batch of 2024 with details about all our Postgraduate and Undergraduate programmes and brief student profiles.
Kindly let us know your recruitment plans by filling the registration form.
Write to us
Please write to us at placements@apu.edu.in in case any clarification/support is required from our end.
Placement Team,
Azim Premji University
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