The academic excellence at RVCE is reflected in its student’s exemplary record in placements in the corporate and engineering sectors. RVCE has consistently maintained an excellent recruitment record. The graduates and post- graduates of RVCE have been recruited by some of the world’s leading corporates, besides leading Indian companies.
The sheer diversity of Indian economy and society, whose different shades are represented among the students and faculty, prepares the students to work in global multicultural corporations / industries.

• To assist the development of graduates with balanced set of technical skills, interpersonal skills and with a positive attitude to life.
  
• To act as a nodal agency in the Institution for forging technology. alliance between the Departments of RVCE and the Industries.
  
• To act as a seamless conduit between the Industry and the Institute and provide quality technical manpower to suit every organizational need.

Vision

Sustained Excellence in Training, Placement and Career Orientation

Department Long Term Goals

• To develop the Department of placement & training as a single window nodal point for career counseling and Higher learning in Engineering & Technology fields
  
• To set up the Training Infrastructure for conducting value added training programs and enhance the employability of students
  
• To institute the best practices in conducting and co-ordinating the campus placement process for the industries in the institution

Department Short Term Goals

• To build up a computerized database of students of all the branches with a view to serve the industries requirement in a queue response mode.
  
• To acquire the services of competent training agencies to train the students in soft skills and personality development programme.

About the Department

The Department of placement & training was established as a separate entity in the year 1997. The Department started its activities in a humble way in a small one room accommodation, to cater to the needs of providing high quality placement services to the students of the Institution.

The Department presently coordinates with more than 100- 120 leading organizations which recruits trainee engineers and GET/ PGET’s for entry level positions in their respective organizations.

In the year of inception, the department modestly established contact with about 30 organizations and placed 140 number of students. With every passing year, the number of recruiting organizations have increased in geometric progression on an average about 100 to 120 nationally renowned organization visiting the campus annually and conduct their recruitment process on our campus and during the 2011 passing out batch of students, around 1058 offers have been made and 113 companies have visited.

The Department has set up all the required facilities for the conduction of the recruitment process such as seminar hall for company presentations, group discussion rooms and conferencing facilities, interview and Discussion rooms. The independent placement & training block in the first floor of the Administrative block has been built with a view to provide the complete autonomy and convenience for executives to conduct fair and transparent talent search to recruit good quality engineers for positions in organizations.

The progress of the recruitment programs can be budged by the increasing total number of offers made each year. The trend of the placements in the institution is indicated below.

The college has recorded a high percentage of placements in all the branches of engineering and this has been the main attraction for students to opt for RVCE as the unique and prime choice during the central pool of admissions in the state.

(Key to branch code : CSE : Computer Science and Engg. E&C : Electronics & Commn. Engg. ME : Mechanical Engg. EEE : Electrical and Electronics Engg. TC : Telecommunication Engg. IT : Instrumentation Technology, IEM : Industrial Engg. & Mg.mt. CV : Civil Engg., CH : Chemical Engg., MCA : Master of Computer applications, ISE : Information Science & Engg. BT : Biotech Engg.)

CONSOLIDATED LIST OF COMPANIES VISITED RVCE CAMPUS

ABB	INFORMATICA	ORACLE
ACCENTURE	INFOSYS	PHILIPS
ADITI	JP MORGAN	QWEST TELECOM
AGILENT	KENNAMETAL	READYMINDS
AMAZON	KPMG	SASKEN
AREVA TD	L&T ECC	SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
ASHOK LEYLAND	L&T POWAI	SHAPOORJI PALLONJI
BEL	LIFE TREE	STARENT N/WS
CISCO	MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA	TARGET
CSC	MANHATTAN	TCE
CTS	MCUBE	TCS
DE SHAW	MICO BOSCH	TECH MAHINDRA
DELOITTE	MICROSOFT	TESCO
DELPHI	MIND TREE	THOROGOOD
EXETER SYSTEMS	MISYS	THOUGHTWORKS
FREE SCALE SEMI CONDUCTOR	MODELYTICS	TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
FUTURES FIRST	MOTOROLA	VEDANTA
GEODESIC	MUSIGMA	WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES
GOOGLE	NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS R&D	WIPRO VLSI TECHNOLOGIES
GUJARAT GAS	NDS	YAHOO
HCL AEROGROUPS	NET APP	ZENSAR
HONDA MOTORS	NOKIA SIEMENS	ZS ASSOCIATES
HP	NORTEL	OPEN SILICON
IBM	NOVELL	HINDUSTAN UNILEVER
ARYAKA	AUMA INDIA	ATKINS
JUNIPER NETWORKS	TEKTRONIX	KPMG
SOCIETY GENERAL	MIEBACH	VOLVO
EMC	INFINEON	CITI BANK
JMC	AKZONOBEL	IGATE
SIEMENS	ITC	SABRE HOLDINGS
FIRST APEX	GENPAT	MERCEDES BENZ
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS	AUTOLIV	FMC TECHNOLOGIES
CATERPILLAR	NOKIA	TATA MOTORS
SUBEX	JOHN DEERE	GOLD MAN SACHS
BEROE	ESI SOFTWARE	JDA
AVAYA	HAWE TECHNOLOGIES

The salary package offered to RVCE graduates are attractive and averages to around 3.0 to 3.5 lacs per annum across all sectors of the industries. The starting salary in IT sector has been increasing because of competitive sourcing by organizations.
The Department of Placement & Training is recognized for its ability to plan and implement value added programs such as the PDP programs, Technology Training Programs and Bridge Courses in the areas of interest and requirements for the industry. This adds to the credentials of the students and builds the quality of the engineering professionals from the college.

Placement and Training Department is also providing necessary Pre-Placement Training for the pre-final year students in the form of Pre-Placement talks arranged of various industries / corporates, training from the seniors on nature of the written test being imparted and process of interview of different industries. Placement Department also regularly organizes talks from the various professionals from different universities for pursuing higher education in abroad and talks from trainers for taking competitive exams like CAT, GMAT, Aptitude etc.