Central University of Bihar (CUB) is yet to have a permanent address but jobs for students are finding their way to it.
Eighteen of the 25 students of the university who enrolled in masters in development studies course at the centre of development studies in 2009 have been placed in different companies. A few other students of the first batch may also get placed in the coming days.
Mohammed Nehal, registrar, CUB, said: “It is a great leap for us. Despite not having a full-fledged placement cell, our students have been placed in a number of companies.â€
He added that the collective effort of the students and teachers was responsible for this success.
The employers are mostly non-government organisations and agencies that work in development projects in the social sector.
The salary packages on offer range between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 3.5 lakh per annum.
The students who have bagged good jobs include Amit Kumar. He has been lapped up by SkillPro, Patna. His classmate, Nupur, will also stay back in Patna. Pria, Patna, has hired her. Sard, Delhi, has hired Arvind Prakash Suraj, while Kumar Rajesh has got a job at Seva Mandir, Udaipur.
The university officials claim that the placement figure could be higher. However, many students who got job offers have opted for entrepreneurships or higher studies.
Anamika Priyadarshni, an assistant professor at the centre for development studies, said: “One of our students, Gaurav Kumar Jha, has been accepted in a MS programme at The School of African and Oriental Studies, UK. However, he wants to work in the government sector and is preparing for the civil services examination.â€
She added: “Another student, Mohit Kumar, who was the highest scorer in the first three semesters, is interested in research. He is looking for an appropriate institute to pursue research or higher studies.â€
Nehal said: “Some of the students who got jobs have also got selected for MPhil programmes. Shilpi, one of our students, has passed the entrance to an MPhil programme in international organisation at Jawaharlal Nehru University.â€
In fact the choice of location should be ok with Central ministry considering this provides ample opportunity to develop any backward area.
(1) In fact local government can think of developing an airport to serve the population of Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi etc. Local government can do is to facilitate the development of airport for the people of Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi by identifying a site for airport at equidistant place from these places at a distance of some 30-50 kms. These distances can be covered in one hour via road and people wanting to take up flight can go to airport from any of these cities in 1 hour
(2) Motihari is well connected with Rail and Road. Motihari is connected to New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai on rail route and there are daily/weekly trains. Motihari’s connection with 3 metros should be good enough for central university location.
(3) Motihari as a location can facilitate even International students as it is close to international border.
(4) Farmers are willing to part their land is a welcome sign.
With road, rail and air connectivity, the central officials should not have any objection.