soon campus placements will kick start across indian institutes and even as students look forward to the hefty pay packages they will receive some of their classmates have been busy for months working to ensure a welloiled campus recruitment processmost institutes have a student placement committee which looks exclusively at campus recruitments at the national law school of india university nlsiu the recruitment coordination committee rcc is usually instituted at the beginning of the fifth year says vishak abraham a member of the rcc we students do everything from mailing letters to prospective employers to negotiating with them for salary packages we also make brochures communicate with firms and contact alumni for information on new firms some companies approach these students directly while others come through recruitment agencies the committee also coordinates preplacement talks held through the yearduties also include offering contacts for hospitality taxis and arranging lunches and dinner at iiitb the process goes beyond placementsraghuram ashok secondyear mtech student and a member of the placement committee explains that the aim is also to build a longterm relationship with companies the committee identifies companies which have been recruiting regularly at iiitb and contacts them for placement in the case of new companies the committee makes a presentation to the company at the end of the day its the students who get to decide which companies are given priority during placement week because of the longterm relationship that companies share with such committees they outsource projects to students some companies have even opened labs on college campuses and in turn institutes may design a course keeping in mind the companies requirements students in the placement committee also learn how to tap the market based on prevailing trends it and retail are in great demand so we approach companies in these fields and make a presentation about our college to them says shraddanjali patnaik a studentmember of the placement committee at indian business academy bangalorein this manner students improve their skills by interacting with members of the industry interpersonal skills effective communication and marketing skills how to sell your college effectively these are things we learn along the way says raghurama studentmember of the placement committee at iimb says the whole exercise is a challenge in terms of time management planning logistics and coordination the committee organises the event for 500 students and 15 to 20 companies a day for a week presently the committee has already begun work on summer placements for juniors to be held in november once thats done it will be time to gear up for final placements of seniors in march the following yearin short while these committees certainly have their work cut out for them the knowledge and experience they stand to gain in the process is worth the effortgeetharaotimesgroupcom