PSU Watch - Engineering Watch (November Issue)

1. PSU WATCH
The 270 odd Central Public Sector Enterprises constitute the core of Indian Economy. They contribute over one-third of Government of
India’s revenue and provide the core products & services which a modern nation-state requires. An outcome of the majestic vision of Pt.
Nehru, a large number Indian Public Sector Undertakings have accomplished tremendous success in their respective domains. We
would be exploring the PSUs from various perspectives in this section of Engineering Watch magazine. Following is the Universe of
Central Public Sector Undertakings in 19 core sectors.
- Editor

2. What's your organization policy & process of
recruitment from Engineering Colleges of different
What eco-system parameters would govern the
aforesaid outlook?
“ The attitude
genres (IITs, NITs, Other Institution of National
Importance, State Technical University affiliated
colleges, Private Universities, Deemed Universities ?
Future business plan, capacity addition, new technology
& global benchmarks, growth & expansion of business
etc. are the parameters which govern the aforesaid
of new talent changes from know
We recruit fresh engineers in the discipline of
Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Electronics and
outlook. it all to casual or laid back one.”
Instrumentation through two modes, i.e. Campus What advise would you like to give to the Training &
What's your organization policy & process of
Sri Kurian Parambi, Head Recruitment, BPCL
selection mode and Open advertisement mode. Placement officers so that they can formulate their due
recruitment from Engineering Colleges of different
Through Campus mode, we are visiting IITs, NITs and placement strategy for the class of 2013?
other premier Institutes like BITs Pilani, BITs Mesra, DCE, For the year 2013, we are not going for Campus genres (IITs, NITs, Other Institution of National
What eco-system parameters would govern the
CEG etc. and through Open Advertisement mode, we Recruitment. Hence final year students may be advised Importance, State Technical University affiliated
aforesaid outlook?
are using GATE score for short listing candidates for to appear for GATE 2013 as we are using GATE score for colleges, Private Universities, Deemed Universities ?
The general indicators for recruitment for the class of
interview. short listing candidates for Interview through open BPCL predominantly does campus hiring from IITs/NITs
2013 does not appear to be very bright considering that
advertisement. and leading Govt. Engineering Colleges.
there is a perceptible slow down in hiring in some
What was your intake of fresh engineers from the class
of 2012? Which stream? Which college(s)? What message would you like to give to the final year sectors. However, BPCL intends hiring between 200 &
What was your intake of fresh engineers from the class
For the year 2012, we have recruited 366 engineers in students of the class of 2013 so that they can optimally 250 engineers.
of 2012? Which stream? Which college(s)?
the discipline of Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Electronics utilize their left-over academic time in order to become A general slow down in all segments of the economy
We had recruited a total of 209 engineers during the
and Instrumentation (99 engineers through Campus employable specifically to your organization's needs? appears to have triggered a wait & watch approach to
year 2012 and the Hiring was from campuses
mode and 267 through Open Advertisement mode). As The final year students may be advised to appear for the hiring. In our assessment, the numbers that would be
mentioned at reply to Query No. 1, we have visited to 20 test of GATE – 2013 as we are using GATE score for short predominantly from the Mechanical engineering
hired during the year would be for a specific and urgent
institutes like IITs, NITs and other premier Institutes like listing candidates for Interview through open stream. Some of the main engineering colleges where
need and would not be for anticipated expansion and
BITs Pilani, BITs Mesra, DCE, CEG etc. advertisement. Further, they will be informed to register we hired include IITs - Patna, Hyderabad, Gandhinagar,
growth.
online for the above post at the time of NTPC Ropar & Rajasthan and NITs -Trichy, Warangal, Surathkal,
82 What's your general feedback about this freshly advertisement. Surat, Allahabad, Jaipur, Nagpur, Bhopal &Patna.
83
What advise would you like to give to the Training &
acquired talent? (Attitude, Technical Know how, Soft For our Refineries, we predominantly hire engineers
Skills) Placement officers so that they can formulate their due
from the chemical stream besides a few Civil,
As the inputs are from good institutes and benchmark of placement strategy for the class of 2013?
Mechanical and Instrumentation engineers. Small
GATE qualification, we get exclusive crop to select from. The Placement Officers should ensure that companies
numbers of Civil, Instrumentation and Electrical (less
Education inputs provide them a platform from where that they would like to have on campus are assured that
than 10-15 nos. each) engineers are hired annually for
they can sharpen their raw technical knowledge and the profiles they are looking at for selection process and
other soft skills after joining NTPC. our Marketing Division.
are professional in their approach.
What's your recruitment outlook for the forthcoming What's your general feedback about this freshly
What message would you like to give to the final year
class of 2013? {Increase, Decrease, Stand Still} acquired talent? (Attitude, Technical Know how, Soft
students of the class of 2013 so that they can optimally
Decrease. 209 engineers to be recruited for the year Skills)
utilize their left-over academic time in order to become
2013 through Open Advertisement mode. While technical know how is without doubt very good
employable specifically to your organization's needs?
and adequate for the nature of business we are in,
The students should get the basics right (brush up
“For the year 2013 including Refineries, soft skills vary hugely. Typically,
while soft skills by and large range from good to very
fundamentals and consolidate areas of strength)
Improve soft skills, prepare well for the selection
good for students from IITs/NITs, they range from
process Do basic research on the company that they are
we are not going for moderate to good for general engineering colleges. An
area of concern is in regard to the attitude of the new
being interviewed for.
Campus Recruitment.” talent which changes from know it all to casual or laid
back one. They are highly focused on work life balance
Sri. S.P. Singh, Director HR, NTPC and are not ready or reluctant to work on weekends
even if required by the organization.
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