| Sir JJ Ranked 2 in Outlook survey |
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Below is a quote from Outlook India website.. Top 3 Architecture
Even if the economic slowdown currently looks like a figment of the Sensex's imagination, there's no denying the harsh realities: the jobs market has swung from irrational exuberance to an irrational freeze. While the pendulum will swing back, it'll be a while before we see 40 per cent annual pay hikes again. More worryingly, manufacturing and exports remain in the dumps. While much of the attention has been on the middle class' bewilderment at this dramatic turn of events, it is the armies of skilled and semi-skilled workers who have been hit the most. They continue to have reason to worry.
In these stormy times, Outlook's annual rank ing of India's top professional colleges—in its fourth edition, this time with GfK-Mode—is an island of reassuring calm. That's because there are many familiar top-ranked institutions in the perceptual listings—an indication, if any was needed, of mind over glitzy matter. Given the advertising barrage by institutes of all types claiming "cent per cent placements" and promising a "good college life", this is a crucial need. Interestingly, industry professionals who participated in the survey gave more importance to academic excellence and the selection process—and lower weightage to an institute's infrastructure and placement track record. There is a lesson here somewhere for prospective students... more |