PAT Center
The PAT centre plays an integral role in creating the illustrious placement record of VIT. It ensures smooth functioning of the placement activities in the campus. The centre further facilitates training activities of the students and makes sure they get placed in the best of both national and international companies.
In 2018-19 alone, PAT has brought more than 600 companies on campus for placements. Last year, the highest offer made was 39 lakhs per year by Microsoft. Over the recent years, many reputed companies such as Intel, Ebay, Amazon, Dell, GE, Texas Instruments, Schneider Electric, DE Shaw & Co, Hitachi, HP, PayPal, Tata Motors, L&T, Dr. Reddy’s, Bosch, Deloitte, Morgan Stanley, Qualcomm, Ashok Leyland, Honda, Ford, Global Analytics, TCS, Cognizant, Accenture, Wipro and InfoSys have participated in hiring from VIT.
Objectives
The key responsibilities of the PAT center are listed below:
- To organize campus interviews for final year students with industries and business houses of repute from all over India.
- To prepare students to face campus interviews by arranging training in Aptitude tests, group discussions, preparing for Technical and HR interviews through professional trainers and VIT alumni.
- To promote career counseling by organizing guidance lectures by senior corporate personnel and most importantly by the immediately placed senior students.

Dr.V.Samuel Rajkumar
Director – PAT

Dr. Pradeep Reddy
Deputy Director, PAT

Dr. S. Gopikrishnan
Member

Dr. Sibi Chakravarthi
Member

Dr. BKSP Kumarraju Alluri
Member

Dr. Anoop Kumar Mishra
Member

Mr. Kalyan Chakravarthi E
Member

Dr. Manas Kumar Pal
Member

Dr. Usha Seshadri
Member

Mr. R.Rajsekhar Patnaik
Placement Officer
Placement
Dr. Pradeep Reddy
Deputy Director
(Placement and Training)
VIT-AP University
Beside AP Secretariat
Near Vijayawada, 522 237, Andhra Pradesh
Email: placement@vitap.ac.in