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Time of India
30-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
RBU bags award for placements
RBU bags award for placements CHANDIGARH: The Rayat Bahra University (RBU) has bagged the 'Best Placement University Award' for 2025. Instituted by a private news channel, the award was presented by Punjab minister for higher education Harjot Singh Bains at a function held in Chandigarh. The minister appreciated that the Rayat Bahra University had launched a number of job-oriented courses which had helped it to excel in the field of placements. The award was received by Gurinder Singh Bahra, Vice-Chairman of Rayat Bahra Group of institutes. Speaking on the occasion, Bahra said RBU experienced an upswing in placements, with more than 1,400 companies so far visiting the campus and offering jobs in over 50 domains. He said that the top recruiters included Nestle, Amul, Paytm, SBI General, Axis Bank, Eicher, Amazon, Wipro, Mahindra, Tech-Mahindra,Ranbaxy, Royal-Enfield, Havells and other well-known companies, showcasing a wide range of industries seeking RBU graduates. The university's emphasis on industry-relevant skills and training programmes contributes to the upswing in placements and the attractiveness of its graduates to companies, Bahra added.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
At RBU, ideas of young innovators blossoming into successful startups
Nagpur: Ideas conceived and nurtured during college days have taken the shape of full-fledged real-world startups for innovators of Ramdeobaba University (RBU). On Tuesday, these innovations were on display at RBU's Technology Business Incubators (TBI) Foundation, a not-for-profit innovators, who started their journey as students with raw ideas, are now recruiters and proud owners of unique software, business solutions, and companies. A total of 75 start-ups have been mentored by TBI. Of these, 25 have become companies, officials known as the RCOEM TBI Foundation , it started in 2016 and has churned out over 78 startup ideas with hands-on mentorship, structured incubation, and access to funding through angel investors, VCs, and govt grants. The university aims to empower early-stage entrepreneurs and translate ideas into viable business ventures. "Fifteen student ventures received their first investment or funding directly from the university," said TBI director Rupesh chancellor SS Mantha and vice chancellor Rajesh Pande were also present during the demonstration at TBI. Among its many success stories, the foundation proudly highlighted a few standout ventures that capture the spirit of innovation and ambition nurtured within the university. The foundation has been identified as a Host Institution / Business Incubator (HI/BI) by the ministry of MSME. It has also been granted a fund under the Aspire scheme for the promotion of rural and agro-based startups.
