What a Small-Town Family’s 43 LPA Moment on Stage, a Procession Through the Campus With Parents Who Invested Years of Savings, and 22 LinkedIn Posts Mentioning Gratitude to Families Tell You About Placements That Numbers Alone Cannot

Soumya Dhakad is from a small town. He studied B.Tech CSE at Parul University. His package of 43 LPA at a multinational company is the highest of the current season. On Placement Day, his parents were given space on stage to speak about what this meant for their family. They did not have prepared remarks. They did not speak in corporate language. They did not reference rankings or statistics. What came out was unfiltered, honest, and deeply emotional. They spoke about their son, about where they come from, about what it means for a family like theirs to see their child placed at a company of this scale at a package of this size.

Simran Chouhan said: It was the first time parents were on stage sharing their experience. He belongs to a very small town kind of family, and for them it is a huge achievement that their boy is doing really well and is working with the topmost company at 43 LPA. The way they expressed those emotions was so inspiring. That would be one of the best moments. In a day full of formal ceremonies and institutional achievements, it was two parents speaking without notes that put into plain words what 3,500 success stories actually means to the families standing behind every one of them.

What Students Said About Their Families on LinkedInAfter the balloon release, students and their parents walked together through the campus in a formal procession. Not a casual walk. Not a guided tour. A deliberate, organised march through the grounds of the institution where those students had spent three or four years building toward exactly this moment. It had the feel of a triumph. Not loud or showy, but the kind of quiet, deep pride that moves differently through a crowd.

For the parents walking alongside their children, the weight was different from what the students felt. Many of them had travelled from small towns and cities across the country. Many had invested years of savings into their child’s education and had carried the quiet anxiety of wondering whether it would pay off. To walk through this campus, the same campus where their son or daughter had spent four years preparing, as the parents of a placed student, was something that did not need explaining to anyone who was there.

Simran said: Parents were extremely happy. They were so proud that their kids are those who got placement at the college. That they will have a job after this. For parents, it is a new experience too. That procession was Placement Day doing what it is built to do: not just celebrating a number, but making visible what that number means to the people behind it.

After Placement Day, 22 students posted on personal LinkedIn profiles. A pattern runs through nearly every post: gratitude to parents and family.

• Surya Teja Vulli (B.Tech, Hexaware + Capgemini): To my parents, thank you for being my biggest strength, believing in me during every high and low, and constantly motivating me to keep moving forward.
• Fairy Bhatia (MBA HR, Setco Auto): Grateful to my university, mentors, and everyone who believed in me even when I doubted myself.
• Rajan Tiwari (MBA Digital Marketing): I would like to sincerely thank all my mentors and well-wishers especially my parents who have guided and supported me throughout my journey.
• Aman Raj (MBA Marketing, Purak Foundation): This achievement is a result of continuous learning, hard work, and the constant support from my mentors, friends, and family.
• Suraj Solanki (B.Tech CSE): Nights without sleep. Rejections that hurt. Moments I wanted to quit. But I did not. I kept learning. Today I am placed.
• Mutthuluri Varun Kumar (B.Tech CSE AI): Placement is not the end. It is the proof that you did not give up when it was hardest.
• Dolly Batra (BCA, 2 offers): Got placed in not only 1 but 2 companies and I really cannot believe it. It was not easier and trust me it will not ever be, but you never stop dreaming.

These are not scripted institutional testimonials. They are personal reflections written by students on their own profiles, to their own professional networks, about the journey they went through and the people who supported them through it.

Placement Day is the point where a full year of work becomes visible. Behind the 3,500+ placements is a year of drives, preparation sessions, recruiter coordination, rejection support, documentation, and company visits. Mr. Gurcharan Singh, Director of Training and Placement, has built the cell around a specific philosophy: the role is not to connect students to companies but to make students into the kind of people that companies genuinely want.

Simran Chouhan described the effort behind the day itself: over 1,200 students registered. For each, the team arranged a trophy, a certificate, and food coupons individually. All organised, sorted, and distributed on the day while simultaneously managing the balloon release, procession, felicitation, cultural performance, and a full stage programme with Dr. Devanshu Patel (President), Dr. Kunjal Sinha (Pro Vice Chancellor, 22 years academic leadership), and Mr. Gurcharan Singh speaking. Simran spent most of the day backstage, coordinating operations, unable to witness much of the stage programme directly. When asked what the day meant personally, she said: It is the sum of our emotions. We did it. It is all worth it. Because it is a journey of the whole year.

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The placement cell’s package trajectory tells a story that matters specifically to families making an education investment decision. The highest package was 22.5 LPA in 2023. It rose to 43 LPA in the current season (Soumya Dhakad, B.Tech CSE, small town). The 2027 batch, which has not yet entered its final year, has already recorded 60 LPA at Microsoft (Tanish Patel and Suraj). Four students from the university have been recognised in the LinkedIn national Top 100 through a coaching and mentorship programme. And, 8th April observed 315 selections in day which became possible because of TCS and Reliance Industries Ltd.

For a family considering whether to invest in Parul University, the progression from 22.5 to 43 to 60 over three consecutive years is the data point. The 14 international hotel placements at 23-28 LPA in New Zealand and Australia show that the opportunities are not limited to IT. The 459 multi-offer students show that the preparation produces graduates whom multiple companies independently want to hire. A BA LLB alumnus is now Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of India. A social work graduate is at CSRBOX running a Schaeffler project. The evidence is not a single headline number. It is a pattern across programmes, across sectors, and across years.

14 international hotel placements at 23-28 LPA got an opportunity to work with big giants and 459 multi-offer students: quality proof.