ALIET to go in for twinning programme with US varsity

Andhra Loyola Institute of Engineering and Technology will start M.Tech courses in Computer Science Engineering and in Digital Electronics and Communication systems and it will also enter into twinning programmes with Jesuit Institution in the United States of America. Addressing a press conference to share the successful placement of 114 students from the first batch of students passing out from the institute, here on Wednesday, ALIET director J. Thainese said that there were 28 Jesuit universities in the United States and consultations were on with several of them for a twinning arrangement. Out of the 154 students who registered for placement the companies hired 114, with a success rate of 74 per cent against the norm of 8 per cent, they said. “We are expecting the companies who hired our students to come back next year because will know the true worth of the institution,” Fr Thainese said.