Students of second batch of CIMP at the convocation on the institute premises in Patna on Sunday. Picture by Ashok Sinha

Patna, April 17: The two dream projects of Nitish Kumar — Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP) and Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) — have met with an irony of sorts.

While CIMP is riding high on cent per cent placements, CNLU has found zero takers for its students, this year.

CIMP director V. Mukunda Das presented the institute’s glowing placement figures during the second annual convocation on Sunday. The institute has generated 147 job opportunities for the batch comprising 38 students.

The salary touched a whopping Rs 12 lakh per annum with the average salary being above Rs 4 lakh. In contrast to CIMP, CNLU, the lone law university of the state, is yet to open its account in terms of student placement.

CNLU students have been protesting regularly, demanding placements. The students have also visited the chief minister’s janata darbar with their plea. The students told Nitish Kumar that no company had visited the campus since it was established in 2006.

Abhiraj, a final year student of CNLU, said: “A. Laxminath, the vice-chancellor of the university, has been making false promises to us. Not a single company visited the campus for placements. Students are being charged hefty fees but the placement rate is zero.”

CIMP had also passed through a similar phase in July 2009 when students sat on an indefinite fast to protest the shortage of faculty and other facilities. The fast continued for about six days.

Kriti, a final year student of CIMP who joined Tata Advance System, Hyderabad, at an annual package of Rs 12 lakh, told The Telegraph: “When I was taking admission in CIMP, I was a bit sceptical whether I would get a job or not, but the teachers and placement cell of the institute have helped a lot in getting the job.”

Kriti, who had done her graduation from Choudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, said: “The institute, apart from a placement cell, boasts of having a good library and the faculty members are from IIMs, Jawaharlal Nehru University and other premier institutions across the country.”

Neelanjan Sinha, who has been adjudged as the all-round best student this year at CIMP, said: “Two years back when I left Tata Consultancy Services, my annual package was around Rs 4.5 lakh but after getting an MBA degree, I landed a job with Religare Technova, Mumbai, at an annual package of Rs 9.5 lakh.”

Anup Mukherjee, chief secretary, Bihar government, was present at the CIMP annual convocation and he told The Telegraph: “For management students, getting placed is easy compared to law students.” He added Laxminath is working hard for the placement of the students.

CNLU students said the university is also facing a severe employee crunch as one teacher is taking classes for more than 10 subjects. But the Bar Council of India has recommended a teacher cannot teach more than three subjects.