How to get a good internship and placement ??

Hi I am a student from Biotech department .I heard from a few students that students from our dept don't even get shortlisted due to the our branch and even much lower branches are given preference over ours . I would want to know whether it is true and would like to know whether we can still grab good placements (30 - 40 lpa ) and internships despite being from lower branch.