 The Placement Cell members visited different firms at New Delhi,Gurgaon,Bhiwadi,Bangalore, Trivandrum, Kochi, etc., and held discussions with various firms in the software development, electronic hardware manufacture and engineering fields. Many of them evinced interest in providing industrial training to and placement of the students of the college.
These discussions were followed up and as a result, a number of firms visited the college and held recruitment of the students of the college and the students were called to other colleges where the firms were holding recruitment. The college hosted the placement programme of M/S IBS and NeST for all the near-by engineering colleges.
A list of students who secured placement in some important companies is given here. Some more companies are expected to visit the college for recruitment once the university examinations are over.
A group of highly efficient and dedicated pre-final year students under the leadership of a student placement co-ordinator, organized the campus recruitment programme of the companies at the college, which was very much appreciated by the companies and the participants |
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| Overview |
| The Training and Placement Cell in the college arranges campus selection of students, personality development programmes, training for interviews and competitive examinations, industrial training for students, assistance for higher studies in India and abroad, and other career development schemes. |
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| Objectives |
The principal objective of the Cell is to enhance the professionalism and employability of the students of the college so as to facilitate the achievement of their career goals. This entails the following:
- Augment institution-industry interaction
- Expose the students to Industrial environments
- Render the students to participate in value-added programmes
- Assess the aspirations of the students for their chosen field/career
- Assist the students in realizing their short-term career goals
- Update the information regarding developmental activities in the various industrial sectors.
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| Activities |
The Training and Placement Cell of the college operates with the active involvement and support of all the staff members and students of the college.
The Cell held periodical meetings to chalk out programmes, guide their implementation and assess their progress and effectiveness. |
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| Information Dissemination |
A Placement Services Room was developed where the students could gather career related information.
Informative wall charts were developed and displayed in the room relating to: In addition, the Announcement Posters from various firms and training agencies are displayed on the notice boards from time to time. A number of talks by experts in the career development field were arranged for the students. |
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| Training |
Lack of soft skills among the job aspirants from Kerala, was pointed out by many, time and again. The Cell, therefore, organized training programmes for developing and improving such skills of the students. Professional training groups active in the country were contracted to carry out these programmes. They covered areas such as:
- Personality Development
- Communication Skills
- CV Preparation
- Group Discussion
- Interview Management
- Aptitude Tests
- English Language
The feed-back from the students on these programmes were effusive and showed them to be very effective. Training institutions such as NIIT, TIME, Escube Technologies, etc., conducted seminars at the college to inform the students on the training courses they offer in specialist technical fields.
The yeoman-job, being done by the Language Laboratory of the college in improving the language skills of the students, is highly appreciated by all. |