Alumni Meet April 2011

             Alumni Meet was held at the college conference hall in the afternoon of 30th April 2011. There were as many as 156 alumni who had assembled in the conference hall. They belonged to six batches of old students who had passed out 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010. The Principal Dr. S. kathirrvelu presided over the function.

               The Principal, Dr. S. Kathirrvelu made the keynote address. In his speech, he insisted that the alumni should have a sense of responsibility towards its alma mater. They have an obligation to influence the junior students of the college, through their interactions with them through the seminars and symposia being conducted in each of the departments.The Principal advised the alumni to appear for competitive examination in order to win covetable positions in government organizations, like BHEL, etc. He further said that in order to bridge the gap between Industry and Institution, the college has been organising 12 industrial visit to the students apart from inplant training. He added that in the next academic year, the college has also got the proposal to tie up with TCS Academic Intensive Programme and Infosys Campus Connect Programme. He stressed upon developing entrepreneurial skill and said “ Don't be a job seeker, be a job provider.”

             The alumni shared their reminisces of the past in the college, the phenomenal growth of the institution and their professional experiences in the organizations where they are employed. They recollected the contributions of the colleges into their lives in terms of knowledge and skills which they had attained in the institution, during their period of study. Most particularly, they recalled the importance that was given to discipline and quality of education in the College and desired that the same tradition and values to continue over the years.

There was election of new office bearers. Mr. Muthukumaran, B.E(ECE), of 2002-2006 was unanimously elected as the Secretary of the Alumni Association. Ms. Shanmugapriya of B.Tech (IT), 2006-2010 was elected as the Joint Secretary.The Alumni Meet came to a close, with the vote of thanks proposed by the Administrative Officer Mr. S. Nagarajan with the information of the next Alumni meet proposed to be held at Bangalore in the month of December.