Training Programmes Conducted in the Academic Year 2009-2010

Training Programmes

There are 4 kinds of Training Programmes, in which our staff got involved in the course of this academic year 2009-2010 – namely, 1) Training Programmes conducted for students by Outside Agencies under our supervision, 2) Training Programmes conducted for students by our Local Resources, 3) Training Programmes conducted for development of our staff by Outside Agencies, & 4) Training Programmes conducted for development of our staff by our Local Resources.

1. Training Programmes Conducted for Students by Outside Agencies:

a) Two Day Motivation Campaign for Entrepreneurship Development was held on 23^rd & 24^th September 2009. The purpose was to creative a desire for entrepreneurship in the minds of our students. All the Final Year Students of Civil Engg., Mechanical Engg., & EEE attended the programme. The Chief Guests were 1) Sri M. Kathiresan, Circle Head, & Deputy Manager of Indian Bank, & 2) Sri B.T. Bangera, Managing Director, Hi-Tech Arai Pvt Ltd. They spoke of the importance of entrepreneurship. Sri Ramesh, Asst. Director, MSME Development Institute, Chennai, & Sri R.N. Iyengar, Consultant, Ma Faoi Academy interacted with the participants. Aptitude Test was conducted, and 64 students were shortlisted. The shortlisted students were interviewed by the Bank Officials, and 11 students got selected as promising future entrepreneurs to undergo a six week training programme to be conducted by MSME Development Institute.

b) Two Day Crash Programme on Thermal Power Plant Familiarization was held on 30^th September, & 1^st October 09 for the benefit of Final Year & Pre-Final Year Students of Mechanical Engineering, & for the Final Year Students of EEE. The Guest Speakers who conducted the programme were Sri V.K. Sinha, Director, NPTI, & Sri M. Ravichandra Babu, Asst. Director, NPTI.

c) There was a One Day Placement Training conducted for Final Year Students on 21^st Jan 10 on Resume Writing, Group Discussion & Interview Skills by Prof. Jeyakumar Jayaraj, the Managing Director of Speechmasters India.

d) Besides, another programme, which was a Four Day Intensive Training On Quantitative Aptitude & Logical Reasoning was held for Final Year Students on 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, & 5^th Feb 10. The expert trainer who conducted the sessions on these four days was Sri Rajaram, from Innovative Services, Chennai.

e) On 20^th, 22^nd, 23^rd, & 24^th Feb 10, there was a 2 Day Placement Training on Quantitative Aptitude for III B.E./B.Tech. Students, in two batches – the first batch consisting of students from Mech, EEE, CSE, & IT, & the second batch from Civil & ECE. The resource person was Sri P. Ganesan from Erode.

f) On 23^rd Jan 10, there was a One Day Seminar on Engineering Research by Dr. S. Selvam, Director, CUIC, Anna University, Chennai. He reiterated the fact that project work is also a mini-exercise of research activity. Research is the outcome of innovative thinking, logical reasoning, objective analysis of data, exploring alternatives towards problem-solving, and the ability to make inferences based on facts.

2. Training Programmes Conducted for Students by Our Local Resources:

a) There was a Three Day Programme on Soft Skills conducted for First Year Students on 10^th, 12^th, & 19^th September 2009.

b) Lecture cum Demo Session on First Aid & Fire Fighting was held on 28^th July, 25^th November 2009, & 8^th March 2010.

c) On 20^th Jan 10, there was Listening Comprehension Exercise for Final Year Students on a documentary film named 11^th Hour. Students were asked to give their presentations – a critique of the documentary. In the second half of the training programme, students were given exercises to work upon on Verbal Aptitude & Logical Reasoning.

d) In preparation for the campus recruitment to ZOHO Development Centre, model tests were administered on Quantitative Aptitude & Logical Reasoning on the following days: 25^th & 26^th Feb 10, 4^th & 5^th Mar 10, and 11^th & 12^th Mar 10. And answers to the questions were also discussed, after the evaluation of test papers.

3. Training Programmes Conducted for our Staff by Outside Agencies:

There was a 2 Day Faculty Development Programme conducted in our campus for the benefit of our teaching faculties on 2^nd & 3^rd January 2010. The resource person was no less than the Director, Dr. S. Selvam, (Centre for University-Industry Collaboration), Anna University, Chennai. In his presentation, he touched upon a few essential traits for enhancing the quality of technical education, which are 1) the Attitude of the Teacher, which should be tuned to achieving social progress, 2) Skills on the part of the Teacher, to make the classroom a lively place of learning activity, & 3) Knowledge of the subject, which is well-planned-out for effective delivery of the subject. The responsibility of the teachers is to improve the employability of students.

4. Training Programmes Conducted for our Staff by Our Local Resources:

There were 3 Staff Orientation Programmes, which were conducted on the following days: 5^th June 09, 24^th June 09, & 18^th August 09. In these training programmes, the newly appointed staff were given orientation about our college, responsibilities of teaching job, & the need to rise to ISO standards of excellence in the profession.