There was an on-campus recruitment drive for Rane (Madras) Ltd., which was conducted on 5^th Jan 2013 in our campus for recruitment of Engineering Apprentices from the Final Year Diploma Students of Mech, Automobile, & EEE of Vickram Polytechnic College. The eligible students to participate in the drive are shown in the following table:

The recruitment drive commenced with a pre-placement talk by Sri R. Govindaswamy, Asst. Manager – HR, Rane (Madras) Limited, Chennai-600042. A Video show about the company and the products they manufacture was made, during the presentation. Then students were divided into small groups, and each of the groups was interviewed, with the discussion on some topic of interest. All the participants did well, and hence, the Asst HR Manager selected all the participating students, making no rejection. He informed the selected students that they will be posted in three areas of their industry for training for a year – namely, Production, Assembly, & Quality Assurance. For a year, they will be on training when their monthly stipend will be Rs.5500/-. Along with stipend, a new apprentice is entititled to get Regular Attendance Allowance of Rs.750 and Overtime Allowance. On the whole, a new engineering apprentice is likely to get a total of Rs.7500/- every month. In addition, accommodation will be provided by the company for a nominal cost, and food is free of cost, while at work. It was also stated that those who successfully complete the training process will be absorbed as regular employees of the organization, on a monthly salary of Rs.8000/-. With allowances, the monthly salary will come to the extent of Rs.12,000/- for a new employee.

List of Selected Students from Vickram Polytechnic College