Vickramce

There was an on-campus recruitment drive which was conducted on 5^th Jan 2013 in our campus for recruitment of Engineering Apprentices from the Final Year B.E. Students of Mechanical Engineering & EEE. It was a drive arranged for students with arrears. The participating students were interviewed by the Asst Manager of Rane (Madras) Limited, Sri R. Govindaswamy. The selected students 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 entitled 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, 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.12,000/-. The following three students got selected and were issued offer letters:

There was a Pooled Campus Drive which was conducted in our Campus for IBM India Pvt Ltd., on Sunday, 8^thof July12. Several colleges in and around Madurai were contacted about this drive. It was a programme, which was meant to benefit students of 2012, 2011, & 2010 – both from engineering colleges, and arts and science colleges. Eligibility criteria was that graduates of any discipline should have a minimum of 55% and above in their graduation examination.

Students from nearly 127 colleges participated in the event.

The selection process was of 3 stages – namely, 1) Group Discussion/Public Speaking, 2) Technical Interview, & 3) Voice and Accent Test. The recruitment was done by three executives from IBM India, Bangalore – 1)Ms. Shruti, Campus Recruiter, 2)Mr. A.R.Lakshmanan, Manager – Operations, & 3)Ms. Jacob George, Trainer.

594 candidates participated in the first round, which consisted of Group Discussion/Public Speaking. Nearly 17 graduates cleared the first stage of selection. In the second stage, which consisted of Voice & Accent Round, two got successful – namely, 1) Ms. P.J. Meena Devi, from Vickram College of Engineering, & 2) X. Bertilla Lincy, M.Sc.(Software Engg) from Kamaraj College of Engg. In the Technical Interview, it was Ms P.J. Meena Devi, of our college, who got selected, and was given offer letter in the evening.

Following is the name of the selected candidate: Ms. P.J. Meena Devi, B.Tech.(IT), of our college.