Best Practices
Title of the Practice
PLACEMENT INITIATIVES
Objectives of the Practice
To facilitate students by providing them with an opportunity to gain employment beyond the campus
To provide a hands on experience through workshops and training programs
To strengthen linkages between industry and academia to promote placement and entrepreneurship
The Context
The institute consistently strives towards boosting entrepreneurial opportunities and making education meaningful, assimilative and skill-centric for the students. It provides adequate infrastructure and other related facilities to encourage the entrepreneurial startups of the students. However, these processes require infrastructural as well as financial support which becomes a stumbling block in the implementation of these endeavors. Resource mobilization amongst students remains a challenge
The Practice
The college consistently aims to develop Entrepreneurial skills and provide placement opportunities for the students. Many students are successfully running their own startups in the college. Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Placement Cell of the college organized Campus Placement Drive- 2023 on April 12, 2023 for Undergraduate, Post Graduate, PhD and alumni students of the college. The event witnessed a huge rush of prospective candidates appearing for interviews. Regional Employment Exchange UT, Chandigarh participated in this drive to sensitise and register the students for employment avenues in their respective fields. Various companies prevalent in the field of Health and Fitness, Fashion Designing, Interior Designing, Guidance and Counselling visited the campus to interview the students. Visiting companies included Fitelo, Mohali, Nestle, Chandigarh, Fortis Hospital and Max Hospital, Mohali, Arya Hospital, Manimajra, Chandigarh , IIFA, Ambala City, Akriti by Shakun, Patiala, Space Rhythm Interiors, Mohali, Crayons, Chandigarh, AADI Career Guidance and Counselling Centre, Chandigarh. Approximately 100 students from various streams registered for this drive.
Evidence of Success
The opportunities provided by the college have been successful in not just honing the skills of the students, but also to provide them with a platform and build confidence. The evidence of the success also lies in the fact that the college boasts of 100% placements especially for the masters students. During the placement drive More than 25 students were shortlisted for final placements. Three of students were given pre placement offer at package of 3lacs per annum.
Problems Encountered and Resources Required
More resources in terms of manpower, infrastructure and facilities should be made available to higher educational institutes for smooth implementation of government initiatives and complete success at the grass root level. Procedures and permission required to be taken from higher authorities is again a cumbersome process and take an ample amount of time.
Title of the Practice
FOCUS UPON EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
Objectives of the Practice
The college extends and disseminates knowledge of its skills to the society. The college has been proactively engaged in multiple and multi-dimensional extension activities in line with college motto of ‗Knowledge for Service‘. Diverse activities are carried out under various social welfare programmes. Theoretical and practical knowledge gained by the students in the various streams viz. Foods and Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles, Human Development and Family Relations and Family Resource Management is transferred through workshops, training programmes, seminars, talks, and activities, so as to empower the target population. The beneficiaries are from economically weaker sections of society, children with special needs, rural women and adolescents in slum areas.
The Context
Extension activities need motivation and commitment on part of the students and faculty involved. So besides giving motivational talks to them, this component has been made an integral part of the curriculum. The practice has provided firsthand experience to the students of dealing with the target population. The two way interaction has sensitized the students to the needs of the society and in turn empowered the beneficiaries with life skills and trained them for generating income for themselves. The institution has been networking with various institutions and agencies already working for community welfare, in an endeavor to implement this practice effectively. However, It is of utmost importance that these programmes and activities be worked out jointly so as to give thrust to programme and skills that need urgent attention.
The Practice
The students have been regularly involved in conducting outreach activities, workshops and skill development programmes with women, children in slum areas, training programmes, counseling and recreational activities in hospitals, orphanages, old age homes and schools for children with special needs. They have been sensitizing the parents about various types of child abuses and their preventive measures and through street plays, collage making and posters highlighting important social issues related to health, environment conservation and gender equity. Underprivileged and children with special needs are being integrated with normal children in college nursery during various celebrations. The students have also been visiting Bassi Pathana, a centre of skill training for rural women and offering consultancy services and inputs for raising the standard of training. These practices have created social consciousness and inculcated a sense of commitment among the students towards the society. NSS and NCC wing along with various societies of the college and Rotaract Club are assisting the students in this initiative. Financial assistance by the Rotary club of Chandigarh, personal contributions by alumni members and NGOs have helped to carry out these extension activities.
Evidence of Success
The beneficiaries have started approaching the college asking for more such interventions and programmes. Counselling cell is regularly approached regarding issues related to parenting, marital conflicts, adolescent problems, evaluation of personality, intelligence, interest and aptitude. The diet clinic is popular and the number of beneficiaries has shown an appreciable increase. The efforts of the students have been recognized and appreciated by Rotary club, alumni and other organizations. The college has been felicitated with many awards and accolades from various agencies and institutes of repute for working in the direction of outreach and extension.
Problems Encountered and Resources Required
More resources in terms of manpower, infrastructure and facilities should be made available to higher educational institutes for smooth implementation of government initiatives and complete success at the grass root level.
