T&P Officers Workshop Cum Meeting
(Conducted by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow)
28 December 2017
Prof. Vinay Pathak - Hon’ble VC, Dr. AKTU Lucknow and Dr. Vineet Kansal - Dean - UG & Entrepreneurship, Dr. AKTU Lucknow called for a meeting of the Training and Placement Officers in Greater Noida and Ghaziabad region on Dec 28, 2017 in Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida. The agenda of this meet was to discuss the sloping employability of engineering students and brain storm the suggestions.
Ms. Prachi Agarwal attended the Meeting on behalf of Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida.
Dr. Vineet Kansal delivered the Welcome Address. He thanked Training and Placement Officers for their efforts and appreciated the fact that they are available in the wee and late hours for the students’ queries.
Prof. Pathak discussed the University’s initiatives:
- Talks with the corporates as the average package which they are offering is going down
- Engineers are not getting the preferred jobs
- Amendments in University curriculum to cater to the needs to the corporates
- Increasing job quality
- Modification in the course curriculum of Professional Communication
- Introduction to MOOCS
- Open Elective Subjects
- AKTU Alumni Network to be made strong
- More Rozgaar Mela’s
The session ended with casual networking of TPOs and High Tea.