The prestigious project of Punjab Government for bringing E governance to people of the state was launched at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, Mohali today. The first Centre for e-Governance set up in the state was inaugurated by Dr Pramod Kumar, Chairman, Punjab Governance Reforms Commission, Sh Subodh C Agrawal, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Punjab and Sh R K Verma, Managing Director, Punjab Infotech were the guests of honour.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. Pramod Kumar said that e-governance is an issue carrying top priority with the Govt. of Punjab. But unfortunately, this could not be implemented here so far as effectively as in some other states of India. With this in view the Govt. has decided to involve students and leading educational institutes of the state in this project. A beginning in this direction is made by starting the first centre for e-governance at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran. Dr. Pramod Kumar added that e-governance will play a key role in providing efficient and transparent administration in the state. Not only cities, but each village of Punjab will also be covered under the network of this programme. He revealed that a report on administrative reforms has already been submitted and now it was for the govt. to implement it. Dr. Pramod Kumar further said that the technical institutes of Punjab possessing the necessary infrastructure and technical manpower and other facilities can make a significant contribution in this. The first centre for e-governance has been set up at CGC Landran to motivate the participation of other leading institutions. He said that the teachers and students of CGC will work together in this centre for the computerization of various departments of the state. Dr. Kumar stated that although country attained freedom 65 years ago, yet the basic essential services and facilities were yet to reach the common man. He said that the main objective of e-governance is to provide an efficient and transport administration and make govt. machinery more useful for the public.

Expressing his views on e-governance Sh. S.C. Agrawal, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Punjab informed that the govt. has earmarked Rs. 10 crore for implementing the recommendations of the Administration Reforms commission. He stated that at district levels, Suvidha centres have already been opened and the govt. is committed to provide this facility to each village of the state with in next 2-3 years. Appreciating the initiative taken by CGC, he said that with this while computerization will bring efficiency and speedy working of Govt. dept., the students will also get opportunities to work on live projects.

S. Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chairman, CGC, Landran & Gharuan and S. Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, President CGC expressed their being elated over setting up the first centre for e-governance at CGC as a joint venture of CGC and Punjab Infotech under which the project on computerization of jails has already been completed. They stated that the centre will work on “No profit No loss” basis and will be run with the help of experienced and talented faculty of CGC. Dr. G.D. Bansal, Director General termed it as a ret letter day for CGC which will add a golden chapter in its history. Sh. R.K. Verma, I.A.S, Managing Director, Punjab Infotech, Sh. P.S. Mand, Deputy Commissioner, Mohali, Sh. R.P.S. Walia, SDM, Mohali and Sh. Sarabjeet Singh, S.P. Mohali were also present on the occasion and they congratulated the management of CGC for visionary and progressive attitude.
 

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Teachers day was celebrated on 05 Sep2009 at the CBS seminar hall Chairman S. Satnam Singh Sandhu and President S. Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal were the chief guests on this occasion. Regional Manager from Reliance Mutual Fund was the guest of honour. In his address, S. Satnam Singh Sandhu highlighted the role of teachers in ethical and moral building of the students.

Dr. Neena Sawhney, Principal of college of Education gave an effective presentation on the importance of Teacher’s Day and its connection with Dr. Radhakrishnan in whose memory it is celebrated.

Ms. Amanpreet Kaur, Astt Prof, (IT); Mr. Sumeet Goyal, Sr. Lecturer ( Applied Sciences); Mr. Rajwinder Singh, Sr. Lecturer ( Mechanical) ; Mrs. Madhu Bahl, Sr Lecturer ( Comp Sc & Engg ) Ms. Garima Vasudeva, Lecturer (Electronics) from Engineering department ; Mr. Sudhanshu Shrivastava, Astt Prof ( MCA); Mr. Aman Jindal, Astt Prof ( MBA); Ms. Kavita Chadha, Astt Prof ( BBA) ;Ms. Ramandeep Saini, Sr. Lecturer ( PGDM) ;  Ms. Sheela Kataria, Lecturer (BCA) from MBA department ; Ms. Harpinder Kaur Gill, Astt Prof ( Pharmacy),  Ms. Sukhwinder Kaur, Lecturer ( Bio-tech),  Mr. Virendra Ratra, Sr. Lecturer (HMCT),  Ms. Babita Banga, Lecturer (B.Ed) were honoured for their outstanding contribution in the field of education. Special Honours  for continuous meritorious service at CGC were conferred upon Dr. Ashwani Sharma, Dean Academics,  Ms. Ruchi Singla, Astt Prof and Mr. Sudhanshu Shrivastava, Astt Prof ( MCA)
The teachers also presented song and dance items which added color to the event.

The event was also marked by release of a book titled “Human Resource Management “Text & Cases” written by Dr. SPS Bedi & Dr. R.K Ghai followed by launch of CBS E-journal ‘Biz & Bytes’. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. S.P.S. Bedi and a sumptuous lunch for the faculty arranged by HMCT department.

The session “MAC OS Overview” was conducted on 28th Aug, 09 in the Conference Hall, Block-I by Mr. Vijay Malhan. Mr. Malhan, Sr. Software Engineer in core Research team in Quark’s enterprises. He is involved in design, development, integration & management of large S/W system involving different applications development technologies & multiple platforms. In this session, he briefed us on MAC OS, its history and Architecture of MAC. He also compare the MAC OS with ongoing Windows. He aware the students about the upcoming language i.e. Objective C and other languages that are used in MAC OS. There were around 130 students and Faculty Members of CSE, IT and MCA deptt. . The students showed keen interest in this session. It was around 120 minute’s sessions and 30 min was Question-Answer round. Students asked many questions and upgraded their knowledge about MAC. Practical session on MAC OS will be held soon. The students gained a lot about the latest technology from this session.

Recognizing the efforts made in the field of education and providing placement opportunities to the students of northern region, All India Managements Association- Chandigarh Management Association has awarded Chairman Chandigarh Group of Colleges, S. Satnam Singh Sandhu with a special achievement award. Pawan Kumar Bansal, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Govt. of India presented the award to Satnam Singh Sandhu during the ceremony at Central Hotel Management Institute. Among the special dignitaries present during this award ceremony included Col. Karamjeet Singh, President, , Dr. Gulshan Sharma, Vice President, Dr. J.N. Vohra, Secretary General, Chandigarh Management Association, S. Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, President, CGC, I.P. Paul, Director Drissh Shoes.

Taking a giant leap in field of academic, sports and placements Chandigarh Grop of Colleges establish during the year 2001 by the visionaries Satnam singh Sandhu and Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, the group has proved its mettle in the field of education all over the country. Thronging light on the achievements of CGC, Sandhu said that with a strength of just 100 students during its maiden year the group has risen from strength to strength and today it has reached a new milestone by touching the current students strength to 7000. Speaking on the occasion Sandhu added that National Board of Accreditation recognizing the sincere efforts of CGC has awarded five years accreditation certifying the quality education being imparted to the students. With this reorganization, CGC has been able to enmark itself amongst the top 100 academic institutions of the country. The group has proved itself as a “Hub of Placements” in the region as it has provided placement opportunities to more than 30000 students.

Speaking on the occasion Union Cabinet Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal said that with the contribution of institutes like CGC towards imparting quality education amongst the students, Chandigarh has acclaimed itself as the “Land of Education” and the international arena. Bansal further added that providing a national level Management institute in the city beautiful is at the top priority for which he is making efforts and assure to realize this dream sooner.

The newly constructed Gymnasium for C-4 boys hostel (Sadbhavna), was inaugurated by Honorable President Sir, on August 25,2009. The new gym has been fully equipped with high tech machines such as shoulder press, Pec- deck, Smith machine, Lat Pull Down,Seated rowing, Ab Crunch Pro and Olympic Weightlifting Sets(2).

Catering completely to the needs of the resident students, the college now has three gyms in various hostels(girls as well as boys), all of which are equipped with modern training and exercising equipments.

Chandigarh Group of Colleges organized Workshop on "TEAM BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP" on 6th August 2009. It was conducted by Mr. Sofi Zahoor, director-HR, Quark.

All the Directors, Principals and Heads of departments of different colleges participated in the workshop.

The Workshop consisted of three sessions. In the first session, the participants were asked to introduce themselves and tell something about their personality which was not known to others.

In the 2nd session the participants were asked to tell about good qualities of any two persons from the participants or from the organization.

In the 3rd session the participants were divided into four groups namely Prahar, Daksh, Himalaya and Know Thy Self (KTS). And they were asked to describe the CGC story by making a Collage with photographs cut out from different magazines.  KTS team was adjudged the best by Mr. Sofi Zahoor.

In the end Mr. Sofi Zahoor made a power point presentation on Geese and their flying formations bringing out useful lessons on tem work, leadership, camaraderie and group dynamics.

The workshop was very helpful in bringing the participants closer as a team and everybody felt that we should have more sessions like this in the near future

Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran has achieved yet another milestone when the Federal Bank selected 22 of its students during a placement drive in which 100 eligible students participated. CGC has become the 1st Educational Group in Northern region ever visited by the Federal Bank to conduct their recruitment process. Final year students of Engineering, MBA & MCA disciplines were eligible for the recruitment of Probationary Officers for the bank.  

Those selected have been offered a whopping annual package of Rs.4.44 Lacs. The students underwent a rigorous selection process which consisted of written test, Group Discussion followed by Preliminary and final rounds of Personal Interviews. A team of experts conducted the whole recruitment process which saw testing of both analytical as well as reasoning skills of the students. 

Bank of America in a recruitment drive held for the students of Chandigarh Business School at Landran recruited 12 students. The process of recruitment included Presentation, Interview , Group Discussion and a  written Test. 
The  officials introducing the company to the students said that the Bank of America’s Asian network spans the region, with more than 2,000 professionals offering a comprehensive range of products and services. He further added that Bank of America and its affiliates primarily serve multinational corporations with business interests in Asia, financial institutions, large local businesses and government agencies.

25 B.Ed. students of Chandigarh College of Education, Landran finds placements in a trendsetter drive organized by the college. Some of these selected students have got opportunity to work as teacher in Government Schools while others have been placed in noted private schools in and around Chandigarh.

Some of the prominent schools where the students of CCE, Landran have been placed in Doon International Public School, Army Public School, Gyan Jyoti, Guru Harkrishan Public and St. Solider Public School.  

KARVY a premier integrated financial services provider conducted campus interviews at Chandigarh Business School (CBS) Landran. Karvy is  ranked among the top five in the country in all its business segments, services over 20 million individual investors in various capacities, and provides investor services to over 300 corporates, comprising the who's who of Corporate India. The finally selected candidates will be given a package of Rs. 1.2 lacs per annum.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services & outsourcing company established in 1989 primarily as a technology consultant and systems integrator. It has offices and operations in more than 150 cities in 49 countries across the world. CEC organised a Joint Campus for 2008 batch B.Tech and MCA students where over 350 students are selected as Software Engineers with the package more than 3 lacs.

In a joint recruitment drive held at CEC Landran by HCL Technologies, 101 students found employment. HCL Technologies, a multi national software corporation having offices all over the world. These students passing out in 2007-08 would be getting a pay of Rs. 3 Lacs p.a.

40 students were selected in a joint campus placement drive for 2008 batch B.Tech (CSE, E&C, E&E,IT,E&T) ,MCA ,MCM, M.Sc. (CS, Maths or Physics) students by MPHASIS, an EDS company at Chandigarh Engineering College ,Landran (CEC).

Tech Mahindra is the 2nd largest Telecom software provider in India. Tech Mahindra conducted recruitment drive for BCA/BSc. students of 2008 batch at the campus of Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran.

Satyam Computers-a top ranking software company of India created history of sorts when 550 B.Tech & MCA students of 2009 batch were selected in a single placement drive. The interview process included Written Tests, Group Discussions, Technical & Personal Interviews conducted by a team of experts from the company.

Saint-Gobain, one of the largest industrial companies in the world in a joint placement drive at Chandigarh Engineering College selected 8 students on an annual package of Rs. 3.24 lacs. The drive was conducted for the students of 2009 batch.

The management of CGC has broadened the spectrum of its International Tie-ups by signing a MoU with University of Sunderland which has created opportunities for the BBA and PGDM students to pursue their higher education in the University of Sunderland.

The drive was attended by more than 675 candidates from all over Punjab and neighboring states. 119 candidates were short listed by the team of experts from the Indian Air force for flying duties while 20 candidates were short listed for metrological branch. All the short listed candidates have been handed over letters to report for SSB Interview at No. 1 Air force Selection Board, Dehradun. CBS wishes good luck to all the successful candidates.

Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, Mohali invited the graduates & postgraduates of all batches and all disciplines, to Annual Convocation held on 28.03.2009, in the college campus followed by Alumni Association Meet of CGC Dr. S.C. Saxena, Director IIT, Roorkee was the Chief Guest Dr. K.N. Pathak, Former, Vice Chancellor, P.U., Chandigarh was the Guest of Honour.

Sh. N.S. Kalsi, IAS, Secretary Employment generation & secretary Technical Education, Punjab was the keynote speaker. Other noted speakers in the seminar were:

Sh. R.K. Verma, IAS, Director, Information technology, Punjab

Sh. Deepak Nanda, MD & CEO, SME Business Services, Ltd.

Mr. Lovneesh Chanana, IBM

Mr. Rohit Singla, HCL Infosystems

Mr. GP Singh, Satyam

Sh. Harish Gupta- IPS, Jt. Commissioner, H’bad

Mr. Vivek Atray, Dir. Pub Relations & Tourism Chandigarh Administration UT Secretariat, Chandigarh

Dr. Sanjay Tyagi, Additional Director & Centre Head STPI

Dr. Mufeed Ahmad, J & K University

Col. Anil Khanna, CEO Seasia Consulting

Sh. Manmohan Singh, Head, IT services division in Semiconductor laboratory, SCL, Mohali

Mr. J S Bhatia, Director, CDAC

In the Fast Track Selection Drive of Indian Air Force, held at CEC, Landran, students of various engineering colleges of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh showed overwhelming response. As many as 1024 students of B.Tech and 69 students of MCA & PG from various engineering colleges got themselves registered for this mega drive.

For the B.Tech students , in the first round total 505 students were short listed. Out of these 505 students, 466 turned up for the second round. Finally 127 students were given call letters for appearing before the SSB.

In the 23 short listed students of MCA , 5 were found ineligible. Out of total 18 students 9 were given the call letter for appearing before the SSB.

As many as 52 students holding B-Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering with 60 percent aggregate scores were eligible for the selection process of Sonalika International. The recruitment process included pre-placement talk, group discussion and personal interview.

 Dr, Gurwinder Singh, assistant manager, HR informed that those selected would be paid Rs. 15,000 per month after completion of training period of one year. During training the trainee engineers would be given Rs. 10,000 per month as remuneration. Mean while, a team of officials from HDFC bank also conducted personal interviews of 28 MBA students.

 College director Dr. SPS Bedi said a number of students, due to pass this year, have already been recruited by companies like Standard Chartered Bank, ICICI, Karvy and Sterling.

Wipro Infotech is the IT Services, Solutions & Products division of around Rs. 110 Billion Wipro Limited. With over two decades of experience, Wipro has stamped its presence on the Indian market and leads the Indian IT industry. Headquartered at Bangalore, its business spans India, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

I-Flex Solutions Limited, ranked among top 10 software companies in India conducted Joint Campus drive at CGC campus. The selection process consisted of Written Test, Group Discussion and Personal interviews

Dell international conducted campus interview at CEC campus. Dell is an international computer giant based in the USA & the largest selling computer brand in world with a turnover in excess of $ 55,000 Million in 2005. It follows a model of selling direct to customers. This is a unique model as a result of which it has been in the top slot for the past ten years & is ranked a Fortune 50 company & one of America’s most admired companies. To support its global business

Dell has set up a chain of service delivery centers in the US and many other parts of the world, including manufacturing facilities in China, Malaysia & Brazil. In India, Dell has been working for many years with several leading outsource brands including Wipro & GE, to provide support to its million of customers around the world. The company set up its first, company-owned, service delivery center in India in 2002 at Bangalore.

Over the next three years it has opened three more centers at Hyderabad, Mohali and Gurgaon now has an employee strength of around 15,000 skilled technical officers to provide support to its clients around the globe. Apart from first & second level technical & customer support the company’s offices in India now also provide high-end business solutions to clients around the world, deploying thousands of well-paid & highly trained engineers & software professionals in these roles.

Dell compensation packages begin at Rs 1,58,000 per annum for customer care to 180,000 per annum for technical support officers. All employees are eligible for six-monthly appraisals, where salary increases are significantly higher than industry standards. Thus a Dell employee with around a year of industry experience can expect a compensation package of between Rs 210,000 to Rs 2,40,000 annually.
 

NIIT Technologies conducted Campus interviews at CEC campus. NIIT technologies stands among the top IT companies of India. The selection process consisted of a written test, HR & technical interview. The test was for B.E, B.tech CS, IT &  MCA. Compensation offered by Company is 2.70 lacs package.

Tata Elxsi conducted campus interview at CEC. The company is engaged in Automotive to Aerospace, Enterprise to Consumer Electronics, Entertainment to FMCG, Media to Storage, Semicon to Telecom, they provide customized design solutions to companies across the globe. The drive was for CSE and ECE. The package offered by the company is Rs. 2.4 Lacs/Pa

Alpha Net Technologies conducted joint campus drive at CEC campus. A delegation 3 representatives visited the college.

 i) Rs. 6000/- stipend during 6 months training
ii) After successful completion of the six months training, the likely compensation would be around Rs. 1.8 lakh p.a.

Kazstroy Service is a leading EPC company of Kazakhstan in the business of cross country Pipelines, Off-shore construction, Terminal Construction, Process Plants, Power Plants and Civil Construction for infrastructure projects.
KazStroy Service with a turnover of over USD 350 Million has been growing at more than 100% over the last three years. The company over last five years has executed more than 100 projects in Kazakhstan.
KazStroy Service is the first pipeline construction company in Kazakhstan to have been certified for an integrated management systems.

The package offered was of Rs. 2.7 Lacs/pa

Outline Systems, Inc. is an enterprise software development and services company with an enhanced SDLC approach called the “PowerRAD Approach”. This approach enables OSI to significantly reduce costs, development time and resource requirements while delivering high quality products. The starting package is of Rs. 12000-16000 pm.

Mobera systems conducted campus interviews at Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran for Final year students. Mobera Systems is a high end company providing contract R&D and core product development services to clients world wide offices in Silicon Valley and france. Mobera systems is planning to expand the business by opening offices in Korea and Japan.

Computer Science Corporation a US based Company  conducted Joint Campus drive through G4 Solutions at Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran on 12 Feb 2007. All the students of BCA, B.Sc Computer Science, IT, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Statistics from different colleges of Punjab and Haryana appeared for the test.

QUIPO is Pioneer organization in Rental services having its presence in India's most prominent growth sector which is Infrastructure sector.
It is operating in four distinct segments of Infrastructure namely:-
• Construction equipment
• Telecom Infrastructure
• Oil & Gas Exploration
• Energy services
Written test relating to General Knowledge, Aptitude & Technical (Multiple choice questions) for about one hour followed by Group Discussion, Personal Interview of short listed candidates, Selected candidates shall be put on training cycle for one year and thereafter depending on their performance and aptitude, shall be placed at different segment/function. Salary Package is Rs. 14000/- pm

51 students from ECE and Mechanical Engineering were selected by Sterling Telecom & Net Limited Chennai. This is the first company who introduced internet in India. This company is planning to work for Tata company for producing Mobile Communication Towers.

CEC conducted campus interviews for MBA students. The campus interviews were conducted by Ozone Ayurvedics, an organization of Ozone Group of Industries. Manmeet Singh Khurana, Assistant Vice-President (Marketing) & Govil Nanda from Human Resources Department represented the Company.

The three day state-level job fest at Chandigarh Engineering College (CEC), Landran, concluded on 13 Nov, 2006 with foreign-based recruitment agency G-4 Solutions selecting over 126 students from across the state. These students would be given jobs by nine different companies including Hexaware and GTL. In all over 1100 students from 36 colleges affiliated to PTU, GNDU, PU and University of Engineering and Technology.

CEC student Ravinder Mehta has got placement with American Company Emissive Energy Corporation with a salary package of Rs 14 Lacs per annum. This is the highest salary package ever given to a student of private college in the region.