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October 2023 to December 2023
The beauty and charm of
selfless service should not
die away from the face of this
earth. The world should know
that a life of dedication is
possible; that a life inspired
by love and service to
humanity is possible.
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Birdscale Technology
Mr Hari Janarthanan - Director & Mr Vengatesh
Prabhu from Birdscale Technology visited Amrita
on October to discuss the possibilities
of collaboration with Amrita The meeting was
attended by Mr Suresh Kodoor Director (AIP) &
Mr Kiran Subramanian Senior Manager (AIP)
Visit of Companies to Amrita
Maveric Systems Limited
Mr Subramanian NN- Chief Operating
Ocer Maveric Systems Limited visited Amrita
on October to know about Amrita
and its research activities The meeting was
attended by Mr Suresh Kodoor- Director (AIP)
Mr Kiran Subramanian- Senior Manager (AIP)
and Mr Jithesh- GM (Corporate Relations &
Placement)
Mr Subramanian NN also interacted with the
students from nd year MBA and gave a brief talk
on “Overview of Banking Solutions”
Visit by Alstom Group
Mr Selvakumar- Site Managing Director and Mr Dharaniraj of Alstom Group Coimbatore visited Amrita on
October for a faculty interaction session Faculty members from Department of EEE highlighted
their research activities
Mr Selvakumar also delivered a lecture on “Alstom Overview and Industrial Best Practices” on October
The session was attended by second and third-year BTech and MTech students from Department
of EEE
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Coimbatore Campus
Visit of Indian Air Force
A three-member delegation from Indian Air Force
including Group Captain Gagan Dhingra Group
Captain Karthikeyan Wg Cdr M S Priyani visited
our campus on November The objective
of the visit was to explore avenues for IAF-Amrita
collaboration and joint-research projects The
meeting was attended by Mr Suresh Kodoor
– Director (AIP) Wg Cdr Dr A Balachandran–
Additional Director (CCD) Mr Kiran Subramanian–
Senior Manager (AIP) and faculty members from the
department of CSE EEE Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering
Visit of LECS
On December Dr C N Jaya
Prakasan- GM (R&D) & Mr A Manikandan-
Engineer Product Development from
Lakshmi Electricals Control Systems visited
Amrita to discuss the problem statement on
“Development of VFD” Dr Praveen Kumar
and Dr Mohanrajan from the Department
of EEE and Mr Kiran Subramanian-Senior
Manager (AIP) were part of the meeting
Visit of Telesto Energy
Mr Ranjith Kumar (ML Engineer) and
Mr Dhanraj (Petroleum Engineer) from
Telesto Energy Pte Ltd visited Amrita
on December for the project
discussion The meeting was attended by
Dr T Senthil Kumar and Dr N Lalithamani
from the Department of CSE Mr Kiran
Subramanian– Senior Manager (AIP) and
students from the Department of CSE
Visit of Colruyt Group
Mr Hari Subramanian- MD and Mr Ramesh EAVS- CHRO from Colruyt Group India visited Amrita on
December and showed interest in collaborating with Amrita on various fronts such as Internships
and placements Joint R&D projects They also discussed the curriculum in detail with the respective
departments The meeting was attended by Mr Suresh Kodoor- Director (AIP) Mr Srikant S- Joint Director
(Corporate Relations & Placement) Mr Jithesh– General Manager (Corporate Relations & Placement) and
Mr Kiran Subramanian- Senior Manager (AIP)
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Coimbatore Campus
MoU Signing with Renault Nissan and
Vehicle Handing Over
MrDebashis Neogi- Managing Director MrHirotake Harada- Senior
Vice President MrSenthil Ramakrishnan- Deputy Vice President and
other delegates from Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre
India (RNTBCI) visited Amrita Coimbatore campus on December
for signing an MoU and also for handing over the key of a vehicle
being donated to the institution The MoU aims to foster collaboration
in various domains including placements internships exclusive
MTech programs elective courses joint research projects and the
establishment of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and labs Renault Nissan
Tech also donated a test car to support Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s
cutting-edge research initiatives in the automotive & related elds
The meeting was presided over by Mr C Parameswaran- Principal Director (CIR) Dr Sasangan Dean of
School of Engineering Coimbatore Dr Balakrishnan Shankar Dean of School of Engineering Amritapuri
Mr Suresh Kodoor- Director Academia-Industry Partnership (CIR) Air Cmde Satish Menon (Retd) Director
CD and faculty members from the Department of EEE CSE AI and Mechanical Engineering were present
on the occassion The Principal Director received the key of Kiger SUV from the MD of RNTBCI on behalf
of Amrita Principal Director said that Amrita planned to use the vehicle for cabin noise measurement at
driver and passenger seats measurement of perceived vibration at steering wheel pedals and gear shi
lever roll pitch and yaw measurement using GPS Supported inertial measurement system acceleration
performance testing break performance testing Road-load data analysis using sensors for oine and real
time monitoring of critical components of the vehicle etc
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Coimbatore Campus
Visit to Alstom Group
An industrial visit was arranged by the AIP team
for rd year BTech- EEE and Mechanical Engg
Students to Alstom Group Coimbatore on
November The faculty members from
both departments and Mr Kiran Subramanian
from CIR went for the visit
Visit to Bosch
On October a visit was organized to
Bosch Global Soware Technologies Pvt Ltd
Dr Ratna Kishore and Dr Prabhu from the
Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Mr Kiran Subramanian from CIR visited Bosch to
discuss two problem statements “Method of self-
igniting HICE engine without starter motor”
and “Thermal Management / Heat exchanger
eciency improvement in SOFC”
Visit to LECS
Dr Mohanrajan SR and Dr Praveen Kumar N
Department of EEE and Mr Kiran Subramanian
(AIP) visited Lakshmi Electricals Control Systems
Ltd (LECS) on November to discuss
the problem statement “Development of Basic
Variable Frequency Drive”
Visit to Star Batteries
Mr Kiran Subramanian along
with the faculty members from
Department of EEE visited
Star Batteries Coimbatore on
December in connection
with the Faculty Development
Programme (FDP) on Battery
storage
Visit to Company
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Coimbatore Campus
Placement- 2024 Passing Out Batch
The second quarters of placement- concluded by st December Overall corporates visited in
physical hybrid and virtual modes of hiring on campus
The much sought aer and awaited IT Services Companies began their hiring almost at the fag end of the second
quarters of placement cycle Processes for IT Services companies mainly TCS and Cognizant have started and
expected to get over by mid of February
As on st December close to companies visited for UG PG programmes across
Following is the brief on the placement statistics:
B.Tech. Coimbatore Amritapuri Bengaluru Chennai All Campuses
BTech
Average Salary
Maximum Salary LPA LPA LPA LPA LPA
Oered Company Microso Microso SAP Labs India Microso Microso
M.Tech. Coimbatore Amritapuri Bengaluru All Campuses
MTech
Maximum Salary - LPA oered by Cisco
MCA Amritapuri Kochi Mysuru All Campuses
No of oers
Maximum Salary - LPA oered by Federal Bank
M.Sc. Coimbatore Amritapuri Kochi Mysuru All Campuses
No of oers
Maximum Salary - LPA oered by Federal Bank
In addition to FTE and nal semester internship hiring companies have also hired summers-2024 from 2025
passing out batch.
A few of the prominent companies that have so far visited and hired for summers are: Microso, Google,
Providence Global, Accenture, Visa to name a few, oering Stipend Per Month ranging from 35K to 125K.
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Coimbatore Campus
MBA Placement highlights as of
31st December, 2023
Further we have lined up companies like HCL (7.5 LPA), ESAF Bank (9 LPA), Talent Serve (10 LPA),
Signify (7 LPA) to meet students’ aspirations
Placement summary by campus as of 31st December 2023 is provided below
Amritapuri Bengaluru Coimbatore Kochi
Percentage
Average CTC LPA
Median CTC LPA
Highest CTC LPA
Highest CTC
Rs. 18.33 LPA
Average CTC
Rs. 9.02 LPA
Median CTC
Rs. 8.50 LPA
51.05%
of the eligible students
have been placed
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Coimbatore Campus
Induction programme for
new L&D faculty members
An induction program is instrumental in helping new
employees integrate seamlessly into the organization
contributing to their professional development and the
overall success of the organization The induction for the
newly joined faculty members of CIR across campuses was
conducted as a -day programme in the months of October
and November at CIR Coimbatore
The new faculty members were given orientation on the
vision and mission of L&D clarication of expectations
the relevance of teamwork introduction to policies and
procedures importance of cultural integration and training
and skill development
Mr Ankit Jain (So Skills Bengaluru) Ms Karishma
Nair (Verbal Bengaluru) Ms Karthika S (Verbal Kochi)
Mr Vishnu Prasad V (Aptitude Amaravati) Ms Nithya
Kalyani S (Verbal Coimbatore) and Mr Sudheer A (Verbal
Amaravati) attended the sessions by CIR Leadership team and
senior L&D members
The programme concluded with comprehensive presentations
by the new faculty members providing an overview of the
induction programme they attended
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Coimbatore Campus
Amrita and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Joint Initiative
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was selected one among institutions from all over India to oer three courses
(Cloud Engineer Cloud Administration and DevOps Engineer) aimed at upskilling students AWS Academy has
over registered institutions
Amazon Web Services plans on bringing together qualied educational institutions AWS customers and
government bodies to jointly align programs of study with in-demand entry-level tech jobs The India Tech Alliance
will focus on programs that prepare learners for the following roles Cloud Engineer Cloud Administration and
DevOps Engineer
Participating Institutes may avail the following benets:
Access to AWS-driven market research to help align your programs and curriculum to in-demand job role(s)
- According to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) commissioned digital skills study by AlphaBeta three of the
top ve in-demand digital skills in India by will be cloud-related
Interaction with AWS customers acting as “Talent Shapers” and who can assist via initiatives like capstone
projects and guest lectures
Guidance on curated skill maps that are supplementary to your ongoing curriculum
Invitation to thought leadership sessions with other alliance members helping design additional skill maps
delivery plans and overall improve the program
Infosys AI Training
Infosys conducted training sessions on Articial Intelligence its
aspects & its application with a focus on Articial intelligence
Foundation certication Over students were registered for
the training and the details of the training happend over next
days are as follows
Jan rd => Introduction to Articial Intelligence
Jan th => Introduction to Natural Language Processing
Jan th => Introduction to Deep Learning
Details
Dates => Jan rd th & th ( Tue Wed & Thu )
Time => PM to PM
Venue => Murali Krishna Hall
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Coimbatore Campus
SSR Day - Certificate Distribution
The Student Social Responsibility (SSR) Project at Amritapuri Campus is a shining beacon of altruism which is
a agship event headed by the Corporate and Industry Relations (CIR) Amritapuri Its core mission is to inspire
students to make a positive impact on others through seless service This year the th edition of SSR was
celebrated on October The event’s grandeur was enriched by the presence of distinguished guests
including Dr Sanjeev Vasudevan and Dr Ajitha Sanjeev from Amritakripa Charitable Hospital Wayand two great
souls who have dedicated their lives to the upliment of the tribal community and Mr Murali Krishnan from EY
GDS a humanitarian and an Amrita Alumnus
With over student-led projects SSR
Day showcased exhibitions certicate
distributions and inspiring student stories
It was a day to remember leaving an indelible
mark on the Amritapuri Campus experience
The event was also graced by the presence
of Deans HOSs HODs teaching and non-
teaching sta from across the campus
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Amritapuri Campus
Demo Session of
Toastmasters
International Club
On October students of Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham Amritapuri campus conducted an event in
collaboration with the facultytoastmasters of H&R Block
and Sparkle V to explore the power of communication
in a competitive environment The event was conducted
for three hours from AM by Amrita Toastmasters
Amritapuri Club The session featured nine accomplished
toastmasters from H&R Block and Sparkle V Soon aer
felicitations to the teams were addressed by Mr Kiran
Kumar and Mr Jayakumar Annaswamy faculty members
of CIR Department
TM Alex K Rajan Dist Director Toastmasters Kollam
delivered the key note address He also explained how the
students would greatly benet from being a member of
TM Club Soon aer a demo TM session was conducted
for the benet of students A table topic session was also
conducted to give a feel of impromptu speaking
The event ended with a vote of thanks by a student and
sixty eight students evinced interest in joining the club
Amrita Ullasam Workshop
A program named Ullasam was conducted for BAMS students on December - at Amritapuri campus
The meeting was addressed by Br Viswanathamrita Chaitanya Chairperson CIR The positive vibe with which all
the students reacted to various sesssions conducted by the so skills team of CIR was indicative of their keenness in
participating in such sessions The two day session initiated by Amrita Ayurveda College energised the participants
at the beginning of their professional studies
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Amritapuri Campus
H&R Block Campus
Placement
Placement process for POB continued
in Amrita for major verticals like BTech
branches in CSE ECE EEE & IT Mr Manoj
Elanjickal Head - people & culture & HR
Team from Trivandrum was the chief guest
for the process
The hiring process ow included
Code Test/Aptitude Test
Group discussion
Technical & Management Interview
HR Interview
October, November and December 2023 -
Student Social Responsibility Programmes
The months of October November and December saw the culmination of SSR (Student Social Responsibility)
project undertaken by the third year undergraduate engineering students It is a student driven project with societal
wellbeing at its core Giving back to the society in whatever little way we can is the small thought that lead to this
massive community outreach programme
The program teaches the students how to be socially responsible as citizens The main idea however is to inspire
the youth to take this up as an example and bring about a change in their own way
A total of students grouped into teams worked on a range of issues pertaining to drug awareness skill
development career guidance women empowerment mental health technology for humanity diabetics
awareness road & safety awareness and student clubs
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Amritapuri Campus
Discover CISCO Event
The “Discover CISCO” event was hosted by Cisco Bangalore campus at Cessna Tech Park on October
Mr Vijayendra Roy Chowdhury Senior Manager Corporate Relations lead a team of students from BTech
III year along with two faculty members to the event The theme of the event “Weaving Tech into Human Stories”
perfectly captured the essence of the day It showcased the fusion of technology and human lives highlighting
how technology enriches our lives The campus tour introduced the students to cutting-edge infrastructure and
innovative workspaces that foster collaboration and creativity followed by insightful talks by industry leaders
The event served to provide a glimpse of the company’s activities and life on the campus
Volvo TecHER Event
The Volvo TecHER event held at Bagamane Tech Park in Volvo’s corporate building aimed to inspire women in tech
and promote workplace equality Starting at PM on October the event began with a networking lunch
where Volvo leaders shared experiences Attendees gained valuable insights into navigating the tech industry The
agenda featured a Tech Lab visit providing hands-on experience with Virtual Reality and showcasing cutting-
edge truck technology A Microso Teams call connected a global audience in a watch party with accomplished
women sharing experiences serving as role models The event was a memorable experience for BTech rd year
students Overall the Volvo TecHER event successfully encouraged diversity and inclusion in the dynamic tech
industry
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Bengaluru Campus
SAP TechEd
SAP TechEd held on November
was a pivotal event for early talent
oering a platform to explore the latest
advancements in app development tools,
generative AI, and clean core for cloud
ERP Mr Vijayendra Roy Chowdhury Senior
Manager Corporate Relations lead a team
of rd year BTech students along with one
faculty member to the event The event
included visit to workshops tech talks on
Generative AI exposure to innovations and
opportunity to network The event was well-
received by the students who attended it
German Language
Course
The German language course was conducted
by CIR Bangalore between March
and October utilising the services of an
experienced and qualied German language
instructor A total of students attended
the course and successfully completed the A
level The students were issued with course
completion certicates
SQUAD Club Trek
In addition to enhancing the academic excellence
of students Ms Srinithi N and Ms Karishma
Nair N Verbal faculty from the Department
of CIR have also contributed to advocating the
mental well-being of trainees by accompanying
them on the multi-day trek to Dandeli-Dudhsagar
organized by the SQUAD club of ASE Bengaluru
from October -
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Bengaluru Campus
National Space Society –
spUN Debate
The L&D sta has extended its support in identifying
potential speakers for the spUN debate program
conducted by the National Space Society Ms Shivani
Raichura alongside Srinithi N and Ms Karishma Nair N
(Verbal vertical) had carried out the task of catalyzing the
selection process for the spUN debate in the month of
November
Talk on Placement
Preparation by Placed
Seniors
A series of talks on placement preparation was organized
for the III year BTech students wherein the placed
students of IV year BTech were invited to share their
experiences and provide insights into the recruitment
process The session included interactive sessions with
participants asking questions and receiving answers to
clarify any doubts they had regarding the resume building
types of technical questions asked in an interview types
of courses and certications that may be useful and much
more The sessions were organized by Ms Shivani H
Raichura Faculty L&D (So Skills)
Dastaan 23
The Multi Tech Fest of the Bangalore Dastaan
was held at the campus from November
- CIR Bangalore Sta played an
active role in organizing and participating in
various events contributing to the event’s
grand success
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Bengaluru Campus
Career Guidance session
at CIR Bangalore
A session focused on career guidance was conducted by MrRahul Anand
DyManager L&D Soskills CIR for rst-year MBA students The main objective
behind orchestrating this event was to provide students with essential information
empowering them to make well-informed decisions regarding their elective
courses in the upcoming trimester To ensure a comprehensive and insightful
discussion members from the placement committee of senior MBA classes were
invited to contribute their valuable perspectives The enthusiastic participation
of the rst-year students added dynamism to the session fostering an active and
fruitful exchange of ideas
Tech-Talk by Ms Honeywell
A tech-talk on Emerging Aerospace Technology Trends in post-pandemic
era by Mr Govind Yadav Fellow Mechanical Systems & Components
Aerospace Division Ms Honeywell Technologies was held on
November The workshop provided an insight into emerging
technology trends in aviation sector and future potential especially from
the view point of core subjects of BTech A total of students from
second & third year of BTech Mechanical and EEE of Amrita School of
Engineering Bangalore attended the workshop
Guest Lecture by
Ms Global Insurance
Brokers Pvt. Ltd.
A Guest Lecture on “A Guarded Foray
into the World of Uncertainties” by
Mr R Prakash Executive Vice- President
Global Insurance Brokers was held on
November The event provided
insight into the world of insurance risk
management emerging trends and
opportunities in the eld A total of
students from rst & second year of MBA
of Amrita School of Business Bangalore
attended the event
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Bengaluru Campus
Guest Lecture by
Ms. Amazon
A Guest Lecture on Operations Data
Analytics and Program Management was
delivered by Maj Amit Sharma (Retd)
Director Program Management Amazon
on November The event provided
a deep insight into the importance of
data in managing projects/programs
people and the functioning of a dynamic
organisation like Amazon A total of
students from rst & second year of MBA
of Amrita School of Business Bangalore
attended the event
Tech-Talk on Drone
Technologies by
Krushaka Drones
A tech-talk on Drone Technologies – the present
and future by Ms Krushaka Drones was held on
December The speakers were Wg Cdr
Anand Das (Retd) Wg Cdr Somasundaram (Retd)
& Mr Sriharsha from Krushaka Drones The event
provided a deep insight into the world of Drones
the technologies involved the future prospects
governmental support and opportunities in the
sector Over students from third year of
BTech Mechanical & ECE of Amrita School of
Engineering Bangalore attended the event
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Bengaluru Campus
Campus Engagement Talk and Guest Lecture by
ACIES Global at Chennai Campus
On October CIR organised a Campus
Engagement Talk and Guest Lecture by
Mr Kumar Head- Delivery Excellence ACIES Global
The topic for the lecture was “State of AI and its
business applications” Further the Head- Delivery
Excellence ACIES Global had discussions with
Cmde R Ravi Sankar (Retd) Joint Director- AIP Program
Head- CSE AI CYS and Chairperson ECE Collaboration
for joint conduct of Hackathon Workshops and R&D
projects on Business Analytics Data Science and Cloud
Computing were explored during discussions
Rane (Madras) Ltd.
Mr KThrumavalavan AGM R&D of Rane
(Madras) Ltd and his team visited CIR on
October held deliberations with
Cmde R Ravi Sankar (Retd) Joint Director-
AIP and Dr Shubrajit Bhauwmik Head Trisul
Research Lab Investigation on Speciality
Lubricants was discussed
Molygraph Lubrications
Mr Siddharth A Shah Director Molygraph Lubrications and two other Sr Executives (Mr Paramjeet Sigh Karir-
Head OEM and Mr Gunaseelan E- BDM South) visited CIR on October Team had discussions at
Boardroom with Cmde R Ravi Sankar (Retd) Joint Director- AIP and Dr Shubrajit Bhauwmik regarding Speciality
Lubricants and design of a Test Rig The team visited the Trisul Lab and met Campus Director and Principal
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Chennai Campus
Grad School Admissions Conclave
Learner’s Cortex Grad School Admissions was invited by the L&D team of the Corporate and Industry Relations (CIR)
Department Chennai to give a thorough presentation and a class demonstration on October at pm in
the college auditorium The purpose of this event was to enlighten the students about the plethora of opportunities
for higher education abroad Mr Sriram Rangarajan delivered an address to over + students from various
departments of both second and third years Learners Cortex is a Test Prep and Study Abroad Consulting company
with a steadfast commitment to teaching standardized tests such as GRE GMAT SAT ACT IELTS and TOEFL
and orienting students for university admissions across the globe They are integrating with Magoosh as a proud
partner incorporating Magoosh products into our teaching curriculum In addition to this the eight meticulous
steps of their university admissions services extend to academic evaluation university shortlisting editorial
care scholarship probing meeting consensus on the right schools university applications VISA assistance and
networking with simpatico
The presentation by Mr Sriram Rangarajan provided a succinct overview of the application procedure for prestigious
Ivy League universities and other prestigious universities overseas Furthermore he claried the requirements
for eligibility career trajectories admission specics the importance of certain documents for the application
process and their weightage in the admissions process the reasons for rejections and the careful steps to avoid
them university acceptance prole development and nally the specic requirements for the GRE exam He
also demonstrated the teaching strategy that is employed in their classrooms to equip the students for studying
overseas The forum was helpful to many aspirational students who were not aware of the possibilities of studying
abroad A one-on-one Q&A session followed the one and a half-hour program
2nd AMCAT Assessmentnt
Eorts towards improving the students’ employability quality assess the
placement readiness of students and to plan the remedial training strategies
SHL (Aspiring Minds) has been directed to undertake AMCAT assessment
of students registered for the placements The nd Assessment in Chennai
Campus was conducted on October
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Chennai Campus
Capacity
Building Session
on Emerging
opportunities by
Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII)
Cmde R Ravi Sankar (Retd) Joint Director-
AIP participated in Capacity Building
Session on Emerging Opportunities
by Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) on October at ITC Hotel
Chola Chennai The Conference was
held in collaboration with World Trading
Organisation (WTO) Mr Sumanta
Choudhary IAS Former Jt Sec to Govt of
India and current Principal Advisor to CII
was anchoring the discussions
Visit to Society for Electronic
Transaction & Security (SETS)
Cmde R Ravi Sankar (Retd) Joint Director- AIP accompanied
by two faculty members from CSE- CYS Dr Mathivanan and
Dr Uday Kumar visited Society for Electronic Transaction and
Security (SETS) at Taramani Chennai on November
Dr N Subramanian Executive Director had discussions with
Amrita team at his oce During discussions the Executive
Director agreed for Internship for students and FDP for
Amrita’s Cyber Security faculty The team also explored joint
R&D projects for which further discussions and follow up are
necessary The team had visited various wings of SETS
Nokia Factory Day
Cmde R Ravi Sankar (Retd) Joint Director- AIP has attended
a celebration of Nokia Factory on October to mark
successful production of million units of G equipment’s
at Nokia Factory Chennai The celebration was organised to
dedicate the million units towards Government of India
imitative of “Make in India” in the presence of government
dignitaries and ecosystems partners The event also gave
opportunity to meet Senior Executives from other industries
and organisations
Signing of NDA
with Lalithaa
Jewellers Mart
Pvt. Ltd.
Mr J Stanley Daniel AGM
Operations Lalithaa Jewellery Mart
Pvt Ltd visited CIR and signed the
NDA on October
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Chennai Campus
CII Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Summit 2023
CII Tamil Nadu Infrastructure summit was organised at Hotel Taj Wellington Mews Chennai on
November The summit included the role of government in transformational strategies for successful
Data Centre Delivery Management blue print for Urban Clusters and role of Green Energy in Infrastructure The
key takeaways include Digital Transformation Public Private Partnerships and innovations through Technologies
Dr L Murugan Honourable Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Fisheries Animal Husbandry &
Dairying inaugurated the Summit and delivered the keynote address Several Industry leaders academia from IIT
Madras and Anna University shared their prospectives during the day
Green Building
Congress 2023
Green Building Congress was organised
by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) a wing
under CII was held from November -
Cmde R Ravi Sankar (Retd) Joint Director- AIP
and Dr Shubrajit Bhauwmik from Mechanical
Department attended the conference It was one of
the largest Expos on renewable materials and Net
Carbon Zero Technology for building infrastructure
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Chennai Campus
Barclays
Placement Drive
Mr Bala Iyer MD- Head Audit Barclays and
six ocials from Barclays visited campus on
November to carry out selection of BTech
students from other Amrita Campuses Mr Bala
Iyer MD- Head Audit addressed the students
students from various Amrita Campuses attended
the drive of which one student was selected
Offline Technical Training Sessions and Technical
Mock Interview for 3rd year students
Mr Bhaskaran Venkataraman General Manager (CCD-TS) and Mr Gokul Technical Faculty from Coimbatore
conducted technical training sessions for th semester students from December - The technical
training covered Coding DSA DBMS and Technical Mock Interview A total of students beneted from the
technical training The summary of student’s evaluation was appraised to the Head of Department of respective
disciplines At the end of the technical training the trainers also met the principal and briefed on the strengths
and shortcomings as well as the remedial actions thereof
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Chennai Campus
Amrita School of Arts, Humanities & Commerce
Kochi Campus
Training
As a forerunner to the placements
anticipated students of Master of Fine
Arts comprising of M A Journalism
& Mass Communication MA Visual
Media & Communication MFA (Visual
Media) Animation & VFX and MFA
Applied Art & Advertising were put
for an evaluation of their portfolio
POV and Mock Interviews were also
conducted as part this exercise The
students made individual presentation
of their portfolio which showcased
their skill and knowledge in their
domain of learning We were also able
to get a better idea of their capabilities
and job preferences
Certification
CIR at ASAS Kochi has taken up student certication as a
focus area and has opened many avenues for the same
like Infosys Springborad CIR Certication Program etc
More than courses have been completed by students in
Infosys springboard with video proctored
Winter Training Program
The winter training program was conducted for all unplaced
PG students of MCA MCom MSc Maths
MSc in Applied Statistics & Data Analytics
and Integrated MCA All the domains of Life Skills and
Technical Training were conducted including mock tests
Foreseeing the hiring process of companies like KPMG
and Federal Bank an indepth banking awareness session
and mock interview with special impetus on stock stock
markets and shares were conducted by CIR so as to enable
them to crack bank tests
Preparation for Anviksha
(The GK Challenge)
Season-2
The grand success of Anviksha Season motivated CIR
to prepare for another session of Anviksha All the faculty
members of CIR contributed with questions from all
domains for the upcoming nd Season The nd Season of
Anviksha the GK Challenge was held in the third week of
January
Conference
Paper
A Management Paper titled “Self-
Regulated Learning - An Overview of
Theoretical Perspectives and Potential
Study Areas in Higher Education”
authored by N R Mohanan and
Murale Venugopalan (ASB Kochi) was
accepted for presentation in the Indian
Academy of Management Conference
and was held at Goa Institute of
Management during January -
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Kochi Campus
Placement
Placement process for the passing out students is in good progress The prominent recruiters
are VISA UST Codeyoung Intellect Design ESAF Federal Bank Grant Thornton GEP Solutions
SurveySparrow Mu Sigma Barclays Vidyalaicom KPMG SAP Tetrapak etc
Shilpa G Krishnan
( MSc ASD)
Placed with
Federal Bank
K. S. Sangeetha
( Int MCA)
Nokia
Internship Oer
Lima Issac
( MSc ASD)
Placed with
Federal Bank
M. Devika Krishnan
( Int MCA)
Nokia
Internship Oer
Krishnapriya Dileep
( Int MCA)
Placed with
Federal Bank
Areena Sarthaj
( BCA Data Science)
Placed with
Barclays
Students Who Secured
Key Placement and Internship Offers
R. Aiswarya
( MSc ASD)
Placed with
Federal Bank
Sonali Dutt
( MCA)
Placed with
Federal Bank
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Kochi Campus
Amrita School of Business
Kochi Campus
Placement
Placement process for the passing out students is in
good progress for Amrita School of Business Kochi The
prominent recruiters during October – December
period were Federal Bank BNY Mellon IDFC First Bank
Oracle Niva Bupa Taaza Foods (International) Lionsbot
Coca Cola World Of Stones Grant Thornton PWC and
Torrent Gas
CIR Team ensured regular intervention with students
through multiple rounds of one-on-one sessions group
discussions and mock interviews to see that students
crack every available opportunity especially during these
dicult times where companies are very choosy while
hiring CIR ASB team also organized campus drives at ASB
Kochi campus hosting companies like Jio BP World of
Stones etc The team also invited Heads from CIR Learning
and Development team at Coimbatore campus to speak
and conduct motivating
sessions for the rst-year
students who would soon
start facing interviews
for the next placements
cycle
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Kochi Campus
Interaction with the
Students
Mr NR Mohanan CIR Centre Head addressed
the MPharm BPharm & PharmD
students on October about CIR’s
Training and Placement in particular The talk
covered the current trends in placement and
how one should orient towards the placement
process which generally consists of online test
group discussion technical and HR interviews
This was followed by another session by
Mr Amrit Sagar Manager Corporate Relations
who also met the students individually to
understand their placement preferences
Webinar on Health
Technology
On October CIR facilitated a webinar with
Dr Jagdeesh K Health Policy Analyst Dept of Health
Research Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Govt of
India as the key speaker on the topic “Health Technology”
for the UG and PG students The talk centred around
three core areas Health Technology Assessment in India
(HTAIn) Pharmaco-economics and Career Opportunities
in ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research)
Alumni Meet
On October Alumni of Amrita School of
Pharmacy came together for a special occasion known
as the Amritasmriti This event provided a wonderful
opportunity for former students to reconnect and
reminisce their shared experiences celebrate the
successes and achievements Mr Amrit Sagar Mohan the
co-convener and Dr Sreeja C Nair the Chief Convener
played instrumental roles in organizing the event
ensuring that every aspect was meticulously planned and
executed
Health Sciences Campus
Kochi
Mock Test, Mock Interview
and Resume Review
Mock Test and Mock Interview for BPharm MPharm and
PharmD were conducted by the CIR team during November
Seven students from BPharm students from
MPharm and student from PharmD and PharmD (PB)
have attended the mock test and mock interview Resume
of all the students appearing for placement were carried by
Mr NR Mohanan and Smitha G
School of Pharmacy
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Additional Training
Following the Mock Tests and Mock Interview
additional sessions were conducted in Aptitude
Verbal and So skills aer the regular class
hours to bridge the concept These sessions
also covered practice tests and discussion with
respect to Aptitude & Verbal Group Discussions
and HR questions in So Skills To provide more
support and enhance condence in the students
one-to-one and small group discussions were
also carried out
Student Brand
Ambassador (SBA)
Meeting
The Student Brand Ambassador (SBA) Monthly
meeting was held on November in the
Placement Oce All SBAs of Amrita School of
Pharmacy gathered and each one discussed
the works held over the past one year and the
upcoming events / activities including Pharma-
Fest and Alumni data consolidation
IPA Pharmacy Week
As a part of Pharmacy Week IPA-SF students’ chapter
of Amrita School of Pharmacy arranged a national-level
pharmacy week celebration on November CIR
facilitated this program
Academia-Industry Interaction Committee Meeting
The rst Academia-Industry Interaction Committee Meeting was held on November The Meeting was
organized by Dr Sabitha M Principal Amrita School of Pharmacy The welcome address was done by Dr Sabitha
and a presentation by Mr Amrit Sagar Mohan on placements followed The meeting discussed and deliberated
the strategies to improve academia-industry interaction so that better placement outcome would be attained
The meeting also suggested a few methods on improving the academia-industry relationship and getting into a
collaborative research utilizing industry experts The following suggestions and recommendations were put forth
by the committee members The meeting had participation by key faculties from the School of Pharmacy Industry
experts and CIR team consisting of Mr Suresh Kodoor Director - AIP Mr N R Mohanan Center Head - Kochi
Mr Jithesh M General Manager – Placement Mr Amrit Sagar Manager- Corporate Relations and Smitha G
Faculty – CIR
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Student Interactive
Sessions
An interactive session was conducted with the
PG second year students on December
to get a better understanding of their expectation
regarding placement Subsequent to this a
placement survey was also conducted and it was
found that more than percent of the students
opted for placements and the remaining opted for
higher studies Similar interactive sessions were
also conducted for the PG rst year UG- rst
second third year and BSc Honors students
Training in School of Nano
Sciences and Molecular
Medicine
Catering to the needs of modern industries and Health Care the
budding Nano scientists are being trained with the expressive and
analytical skills required to be groomed as Scientists and Innovators
through the course in Life Skills Oral and written skills as taken care
in Verbal is being enhanced through activities such as card sheet
presentations role plays etc Students of both Undergraduate and
Postgraduate streams experienced condent expression through
powerful presentations and simulations of selected scenarios
Placements and
Career Guidance
Sessions
CIR is looking for potential employers to sign
MoUs establish partnerships and involving
student placements Career guidance sessions
are being scheduled during the next quarter for
the UG and PG students Industries are being
identied in Bangalore for the Industrial Visit of
BSc third year and MSc / MTech nal year
students
School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
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School of Medicine, Center for Allied Health Sciences
and School of Dentistry
Soft Skills Training
“Practice like you have never won perform like you have never lost” Students of MBBS BDS Nursing and Allied
Health Sciences underwent numerous practice sessions on empathetic conversations through role plays and candid
presentations As per the request from the Heads of the Schools the need for training students on empathetic
conversations and positive attitude was considered to be the need of the hour and the same was implemented in
the So skills sessions
German Language A1 Level Course
Many students from ASNSMM are desirous to go for higher education aer completing their
UG or PG degree Realising this trend CIR at Amrita School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
oers A level German Language Certication course to the second year BSc Molecular Medicine
students students are enrolled into the program and the sessions are conducted by experienced
and qualied trainers The classes started in the month of November and it comprises of a
total of sessions
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Chief Patron
C. Parameswaran
Editor-in-Chief
Wg. Cdr. (Dr.) A. Balachandran
Editing Team
T.E. Krishnan
Navami Govind
Nithya Kalyani S.
Designer
Chandrasekaran K.
Corporate & Industry Relations
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