Title : Internship


Goal

    • The student should have designated learning goals and should be able to reflect upon the entire internship experience in terms of the knowledge gained.
    • Enhance and/or expand the student's knowledge of a particular area(s) of the subject.
    • Assist the student's development of employer-valued skills such as teamwork, communications and attention to detail.
    • Acquired new learning through challenging and meaningful activities;
    • Demonstrated professional skills in the workplace;
    • Built and maintained positive professional relationships;
    • Demonstrated awareness of community and/or organizational issues.


    The Context

    • The framework of this practice revolves around first hand appraisal of the working of the industry by students, so that it enhances their domain knowledge and keeps them up to date.
    • During the Internship a student will be challenged to adapt both personally and professionally .
    • To identify, clarify and/or confirm professional direction as it relates to academic studies and future career path;
    • Developed self-understanding, self-discipline, maturity and confidence;
    • Developed strong networking/mentoring relationships.


    The Practice


    The internship opportunities are hosted for the final year PG students. Students go to the industry/ organization to work on a real time project on vacation for a period of 2 weeks. The need for such an internship is identified at many levels. Firstly, the student sees value in the internship since it will help supplement their studies with industry relevant examples as well as enable them to gain knowledge of subjects. The student notifies the placement/career service team on the need for such an internship. After the completion of the internship, students submit a report to the institute and industry. The t report includes the details of the activities carried out by the student.

    The industry and the students give feedback about each other to the institute. The feedback helps in the improvement of the internship program in the next cycle.


    The Evidence of Success

    This programme is a morale booster and competition enhancer for students. A qualitative measurement is more fitting than a quantitative one. Such programme improves the spirit of competition, improves the participation mentality among students. This programme has made students to exhibit their talents in the most impactful way.


    Problem Faced and resources required

    • Identifying the industry within the domains of energy, infrastructure and transportation that is most suitable for students
    • There are no enough companies to meet a huge internship requirement around our area.


    Outcome

    2018-2020 batch of 331 Post Graduate students completed and acquired knowledge

    S.No

    Department

    No of Students

    1

    Tamil

    29

    2

    English

    33

    3

    Economics

    32

    4

    History

    31

    5

    Commerce

    31

    6

    Physics

    23

    7

    Chemistry

    24

    8

    Zoology

    17

    9

    Computer Science

    54

    10

    Mathematics

    33

    11

    Geography

    24

      Total
    331

    Best Practice - II

    TITLE: Social Responsibility – Relief for Gaja cyclone

    Goal: To help the people who were affected by Gaja Cyclone

    The Content:
    1. Need based materials like Tarpaulin, torches, bedsheets, mosquito coils, buckets, candles etc were distributed to i) 62 families of one of the most affected area, the village of Palayamkottai, Tiruvarur district, TamilNadu and ii) 22 students of our college who hail from the most affected areas of Gaja cyclone.

    2. Re-examinations with exam fee exemption was conducted for the 14 students who were not able to attend the semester examinations due to the Cyclone.

     

    The Practice

    Fund was raised from the teaching faculty, non-teaching staff and students of our college to an extent of Rs. 83405/-.
    Three staff members were nominated to identify the affected area and a team of staff went to the village and distributed the relief materials.


    Evidence of Success: Receipts and Expenditure statement