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The joyous occasion started by welcoming of the passing out batch. Various games and dance activities were held for the students along with the compliments and titles conferred on them. Mr. Mansimranjit Singh and Miss. Preetinder kaur were crowned as Mr and Miss Electronics. The function was attended by Head of Deptt., Col H.S Sarin and all the staff members of the Electronics Deptt. Dr G.D. Bansal, The Director – General of Chandigarh Group of Colleges also graced the occasion and blessed the outgoing students.
The students enjoyed the function and farewell concluded with a sumptuous dinner.

The club aims at organizing several programmes like Quiz Contests, General Knowledge  discussions, competitions based on skill etc by the student of ECE Department so as to enhance their communication skills, organization  capabilities and prepare them for better placements in this competitive world.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman appreciated the  initiated taken by the students to start this club and also announced a grant of Rs. 10,000/- for promoting the activities of the club.

375 candidates are shortlisted in Joint Campus Placement drive by Accenture of 2007 Batch Pass-out, conducted on 9th April, 2008 out of which . Final interview for shortlisted candidates held on 12/4/08 and 13/04/08

There is an urgent need to create a strong interaction between Industry and academicians for preparing specific curriculum based on the needs of Industry so that the students can be made employable. In Punjab, there has been a significant growth in the sector of education and now there is more need to focus on the development of technical & professional education. These were the expressions of Hon’ble Chief Minister S. Parkash Singh Badal. S. Badal was addressing the students and staff on the occasion of Placement Day at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran.

The Chief Minister handed over the offer letters to students who were selected by companies like Satyam, LT& T, Infosys etc during their Recruitment Drives at CGC Campus. He further added that basic standard of primary education needs to be raised in villages and free education should be given to economically backward students. For this purpose in every block one Adarsh School is to be opened by his government in coming years which will give free quality education to the students. Eduaction in India is quite costly and there must be some planning for downtrodden people for that his government is in touch with center govt. Congratulating the students, Chief Minister said that they are lucky to be at the Institution like CGC which is putting in exceptional efforts for the employment of the students.

Giving information about the efforts put by the college to make this Placement Day successful Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chairman & Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, President said that during last year 53 national and international companies have visited CGC campus for the recruitment. Their college is working towards not only the placement of their students but the placement of the students of other colleges of Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana and Himachal. As many as 40000 students of the region have appeared in the joint placement drives and thousands of them have been placed in reputed companies with the annual package of as much as 3 lakhs per annum.

Feeling overwhelmed on the achievement made by the students of Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Dr G.D Bansal, Director-General said that some of the students of their college like Aashish Paul, Alok Singh,  Parmesh Grover, Joya Bansal, Abhishek Sharma  Arun Sood and many more have received offer letter from 3-4 companies altogether. He said that CGC has lived up to its aim of offering job letters to the students much before they get their degrees.

On this occasion, a live performance by Amrinder Gill noted Punjabi singer was given and some of the staff members were honoured by Chief Minister for their excellent services and achievements.

Annual; Day was celebrated in CEC Landran with different cultural events like:

• Gidda

• Bhangra

• Skits

• Solo Song

• Dance Competitions

• Prizes were distributed to  PTU merit List Holders

• Prizes were distributed to Sports champions

S. Sukhbir Singh Badal-President Shromani Akali Dal congratulated the participants

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 Secretariate, 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.

On the first day of Fast Track Selection Drive of Indian Air Force, students of various engineering colleges of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh showed overwhelming response. More than 775 students of B.Tech and 60 students of MCA & PG from various engineering colleges got themselves registered for this mega drive. Total 458 students from Punjab, 258 from Haryana, 16 from Himachal & 18 from other states participated in it.

One wing Commander along with 13 supporting officers and 3 officers from first service selection board and one officer from Air force Headquarter Delhi are here at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran to conduct this selection drive. The selection process included KEPT i.e. Engineering Knowledge Test for B.Tech students and CET, Common Engineering Test for MCA and PG students. EKT consisted of two multiple choice questions (MCQ) papers viz. General Engineering and Specialist Paper of total duration approx 1 Hour. While CET included two parts viz. Multiple Choice Questions (English & General Awareness) and Descriptive Test in English of total duration approx 1 Hour).

 The qualified Engineers will be inducted in Aeronautical Engineer branch and MCAs / PGs will be inducted in Meteorological branch of Indian Air Force.

The students who qualify in written test today will have to appear for Phase-1 test (Picture Perception and Discussion test) tomorrow. All Phase-I qualified candidates will be issued Call Letter by the Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs) for testing during March- Apr 2008 result. After completion of training, the selected candidates will be commissioned in the rank of Flying Officer (First Class Gazatted Officer).  The Scale of Pay is as approved by Govt. of India for Class I Gazatted Officer similar to IAS/IPS.

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

Satyam computers selected 550 Engg. students form 33 professional colleges in a joint campus placement held at CEC, Landran. This is Perhaps the first time so many budding IT professionals have been chosen from this part of region in a single recruitment drive. the selected ones include Bachelor of Technology and Master's of Computer Application Students of 2009 Batch belong to Punjab, J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh.

CEC students once again beats Shivalik Nangal College of Pharmacy in the 16 overs cricket match held at Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technlogy on 15 Feb., 2008 during PTU's Inter- College Cricket Tournament. Shiavliks team batting first gets out on just a score of 93. Our pacers Gaurav Sharma (M.E 4th Sem.) & Gunjot Singh (I.T 2nd Year) took 4 and 3 wkts. respectively. CEC's Jaspreet Singh (EE 4th Year) once again Plays captains knock getting 30 runs in just 17 balls. His batting partner Saurabh Sehgal (EE 1st Sem.) scored 36 off 30 balls take CEC to a comfortable win with 8 wkts. left over poor bowling attack of Shivalik College.

SAP Labs the global Leader in ERP solutions visits CEC campus for the campus drive on 20th Feb. This Drive yields good results. Many Students from MCA got selected in this drive.

As many as 25 students were selected during the joint campus recruitment drive held at Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, by Ambuja Cements, Mumbai. The recruitment drive was open to BTech students securing more than 60 percent marks. More than 230 students from Punjab, Chandigarh and HP, participated in the drive.

L & T Infotech has recruited about 17 students of Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran(CEC). The selected candidates will get a salary of Rs 2.22 lakh per annum with benefits. Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chairman of Chandigarh group of colleges said that Indian IT Companies are facing a huge shortage of qualified manpower.

GORDON CAMPBELL, Premier of British Columbia has agreed, in principle, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, near here. A delegation of the college, led by chairman Satnam Singh Sandhu,had a detailed discussion with Campbell and wally Oppal,Attorney General, British Columbia, about it today. Campbell assured the delegation that he wuld personally look into the matter and ask his office to speed up things. He appreciated the efforts being put in by the college management. Under the proposed MoU, there would be free exchange of stall and students, and post graduate studies leading to Ph.D degrees will be made easier. Besides, research work and consultancy projects would be taken up jointly

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd., a pioneer in the private Life insurance market in India hold campus placements in Chandigarh Business School, Landran. ICICI-Pru is a joint venture between ICICI Bank, one of India's foremost financial services companies and Prudential plc, a leading international financial services group. ICICI-Pru selected 20 students from CBS Landran for the positions of Executive trainees in their organization. The selection process included ICICI presentation, followed by GD and one written test. Final interview would be taken by ICICI prudential Interview panel. The finally selected candidates would be given a package upto 4,60,000 per annum. S. Satnam Singh Sandhu Chairman and S. Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, President Chandigarh Group of Colleges say that they hold a positive approach towards the placement of their  students and they bear all expenses to groom their students. They are putting in the best of their efforts to contribute towards building a new work force for the potential employers. Dr GD Bansal, Director- Principal revealed that throughout the year, CBS has worked towards improving the skills of its students so that they can be vest suited for the constantly growing and emerging needs of the industry. At the college level, the Training and Placement Cell of the college interacts with the companies to know their exact requirements and then grooms the students accordingly. Special attention is given to improve the Aptitude, Communication skills, GD and interview skills of the students.

Wipro technologies selected 24 students from chandigarh Engineering College,Landran,under its 'earning while learning' programme.The selected students will complete their post graduate degree from one of the top institutes of India-BITS,Pilani and also gain professional experience while working with wipro.

Nucleous Software Exports conducted campus interviews at Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran.101 students from CEC took part in the selection procedure.15 students of CEC were selected by the company.

Moving towards the adaptation of western model of teaching, learning and research, Chandigarh Engineering College (CEC), Mohali has formulated a new management team responsible for integrating curriculum with entrepreneurship among the students.  In the process, the college has appointed five new deans, a vice-principal while it has entrusted policy formation to Dr G D Bansal, who has been elevated as Director Principal of the college. The new team, with the majority of young academicians and administrators, would aim at inculcating professional competitiveness among the students studying at CEC. These deans, Dr. Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Dr. Vishal Sharma, Prof Rajvinder Singh and Col (Retd) H S Sarin, would look after academic affairs, student welfare, personality development and higher education, sports, counseling and planning and development of the college respectively.

TCS is an IT  services, business solutions & outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global outsourcing. TCS is conducted campus interviews at CEC. The selection process consists of interviews.

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. Compensation offered by Company is 2.70 lacs pa

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. The tentative schedule for the screening process was as follow:
1. Pre-placement talk/presentation : 15 Minutes
2. Written Test (Technical) : 30 Minutes for (C/C++ etc.)
3. Interview : For short listed candidates

The test was open to all students of all branches

Compensation :

 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.
 

Satyam Computer Services Ltd. will be conducted the biggest placement drive at Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran on 16th of March 2007, involving almost all the Engineering and MCA colleges of Punjab ,Haryana, HP and Chandigarh. A record number of 4271 students from 55 colleges of these states including CCET, Chandigarh, Punjab University, Chandigarh and all Govt. colleges of Punjab  participated in it. As such this drive was the biggest joint placement drive held in the state of Punjab so far. Satyam Computers is a leading global consultancy & IT services company offering a wide array of solutions. Satyam ‘s network spans 55 countries across 6 continents. They possess about 38000 IT professionals in various development centers in India, USA, UK, UAE, Canada, Hungary, Singapore ,Malaysia, China, Japan and Australia. They serve over 541 global companies including 158 Fortune 500 Corporations.
 

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 company is also accredited with:-
a) Quality System ISO 9001:1996
b) Environment Management System ISO 14001:1996
c) Occupational Health and Safety Management System OHSAS 18001:1999
It has been aimed to be among the first Kazakh companies to become a truly international company with dominant positions globally. The first step in this direction was taken with the establishment of our Indian operation Kazstroy Engineering India Pvt. Ltd (KEI).

The package they are offering is 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 is going to conduct 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.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
1. B.Tech- CSE, IT& ECE
2. 65% Throughout i.e. 10th, 12th & till date B.Tech (With good knowledge of C/C++ and or Core Java/J2ME/EJB/JDBC/Struts/Beans/Springs-hibernate framework)
3. Good Problem Solving Skills.
4. Very Strong Programming Skills.
5. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
6. Should be a team person.
SELECTION PROCEDURE:-
1. Pre-Placement Talk 20-30 minutes
2. Basic Problem Solving Test
3. HR Interview
(Shortlisted candidates will be called for Technical Test & Technical Interview at company’s office at Chandigarh.)
SALARY PACKAGE:-
Around Rs. 2.2 Lacs/annum
 

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

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Limited conducted campus interviews at CEC Campus  for B. Tech/MCA students of 2007 Batch. The selection procedure consisted of Written Test, Group Discussion, One to one preliminary interview. The selected students will get compensatioon of Rs. 1.8 lacs  per annum

Sonalika conducted campus interviews at CEC for B.Tech and M.C.A 2007 batch. The compensation paid by company will be Rs. 1.8 lacs. The selection process comprised of Written Test, Group Discussion, One to one preliminary interview. Number of students were selected by the company during campus interview.

Smile Interactive Technologies Group conducted campus interviews on 09-12-2006 (Saturday) at the campus of Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran (Mohali). Drive was open for B.Tech, CSE, IT, MCA & MBA (IT) students who will be passing out in 2007. The selected candidates will be offered the position of a Software Trainee and will bag a package 1.2 to 2.0 lakhs.

Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted fast track selections of engineers from engineering colleges of Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh (UT) at Chandigarh Engineering College Landran (CEC) on 3rd , 4th & 5th of December,2006.With a view to expedite the normal selection process, IAF had identified 13 cities in India where Fast Track Selection (FTS) Centers was made. Chandigarh is one of these centers. Seeing the infrastructure and other facilities available in different engineering colleges in and around Chandigarh including Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, CEC, Landran was selected as the FTS centre for this region .The selection criteria was divided in stages. All the Phase-I qualified candidates will be issued call letters for Phase-II test at Air Force Selection Boards during end of December 06- January 07. The finally selected candidates will be offered handsome pay packages and Unique perks including – Rs. 8000/- per month as stipend during training. On successful completion of training, rank of Flying Officer in the pay scale of 8250-300-10500 per month. Entry level emoluments work out to Rs. 18750/- per month (Approx.). which includes dearness allowance, flying allowance, Kit maintenance allowance. The IAF officers are entitled to Qualification pay/ Grant, Transport Allowance and certain other allowances based on place of posting. Other benefits include Furnished accommodation , Comprehensive cover(including families ) , Leave travel Concession , Leave ( 60 days annual and 20days causal ),supply of entitled Rations, Canteen and officers Mass facilities and many more along with Rs. 20 Lac of insurance cover (on contribution) as applicable to serving officers. Additional cover for Flying Br. Officers is also available .
 

Chandigarh Engineering College bagged overall trophy in Inter College weight lifting Championship. In the Competition the college team bagged first position in Weight Lifting and Power Lifting competition and second position in Best Physique Competition. CEC has got 12 Gold, 6 Silver and 2 Bronze medals. In the championship 35 weight lifters, 45 body builders and 72 power lifters participated.

A large number of students from CEC got appointment letters from I-Flex Solutions with a pay package of Rs.2.22 lakh per annum. the management advised students to work honestly and sincerely so that college's name was kept high. Most of the eligible students of last year have been placed in various MNCs in Idea and Abroad with pay packages of 14 lakh per annum.

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.

KMG Infotech, a US based company has selected Chandigarh Engineering College, for placements of its 2007 batch B.Tech and M.C.A. students. The comapny is offering a pay package of Rs. 1.8 Lakh along with a performance bonus of Rs.30000 per annum which will increase to Rs. 60000 after one year. KMG Infotech is a global software development company which provides IT solutions for companies like Microsoft, Java etc.

A Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, near Mohali, became the region's first professional college to have campus interviews conducted by Punjab Tractors Limited (PTL), one of the leading tractor manufacturers in country. The company will pay a monthly stipend of Rs.15000/- per month to trainees. After successful completion of year long training, the company is expected to pay salary of over Rs. 20000/- per month. The candidates have to undergo an aptitude test, GD, besides a technical and personal interview. The appointment letter would be issued after the final round of interview by Human Resource Department.

CEC is going to tie up with a New Zealand institute Waikato Institute of Technology (WINTECH), Hamilton. Mr. Mark Flowers, Chief Executive Officer of WINTECH visited CEC and CCHMCT to explore tie ups in area of higher studies and placement of students of these colleges in New Zealand. He was accompanied by Mr. Tim Croucher, Senior Academic staff member, Allie Stevens, manager, Student Experience, and Col. K.S. Gujral. He said students after completing their education can go for short term courses in Business, Education and IT. After studying there for one year one can get permission letter for searching jobs for six months.

During the placement year 43 top national & Multinational Companies have provided placements to students of CEC in on campus placements. Students have got an annual package of Rs. 3.15 lakh.

CEC has made remarkable growth in the past years. Starting with the initial intake of only 100 students, the college imparts quality education to 2000 students. It has acquired the distinction of being most preferred college in the region. The most popular news papers namely "Hindustan Times" and "The Tribune" has also covered the article of being CEC as the college of the year