Chennai, on the Bay of Bengal in eastern India, is the capital of the Tamil Nadu state. It’s home to Fort St. George, built in 1644 and now a museum showcasing the city’s roots as a British military garrison and East India Company trading outpost. Religious sites include Kapaleeshwarar Temple, adorned with carved and painted gods, and St. Mary’s, a 17th-century Anglican church.
Area: 426 km²
Population: 8.34 million (2015)
Chennai is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is the biggest cultural, economic and educational centre in South India. Chennai is known as the “Detroit of South Asia” for its automobile industry. It is the fourth-largest city and fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the country and 36th-largest urban area in the world. Chennai is the most visited city in India by foreign tourists, and 38th most visited city in the world. “The quality of living survey” rated Chennai as the safest city in India.
Chennai University
Chennai University is the mother of almost all the old Universities of southern India. The University area of jurisdiction has been confined to, however, 3 districts of Tamil Nadu in recent years. This is consequent to establishment of various universities in the State and demarcation of the University territories.
The Public Petition dated 11-11-1839 initiated the establishment of Madras University. It was in January 1840 with Mr.George Norton as its President, that the University Board was constituted. In 1854 after a lapse of 14 years, the Government of India formulated a systematic educational policy for India and as a sequel to this on 5th September 1857 by an Act of Legislative Council of India, the University was established. Chennai University was organised in the model of London University.
Chennai University is the mother of almost all the old Universities of south India. The University area of jurisdiction has been confined to three districts of Tamil Nadu in recent years. This is consequent to establishment of various universities in the State and demarcation of the University territories. Chennai University has been growing from strength to strength while widening its teaching and research activities.
The Career Guidance and Placement Cell in Chennai of the College is dynamic body functioning to provide whole some development to the students. The cell works under the guidance of placement officers who are supported by student placement secretary and representatives.
The Principal and all faculty members extend their whole hearted support to the functioning of the unit. The Placement cell operates year around to facilitate contacts between the companies and the students. Students are adequately trained in preparing resumes, handling group discussions and attending personal interviews.
This facilitates in choosing out a right career path and equipping them for an effective job search. The College has State-of-the-art facilities for conducting seminars and workshops. Campus interview are conducted in the College ensuring job opportunities for the students.
Soft skill training programs in Chennai
Two days training programme on soft skills is regularly conducted for the final year students.
Soft Skill trainer from C2C Chennai, offers intensive training for fifteen hours which have respective sessions on different modules such as Personality development, Communicative skills, driving out topophobia, Resume building, Group Discussion, Mock Personal Interviews, Mind Mapping techniques etc.
The experienced Recruitment/Placements team offers Manpower consultancy to the Candidates of Chennai city and all over the country and 2 overseas countries. The consultancy activities, particularly outside the University, have strengthened the desire to apply recent methods amongst potential users in HR industry, medicine and other fields. HR departments and research institutes approach the Recruitment/Placements/HR team for help to fulfil the Manpower requirement.
Many engineering firms around Chennai are aware of the Manpower consultancy services available in the Recruitment/Placements firm and approach it for help on their own. In the last 21 years, the Consultancy agency has helped a number of industrial units in connection with their Recruitment/Placements, Manpower and HR products. There is a lot of Consultancy demand in the overseas as well.
The role of the Career Counselling and Placements Cell is to counsel the candidates, target the requirement and provide them the Recruitment/Placements, Manpower and HR products. We also impart training on soft skill.
Many times, a complexity in such a Manpower consultancy reaches the scale of a research work. The industrial units are now aware of how much they can save or can earn more by approaching the Recruitment/HR firm. Sometimes, a consultancy activity results in fulfilling the recruitment/Placements and Manpower of the HR department.