Industry-Academia Interface — Helping students grow!
Industry interface is a prerequisite for educational institutes across. We at CGC, Landran strongly believe in building a firm foundation for corporate interface through intense industry connects and practices. Our students are highly encouraged to undertake industry projects, presentations, case studies, research work and working as trainees to gain practical experience in the industrial working environment. Making them ready for a successful professional career we undertake special initiatives such as Pre-placement Training, Industry-Institute Interface, Conferences and Seminars.
We have a significant number of international associations with renowned international universities for internship and training giving our students the much required global exposure. Besides that, we also conduct quite a few student exchange programs giving an added advantage to our students. We have endorsements and accreditation’s from companies like TCS, Wipro Technologies Ltd, L&T Infotech Ltd, Oracle, Dell Services, Newgen Software Tech Ltd, Birla Soft Indian Ltd, Verizon Data Services India Ltd, Capgemini India Pvt Ltd, and various others. Our expert team at CGC, Landran is persistently in touch with leading corporate groups and works closely towards analyzing the industry expectations and standards. Industry stalwarts are invited to hold special talks and discussions at CGC, Landran apprising the students on prevailing industry expectations preparing them in accordance. CGC, the best college in Punjab has the perseverance to get the foremost companies associated with recruitment’s which undoubtedly reflects in our continuously soaring placement figures consistently for 18 years.
CCH x Starbucks Collaboration
Starbucks is a globally recognized coffeehouse chain known for its premium-quality coffee, innovative beverages, and warm, inviting spaces. Founded in 1971, it has grown into one of the most beloved brands, serving millions of customers worldwide. Starbucks has officially partnered with CCH to enhance student experiences both on and off campus. This collaboration aims to provide students with exclusive benefits such as expert led workshops, guest lectures and hands on training sessions, fostering a productive and enjoyable learning environment.
As part of this partnership, CCH students will enjoy:
CCH Collaborates with Taj Hotels
Taj Hotels, a part of the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), is one of the most prestigious and iconic luxury hospitality brands in the world. Known for its exceptional service, timeless elegance, and world-class hospitality, Taj Hotels has been setting industry benchmarks for over a century, with properties in prime locations across the globe. CCH has collaborated with Taj Hotels to provide students with unparalleled learning opportunities and real-world industry exposure, enriching their academic and professional journeys.
As part of this collaboration, CCH students will gain access to:
La Pinoz Pizza x CCH Partnership
La Pinoz Pizza is one of India’s fastest-growing pizza chains, known for its delicious, cheesy, and generously topped pizzas. With a focus on high-quality ingredients and a variety of flavors, La Pinoz has become a favorite among pizza lovers, offering everything from classic to gourmet- style pizzas. CCH has tied up with La Pinoz Pizza to enhance student life by providing valuable learning opportunities. This collaboration offers students hands on exposure to the food and hospitality industry and real world business insights.
Through this collaboration, students will enjoy:
ICT Academy
TICT Academy is a Government of India initiative formed in close alliance with the state Governments and Industries. ICT Academy is a non-profit society, a trailblazing venture under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model that attempts to train higher education teachers and students to furnish next-generation teachers and industry-ready students. The establishment of the ICT Academy had a mission of bestowing towns of tier 2 & tier 3 and other rural areas with quintessential industry traits, thereby helping in the generation of more employability. ICT Academy was founded with representations from the State Government of Tamil Nadu, leading companies in the ICT industry and the National Association of Software Services Companies (NASSCOM) in India.
MIn the last decade, ICT Academy kept providing holistic service to every stakeholder of the education ecosystem with a vision of developing a bigger and better talent pool in India. And it aims at helping these talented people become industry-ready employees, innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders.
ICT Academy has been recently endorsed and recommended by NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India Aayog), the National Planning body of Government of India, as one of the unique organizations for dissemination and replication, which is aligned to the Skill India Vision of the Government of India. Through its various initiatives, ICT Academy has been part of strengthening India’s four important visions on Skill India, Digital India, Startup India and Make in India.
ICT Academy focuses and contributes its services, on the following Seven Areas:
CISCO NETWORKING Academy
Chandigarh Engineering College Landran has been an academic partner of Cisco Systems, USA, since 2014. The primary aim of this partnership is to add more to the teaching-training module offered to the students on strategic technologies.
MOU between CEC and CISCO was signed to give students an environment to understand and get expertise in seemingly incomprehensible technologies of today’s world and also assist them in cyber entrepreneurship to turn their ideas into reality. It will approach industry aggressively and in a more organized way for placement opportunities providing skilled students who are industry-ready.
There have been six courses executed by CEC Academy and the details of these courses are as follows:
Over the past five years, these courses have been successfully run by Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran and so, the institute recently received the Five-year Academy Service Award.
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks in a Cybersecurity company that ensures the safe running of businesses around the world. Chandigarh Group of Colleges Landran has clinched a deal with the company, by which the students and the faculty will get trained.
Centre of Excellence
DELL EMC
The department of CSE-COE has formed an Academic Alliance with EMC2 whose primary mandate is to provide training on topics such as Data Protection and Management, Information Storage Management, Cloud Infrastructure, and Services v2, Data Science and Big Data Analytics. Apart from these subjects, this alliance provides the following facilities:
ORACLE ACADEMY
CGC-COE is Oracle Academy Institutional member & Program Partner in providing free online training to the Oracle courses to our students and faculty. All students everywhere need access to good computer science education to become career ready in today’s global economy.
Oracle Academy’s program offers expertly developed learning resources and world-class industry technologies for individual students and educators, and comprehensive computer science academic curriculum and learning resources for four-year colleges and universities.
The provisions under this tie-up are:
UiPath
UiPath is one of the pre-eminent Robotic Process Automation vendors which provides software solutions thereby promoting complete automation of business processes.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is one of the fastest-growing technologies in the IT industry, and UiPath is committed to helping universities/colleges adopt RPA as part of university programs. In this regard, UiPath extends the UiPath Academic Alliance which provides training in the same area.
Under this program, these provisions are laid down:
Makeintern
Established in 2013, the company offers opportunities to students by connecting students with the corporate for internships. Makeintern enables students to gain skills through workshops and e-learning. As Makeintern has formed tie-ups with Chandigarh Business School of Administration, it provides certification on following courses:
Red Hat Academy
Red Hat Academy in Tie-up with CGC, Landran provides a curriculum that involves hands-on experience across the platform, middleware, and cloud technologies built with input from Red Hat development, support, and field consulting teams. Red Hat’s curriculum is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the leading enterprise Linux platform. Rather than learning theoretical skills, students learn practical skills based on use cases from thousands of enterprise implementations.
Features of Red Hat Academy:
NASSCOM – EMPLOYABILITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS
NASSCOM-Employability enhancement program aims at offering special training services to the students so that they can emerge as competent and well-qualified students. This program
IBM
Under the IBM tie-up, the Department of Computer Science Engineering (CSE), CEC, conducted various Faculty development programs (FDPs) on different IBM tools for the faculty members in the session 2017-18.
IBM has given access to its tools including IBM Infosphere Big insights tool for Big Data, IBM Cognos tool for Descriptive Analytics, and IBM Watson tool for Cognitive Analytics.
In the future, the Department of Computer Science Engineering aims at imparting knowledge about the Artificial Intelligence Analyst and Blockchain Developer courses.
Infosys Campus Connect
Infosys Campus Connect is an industry-academia collaboration program focusing on aligning engineering student competencies with industry needs. Campus Connect aims at evolving a model through which Infosys and engineering institutions can partner for competitiveness, enhancing the pool of highly capable talent for growth requirements in the IT space. Chandigarh Engineering College Landran has been recognized as an Advanced Partner Institute in Infosys Campus Connect Program. Infosys had renewed its MoU with Chandigarh Engineering College in April 2019 for two years.
Under this tie-up, the following services are offered:
VMware
VMware is the industry-leading virtualization software company. VMware technologies simplify IT complexity and streamline operations, helping businesses become more agile, efficient, and profitable.
VMware IT Academy Programs
VMware designed the IT Academy Program to introduce students to VMware technologies and equip them with VMware technical skills. VMware provides selected academic institutions through the Regional IT Academy with courses and programs developed by VMware. By instituting this program, VMware seeks to create a collaborative relationship with Academic institutions in India and training them in the areas of virtualization and cloud computing.
Under this tie-up, the following services are offered:
Benefits of being VMware IT academy:
Amazon Web Service Educate
On-line training program from Amazon Web Services (AWS-Educate), gives students and educators access to learning resources.
The benefits of this include:
EC-Council
The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is a member-based organization that certifies individuals in various e-business and information security skills. It is the owner and creator of the world-famous certifications including
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)/License Penetration Tester (LPT)
Advantages of Academic membership with EC-Council:
Cheema Boilers Limited (CBL)
Cheema Boilers Limited is an ISO 9001: 2000 firm, established in the year 1999, engaged in manufacturing and exporting of process steam and power generation equipment for various industrial applications.
Scope of Interactions
Both CEC and CBL encourage interactions between the Engineers, Research fellows, faculty members and students of both the organizations through the following arrangements:
Texas Instruments & Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran
The department of ECE got a certificate for Centre of Excellence from Texas Instruments (TI) & its Indian partner Starcom Information Technology Limited. The department maintains a professional relationship with the Starcom Information Technology Limited & TI India University Program and organizes the workshop conducted under the TI University program. We have established an industry-supported laboratory which helps in skill enhancement of the students.