PLACEMENT CELL ACTIVITIES FOR

THE YEAR 2014-15

Placement Cell Members :

1.Mrs. Varsha M. Bapat ( Chairperson)
2. Mr.Satish Ambike ( Member)
3. Mr.Avinash Kharat ( Member)
4. Mr.Sandeep Sanap ( Member)
5. Mrs.Gauri Kopardekar ( Member)
6. Mrs.Ashwini Satbhai ( Member)

Objectives of Placement Cell

 To place the students at their areas of interest in organizations/institutes.

 To guide the students for the development of soft skills.

 To develop a bridge between college and industries.

 To increase awareness amongst current students about placement

opportunities in industries and various skill-sets required.

 To determine opportunities for Arts and Commerce UG students in Service

and Banking Industries.

Placement Mechanism

College has Placement cell for UG and PG students. Variety of activities are
arranged under the placement cell like Conducting aptitude tests, seminars, Group
discussions, guest lecturers by Industrial experts and Soft Skill workshop.

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 The placement committee takes efforts to call the companies for campus placement.
A communication is through HR Group by telephonic contact, mail or visit to
company. The student database is forwarded to the Industry or company as per their
requirement. Some of them provide Industrial training and campus recruitment. As
per their policy they short list the student. After finalization of date and time, the
Company conducts campus drive in the college premises or they call the students
at their premises. Those students who are through the aptitude test they are
qualified for next round like technical and HR interview. Once a student is placed in
one company then he/ she is not allowed for the other companies drive.

Activities Conducted During This Academic Year :

In this academic year many placement related activities were conducted in the
college to make student realize the need for the industry and the skillset they need
to have in order to be employable. More focus and active effort was given to B.A
and B.Com students who are mostly required in Banking and Service Industry. It is
observed that most of the students in these courses lack in Communication and
Presentation skills. Due to this fact they are low in confidence and are unfit to get a
job. There was a need to make them aware about the opportunities in specific
sectors.

[ I ] This academic year one major activity was the event “Industry Connect 2014 ” .

INDUSTRY CONNECT 2014

11th and 12th September 2014

Report of Industry –Academia Meet “Industry Connect 2014”
Held during September 11 & 12, 2014 at Modern College, Ganeshkhind

Placement Committee of Modern College Ganeshkhind organized a two day Industry-Academia

Meet. This kind of industry academia interaction was organized for the first time by the college
for the third year students from across the streams viz. Arts, Commerce, Life Sciences and
Computer Science. Also it was an exposure for the second year students who participated in the
event as volunteers. With technology driven entrepreneurship coming up in the country in a big

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way, the academia is bound to have to a closer interaction with industry. So ,We the members of
Placement cell of our college organized an Industry-Academia Meet “Industry-Connect” on 11 th
and 12th September 2014 in our college

Objective of the Industry Academic Meet

The basic idea behind organizing such an interaction was to make the students conversant with
the industrial world and to make them ready for the industry environment. Students need to know
the skillset required to be fit in the Industry and they should know the ethics in the Industry.
The Event Industry-Connect 2014 began with Inaugural Function. Dr.Gauri Kopardekar,
Member of Placement Cell, introduced the Chief Guest of the event, Padmashree Mrs. Lila
Poonawala.

Inaugural Session

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Padmashree Mrs. Lila Poonawalla, Founder Trustee of Lila Poonawalla Foundation was
the Chief Guest of the Inaugural function. She being the first female mechanical engineering
student and also the first woman CEO in India’s business history, was the most
apt resource person for the event. She stated that making student employable is the
need of the hour and congratulated the college for its initiative in this
regard. She stated that the academics alone is not enough but the real key to
enter the industry is ‘Self confidence’. She urged the students for improving their
communication skills especially oral and written communication in English as it is the global
language of business and industry. She suggested that the college should conduct a mandatory
Spoken English course of 60-70 hours for the graduating students. She stated that the students
should acquire other soft skills to be more employable. As the industry asks for initiative, the
students need to be proactive and ready to learn, she observed. She urged that the students should
not shy away from getting new responsibilities. She urged that the students should put their heart
and soul in the work and should make every bit of their work enjoyable.
Mrs. Poonawall suggested that the college authorities can approach the industry for their support
in developing the laboratories through Corporate Social Responsibility. She appealed that more
and more girls are entering almost all the fields of business and as they would be employed
more, the boys need to be geared up for this enhanced competition.
Mrs. Poonawalla shared her own life experiences and her own struggle in the industry in the
informal interaction with the students.
Dr. Sanjay Kharat, Principal of the College congratulated the Placement Committee for such
initiative. He introduced different activities conducted by the college and also recent
achievements of the college. He presented various strengths of our college in the areas such as
research and interdisciplinary activities. He put forward different projects and college initiatives
taken up for student progression.
Mrs. Varsha Bapat, Co-ordinator, Placement Committee explained the objective behind
organizing such an event and presented an outline of the two day programme. Gauri Kopardekar,
Member, Placement Committee introduced the Chief Guest. Progressive Education Society
Office Bearers Prof. Suresh Todkar, Joint Secretary ,Progressive Education Society , Prof.
Prakash Dikshit , Visitor, Modern College, Ganeshkhind were also present for the session.

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Sochin, a student from SY BSc, Micro Biology was the compere of the event while Sharvari
Sarawate, a student from SYBSc, Micro Biology Department proposed a Vote of Thanks.

Day 1 : Sessions for Students from Commerce & Arts Faculties

Dr. Girish Kulkarni, President of GVK Asia conducted an interactive session on

different career opportunities available in Event Management field. He advised the
students to establish their own brand, be conscious about their own strengths and think clearly
about their likes, dislikes and strengths and be participative. He stressed the role of English
communication in present era. Also students should be aware of what the industry expects. He
explained different aspects of event management by giving day-to-day examples. He emphasized
the need for being away from all the intoxicating things and bad habits.

Vaibhav Nagarkar of Inspirationindia, Pune apprised the participants about career options
available in international trade. Looking at the international scenario, the
employment opportunities are reducing, so he advised the students to opt
for self employment options in international trade.

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He explained the scope for earning foreign exchange through export and import activities. He
informed about acquiring proper knowledge required for international trade, how to seek market
information and an important role of a consultant, tax structure, agencies that help in conducting
international trade. He stated that the students should be ready to learn new skills, experiment
and should have persistence for pursuing any activity. He advised the participants to learn a
foreign language that would give them an added qualification and edge over other competitors.

Kanchan Kulkarni, Regional Head , ICICI Bank delivered a lecture on career options
available in Banking sector. He gave information about how student can
enter into the Banking field after their Graduation.

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He also explained about various exams students need to crack in order enter into Banking career.
He informed that students from any discipline can enter into Banking field. He informed about
different work levels and scopes within a bank. He also stated the function of each level. He
informed the students about the working of Bank , transactions in the bank, how the funds are
managed etc to the students. He suggested the students to get prepared for the Banking field and
accept this as a career ahead.

Day 2 : 12th September 2014

Sessions for students from Computer Science Stream

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Session 1 : “Communication Skill Development”by Ms. Rashmi Singh and Mr.Suchhait
Waikar along with Mr. Amol Raskar from HR Outsourcing, Asha Consultancy Services
Ms.Rashmi Singh briefed about the importance of communication skill required in Industries.
She explained how students can improve their communication skill with simple exercises. She
told the students that they should listen to English conversations and try to practice it in the class.

Mr.Suchhait Waikar conveyed different methodologies student can implement in order to be

presentable. He explained the importance of English communication in Global scenario. He
stressed on interview skills and group discussions. Mr.Amol Raskar briefed about the HR values
in the Industry.

Session 2 : “ How to survive in IT industry” by Mrs. Chitra Duvedi

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Chitra Duvedi, Promoter and CEO of Enhance and Excel, Pune delivered a lecture on ‘How to
survive in IT Industry’. She suggested that the students should focus more on how to
enter the IT world first. As the IT industry is into providing solutions to problems of
the customer, the students should have proper knowledge about their basic
concepts, should be quick in giving response, should have good communication skills as they
need to ask right questions to the customers. She urged that the students need to develop a habit
of thinking. Efficiency, hard work, flexibility are the qualities needed to survive in the IT
industry, she observed. She appealed the students to invest their energies in their career with a
sincere attitude.
Session 3 : “How to be fit in Industry: Industry Ethics” by P.V.Bhagwat, Training
and Recruitment from Saj Test Plant.

Mr P.V.Bhagwat, who has about 39 years of experience in the Industry was the
speaker of this session. He introduced the students to the Industrial environment. He informed
the students about the change in the technology and its effect on the day today working in the
Industry. He suggested many ways which the students should prepare themselves in order to
keep themselves fit. Briefly he explained about maintaining stamina , importance of good
health , industry ethics , stress relieving techniques etc.

Session 4 : “ Current Trends in IT industry”

Mrs. Harshada Deshmukh, Manager Synechron was the Resource speaker for this session. She
has more than 10 years of experience in this field. She informed the student about the need of IT
professionals in the industry. She guided the student about how they can cope up with the
industrial environment in IT field. She also explained the current trends in IT Industry and asked
the students to learn the necessary software techniques properly so that they can cope up the
requirements in the Industry. She informed about many sites for getting information about new
techniques. She suggested students to keep themselves updated with the current trends and be
ready for the hard work.

Sessions for Students of Life Sciences

Lecture 1 : “Goal Setting in Life and Journey as an Entrepreneur”

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 Dr. Satilal Patil from Green vision life sciences pvt ltd

It was a very helpful lecture about setting goals in life and working towards the commitment
done. He discussed the various types of goals, not leaving out any priorities of our lives- goals
concerning money, work/job, family and last but not the least personal goals.

Being an entrepreneur, putting himself as an example he demonstrated how goal setting and its
completion can be achieved if followed sincerely and with determination.

Having perseverance, being humble yet competitive and maintaining leadership qualities were
the highlights of his talk.

Lecture 2 : “ How to be more Employable”

Mrs.Shubhada Shintre

Her lecture on how to be more employable gave the students , an answer to all their
questions, right from how to apply for jobs and working towards betterment of themselves to
achieve the same.

She discussed the difference between being unemployed and unemployable. With the help of
newspaper cut- outs, she demonstrated to us the common mistakes we make and gave
suggestions to improve on the same.

Lecture 3 : “ Scenario of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry.”

Mr.S.M.Dharmadhikari from D.P. Associates ,Pune

The lecture on the current scenario of pharmaceutical industries was an eye opener. He made us
aware of numerous job opportunities in the field of pharmaceuticals. He also informed the
students to take efforts to learn new things and implement the knowledge which they receive in
their academics.

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He inculcated the values of being honest, down-to-earth and remaining focused for being a
successful professional. He suggested students to work more on communication and maintain
ethical values wherever they go.

Valedictory Session
Mr. Amol Shinde, Asstt. Registrar of Companies, Pune was the Chief Guest for the Valedictory
function. He advised the students to opt for entrepreneurship instead of searching for a job. He
stated it is more important to provide work to other than being an employee yourself. He also
stressed the importance of competitive examinations as an additional future career option for the
students.

Outcome of the Industry-Academic Meet : following suggestions have evolved during the
discussions which would be taken forward so as to get some concrete results of such industry
academia interaction :
 Continuity to such efforts by involving the same experts was discussed. These expert
resource persons are ready to contribute towards grooming of the students. They would
revisit the college on different occasions and can guide the students in future. But the
initiative needs to be taken by the student and the demand for such interaction, guidance,
mentoring, grooming should be driven by the students.
 Database of students : database of students need to be made so that whenever the
companies approach, the same can be shared. This database should also include the
preferences of the students and their skillset. This would facilitate the placing companies.
 Self Help Groups of Students for improving communication : as improving oral and
written communication needs to be improved, this can be done by the students
themselves by forming their self help groups. They can conduct some reading, writing
workshops so as to improve their vocabulary and confidence of communicating in
English. A student facilitator or a teacher could rectify their common mistakes and induce
them for practicing communication in English.
Response by the Students

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Industry Connect 2014 received an overwhelming response from the students across the streams.
A total of 324 from Arts , Science and Commerce students participated by registering for the
event.
Organised by the Placement Committee :
Co-ordinator : Varsha Bapat, Department of Electronics
Members : Ashwini Satbhai, Department of Micro Biology, Satish Ambike, Department of
Computer Science, Avinash Kharat, Department of BCA and Gauri Kopardekar, Department
of Political Science
Event Management Team : The college Campus Event Management team consisting of Mayur
Narkhede ( T.Y.B.Com) ,Sanyog Choudhari, Gauri Rengade and Vaibhav Bhasme had taken
tremendous efforts to manage this event o Industry Connect 2014.
Volunteers : There were 40 Volunteers working for this event for almost 15 days. They all had a
dress code and had taken a priceless efforts for the success of this event.
[ II ] A placement drive was conducted by Tata AIG Ltd at the college end. Three
students from B.Com stream were selected during the drive. They will receive the offer
letters soon.
[ III ] Tata Consultancy Services Ltd conducted a placement drive in the college on
11th February 2015 for B.A. and B.Com students. There were total of 102 students for
the drive. The placement drive started with a Group discussion session followed by an
aptitude test and the HR , personal Interviews. 22 students were shortlisted for the final
round and 10 students ( 9 from B.Com and 1 from B.A.) both the streams were selected
and got the training program letters.

[ IV] Placement Workshop for Microbiology Students

A workshop – ‘Right groundwork for right industry’ was organized on 23rd and 24 th
February 2015 by Placement Cell, Department of Microbiology, Modern College of Arts,
Science & Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Pune in collaboration with Board of Student
Welfare, University of Pune, Pune.

The workshop was sanctioned by Board of Student Welfare, University of Pune, Pune,
under ‘Placement Guidance Scheme’.

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Final year post graduate students (Microbiology and Biotechnology) from different
colleges participated in the two day workshop.

Professionals from Pharmaceutical and Biotech industries were invited as resource

persons for this workshop.

Mr. Prashant Garud is working in Oncology section of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Pune

as Q.C. Officer in Microbiology section. He has also handled responsible position at a
reputed pharmaceutical industry, Arco Stride Labs, Banglore in Q.A. Department.

Mr. Aunshak Potdar is handling the responsible position of Research Technologist in

Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Pune. He has worked as a Quality Control Officer in Onco
Therapies Ltd. Banglore and also as a Trainee Production Officer in Lupin
Pharmaceuticals, Tarapur; Mumbai.

In first few sessions a complete overview of the structure and operations of various
industries was given. Students realized the scope of microbiology and biotechnology in
pharmaceutical, food and dairy, biofertilizers and chemical industries. The roles and
responsibilities of the employees in various departments of industries were explained in
detail so as to understand the skill sets required. As well as significance of
documentation as per the guidelines given by different regulatory authorities was
explained. Students were given guidance on preparing outstanding and tailor-made
resume according to the job profile.

In next day session, Mock interviews on technical skills were conducted to boost their
confidence.

The entire workshop was of immense help for the students. With this groundwork, they
would be confident in taking a challenging career in various industries.

Student participants gave a positive feedback of the workshop.

Placement status: Computer Science Department

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 Total No.
Sr.NO Date Company Name
Students
No. of Rounds
Selected Students

1 7-Mar-14 Fin Techno Bridge 14 2 2 Piyush Annadate(MCA),Zahid Kukaswadi (MCA)

2 16-Jun-14 Arxxus 54 3 - -

3 21-Jun-14 Harbinjer 30 3 - -
4 24-Jun-14 Persistent 31 2 0 -
5 1-Jul-14 Amiworks All 4 - -
6 18-Jul-14 Max PC Secure 10 3 1 Abhijit vishwanath (MCS)
7 25-Jul-14 Zcon 9 3 0
8 31-Jul-14 SPYTECH All 2 2 Piyush Annadate (MCA)/ Pooja Shevale(MCS)

9 11-Aug-14 Fin Techno Bridge 6 2 0 -

10 20-Aug-14 GSLab 29 2 0 -
11 21-Aug-14 VSH Solutions All 3 1 Amit Heda (MCA)
Pooja Agarwal (MCS),Pakaj Pagare (MCS),Abhijit Sapkal
(MCS)
Rahul Chavan (MCS),Dhanashree Chavan (MCS),Ajinkya
Kale (MCS)
Kabbinad Rudresh (MCS),Archana Raundale
(MCS),Monica Pawar (MCA)
12 5-Sep-14 FutureDreamz 29 1 18
Archana Gandhi (MCA),Mamta Patil (MCA),Chaitali
Mule (MCA)
Revatee Gurav (MCA),Minal Chaudhari (MCA),Yogita
Nehete (MCA)
Pallavi Kulkarni (MCA),Tanuja Dhande (MCA),Pranoti
Mahamuni (MCA)
13 26-Sep-14 WebTech All 3 0 -

14 30-Sep-14 Max PC Secure 5 3 0 -

Vijay Chaturbhuj (MCS),Shraddha Shinde (MCA),Abhijit

15 11-Oct-14 Fin Techno Bridge 6 2 3
Sapkal (MCS)

16 15-Dec-14 Optra Technologies All 3 Sumant Upasani (MCA)

Sayali Bhimarao Shivale (MCS),Vedashree C. Jagtap

17 30-Dec-14 Unidos System 35 3 3
(MCS),Renuka Shikarkhane (MCS)

18 5-Jan-15 Nuevas 40 2 0 -
19 7-Jan-15 Symantec 16 4 2 Piyush Annadate (MCA),Shradha Shinde (MCA)
20 9-Jan-15 Tekdi Technologies 38 4 1 Renuka Shikarkhane (MCS)

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 DETAILS OF ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN THE YEAR 2013-14

PLACEMENT CELL

Date : 5th Mar. 2015

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 Placement Cell Coordinators:
Mrs Ashwini Satbhai

Mrs Vaidehi Dande

 Campus interview conducted by Evolvus Pune.

31 students appeared for the interview.

Students selected:

Kulkarni Apurva Mahesh

Banale Rituja Arvind

Raheja Sheetal Bharat

Jog Ashiwini Arun

Kulkarni Rasika

Gaikwad Saurabh Lahu

 Candidates Sent For Selection At Various Industries/ Institutes and Students Selected:

1. Golvilkar Metropolis Laboratories

Sandhya Suryavanshi

Tejashree Godambe

2. Pathology Lab Swargate, Pune

Vrushali Walgude

3. CeLT Technologies
Neelam Kaushik

Manasi Yadav

Jayashree Khadilkar

4. Muktangan Exploratory Centre

Jayashree Khadilkar

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5. Agharkar Research Institute
Joshi Akshay Jaiprakash

6. NiLa Polycast, Pune

Tufel Attar

Atul Raikar

7. Emcure Pharma, Pune

Hivarkar Sai Suresh

8. TATA Chemicals, Pune

Nevkar Harshawardhan Sham

 Developmental Activities Conducted

Interactive series for the graduate and postgraduate students with experienced
professionals / research personnels (who are also our past students)

Date Speaker Topic Class

23/12/14 NIST Inst. Pvt. Ltd. Opportunities in Food M.Sc. I

Industry & II

24/12/14 Mr. Nitin Gaikawad Mktg. Career in Pharma Industry M.Sc. I

Manager, Biocon Banglore & II

6/1/15 Mr. Nikhil Ganorkar Opportunities in Waste M.Sc. I

Management & & II
Mr. Pratik Katekar
Entrepreneurship
Nila Polybact Pvt. Ltd.

 Workshop Conducted

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 In collaboration with the Board of Student Welfare, University of Pune,

two day workshop “Right Groundwork For Right Industry” was organized

for postgraduate students.

The experts from pharmaceutical industries and Biotechnology industries were invited as
resource persons.

Department of Microbiology Placement status 14-15

Sr.No
. Student's Name Name of the industry/ institute
1 GODAMBE TEJASHREE DINESH Lab assistant Golvilkar Metropolis Laboratories
2 KULKARNI APURVA MAHESH Evolvus Ltd.
3 PADHAR NIVEDITA PANDURANG Q. C. Microbiologist at Pharma Company, Mumbai
4 KAUSHIK NEELAM SHYAMSUNDAR Online Tutor CeLT Technologies
5 CHERUVATHUR JENNIFER RAPHEL Project Assistant at NCL Laboratory
7 MANDAVKAR SONAL GANPAT In vitro fertilization ( IVF Clinic), Pune
8 WALGUDE VRUSHALI Microbiologist at Pathology Lab Swargate, Pune
9 BANALE RITUJA ARVIND Evolvus Ltd.
10 SURYAVANSHI SANDHYA LAXMAN Trainee at Clinical Research Centre Jahangir Hospital
Clinical Data Analyst, Clinical Research Centre Jahangir
11 PHUGARE SHWETA SURESH Hospital
12 GAIKWAD SAURABH LAHU Research assistant at Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune
13 RAHEJA SHEETAL BHARAT Evolvus Ltd.
14 PANDE PRANAV MUKUND Research assistant at NCCS Pune
15 JOG ASHIWINI ARUN Evolvus Ltd.
16 YADAV MANASI BHASKAR Online Tutor CeLT Technologies
Online Tutor CeLT Technologies, Trainer at Muktangan
17 KHADILKAR JAYASHREE Exploratory Centre
18 NEWALE KALYANI Tutor at private Coaching class, Pimpari
19 SHIRKE BHAGAYASHREE RAJARAM Technician at Pathology Laboratory, Pimpari
20 HIVARKAR SAI SURESH Q. C. Microbiologist at Emcure Pharma, Pune
21 RAO HEMALATHA SUNDER Assistant Professor at D. Y. Patil College, Pimpari
22 JOSHI AKSHAY JAIPRAKASH Research assistant at Agharkar Research Institute
23 KULKARNI RASIKA Evolvus Ltd.
24 RAIKAR ATUL Marketing Representative at NiLa Polycast, Pune.
25 NEVKAR HARSHAWARDHAN SHAM TATA Chemicals, Pune
26 PANKAJDEEP GATHANIYA Microbiologist in Food Industry, Pune

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 Summary
Total no. of students placed - 26
No. of students placed through Placement Cell - 17
The sessions included the details of industrial structure and operations, the role and
responsibilities of employees in various departments of different industries and also the
personal technical interviews. Total 28 students participated in the workshop.

The feedback was provided to each student to improve their resume writing and
interview skills.

 Outcome of the placement activities:

Total No. of students placed - 26

No. of Students placed by placement cell- 17

Following are some of the activities which were open to all the students.

Sr. Event Guest/ Organization Date

No.
1. Opportunities in Banking services Mr.Kanchan Kulkarni 23/12/2014
and related training programme (ICICI Bank,Pune)
Mr.Apte ( MIT)

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