Shri Sakthikailassh Women's College

We Create Responsible Women

(ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified Institution) (Affiliated to Periyar University, Salem)
(Recognized Under Section 2(f) & 12(B) of UGC Act 1956)

Military Road, Ammapet, Salem – 636 003. TamilNadu.
Phone: (0427) 2295666, Mobile : 94427 00203, 98940 34655, 94433 30316

Shri Sakthikailassh Women's College

We Create Responsible Women

(ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified Institution) (Affiliated to Periyar University, Salem)
(Recognized Under Section 2(f) & 12(B) of UGC Act 1956)

Military Road, Ammapet, Salem – 636 003. TamilNadu.
Phone: (0427) 2295666, Mobile : 94427 00203, 98940 34655, 94433 30316

Best Practice

Best Practice 1

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS THROUGH SAKTHI PLACEMENT TRAINING CENTRE AND IIT-B SPOKEN TUTORIAL

Objectives
  • To make realistic employment choices and to identify the goals to achieve.
  • Toexplore their strength and career choices through individual skill assessments.
  • To learn, practice and explore communication skill.
  • To develop and practice self management skills for the work place.
Context

Employability and skills are closely intricated. Employability skills are indispensable in the current era of technological disruption and globalization. It is a transferable skills needed by an individual to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes for career growth. To be successful in the field of emerging technologies, the students need technical & soft skill trainings.It equips them to perform their role best and to gain a competitive edge in job market.

Practice
Internal Training

The placement training department encompasses the activities and programs to improve student’s employability to bridge the knowledge gap that exists between academic disciplines and the demands of the workplace. The time table is framed by allotting separate aptitude, communication period invariably to all the departments. The internal training comprises

  • Aptitude (A)
  • Communication skills (C)
  • Soft skills (S)
  • Technical skills (T)
  • Personality development (P)

The placement trainers train the students with ACSTP skills for 120 hours from first semester onwards.

External Training

The institute has signed MoUs with leading corporates like Infosys, Aspire for her, GTT, KL Infotech etc., to provide expert talk andtechnical workshops to assist the students to get placed in top MNC’s.

An exclusive external training is rendered by

  • Infosys
  • Pygmalion
  • GTT
  • Mahindra Pride
  • Accent
  • Magic Bus
  • JCI

to increase the confidence and boost the morale of the students through required skill trainings.

IIT-B Spoken Tutorials, an open source, e-learning platform is an initiative of MHRD and IIT-Bombay. The students with a desire for learning can learn various free and open source software all by oneself. SSWC is the Nodal centre for IIT–B in Salem region and attained 8th Position in All India Level. Around 35 courses are offered to the students related to their curriculum. This helps the students to be master on various technical skills andprogramming languages that bridge the gap of their technical knowledge to meet the corporate needs.

The institute is a member of ICT Academy of India, Tamilnadu. It providestrainings in soft skills for IT and ITES sectors, Youth talketc.,

Evidence of Success
  • The skill training has built the confidence and it improves the technical knowledge, competency, competitive spirit and career skills of the students.
  • The Success recordshows that 5673 students were placed with 10581offers in last 5 years.
  • 28601 students have registered and received 30435 IIT–B certificates for both odd and even semester in last five years.
Problems encountered
  • Less awareness about the importance of soft skill among students.
  • Recruiting trainers and preparing materials was a challenging task.
  • Eliminating their fear of communication skills while facing interviews.
Resources required
  • To impart quality training more trainers are to be recruited to match the students trainer ratio.

Best Practice 2

SAKTHI "THE POWER OF TRANSFORMATION"

Objectives
  • To make pollution free earth.
  • To plant more number of trees to protect our environment.
  • To promote women’s participation in environmental issue.
  • To imbibe humanity by contributingto the needy people of the society.
  • To make and strengthen harmonious social relations.
Context

Keeping in mind the responsibility of every individual to save and protect our environment, the college motivates the students to realize that “Protecting the earth starts with you”. Sakthi “The Power of Transformation” is an initiative taken by college to focus mainly on two significant factors

  • Environmental Consciousness
  • Service to Society

Maintenance and restoration of natural ecosystem is essential to sustain community wellbeing, economic prosperity and efficiency. Social responsibility brings people together and promotes respect for others.

Practice

The institution imbibes the environmental consciousness and social responsibility among the students through on campus and beyond campus initiatives.

Environmental Consciousness
  • The students at the first day of their college life were asked to plant saplings in campus.
  • To promote healthy atmosphere, a clean and green environment is maintained in the campus to preserve the earth’s natural resources.
  • Restriction to automobiles inside the campus to make pollution free environment and insisting students to use bicycles.
  • Adhering to the Government New Year resolution in the year 2019, the college bans plastic in the campus and organize awareness rally on “Say No to Plastic”.
  • Through our initiative Sakthi "The Power of Transformation” sapling plantation, seed ball thrown in the nearby hills are initiated by the students to keep our environment clean and green.
  • Awareness program like Save Soil, No Plastic etc., are organized on World Environmental Day.
Service to Society

To prove our tagline “We Create Responsible Women for family and society”, our students are motivated to act as a socially responsible citizen.
Siruthuli club (contributing a small drop, is a students movement, sponsoring Rs.5 per student everymonth) extends its helping hand to the needy people by supplying groceries and every year Rs. 1 Lakh is sponsored to orphanages and old age home at Crescendo (Annual Day), Founder’s Day etc., Rs. 50 lakhs was contributed by siruthuli club to Kerala relief fund. A fund of Rs. 50,000 is received under UBA scheme and 5 villages have been adopted to do service for the community regularly by

  • Conducting literacy campaign
  • Groceries to old age home
  • Cleaning temples etc.,

Community college was established in 2014 by offering 5 courses to train economically weaker women aged 18-40 years as small scale entrepreneur to improve their socio economic status.

Evidence of Success
  • Appreciation letter from Kerala Chief Minister
  • Guinness World Record on Global Hand Wash Day
  • Certificate of appreciation from Thathanoor, Thailanoor Union Panchayat Leader.
  • Certificate of appreciation for Siruthuli from Prabanja Amaidhi Sevaashramam, Nesakarangal, Amala Anbukarangal, Salem.
Problems encountered
  • Ignorance of the old age people is a barrier to us while conducting literacy campaign.
Resources required
  • Expecting more NGO’s to extend their support to us to work for the noble cause.