St. Mira's College For Girls, Pune

Webinar on Post COVID Job Scenario and Interview Skills

On 26th June 2020, students of St. Mira’s college were offered an opportunity to address one of the major roadblocks that they were facing in their career due to COVID-19, through a webinar on “Post COVID Job Scenario and Interview Skills”

The webinar was conducted in collaboration with PIBM (Pune Institute of Business Management), by Mr. Parijat Pushp, Talent acquisition head - Mahindra insurance Brokers limited), and Mr. Ramanpreet (Chairman –PIBM) The aim of the webinar was equipping students with modern ways of presenting themselves and their resume for interviews. Mr. Pushp and Mr. Ramanpreet gave several insights on changing requirements in today’s scenario. The students were guided on the pathways to achieve the right kind of value addition to their profile.

They also highlighted the need of being aware of current affairs, knowing the game changers and encouraged the students to enhance their knowledge through reading. They emphasized the importance of JD in an interview process and knowledge of company details.

This informative session imparted wisdom which enabled the students to evaluate their understanding of interview skills and improving their strategy for job interviews. The webinar was successful in educating the students on the formation of a strong base in the career of their choice. More than 250 students of all streams of TY and PG courses attended the session through the Zoom platform for two hours. This interactive session was helpful to students to chart their career path, not only in ways to move forward with a strong focus on their career but also gave them the motivation to look at challenging times like these with positivity.

Placement Cell Hierarchy

Objectives

• To place the students in their areas of interest in organizations/institutes.
• To develop a bridge between the College and Industry.
• To guide the students in development of soft skills.
• To increase awareness amongst students about placements.
• To create more opportunities and skill sets with the help of credit courses.

The Placement Cell of St. Mira’s College has been actively involved in bringing about a match between the requirements of various companies and the students’ interests, their abilities and potentials.

The success of the Placement Cell lies in placing the right candidates, in the right jobs, at the right time.

The first half of the academic year had many orientations, on-campus and off-campus placement drives.

Guest Lectures and Orientations

• The Teach for India Fellowship Program is an opportunity for the youth to serve as full-time teachers to children from low-income communities in some of the nation’s most under-resourced schools. The placement cell in collaboration with the Department of English had organized an orientation on 7th August 2017for the students across all streams.
• Edwise Overseas Education Consultants providessolutions for all international study needs. An orientation was organized on 12th September 2017 for the students across all streams where students of BA, BCom and BBA participated. 3 students, 1 from BCom and 2 from BA got an opportunity to participate in the Deakin interactive week to acquirea full scholarship for higher education at Deakin University, Australia. One of the students got selected for the 2nd round to be conducted in Delhi in June 2018.
• The Naandi Foundation – Mahindra Pride School Skilling Project was introduced in St. Mira’s College for BBA, BCA, and B.Sc. (CS) students. Students participated in a soft skill training program with them.

Placement and Internship Drive

• Intelligence Plus Pvt. Ltd. is an educational institute which offers internship programs and placement to graduates and undergraduates. Two of our SYBA and four of our BBA students got selected for the internship.
• Just Being Centre provides mindfulness-based therapies. It offers internship programs and placement to graduates and undergraduates. Four of our students got selected for the internship out of which one student was offered a full-time job post completion of the TYBA examination.
• Centre for Mental Health Services in collaboration with Teach for India, provides training and internship programs to graduate and undergraduate students. 12 SYBA students and 4 TYBA students got selected for the same.
• Aninternship program was introduced for BA(History) and B.SC.(CS) students by the company Tick-links.
• Placement drives of L&T Infotech,Mphasis,Deloitte, Cognizant,Syntel,and Adweb Software were conducted on-campus and off-campus.

“Concentrix Pre-placement Talk”

Concentrix conducted a pre-placement talk for the students at St. Mira’s College for Girls. The pre placement talk was held online on 18th January 2024. 25 students attended the talk. The following points were discussed in the meeting:

1. The recruiter first explained why students should join a BPM Company and how Concentrix helps brands to grow, across the world.
2. The recruiter shared insights on what the students should prepare for the interview and its4 step recruitment process which included Data Sourcing, Online assessment, Video Interviews and E-Offers.
3. They believe in the ideology “Our People Comes First” and provide the following facilities for the well-being of their employees: Doctor-on-Call, Mind Matters, Wellbeing (Virtually), Talent Edge, Good Cheer, Leisure Pursuits, Emergency Loan Facility.
4. They also gave a CSR Overview in which they talked about the various initiatives they took such as Winnie Sun Scholarship Program, Inauguration of Concentrix’ sponsored Kitchen in Uttarakhand, Mission 100K Trees, Science Wing Inauguration in Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School, Gurugram.

Report on webinar on -The Future Of Cyber Security : Navigating Trends And Opportunities’

The webinar was organized by the Placement cell in collaboration with Infoshare Systems on career guidance on the topic ‘The Future Of Cyber security : Navigating Trends And Opportunities’ on 9th February 2024 at 4pm. The session was attended by 110 students of TYBSC(CS),TYBBA(CA),MSC(CS),SYBSC(CS).

The session started with Ms. Vaibhavi Gandhi brief on how hackers hack systems by showing a live demo to the students and outlining the importance of Cyber Security. The following points were discussed in the meeting:

1. Ms. Vaibhavi explained to the students about the ‘IT security and its pillars ’ as well as the responsibilities of a Penetration Tester.

2. Mr. Shiva explained to the students about the SOC analysis - its operations and its benefits. He also addressed the issue of Cyber Threat and the impact of Data Breaches.

3. Mr. Raju Karudi described the Audit and Compliance team roles. He talked about the rising issue of how fake videos are made with the help of AI and how we can take action if we are stuck in such a situation by contacting the Cyber Security Police. Mr. Raju also gave a brief description about the career path and opportunities available in the field of Cyber Security.

4. Ms. Pallavi Pagar concluded the webinar by talking about the SPARK training program where she explained the objective of the program, eligibility criteria as well as the 2 months internship program.

“SAP Pre-placement Talk”

SAP Labs had introduced a Scholar Program for students at St. Mira’s College for Girls. The Scholar@SAP program with BITS Pilani is a highly regarded program that provides students with a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field of enterprise resource planning (ERP). The preplacement talk for students was held online on 16th October 2023. The following points were discussed in the students briefing: The students were given a brief introduction about SAP and the career opportunities offered by SAP Labs. The students were then explained about the 4-year journey program in which the students will be first selected based on the campus recruitment, after which they will be trained and will get a M. Tech in Software Engineering degree from BITS Pilani. During this learning phase of 2 years students will get a CTC of Rs 25,000. After 2 years of training students will be employed for a full-time job while completing their M. Tech degree. The recruiter then displayed the career progression chart to explain the position the students will start working at and how they will get promoted based on their skills and hard work. Scholar benefits, compensation and other benefits which will be provided were also discussed. In this information about the pre-onboarding learning, sponsorship for M. Tech from BITS Pilani, SAP courses, hackathons, Cost of Investment, stipend, and insurance care for life was introduced. The recruiter shared insights on what the students should prepare for the interview and the 4-step recruitment process which consisted of online assessment, 2 technical rounds, HR Discussion round and offer confirmation and Documentation. As per eligibility criteria five students of TYBSC attended the same.