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.

St. Mira’s College has an active Placement Cell. The cell facilitates as a coordinating body between the industry and students. The raison d'être of our institution is to assist our students in achieving their dreams of successful careers in a challenging and ever-diversifying industry.

The Placement Cell enables students to explore the world of employment and new career avenues. It also helps students in career planning through counseling wherein they hone their strengths in terms of their interests, aptitudes, and abilities so that they can choose their career more effectively.

The focus of the Placement Cell is also on the professional development by training them in employability skills such as resume building, group discussion, and interview skills which in turn helps the students to move into the desired occupation and/or apply to prestigious postgraduate and professional schools.

The Placement Cell takes the initiative to explore new career avenues for graduates and postgraduates through visits to new companies and unexplored sectors. Campus recruitments are rigorously organized every year.

Pre-placement activities as well as Placement Internships are arranged for students. The selection process generally starts with a pre-placement talk to give insights into the company profile, job profile, career path, CTC etc. This is followed by the actual selection process i.e. written tests, group discussions, interviews etc.

Pre Placement Activities

Our Recruiters

Student Placement Year wise

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.

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.

IBM Skills-Build Orientation Program

St. Mira's College for Girls signed an LOU with IBM Skills Build on 5 th December 2022, for a year, to enhance employment opportunities for students by building soft skills and earning industry-relevant training. This program is introduced for students of St. Mira’s College. The orientation for the program was held on 20th January 2023. Anjali Verma – digital skill creator for IBM skills-build CSR BOX, oriented students on the following points:
1. Skills-Build is a free access digital learning platform that focuses on industry-relevant skill development in students and jobseekers above the age of 18 years. On successful completion of certain learning-activities, the students can earn IBM certified badges that can be uploaded directly on LinkedIn or stated on the CV. It consists of learning-activities from Coursera, Code Door, Udemy, Skillsoft, Google, IBM Skills Academy, and many which can be accessed for free once you register on the platform through us, CSRBOX
2. SkillsBuild is a free and internationally available online platform; it requires users to sign up through one of IBM country partners for accessing its contents.
3. Access to IBM SkillsBuild Platform

What SkillsBuild Offers: Professional skill development learning-activities that are industry-relevant, soft skill development, IBM certified badges, opportunity to participate in live projects, personalized coaching & mentoring, and access to courses from various platforms without any monetary investment.

What CSRBOX Offers: Hand-holding for online learning-activity development along with training in digital tools if needed. Impact amplification through podcasts, social-media blasts, and more.

Soft Skill Session on Resume Crafting

Soft skill session titled Resume Crafting was hosted by VIPApplicant and conducted by the Placement Cell on 19 th September, 2022 from 1pm to 2pm. A total of 102 final year students from all the streams of St. Mira’s College participated in the event. The session was facilitated by Mr. Hitesh Sharma, CEO, VIPApplicant, who provided the demo of the AI enabled software.

The session included the discussion on the future of work world, PPP model of cracking interviews, tips to be job ready. The highlight of the session was hands-on demo to craft AI enabled resume. The students enthusiastically participated in the session. The interested students would register with VIPApplicant to take the advantage of crafting resume using the software.

Placement Cell Orientation - 2022-23

The ‘Placement Cell Orientation’ for the final year students of UG and PG, initiated by the Placement Committee, was held on 5 th August 2022. The orientation began with a formal introduction to the TPOs and Placement representatives of the respective streams.

The main objectives of the Placement Cell were discussed and explained to the students which included- development of soft skills, guidance on career, selection of companies, etc. The students were also introduced to pre- placement activities which could further help them through interviews and aptitude tests. The Placement Cell provides the students with activities like soft skill training, mock interviews, aptitude test preparation, and group discussions. The process of placements and how to go about it was introduced to the students. The session ended with the students queries which were resolved by the TPOs.

Soft Skill Session - Resume Crafting and Interview Skills

Virtual soft skill session titled Resume Crafting and Interview Skills was hosted by VIPApplicant’s EduPeer and conducted by the Placement Cell on 13 th January 2022 from 2pm to 3pm via Zoom. 107 third year students from all the streams of St. Mira’s College for Girls participated in the event The session was facilitated by Mr. Hitesh Sharma, CEO, Ms. Sravanthi Marriwada and Mr. Aviral Mathur. The session included the discussion on the future of work world, PPP model of cracking interviews, tips to be job ready. The highlight of the session was hands-on demo to craft AI enabled resume. The students enthusiastically participated in the session. The interested students would register with EduPeer to take the advantage of crafting resume using the software.

• “SAP Pre-placement Talk”
• How to Crack Quantitative Aptitude for Placement
• Concentrix Pre-placement Talk
• OLF PLACEMENT DRIVE
• Workshop on “Power Trio - Resume writing, GD & PI” Placement Committee (Placement Activities) (2023-24)
• Soft Skill Session on 3 Secrets of Getting a Dream Job
• St. Mira;s College for Girls signed a Letter of Understanding (LOU) with IBM Skills Build on December 5, 2023, for a one-year partnership.
• Placement Drive by ‘Vartemis Consulting Services’