Guru Nanak College (Autonomous), Chennai
The success of any educational institution is measured not only by the level and quantum of knowledge disseminated to students through its competent faculty, but also the number of such students who secure employment, which will serve their livelihood. As an Initiative of the Guru Nanak Educational Society to improve the placement/self-employability skills for the youth of the college, Guru Nanak Center for Skill Development was launched in 2019 to mark the 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji.
The Centre is associated with various reputed professional institutions and accrediting bodies for introducing professional certification programs in vocational training, Tally ERP 9.0, Information System Security, Cloud Computing, Python Programming, Office Automation, Office Management, Industrial Relations and Solar power training programs. During the Pandemic students were trained on preparation of sanitizers and handmade soaps as per WHO norms, by the in-house Bio-technology department. Also, these products were useful to the society besides meeting the college requirements.
For the current academic year, the GNCSD has collaborated with Europe India Foundation of Excellence (EIFE), KVIC, MSME, ICT Academy, Amazon, Cisco for imparting skill training to students in areas such as Software Technologies, Lab Technician course, Advanced Tally with GST, Agriculture and food processing, Tailoring, Simple Chemicals, Apiculture, Bakery, Fruit & Vegetable Canning, Cell Phone Servicing, Laptop Servicing etc. Such courses will be extended to school dropouts and other outsiders as well, as an initiative of the institution under its Institutional Social Responsibility Programme.
Guru Nanak center for skill development has initiated free Entrepreneur Development training for Female and SC/ST students from commerce background through MSME Technology Development center (PPDC)–Process Product and Development center. KVIC has given free entrepreneurship program for 1800 students.
The Center has initiated the training through CSS Corp on Networking Technologies and Soft skill. This training-cum-placement programme was provided for the final year MCA students of the college.
The college is working closely with Directorate of Incubation and Vocational Training in Aquaculture to establish an incubation centre and provide training in the areas of Aquaculture for students of Guru Nanak College
| S.No | Name of the Course | Name of the Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tally ERP | MSME |
| 2 | Hardware and Networking | MSME |
| 3 | Cell Phone Repair | MSME |
| 4 | CCTV Installation | MSME |
| 5 | Bakery | KVIC |
| 6 | Beautician Course | KVIC |
| 7 | Imitation Jewelry | KVIC |
| 8 | Herbal Product | KVIC |
| 9 | Sanitary Napkins | KVIC |
| 10 | Solar Power Training | GNC |
| 11 | Fruit and Vegetable Preservation Training & Product Development | Food and Nutrition Board (Ministry of Women & Child Development, GOI) |
| 12 | Cloud Computing | ICT Academy |
| 13 | Advance Tally with GST | MSME |
| 14 | CCTV Installation | MSME |
| 15 | Amazon Cloud Training | Amazon |
| 16 | Android Mobile App Development | ICT Academy |
| 17 | Cisco Python Certification | Cisco Net Academy |
| 18 | Simple Chemical Manufacturing | MSME |
| 19 | Terrace Gardening | MSME |
| 20 | Ornamental Fish Culture | MSME |
| 21 | Disaster Management | GNC |
| 22 | Sanitizer Preparation | MSME |
| 23 | Income Tax Practitioner | MSME |
| 24 | Business Analytics | ICT Academy |
| 25 | Basic Tally ERP | MSME |
| 26 | GST Practitioner | MSME |
| 27 | Foreign Language | Language Training |
Guru Nanak College has been established as SWAYAM - NPTEL Local Chapter to adopt MOOC integration to our autonomous curriculum. The Local Chapter is now the local link between students/faculty in the institution and SWAYAM-NPTEL. A large number of staff and students have undergone these courses.
This Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 06th November 2020, between Guru Nanak Educational Society (GNES) and Europe India Foundation of Excellence (EIFE). This MOU facilitates the centre to get associated with various skilling agency to conduct certification course, vocational training programme, Hands on training at the International Standards. This organization helps the college to collaborate with many of the International Institutes in France and Greece.
This Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Guru Nanak Educational Society (GNES) and Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) on 6th September 2019. The objective of this MOU is to conduct industry-oriented skill Development Certificate Programmes.
This Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Guru Nanak Educational Society (GNES) and Khadhi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on 20th November 2019 to create employment opportunities in rural areas and to support rural development
This Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Guru Nanak College under the wings of Guru Nanak Educational Society (GNES) and ICT Academy on 11th January 2020. The objective of this MOU is to provide domain specific training programs that are in demand in the Industry.
This Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Guru Nanak College and SAS Institute India Pvt. Ltd. on 14th June 2021, to provide training on SAS Analytical Platform for B.Sc. Data Analytics Course and Certification Programs with SAS. Further the centre has planned to introduce various SAS certification programs in different verticals such as Banking, Insurance, Retail, Telecom and Clinical Trials.
This Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Guru Nanak Educational Society (GNES) and National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) on 23rd September 2021. The objective of this MOU is to collaborate with the IT / ITES Companies for Training and Placements.
This MOU facilitates the Guru Nanak Centre for Skill Development to provide online self-placed and direct training to all the students and the faculty members of the college. Corporate trainers from companies associated with NASSCOM will be deployed to provide training to staffs and students. Hands on training in the cloud labs will help the students for the placement and to be an entrepreneur.
Guru Nanak College has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ICTAcademy on 3rd December 2021 to implement Entrepreneurship Cluster Development Program.
This Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Guru Nanak Educational Society (GNES) and NSE Academy on 30th November 2021 to set up NSmart Academy Trading Simulator Lab for training the students on the Stock Market Trading. This training will help the students to work in this application to learn market learning and reproduce features of a live equity/derivative/currency derivative market on trading terminals for its users to practice and learn trading securities without financial risks.
Guru Nanak College has received the status as “AWS Academic Member Institution” and this has facilitated the Institution to provide hands on training in the AWS cloud platform and 403 students have completed the training and the student’s resumes are maintained in the company portal, this will help us to provide them with placement.
Guru Nanak College has received the status as “CISCO Networking Academy Member Institution” and this has facilitated the Institution to provide hands on training in the Python Programming and 503 students have completed the training. Since Python is the programming language widely used for Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, this training will help them to increase their Job opportunities in the new technologies.
Guru Nanak College is associated with the company for a period of 5 years and the organization has not only helped us in providing training but also in the placement of students. Also, they have provided the training to the Faculties of our college under the FDP programs (Train the Trainer Model) which has helped the faculty to learn the latest Technologies.
Oracle Academy has authorized Guru Nanak College has the Academy Member and this certificate entitles the Institution to avail all oracle academy program. Since Oracle is one of the world best Database Software the college is privileged to have this association. Further this authorization helps the staffs and students of the college to work with this software which does not require any Licensing fees.
UI Path has recognized Guru Nanak College has the Academic Alliance and this association will help the college to provide staffs and students training on Software Automation process.
Guru Nanak College has been recognized as Center of Excellence for youth Empowerment for training students on Advanced Information Technology Skills. This program is a CSR initiative by Honeywell ably implemented by ICT Academy. Honeywell has facilitated 100 students to get trained on Salesforce-Developer and this 100-hour training includes extensive learning with practical sessions. On successful completion of the course the students will get an International Certification. Also, the placement assistance will be provided by the company.
Honeywell Limited has provided salesforce Developer training as a part of their CSR Activity. Hundred students are trained in the Salesforce Developer platform and all of them are provided with the course content and T-shirts. Students have completed their training successfully and they are going to take up their global certification shortly.. We thank ICTAcademy and Honeywell for this opportunity.
Guru Nanak Centre for Skill Development (GNCSD) had an inaugural function “Youth Empowerment” on 5th October 2021. This program is a CSR initiative by Honeywell ably implemented by ICT Academy under the banner “Centre of Excellence for Youth Empowerment”. Mr. G. Venkatesh, Head, Training, ICT Academy highlighted the importance of this program. This CSR activity of Honeywell will facilitate 100 students to get trained on Salesforce (Developer) and on successful completion of the course the students will get an International Certification. Also, the placement assistance will be provided by the company. This 100-hour training includes extensive learning with practical sessions. Dr. M. G. Ragunathan, Principal, Dr. Anand, Dean, Guru Nanak Centre for Skill Development, Deans and Heads of various departments graced the inauguration.
Date: June 1, 2022
Chief Guest: Dr R Ravanan - Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education Chennai Division
Guru Nanak Center for Skill Development arranged the Certificate Distribution Ceremony on 1 June 2022 for all the final year students of our college in the Guru Amardas Seminar Hall. The chief guest of the function was Dr R Ravanan-Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education Chennai Division. He briefed the students on the importance of skill training. He explained about the “Nann Mudalvan” initiative that was inaugurated by the honorable chief minister of Tamilnadu. Ethnus Software & DXC Technologies in association with NASSCOM Foundation have trained all final year students on Linux, BPS Insurance, Virtualization, additionally all the student was provided with Google Analytics course and 2372 students were benefitted. Students are given placement assistance by DXC and other companies.
Guru Nanak College (Autonomous) took part in the skill mega mela - Thiran Thiruvizha held @ Queen Mary's College, The College is empaneled for two courses Plant Biscuit Production and Jam Jelly Ketchup Processing Technician, As Great beginning students from Advanced Zoology & Biotechnology and Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology Departments registered for the courses. Exclusive stall was provided to our college. Honorable Chief Minister of Tamilnadu inaugurated the event and Kirlosh Kumar IAS Secretary- Labour Welfare and Skill Development distributed the course registration certificates to our students.
Guru Nanak Center for Skill Development has started the training for all the final year graduates and 1st year Post Graduates on the technologies that will be used for the domain which are specific to their departments. This is the sponsored program by DXC Technologies in collaboration with NASSCOM Foundation and implemented by Ethnus software Bangalore. The company will be training the graduates in the following technologies: Linux, Virtualization, Data Base, BPS Insurance and Google Analytics. After the training the company will provide internships and placement assistance.
Date: March 17, 2022
Presiding Guests: Mr Venkateswaran, Senior Project Manager
Mr Nithyanand S, G2- Senior Operation Executive
Mr Maheswar, Customer Success Manager
Affiliated to University of Madras,
Re-accredited at 'A' Grade by NAAC
An ISO 9001: 2015 Certified Institution
161, Guru Nanak Salai, Velachery,
Chennai 600042 Tamil Nadu.
Tel: 044-2245 1746, 044-2244 4621
E-mail: principal@gurunanakcollege.edu.in