College Field trip – Ratnam Public School

The students from Ratnam Public School have visited various labs of Mechanical Department. The students were active during the sessions conducted .Prof. Shyam Prasad have explained some of working mechanism of the machines

• Flow of water through various devices like Venturi Meter, Orifice.
• Pumps, Working and their uses.
• Water flow through various sized pipes and the forces acting on them.

Career orientation Talk

Prof. Shyam Prasad sir presented the talk and explained about the following points

• After your Engineering there are three paths- Job, Higher Studies, and Entrepreneurship.
• Jobs are classified into various types like government, Defence, Techinal/Core, IT/Software.
  
• Identify the area of interest and research groups.
• Students have to prepare a strong Cirriculam Vitae which includes
• Academic Background
• Internship
• Project Work
• Certificates
• Extra-Circular Activities
• Position of Responsibilities

Government jobs:

• UPPSC Jobs
• Engineering Services Examination
• Consists of five papers
• Total sum of 1000 marks
• General Knowledge, Aptitude and Core subjects of Mechanical Engg.
• Civil Services
• IAS (Indian Administrative Services)
• IFS (Indian Foreign Services)
• IPS (Indian Police Services)
• IRS (Indian Revenue Services)
• IFS* (Indian Forest Services )

Defence:

• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency of the Republic of India, responsible for the development of technology for use by the military, headquartered in New Delhi, India.
• DRDO has a network of 52 laboratories
• Engaged in developing defence technologies covering various fields, like aeronautics, electronics and computer sciences, materials, missiles, combat vehicles development and naval research and development.
• The organization includes more than 5,000 scientists and about 25,000 other scientific, technical and supporting personnel.
  
  
  
• Tough Recruitment procedures are maintained

IT /Software field:

• According to statistics 33% of other branches shift into IT sector.
• TCS, INFOSYS, ACCENTURE, CAPGEMINI, CISCO, HCL, IBM, WIPRO, are some of the multinational companies which recruit in a large scale every year.
• TCS recruited more than 40,000 new employees this year. More than 30000 were placed into INFOSYS.
• Some of the Advantages are white collar job, easy placement, more income, multi national exposure, 5-day week.
• Disadvantages are low certainty of job, it is a chair of roses full of thorns, low incentives.
• Communication skills, stress management, courage to face the interviews, inter-personal relations, leadership qualities are major factors that is been considered
• You have to face exams like
• Written round
• Technical interview
• Management interview
• HR interview

Day 11 of Theme Entrepreneurship

5.40-6.40 --> Talk by Krishna on What vital role a B-plan has

Contents covered:

·        Purpose of Business Plan

·        How to Use a Business Plan

·        What investors look for

·        Financial projections

·        Creating Company’s strategy

·        Competitive analysis

·        Requirement of user friendly B-plan

·        Nuts and Bolts

·        Due Diligence

6.40-7.00 --> Talk by Prof.Shayam Prasad sir on contents of B-plan and also on the competition that is to be held on ASME day.

7.00-7.40 --> Talk by Mr.Vinay on how to write a B-plan

          Contents covered:

·        Vision and Mission of B-plan

·        Market size for a product

·        Targeting specific customer

·        How to prepare a product and its alternatives

·        Management team

·        Analyzing our state of development

·        Product road map.

·        Who our competitors are..???

·        Why partnerships are required???

·        Revenue model and fund raising.

·         How to write Financial Plan Template

Day 10 of Theme Entrepreneurship

5.40-5.50 --> collected the feedback of students on previous sessions

5.50-6.30 --> Talk by Mr.Vamsi Krishna on “Finance management”

Contents covered:

·       Role of financial system

·       Nature of financial claims

·       Structure of financial markets

·       Nature of financial intermediation

·       Process of financial intermediation

·       Implications of financial intermediation

·       Prime means of finance in India

6.30-7.10 --> Talk by Mr.Ashmeeth on “Banking management”

Contents covered:

·       Banking in India

·       Central bank(RBI)

·       What commercial banks are???

·       Balance sheet of commercial banks

·       What T-accounts are???

·       Development banks and specialized banks

·       Changes in bank operations

·       Risks involved in banking

·       Risk management

·       Causes of bank Failures

·       Asset liability management

7.10-7.20 --> Interacted with students about the importance of tomorrows activity.

Day 9 of Theme Entrepreneurship

5.40-6.00 --> Talk by Sampath Kumar on patenting system in India

          Contents covered:

·        What a patent is..

·        Criteria for patenting

·        Novelty

·        Which products can be patented???

·        Who can apply for patent???

·        Location of patent offices in India

·        Types of patent applications

·        Restoration of lapsed patent

6.00-6.30 --> Talk by Keerthana on brand management

          Contents covered:

·        History of branding

·        Difference between product and brand

·        Uses of brand in firm’s perspective

·        Concepts for creating strong brand conduct

·        Brand equity

·        Difference between brand value and brand equity

·        Brand awareness

·        Brand image

·        Key factors in building brand image

6.40-8.15 --> conducted LOGO Quiz in 2 rounds. Here each team is given a logo to identify which company’s logo it is.

Day 8 of Theme Entrepreneurship

5.45-6.25 --> Talk by Mr.Yaswanth on Innovation and Leadership

Contents covered:

·       Introduction to innovation

·       Thinks required for innovation

·       Effect of innovation on business

·       How a leader should be???

·       Need for head in organization

·       Qualities expected in a leader

·       New approach to identify a leader

6.25-7.00 --> Tower building i.e., each team was given a set of news papers and cello tape. They were asked to build a taller and stronger tower which can resist the blow of a person.

7.00-8.00 --> A case study was given to every team and the members of the team were asked to enact the case study.

Day 7 of Theme Entrepreneurship

5.30-6.15 --> Talk by Mr.Azam Shaik

Contents covered:

·       Introduction to share marketing

·       Why to invest in shares???

·       Investment bank offers

·       When we are in need of share holders?

·       Types of business

·       Where to buy shares?

·       Diversification of stocks.

6.20-7.20 --> Talk by Mr. Prabhath Kiran

Contents covered:

·       How shares are issued?

·       DMAT account and its usage

·       SEBI-its importance in shares.

·       How price is determined?

·       When to invest in particular stock?

·       Types of stock market

·       Different types of analysis

·       Market conditions

·       Bear market