Career counseling on “Job Opportunities in Carnival Cruise Line”

   Alumni                : Mr. RAJAMANI RAVIKUMAR (Batch 2014-2017)    Occupation       : Assistant Cook, Carnival Cruise Line    Beneficiary       : II MCHM (29 STUDENTS)

The Department of Marine Catering and Hotel Management organised a Career Counseling programme on “Job Opportunities in Carnival Cruise Line”. Mr. Rajamani Ravikumar, alumnus of the departmnet interacted with all the students (a total of 29 students) on 8.5.23. He is a former student of the department and is working as an assistant cook for Carnival Cruise Line. He created awareness among the students about the job opportunities at the Cruise Line Shipping Company. He shared about how cruise ship employers consider the age, English skills, and background of the applicant when they are selecting the employee, and added that cruise ship job salary rates are typically based on the standard of living in the employee’s home country. For example, salary for a second or third cook will be US$800 per month. He further emphasized that if an applicant has a couple of years working experience in a restaurant kitchen and also have a culinary education, it will help him to get promotion quicker. To put in a nutshell, this program boosted students’ confidence and helped them to understand the process of selecting a candidate for a cruise line shipping company.

Board of Studies Meeting

Board of Studies Members:

  1. Dr.S.Praveen Kumar – University Nominee
  2. Mr. Lt.Praveen K – Course Expert
  3. Mrs. Shraddha Rao – Industrial Expert
  4. Chef M.S.Rajmohan – Alumnus

Department of Marine Catering and Hotel Management conducted Board of Studies Meeting via online on 8.5.2023 at 2.30 p.m. Dr.S.Praveen Kumar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Tourism and Hotel Management, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, chaired the session as the University Nominee, Mr.Lt.Praveen. K, Asst. Professor, JDT Islam College of Arts and science, Kozhikode, has been invited as the Course Expert, Mrs. Shraddha Rao, Assisstant Training Manager, Courtyard by Marriott, Madurai, as the Industrial Expert and Chef M.S.Rajmohan, Head – Dept of HM&CS, G.T.N. Arts College (Autonomous), Dindigul, attended the meeting as an Alumnus. Mr. C. Sureshkumar, Head of the Department represented the department as the Chairperson along with his faculty members. A student and his parent were invited to share their valid feedback and recommendations for finalizing the syllabi for the academic year 2023-24 odd Semester.

 

 

 

 

Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP Management for Start Up”

ZEAL Association, Department of BBA along with the Institution’s Innovation Council – SLCS, organized a “Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and IP Management for Start-Up” on 02.05.2023Dr. K. S. Karthik Babu, Assistant Professor, R L Institute of Management Studies, Madurai has been invited as the guest speaker.  The chiefguest elaborated the concept of Intellectual Property Rights and the objective for developing IPR. He further discussed the various types of IPR such as Patent Rights, Copyrights, Trade Marks, Trade Secret and also about Geographical Indications and its applications. He also provided numerous examples from the market with respect to Intellectual Property Rights. In total, 26 Students from II BBA and 54 Students from I BBA participated in the exposure visit.

Honouring workers and labourers observing “International Labour Day”

ZEAL Association, Department of BBA, organized an outreach activity as a part of SLCS Samaaj Seva – Outreach Activity – Honouring workers and labours Observing “International Labour Day” on 01.05.2023 at Vaigai Reservoir Dam, Theni District. The purpose of this visit is to honour labourers and workers on this day. The students carried banners and posters to raise awareness on the rights of working people and to protect them from exploitation. This activity also served as a reminder for the important role played by the working class to the society. In total, 24 students from II BBA actively participated in the program.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON “DISCOVER YOUR SELF”

The IQAC & Faculty Induction Program Cell of Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College of Science, Madurai, jointly organized a Faculty Development Program on DISCOVER YOUR SELF” on 24.04.2023, 25.04.2023, 26.04.2023, 27.04.2023, 28.04.2023 & 01.05.2023 in the College premises. Mr. Vamsidhari Dasa, was the Resource persons. Mrs. R. Suganthi Hepzibha, IQAC Assistant Coordinator, welcomed the gathering. Mr. Balarama Govinda Dasa, the Chairman of Thanga Mayil Jewelry delivered the inaugural address. The Principal, Dr. R. Sujatha, delivered the Presidential Address.

Mr. Vamsidhari Dasa enriched the faculty members on the topics the Game of Life, Inner Self, Ultimate Genius, Manual of Life, Lasting Solutions, Real Eternal Love, The Happy Planet, True Unity in Diversity and Sublime Joy Through Sound. He also clarified the doubts regarding the topics.

The session was really an eye opener for all the faculty members. Totally, 68 faculty members participated in the FDP. Dr. D. Abraham Pradeep, Assistant Professor of MBA proposed the Vote of Thanks.

Visit to Keezhadi Archeological Musuem- Observing “World Heritage Day” on 20.04.2023

ZEAL Association, Department of BBA, organized an outreach activity as a Visit to Keezhadi Archeological Musuem- Observing “World Heritage Day” on 20.04.2023 at Kondhagai, Sivagangai District. The purpose of this visit is to protect and enhance Cultural Heritage of India and to know the life style of our ancient Sangam Civilization. The students noticed and observed the various life style patterns, trade, culture, weaving methods, civilization of the people who lived along the banks of Vaigai River some 4000 years ago. Students of I and II BBA promoted the importance of protecting and maintaining Cultural Heritage by slogans and posters. In total, 20 students from I BBA and 31 students from II BBA eagerly participated in the program.

Food Donation to Old Age Home- Observing “World Heritage Day” on 20.04.2023

ZEAL Association, Department of BBA, organized an Outreach Activity through Food Donation to Old Age Home Observing “World Heritage Day” on 20.04.2023 at Rojavanam Old Age Home, Madurai. The theme of this visit is to encourage the humanity of the students by donating and serving elderly people at the old age home. To enhance this theme, students of I and II BBA donated and served lunch for 35 members in Rojavanam Old Age Home, who were devoid of care takers.  In total, 20 students from I BBA and 31 students from II BBA eagerly participated in the program.

Seminar on Virtualization in Operating System

Session Details:
Title of the Session: Seminar on Virtualization in Operating System
Date:19/04/2023 Duration : 2Hrs (02:00pmto4:00pm)
Activity Category :Self Driven Activity Nature of the Session :Offline
Theme: Seminar on Virtualization in Operating System
Expert/Speaker Details:
Name: Mr. Aravindraj G Designation: Senior Technical Trainer
Organisation: AADVANTAGE PRO, Chennai
Brief about Expert/Speaker:


·        10+ Years of Experience in Network and System Engineer, AADVANTAGE PRO, Chennai

·        1+ Year of Experience in Technical Trainer, at Rooman Technologies, Chennai

·        3+ Years of Experience in Network Support Engineer, at Desvo Tech Solutions, Erode

·        He received many certificates like, AWS Academy Educator, AWS Academy Cloud Architecting etc.,

·        Having strong knowledge in Cloud Computing, Networking, Windows Server And Linux Server.

Objectives of the activity:

 

·        To gain knowledge about Linux kernel mode, user mode and differentiate Kernel structuring methods

·         To demonstrate internal file system structure with device drivers and file operations using system calls.

·         To summarize the principles of Virtual memory as applied to paging & caching techniques.

·         To gain knowledge for various OS case studies.

 

Outcome of the activity:

At the end of the session, the participants were able to:

1)      Classify Linux Kernel mode with user mode & contrast between Kernel structures.

2)      Implement different system calls for various file handling operations

3)      Determine paging and Caching techniques related to Virtual Memory.

4)      Debate various case studies.

Key Highlights:

A few major points explained by the speaker to the participants:

1.      The role of installing virtual operating systems to the organization were clearly explained.

2.      The key concepts of simple applications development using Linux.

3.      The students gained knowledge about the installing virtual operating systems.

4.      The students were explained about service oriented architecture and web services.

5.      The students were taught about the various case studies using different OS like Linux, Unix, Novell Netware etc

Participants Details:
Total No. of Student Participation:60
Total No. of Staff (Teaching/Non-Teaching)Participation:5
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Exposure Visit to Incubation Centre – PSNA College of Engineering and Technology – Dindigul”

ZEAL Association, Department of BBA along with the Institution’s Innovation Council – SLCS, organized “Exposure Visit to Incubation Centre – PSNA College of Engineering and Technology – Dindigul” on 17.04.2023Dr. Vincent, Convener, Institution Innovation Council, PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, welcomed our students. The students visited incubation centers of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lab. They had an exposure on establishing incubation center with innovative ideas and also had idea of converting incubation into a successful business model. In total, 3 Students from II BBA and 49 Students from I BBA participated in the exposure visit.  Dr. B. Meenakshi Sundaram, Assistant Professor, Department of BBA, assisted students for this visit.

Industrial Visit to Palmar Spinning Mills, Sempatti, Dindigul”

On 17.04.2023, ZEAL Association of the Department of BBA organized an Industrial Visit to Palmar Spinning Mills, Sempatti, Dindigul.  This company deals with spinning of threads from Cotton and Polyester. The purpose of this visit is to learn the process of production and logistics in textile industry. They have sophisticated automated machines with the state of art technology for production process. They have blow room machine, carding machine, draw frame, lap former, comber, roving frame, spinning frame and winding frame. A dedicated team of 600 employees engaged in different shifts. Our students learnt the process of cleaning, combing, roving process, spinning process and also stacking of materials in warehouses.  They got aware of the equipments and machineries used in the above process.
In total, 49 students from I BBA and 3 students of II BBA were benefited through this visit.