| CIICP | 
            
          
            Canada-India Institutional Co-operation Project 
               (Established under Canada India Institutional Cooperation Project) | 
            
          
          
          
            | Our Institution is one among the four  polytechnics selected for the replication process of CIICP under Phase-II based  on our overall performance and achievements. The Project is in operation from  01-04-1999. It is a process-oriented Project  and not person oriented. The CIICP has proved to be an ideal model for  strengthening the institutional capabilities and continuing education  programmes at the polytechnics.  | 
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            | Strategic  Planning | 
          
          
            | Apart from adopting curriculum and evaluation system  stipulated by Board of Technical Education we also offer consultancy services  and need-based courses for the upliftment of the society through various  programmes by optimum utilization of available resources, through strategic  planning. Based upon the SWOT Analysis, periodically revised and reviewed, the  following Thrust Areas are identified. Each Thrust Area is looked after by one  Manager and Back up. The Strategic Planning and Implementation Committee which  comprises all the HODs, Process Champion and the Thrust Area Managers under the  leadership of the Principal, assembles periodically to devise and implement  policies and guidelines for the overall and wholistic development of the  institution. | 
          
          
          
            | Thrust Areas | 
          
          
            
              
                Sl. No.   | 
                Thrust Areas   | 
                Manager   | 
                Back-up   | 
               
              
                1.   | 
                Continuing Education Cell  | 
                Mr.S.Balakrishnan | 
                Mr.J.Francis Xavier Thenraj  | 
               
              
                2.   | 
                Management Information System Cell  | 
                Mr.B.Krishnakumar  | 
                Mr.A.Nagendran  | 
               
              
                3.   | 
                Staff Development Cell  | 
                Mrs. S.Palaniselvi  | 
                Mr.M.Rajkumar  | 
               
              
                4.   | 
                III Cell  | 
                Mr.N.Sivaraman | 
                Mr.S.Rajarathinam | 
               
              
                5.   | 
                Student Services Cell  | 
                Mr.S.Uthanu Mallayan  | 
                 	 
                Mr. S.Marimuthu  | 
               
              
                6.   | 
                Equipment Maintenance & Repair Centre  | 
                Mr.M.Subburaj  | 
                Mr.P.Ramesh Sankar  | 
               
              
                7.   | 
                Environment Development Cell  | 
                Mr.K.Velmurugan | 
                Mr. P.Muthuraj  | 
               
              
                8.   | 
                Women in Development Cell  | 
                Mrs.P.Kalyanasundari | 
                Mrs. S.Palaniselvi  | 
               
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            | Strategic Goal | 
          
          
            Our Mission is to,
              
                - Offer Diploma,  Post-Diploma, Sandwich and Certificate courses
 
                - Meet the needs of the  Industry, Business and Society
 
                - Mould disciplined,  competent and job-ready technicians to strengthen the nation’s human resources.
 
                - Instill sportsmanship  and citizenship values in students for personality development
 
                - Foster the community  around and conduct need based courses to improve their status 
    
                - Liaise with  Government organizations and NGOs for the upliftment of community
 
                - Orient all the  programmes towards students’ welfare
 
                - Progress in all these  endeavours backed by supportive management and active and committed  leadership
 
                - Be a role model and  pioneer institution in the technical education.   
 
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            | Our Objectives  are to, | 
          
          
            
              
                - Maintain Guidance & Counselling Activities
 
                - Organise Programmes for Personality Development
 
                - Improve the Communication Skills of Students
 
                - Arrange Campus Interviews
 
                - Enhance AGPC - AGPC Alumni Association Interaction
 
                - Organise Technical Skill Test
 
                - Depute Staff to attend STTPs
 
                - Encourage Paper Presentation and Publication of Books
 
                - Organise In-House Transfer Programs
 
                - Organise Induction Training Programs
 
                - Plan and Conduct Con.Ed.Programmes
 
                - Maintain and Update MIS in the Campus
 
                - Develop Software for Stock Maintenance System
 
                - Develop Software for Con.Ed.Administration
 
                - Maintain EMRC
 
                - Plan and Organize Lectures / Seminars
 
                - Maintain the Green Campus
 
                - Arrange Workshop / Lecture / Training Programmes
 
                - Arrange In-Plant Training for Students
 
                - Arrange Industrial Visits for Students
 
                - Organise Guest Lectures for Students
 
                - Arrange Career Guidance Programme for Students
 
                - Arrange Industrial Training for Faculty
 
                - Establish MoU / Membership with Industries / Organisations / Associations
 
                - Organise Open House Exhibition Exclusively for Industrialists
 
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            | 1. Continuing  Education Cell: | 
          
          
            The Continuing Education Cell established  under CIICP organizes courses in association with the different departments to  meet the needs of the Students, Working professionals and local industrialists. 
              The  centre offers several need-based skill enhancements and personality development  programmes both opted by students and industries. The programmes are arranged  for our inmates as well as outsiders.  | 
          
          
            | Programmes offered  | 
          
          
            | Workshops and Seminars have become our routine activities. Most of the  winter and summer vacations are spent usefully on state level programmes,  sampled below: | 
          
          
            | Computer  Training Courses  | 
          
          
            
              - ‘C’ Language for microcontroller programming
 
              - Flash with script
 
              - Flash
 
              - Computer hardware servicing
 
              - Programming techniques
 
              - E-publishing
 
              - MS office
 
              - VB.NET
 
              - CorelDraw
 
              - Multimedia
 
              - Asp.net
 
              - Desktop publishing
 
              - Netware and scrutiny 
 
              - C++ programming
           
              - Computer networks
 
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              Course for S.F.R.College Students   | 
            
          
            | Skill Development Courses | 
          
          
            
              - Total Station Surveying
 
              - Auto CAD R 2004
 
              - CNC Lathe programming & operation
 
              - Printing machines operation & maintenance 
 
              - Servicing & Maintenance of domestic electrical appliance servicing
 
              - TALLY (Accounting software)
 
              - Screen printing
 
              - Basic of short hand
 
              - Training for Technicians
 
              - Micro processor programming
 
              - VHDL programming
 
              - Foundation course on Electrical & Electronics Engineering
 
              - Repair & maintenance of two wheeler
 
              - Designing Analog & Digital circuits
 
              - 3D modeling
 
              - Offset machines operation
 
              - Programmable logic controller programming
 
              - Design of structures
 
              - Embedded system design using micro controller
 
              - Visual Basic programming
 
              - Bio medical instrumentation
 
              - Gas welding
 
              - STAAD PRO & CONTOUR Preparation.
 
              -  Cable TV & DTH
 
              - Workshop on soft skills
 
              - Sheet fed offset machine operator
 
              - Spoken English and Hindi
 
                - Typewriting keyboard skills
 
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            | Personality Development courses | 
          
          
            
              
                - Hobby Electronics
 
                - Self-esteem
 
                - Time Management
 
                - Learning skill workshop
 
                - Car driving
 
                - Office automation
 
                - Internet & HTML
 
                - Soft skill
 
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            | 2. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM | 
          
          
            Maintain a sophisticated MIS 
              For effective and efficient handling of the  existing MIS data in the campus, it has to be updated continuously and  validated, Hence the MIS Manager and his team will maintain the database and  related software promptly.                | 
          
          
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            | 3. STAFF DEVELOPMENT | 
          
          
            3.1 Sponsor staff for various short-term training  programs / workshops / seminars / symposia and conferences 
              To keep pace with the emerging trends in Science  and Technology and the changing needs in the field of Technical Education, the  competencies of the staff are to be periodically updated. For this we will  sponsor the staff for various short-term training programs / Workshops /  seminars / Conferences conducted by external agencies. 
              3.2 Conduct in-house Transfer Programs 
              To empower the staff to discharge their duties and  responsibilities with competency and commitment and thereby ensuring positive  outcomes, we will organize periodical in – house training programs on subject  updating in emerging areas of Science and Technology. 
              3.3 Arrange Induction training Programs 
              To tune the skills of the newly recruited faculty,  training programs will be organized for a minimum of two days. The senior  faculty will observe the proceedings of the “micro teaching” and feedbacks will  be given to motivate them for better performance. | 
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            | 4. INDUSTRY INSTITUTE INTERACTION | 
          
          
            4.1 Arrange Industrial Visits 
              For updating the practical knowledge of our  students, we have to plan and arrange for periodical industrial visits to  relevant industries. For this the ILO will initiate the necessary steps to be  taken. 
              4.2 Arrange In-plant training 
              Students have to be trained on actual shop-floors  for acquiring relevant practical skills and hand-on-practice. For this, the PO  will arrange for the in plant training of the students in related industries  during summer and winter vacations. The PO will contact the business houses /  industries for in plant training. He will also collect the feed back forms from  the students. 
              4.3 Arrange Special guest / expert lectures /  seminars / training workshops 
              Students have to be given exposure to the latest  advancements in the emerging areas of Science and Technology through  face-to-face interaction with experts in the chosen field. For this the ILO in  coordination with the HODs will arrange for periodical special lectures /  seminars / and workshops on technical and related themes. | 
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            | 5. STUDENT SERVICES | 
          
          
            5.1 Maintain Guidance & Counseling Activities 
              The existing guidance and counselling practice will  be continued. A suggestion box, which is in vogue, will be continued. The staff  advisors of various classes will counsel their wards to redress their  grievances without detriment to the normal working hours of the polytechnic. 
              5.2 Organise Programmes for Personality Development 
              To improve the overall performance of students, the  staff in charges of various clubs will persuade the students to participate in  different programs organized by various clubs and associations inside and  outside the campus especially for self and professional development. 
              5.3 Arrange for placement through on campus and  Off-campus interviews 
              For better placement of our students the placement  officer will arrange for on campus and off- campus interviews for all the  disciplines. He will contact various agencies / organizations for conducting  the campus interviews. The respective HOD’s should coordinate with the PO in  this regard. The Principal will review the program once in a year. 
              5.4 Organize Aptitude / Reasoning / skill test 
              Many companies are selecting students in campus  interviews based on their performance in tests like Aptitude, Logical  reasoning, Numerical ability etc., Hence to familiarize them with such tests,  the placement officer will organize skill tests for the willing students, in  collaboration with the placement coordinators of various departments. As a  first step, it is proposed to conduct skill tests after every monthlytest for  all the disciplines. 
              5.5 Organise Career Guidance Programs 
              To enhance the student’s placement opportunities,  leading executives from different industries will be invited to deliver career  guidance lectures. For this the ILO in consultation with PO will organize  career guidance programs for the Third year students of all branches. | 
          
          
          
            | 6. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR | 
          
          
            6.1 Maintain a well equipped EMRC 
              We have to arrange for the servicing and proper  upkeep of equipments and machinery. For this we will maintain an EMRC for  repairing and servicing of equipments at the Polytechnic and also for taking up  repairing and servicing job orders from external organizations, which will  bring in IRG.                | 
          
          
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            | 7. ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT | 
          
          
            7.1 Organise programs for creating an awareness on  environmental issues among students, staff and general public 
              In order to maintain a serene environment, we have  to create a general awareness on environmental issues among the staff, students  and the public. For this the action 
              leaders will organize various programs like  lectures, painting, Drawing and slogan writing competitions, seminars etc, The  activities will be reviewed in the regular 
              meetings with the Principal. 
              7.2 Strive strenuously for maintaining a clean  green campus 
              We have to create a congenial and conducive  atmosphere for effective teaching and learning. For this we will make all-out  efforts for maintaining a clean, green
              campus through Regular campus cleaning campaigns,  Planting of saplings, De weeding and clearing of bushes and Landscape  Development.                | 
          
          
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            | 8. WOMEN IN  DEVELOPMENT | 
          
          
            8.1 Organise Skill oriented and value-based  training programs for the girl students 
              In order to create a brave new cadre of creative,  confident and competent young girls with pioneering spirit, we have to organize  periodical training programs on 
              various life skills. For this the WIDRepresentative  will organize programs on various topics. At least onelecture programs will be  organized per semester and the 
              students will also be  deputed to such workshops outside the campus. 
              8.2. Arrange seminars / lectures for the women  staff and students 
              In order to enhance the competency profile of the  women staff, we have to arrange for periodical seminar / lecture programs. For  this the WID Representative will 
              organize programs inviting experts from outside. At  least two programs will be organized to motivate the 
              women fraternity. 
              8.3. Organise awareness programs for the women in  the community 
              The women in the community have to be re-oriented  and inducted into the main stream of our social life. This is to be carried out  by creating awareness among them.
              For this we will organize programs on topics like  health, hygiene, maternity, Planned Parenthood, child care, civil rights and  duties, family relationship, etc. 
              General Activities: The WID Cell has been very active in conducting as many as 26 programms on areas like creating awareness, motivation, skill development, personality development, guidance and counselling. 
The programms can be categorized into 14 Inhouse Lectures, 4 Guest Lectures, 1 Paper Presentation, 4 Group Discussions, 1 Social Surveys, 2 Contents (as a total of 26 programms).                | 
          
          
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