The Department
of Civil Engineering of Sona College of Technology has been awarded Best
Industry – Linked Civil Engineering and Allied Institute (Established-Degree)
for the year 2017.
The All India
Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in partnership with Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) in order to map the best practices being followed by
institutions and industry and to recognise them and to create a benchmark of
quality education in the country is conducting the “AICTE-CII Survey of
Industry-linked Engineering Institutions” annually and selecting for award.
Internship
The institute
has been a winner twice in the past editions of survey in Electrical and Allied
(Standard Category, Degree) in 2015 and Computer and IT engineering in 2013.
The award was given based on the short survey data about overall industry
linkages of the institute as it interacted with 152 companies. Also, 500
students of the institute went for industry internships in the past two years,
while 243 companies visited the campus for placement in which 92.5% of the
students got placed.
The Department
of Civil Engineering has strong industrial connects with large companies as the
research centre of the department has developed products for the current
societal problems in solid waste management.
The department
had received Rs. 1 crore as research fund and had established lab facilities at
Rs. 20 lakh. The management received the award at a function held in New Delhi
recently.
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