INTERNSHIP

Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon organized a workshop on Summer School & Summer Internship on 21st February, 2013 by Mr. Ravindrababu Ravula, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Science, Banglore. The objective of this lecture was to provide an opportunity to the students of IV and VI semesters of CSE, IT and ECS branches enhancing their educational experience and improving their career preparation. The aim of this seminar was to encourage students for making key contributions to develop open source applications to improve their software-writing skills.

The speaker Mr. Ravinder put a light on how IISc, Banglore promotes students from engineering colleges to develop solutions for real-time problems and scenarios using open source software. He said that internships are known for giving students the opportunity to apply their knowledge in real world environments. He shared the techniques and key attributes for writing resume as well. He also discussed about various carrier opportunities for the students in IT industry and delivered a brief lecture on product oriented companies like HCL, Wipro and service oriented companies like Linux, Apache and Google. He asked the students to enroll themselves for the aforesaid program as the seats are only 100. He also mentioned about the mini projects available on the sites of top engineering colleges of India and abroad. He briefed them on the process of selection in Summer School & Summer Internship of IISc, Banglore done by the Department of Computer Science & Automation, the topics to be covered and the experts to be invited from industry and academia to train the participants. He shared that the last date of registration is 28th Feb 2013 and a website i.e. http://events.csa.iisc.ernet.in/summerschool2013 to get more information. He also mentioned about the mini projects available on the sites of top engineering colleges of India and abroad. He also told them to have as many certifications as possible during their Engineering career which will not only enhance their professional skills but will also make them more confident. He stressed on publications and presentations in conferences and seminars.

At the end, a vote of thanks was delivered by Prof. (Dr.) Jitender Kumar, HOD of CSE & IT Department.