The inaugural function started with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by S. Amarjeet Singh Samra, Hon’ble MLA. Sh. Avinash Chander Chief Parliamentary Secretary, S. Sarbjeet Singh Makker MLA, Sh. Rakesh Rathore, Mayor, Jalandhar S. Baljeet Singh Neelamahal, Chairman Improvement Trust Jalandhar.

On his welcome address Chairman S. Charanjeet Singh Channi said “The Techno Cultural Festival -ENCORE’09 has been organized to present the talent and skills of the budding professional in engineering before the society. With these events we have tried to boost the morale of the students and instill confidence in them so that they can face the challenges of the competitive world. We have also made efforts in learning methodology so that our students what they learnt in theoretical they should implement in practically.

Speaking at the occasion Managing Director Manbir Singh said “Encore ’09 has an objective to help and support the global cause for Think Energy, Go Green! There are many events in this tech fest which was looked forward by the student community to provides a platform for the students to showcase their creative technical skills.

Apart from providing a forum for them to interact with their peer and experts from various academic institutions, the event would also help the students to think beyond the classroom leading to more innovation.

The Encore ’09 Team has worked day and night for the past many months to make this happened. Around 800 students from CT volunteered organized this Tech-Fest to make successful.

More Than 50 events under the categories Technical, General and Cultural, Such as Reverse Gear, Motor Boat and Circuitrix is the ultimate battle of technical geeks. While Code programming and Zymmetry filled with challenges. Other attractions include Sargam, Fun Mathematics, Technical and fun Events included were Code Programming, Overnight Programming, Reverse Gear, Quiz, Motor Boat, MudRally, Circuitrix, Project Presentation, Paper Presentation, Debate, Zymmetry(designing in Auto CAD), One Minute Show, Drag on Quest, Slow Biking Race, Tug of War, Cricket, Fun Mathematics and Face Painting.

Group Director Dr. S. P. Aggarwal, Director Corporate Relations & Placement Prof. Manhar Arora, Dy. Director Mr. Sukhjinder Singh, were present on the occasion.
 

  Rendezvous - Alumni Meet 2009 Organised

at  CT Maqsudan Campus

CT Group of Institutions today organized “RENDEZVOUS – ALUMNI MEET 2009” in its Maqsudan Campus where as many as more than 300 former students of CTIMIT & CTIHMT participated along with their families.

Inaugurating the Alumni Meet, S. Charanjit Singh Channi, the Chairman of CT Group of Institution said that our purpose to organize this programme is to bring all our former students under one umbrella of CT family where they could have interaction with their mentors and fellow friends which could help them to grow further in their career and life as well.

Highlighting the achievements of some of the former students presently working at the senior positions in the corporates like HDFC, ICICI, India Bulls, Axis Bank, Ranbaxy, Reliance, TATA, Nestle, Vodafone, Airtel, Idea, General Motors India, Maruti Suzuki, TCS, Quark, HCL, Adobe, Mc Donalds and getting a very good pay packages in the range of Rs. 3 lac to 6 lac,  Mr Channi said that their career achievements  are the rewards of their hardwork and dedication with which they have been working right from the time when they were the students of this institute.

Dr Ashwani Kansra, Director, CTIMIT and a team of senior faculty members gave a rousing welcome to the old students thus giving them a feeling of special guests of the day. To honour some of the students – being the distinguished achievers in their fields – a special award giving ceremony was also held on this occasion. Further Cash Award of Rs. 5000/- each to as many as 10 meritous students having secured 85% or alone in the university exam of 2007-2008 was also given by the H’ble Chairman Sir of CT Group. Items like Classical Dance performances, Bhangra etc were some of the other attractions of the day.

Dr Kansra further announced the formation of Alumni Association with the following being its office bearers: Mr Vineet (MBA)  (President), Mr Gaurav Khanna (MBA) (Vice-President), Ms. Taniya Majra (BHM) (Secretary) and Mr.Anurag Rana (BCA)  as (Finance Secretary) and invited them to take charge of the future activities of the association.

Dr. Kansra, Director, CT Maqsudan Campus delivered a valedictory address and expressed his heartiest thanks to the students for being here on this occasion. He specially conveyed this gratitude to the Mgt. of CT Group of Institutions and its Managing Director Mr Manbir Singh and all the faculty members for extending all the possible help in organizing this programme.

     CT Students received scholarships of lakhs

A special scholarship awarding function to honour the meritorious students having secured above 85% and 80% marks in post graduate and under graduate classes of Management, Engineering, Pharmacy, Hotel Management, Polytechnic, Airlines and Tourism respectively in the recently announced, Punjab Technical University examination results was organized at CT Group of Institutions, Shahpur Campus, Jalandhar.

As many as 80 students were honoured by awarding scholarship medals and cheques of worth amount Rupees 3.5 lacks by the Chairman S. Charanjit Singh Channi of CT Group of Institutions.

Awarding scholarship cheques and certificates to the students, Mr Channi said he is glad to see that there has been a sizeable increase in the number of students getting scholarships this year as compared to the last year, thereby showing that our students are working hard to bring good name and fame both to the institution and their parents as well. This further shows that CT Group is fulfilling its commitment to provide quality education to the students by maintaining good academic standards.  

It was further announced by him that one of the MBA students of CTIMIT, Maqsudan campus, Ms. Urvashi Chhabra has secured as high as about 90% marks and has bagged the 5th position in the merit list of the university. Student of CT Polytechnic College Amanjot Singh secured second position in all over Punjab in PSBTE examination by obtaining 82.1%.

At the concluding ceremony of the function, Mr Manbir Singh, MD of the CT Group felicitated the CT members of faculty for working hard and sincerely to bring good results. He reiterated the commitment of CT Group to make their students industry oriented so that they could meet the expectations of industry especially when the global economy is passing through recessionary phase. At last he congratulated all the meritorious students and wished them a great success in all their future endeavors.  

  CTIHM organized 'BAKE & BITE' CONTEST 2009

To give hands on training to the students of hotel management, CT Institute Of Hotel management and Catering Technology (CTIHM&CT) Maqsudan Campus today organized a mega event ‘Bake & Bite,2009’ where as many as more than fifty students presented bakery products prepared under the guidance of their trainers.

It was a open kind of competition where a variety of bakery and other items prepared by the students was displayed in the presence of expert bakers having been invited from well-known city restaurants like Maya hotel and others.

Giving details of the event, Mr Karnail Singh, HOD, Department of Hotel Management told that organizing such events is the regular feature of the institute as it has organized several similar programme like Food Fiesta in the past also. Sharing the variety of products as prepared by the students, Mr Karnail told further that two hours time was given to each group of students, consisting of 4-5 students, to prepare any dish of their choice in the style they like to make and present it to the selected judges with in the specified time. Among the items as prepared by them included coconut cookies ,butter flavour golden treacle, saro vegetable puffs, spicy chatpata cashew biscuits, luscious cakes , muffins, croissants , chocolate fudge, fruit cake, black forest pastries , fruit tarts and different styles of pizzas like margraheta , cheese capsicum pizza and tandoori pizza etc.  

While giving comments over this function, Mr Deepak Paul, Principal, CTIHM & CT said that both the range and use of a variety of bakery products like other countries is rapidly increasing in India also so there is much scope for such students to get better placements in good hotels both in India and abroad. He expressed thanks to the faculty for motivating students to take active part in this competition. He further conveyed his gratitude to the management of CT Group of Institutions for giving good leadership in organizing such functions.

The event was fully successful as it  motivated  the students to be connoisseur in bakery world as in today’s scenario in hotel industry ,bakery has got its own importance in India as well as in abroad. There were around fifty (50) contestants out of which 20 contestants were shortlisted for the final presentation. Renowned baker of The Maya Hotel was the judge of this auspicious occasion. He said “bakers are in great demand in abroad, CT institute is doing a great job in moulding the  students in the field of bakery world. Two renowned judges were invited at this special occasion Mr. Ram Kumar, Bakery chef & Mr. Raj Kumar Manager of the 4 star property “ The Maya Hotel Jalandhar”

At the concluding ceremony of the function, Mr. Anup Singh awarded  the Best Baker   and  the first &  second runner up was given to Shewta Shelly and Yougesh Kumar  .The appreciation award for the outstanding performance of  the students was given by the chairperson of the CT Group of Institutions,Mrs Parminder Channi and Mrs MD Tanika Singh .

Among others who attended this function include  S. Charanjit Singh Channi (Chairman) & Mrs. Parminder kaur Channi (Co-Chairperson)  of CT Group,Mrs MD Tanika Singh Channi. Dr Ashwani Kansra, Director (CTIMIT), Mr.Deepak Paul, Principal CTIHM & CT)  and Mr.Karnail Singh, HoD, Hotel management.

S. Charanjit Singh Channi, Chairman of the CT Educational Society said that there is need to organize more events like this as practical knowledge has more relevance in this profession. He motivated the students to work hard and bring good results in the coming exams.

         40 Students of CT got placement in KAPSONS

A Campus Placement Drive by one of the esteemed Retailers, Kapsons Agencies Pvt. Ltd., was organized in CT Group of Institutions for its MBA, PGDM & PGPRM final year students. Kapsons is a bequest of never ending growth with a turnover of 90 crores with 36 outlets comprising its own chain of stores as well as franchise units, keeping pace with the fashion wear requirements of the northern part of the country. A group that extol its own success tale.

Prof. Manhar Arora, Director Corporate Relations & Placements, said that 40 students are selected after  the recruitment process of Pre placement Talk, Group Discussion, Initial Interview and Final Interview. He further added that it is positive sign that the retail companies have started coming to Campuses for Placements. It is a big set back for the recession.

Mr. Anuj Kumar, HR Manager- Kapsons said, “We provide the talent pool an opportunity to create a career in Retail Industry where they can be placed in different locations of Northern India.”

The chairman of CT Group of Institutions S. Charanjit Singh Channi and Managing Director  Manbir Singh congratulated the selected students and wished them good luck for their future.

 Thousands throng in the Wipro BPO Job Fest

Wipro BPO, the BPO arm of global IT giant Wipro, in association with CT Group of Institutions organized a Mega Job Fest for the youth of the region to explore a career opportunity in the fast growing BPO Industry. More than two thousands students from Punjab, Himachal Pardesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir participated in this employment event. This job fest was open for the students and others those will complete their graduation in 2010 and have done graduation in 2009 or earlier. Polytechnic diploma holders from 2009 and 2010 batch were also invited to gain benefit form this placement drive.

Official from Wipro Mr. Mohit Wasan and Mr. Digvijay Kapoor informed the candidates about the opportunities in the Business Process Outsourcing industry. They said there are more than 27000 employees working with the Wipro BPO. 

More than fifty candidates were short listed through the rigorous selection procedure of Group Discussion, Telephonic Interview round followed by technical test and HR Interview. They selected ten candidates as Process Associates for their Customer Contact Centers for technical as well as customer support at the package of 1.54 lakhs. All students were given offer letters at the same time. The selected students will join the organization after completion for their course.

Director Corporate Relations and Placements, Prof. Manhar Arora told that Wipro Mega Job Fest has brought smiles on the faces of students those were fearful about their careers because of the  recession.  This employment event is a good sign as IT companies have started their recruitment drives for the session 2009 and 2010.

Chairman S. Charanjit Singh Channi said “We are glad to be a partner of Wipro BPO for providing placements to the students of Punjab.