Alumni Association of College of Engineering,Guindy

Alumni Association of College of Engineering,Guindy (AACEG) successfully held its 2^nd Global Alumni Meet ‘CEGAM-2015’

Alumni Association of College of Engineering, Gunidy, an oldest alumni association in the country, organized its second CEGAM-2015 (College of Engineering, Guindy – Global Alumni Meet) at CEG campus today. 

The event encompasses various knowledge sharing sessions and panel discussions with eminent panelist for the whole day with 900+ alumni registrations from across the globe. The alumni present interacted with the current batch students and exchanged some in-depth knowledge and experience with the students which were insightful and encouraging.

From its humble beginning in 2011 and with its strong objective, CEGAM has set a mark in alumni meet arena. Shri. B Ashok, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Dr. S. Ramakrishnan, Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor, ISRO, and Mr. N Krishnakumar, CEO and Managing Director, Mindtree graced the occasion with their respective presence.

B Ashok, Chairman, IOCL, lighting the lamp.
 Flanked by B Karunakaran, AACEG, S Ramakrishnan, ISRO, and
N Krishnakumar, Mindtree 

With an objective to create a platform for the alumni of CEG and encourage collaboration among them, CEGAM also brought in global expertise knowledge of its alumni to the state and inspired the students more into entrepreneurial venture. A new job portal for CEGAM was formally announced at the occasion. The CEGAM portal keeps the alumni up-to-date with developments and promotes exchange of knowledge and information among alumni.

Delivering key note address Shri. B Ashok, Chairman, IOCL shared his views on the brief history and Role of Central PSEs and Energy sector in shaping the new economic landscape of India. He also added that in today’s scenario job hopping is very common. It’s perceived that everyone’s first job is for resigning today. There is scope for all in this world, be it in service or entrepreneurship. One should have passion to absorb, digest and achieve. He also invited the students to find out alternate source of fuel to the present fossil fuel which is depleting. It should be renewable and more sustainable”

Dr. S Ramakrishnan, Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor, ISRO said “Earlier communication was considered as technological advancement. But today the technology has grown to absorb every happening on earth minute wise. India’s growth in space research had made the global countries to turn on us. He also added that 99% of the engineers working at ISRO are Indian engineers and the usage of made in India products in our satellite program economical.”

Recollecting his old days Mr. N Krishnakumar, CEO, Mindtree shared his learning as an entrepreneur with the students. He said “delivering globally accepting result is the real success of entrepreneurship. He also added that entrepreneurship has no age, creed or color. Anybody who can give solutions to a real problem of the money paying client can succeed in entrepreneurship. Bored with the job doing or annoyed with the boss is not the right reason to venturing into start-up. Entrepreneurship is like a marathon; one should learn from the failure and keep moving”

Speaking about the initiative Er. B Karunakaran, President of AACEG said, “We are delighted with success of the meet and the overwhelming response we receive this year. We are now looking at new alumni chapters by organizing meets in other countries such as Gulf, Singapore and Australia. We also plan to set up incubation center to provide seed capital, launch a new job portal where alumni can post the requirements, initiate outstanding alumni awards and wall of fame to engrave alumni achievements. This we believe will create a stronger bond between the alumni and the institution and also provide bigger and better opportunities for the existing students. He also announced the intended AACEG reforms like e-polling and the required alumni electoral role”.

Series of panel discussions with eminent panelists was organized on topics such as “Entrepreneurial Dreams – Innovate, Incubate, Implement”, “Careerscape – Networking to success”, “Make in India – Challenges and Opportunities” and “Pursuit of Passion #BeyondEngineering” which also received great response from the participants.

About AA CEG

Alumni Association of CEG (AA CEG) is a 90 year old organization, and among the oldest and largest alumni associations in India, like our alma mater CEG, which is 220 years old. AA CEG has a registered membership count of over 18000 and increases by more than 1500 every year. The alumni of CEG are spread all over India and across the globe.

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