[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 131 - FUTURE FOR GOAN YOUTH

[Shanti Dhoot]

FUTURE FOR GOAN YOUTH

The Padre Conceicao College of Engineering should be felicitated,

And all who wish well for Goa should be genuinely elated,

To hear the news that this college,

Not only imparts skills and knowledge,

But has also for its students, opportunities for employment created.


It proves that Goan students are in no way less capable

Than their peers elsewhere and sussegad as a label,

Is inappropriate for the younger generation,

If at all it was justified for the general Goan population.

Such news will for other youth, their ambitions enable.


The mining magnates who have already entered the educational field,

As also others in Goa that have done well, are now well-heeled,

Should take more interest in our village youth,

Who are undeniably and in truth,

As good as any others, and ensure the urban-rural divide is not congealed.


-      Shanti Dhoot
RE:

*Foreign firm snaps up Goa engg students*
The Times of India, 10 Jun 2008, Gauree Malkarnekar[image:
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PANAJI: It is a first for an engineering college in Goa. A foreign company
has conducted campus interviews and recruited students.  Four of the 260
students who will be graduating from the Padre Conceicao College of
Engineering (PCCE), Verna, this year have been recruited by British company
Tedmur. Vishal Nagwekar, Mandar Pawar, Prassan Kamat and Joshua Dias have
been offered jobs by the company at its Qatar branch as technical design and
research engineers.
All four students belong to the mechanical engineering branch and will be
carrying out research on air-conditioning and earn a salary of Rs 5.08 lakh
per annum. Niyan Marchon, the head of the training and placement cell of the
college, said it is also the first year that all 260 students of a batch
have secured placements through the campus with top companies in the
country. "Over the last four years, the college has witnessed a surge in the
number of companies participating in the placement activity. This year, the
companies had more jobs to offer than we had students. Now, with the
participation of a foreign company, the students are in for exciting times."


The college offers 60 seats each for degrees in computer engineering,
electronics and telecommunication engineering, mechanical engineering and
information technology.  This year 260 students have been offered 265 jobs
from industry majors such as Infosys, WiproTech, Cognizant, Siemens, Tech
Mahindra, HSBC, TCS, IBM, Vedanta, Sulzer, MRF, Tata Autocomp, Videocon,
Putzmeister, Sasken, L&T Infotech, Persistent Systems, L & T Engineering,
Mahindra and Mahindra, Godrej, Anglo Eastern Shipping Co. etc. To top it
all, 136 students of the college's 2008-09 batch have already been
recruited.

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