Roles and Responsibilities of Committee Members        

The Central Training and Placement Committee (TPC henceforth) of Sankalchand Patel University (SPU) comprises of a convener along with members from all constituent Institutes and Swami Sachchidanand Polytechnic College. The very members shall act as the institute coordinator for their respective institute. The members shall report to the Hon. Provost through the TPC Convener and shall work in congruence with the University’s Vision and Mission. Training and Placements, being a rigorous and involving job, the members are expected to perform following roles along with the responsibility of improving student’s employability and making them employed at organizations of high repute.

• To coordinate the placement activities at the institute level.
• To maintain records, information and details of all the existing students in appropriate format(s).
• To collect and maintain information of the whereabouts and present work details of passed out students in appropriate format(s). Such information shall be provided to recruiters shall they require experience personnel.
• The Coordinator shall mentor and counsel the students for placements and skill enhancement.
• To arrange training program(s) for improving students’ employability. Such training program shall be on the following areas;
  • Students’ grooming
  • Aptitude/Written Test
  • Enrichment programs for overcoming deficiency in skills, if any
• To encourage the faculty members to involve and provide in the skill development activities based on the recruiter’s specific requirement from the students. Expert session(s) can be organized to enhance the employability of our students.
• To arrange pre-placement talks at/off the campus.
• Creating and maintaining long-term relations/networking with recruiters including institute alumnus.
• To visit companies/organizations with the purpose of inviting them at the campus for recruitment/talks.
• To identify, invite and correspond to prospective companies for interview date and schedule of events.
• To keep all the required documents such as List of eligible students, Job Announcement form etc, ready while placement drive.
• To arrange for interview facilities at the campus and making the necessary arrangements for written test.
• To communicate the job description (JD) and organization profile of the recruiter with the students.
• Arranging logistics for recruiters’ team coming for placement and coordinating placement activities; and to receive the personnel and provide necessary inputs about the college and to co-ordinate the placement process for smooth functioning at various locations (interview halls, written test halls, etc).
• To arrange for transportation facility for the students in case of off-campus placement drive/interview.
• To collect the appointment/offer letters or correspond to get them as soon as the interview is over.
• To distribute appointment letters and collect acceptance letters from the students and dispatch to employees.
• To identify a standby placement officer to take over the responsibilities during the absence of Placement Officer.

Note:  The above list of role and responsibility of TPC member is not an exhaustive list. The TPC member may need to perform other role(s) falling under training and placement activities as may be needed in the regard.

Dr. D. S. Patel (Convener, Training and Placement Committee, SPU, Visnagar)

Email: dspatelmech_spce@spu.ac.in, Mobile: 9909518275