Galgotias University: Stepping up in rankings and placements

MOCK INTERVIEWS AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS ARE REGULARLY CONDUCTED AT GALGOTIAS. IN THEIR FINAL YEAR, STUDENTS ARE GIVEN EXTRA TRAINING DURING THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND BEFORE THEY FINALLY FACE THE ACTUAL JOB INTERVIEWS

With its international teaching policies and strong academic infrastructure, the Galgotias University has once again offered excellent placements to students. As a consequence, it has been ranked among top institutions in India. Even before completing their studies, students start dreaming of finding the job of their choice.

While some are fortunate to get into their dream profession immediately after college, others are not necessarily so lucky.

For them, the wait to join a good place of work — with a conducive working environment and, of course, a good pay packet, can be a long one.

This is where the famous Galgotias University in Noida, that is popular among students not just for its academic environment and ranking, but also for its placement opportunities, comes in.

No wonder, year after year, it ranks high among the list of academic institutions in India.

Offering vocational and technical streams, this institution remains way ahead of the others with more than 15,000 highranking students pursuing over a 100 graduate and under-graduate courses.

This shows not just its ‘students first’ ideology but also its focus on offering the best in education for them.

Also, in its effort to give equal attention to all students, guidelines are laid out to ensure that each teacher is given the right proportion or number of pupils to teach so that a good standard of education is maintained. tradition, more than 85 per cent placements have been recorded this year -- the maximum so far.

The majority of students, after completing their education from the Galgotias University, have been placed at very high levels and positions in multi-national companies and big corporate houses.

The institute’s great strides ahead in the field of education have been possible only because it understands the growing business and demands of technical and vocational training.

For this, the institute has set up a dynamic faculty of highly qualified teachers not just from all the major educational institutes of the country but also from the United States and also Singapore.

What’s more, Dr Ashok Saxena (an alumnus of the Georgia Technical University NSA), who has been associated with some of the world’s best universities and eminent governmental bodies, is now the educational adviser of the institute.

Another reason behind Galgotias University’s impressive results are the path-breaking set of schemes and programmes that have been initiated.

And under the ABET guidelines, students are being given world-class university-level education.

Keeping in mind the demands of the industry, world-class laboratories have also been set up at the university.

In its School of Lifelong Learning, skills of good and effective communication, and ways to improve personality and presentation skills are imparted to students.

School of Lifelong Learning grooms students of Galgotias University in multi-dimensional areas, thereby enabling them to effortlessly face the challenges of corporate world and also to become a better human being once they pass out from the campus.

Pleasing personality, team skills, decision making capability, the ability to think on the feet, presentation skills, an analytical bent of mind, innovation, communication skills and positive attitude are few of the qualities which the trainers of the School of Lifelong Learning develop among all students.

The School of Lifelong Learning comprises of trainers having cumulative training and teaching experience of over 200 years in some of top training companies of the country.

They have been veterans in their field and have played a very vital role in framing the entire pedagogy, teaching methodology and framework of the School.

The School of Lifelong Learning starts training students from the first year till final year, so that by the time these students reach the end of their program they are capable enough to crack the selection process of the top companies which visit the university for campus recruitment each year.

The School has been grooming students of Btech, Mtech, MBA, MCA and BCA.

The School has prepared the students of BED for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) and has also started preparing students for various competitive exams like CAT, CMAT and Bank Probationary Officer (PO).

The pre-final and final year students are given extra grooming through an exclusive twomonth programme called Campus to Corporate.

This programme enables students to not only get their dream job but also seamlessly blend into the corporate world

The University also has an English Proficiency Training programme which was inaugurated by the renowned educator Dr Steven T Hawkins whose spearheading efforts to bring about positive transformation amongst students are very wellknown.

The English Proficiency programme is the first of its kind and is implemented end-to-end at the University’s in-house training centre, to enhance the employability skills of students.

Under this programme, students are trained from their very first year onwards.

The programme content is part of the curriculum and is taught like other subjects.

The content of the first year is based on basic communication skills with activities which help motivate students to improve communication and presentation skills and develop self-confidence.

During the second and third year, the programme focuses on the areas of quantitative and verbal aptitude.

Mock interviews and group discussions are regularly conducted. In their final year, students are given extra training during their summer holidays and before they finally face the actual job interviews.

Little wonder then, backed with excellent education and training, the majority of students have been placed at high levels in multi-national companies and big corporate houses.

RISE IN RANKINGS

It is no wonder that Galgotias University, ranked among the finest in the country, is the place students looking for a bright and secure future, aspire to be at. Among the major reasons for this is the fact the institute provides education in several streams under one roof.

Also, the high level and class of its educators and facilities have helped it bag the prestigious five-star QS rating.

RANKINGS RECORDS

The January 2018 issue of India Today group’s magazine, Aspire, named it the top college for law.

According to the latest ranking by Outlook & India Today Magazine, the institution stands in the first place among Uttar Pradesh’s own universities, and figures among the first five top in North India.

According to the Times Engineering Institute Ranking Survey, May 2018, it stands at the second position among the country’s best engineering institutions.

The 19th All India Rank Survey (government and private institutions) conducted by India Today places it as the premier private engineering colleges of Uttar Pradesh.

ALLIANCES WITH GLOBAL INSTITUTES

In its efforts to offer a bright future to all its students, the institution, together with some of the top companies in India and abroad, runs several employment-enhancement programmes.

To begin with, in association with Infosys, there is a Campus Connect Programme.

With Cognizant Competency and Adobe, the university offers internships and training in the field of Artificial Intelligence and data dnalytics.

Also, with the University College London, and the Georgia Tech University, it offers mentorship programmes for a select group of faculty members.

There are also associations with some of the Indian government startups and Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Finally, together with St Gobain and Glass Academy, civil engineering and architecture associations and training programmes are included.

In addition, certification courses in association with different companies such as Nasscom for cyber security and data analytics, NIIT for Java and Python, Ked Centre for SCADA development are also available.

WHERE RESEARCH IS PART OF TRADITION

The institution does not believe in just imparting academic knowledge to its pupils, but provide also pragmatic and realistic experience.

That is why, students and teachers are encouraged to not just attend seminars and workshops, at both the national and international levels, but also present their research papers there from time to time.

As part of Galgotias’ vision for Corporate Social Responsibility, the Galgotias Centre for Technology Innovation and Incubation (GCTII) has been established in association with the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises and with the Government of India.

This is to ensure that skills of students in different fields get enhanced and their business acumen, innovative thoughts and visions are promoted to create new and profitable startups.