Mr. G. Jayakar Johnson is the Head of Training and Placements at the Ashoka Women’s Engineering College. He is a research scholar in business administration at Yogi Vemana University and has a research paper published in the Scopus journal. He has completed the Certified Career Coach programme at Udemy and Transformation Services and assumed the position of placement head in March 2021. Mr. Johnson has also worked as Area Business Manager of Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Cluster Branch Manager of ICICI Bank. He has also worked as District Manager with Ranbaxy Laboratories for four years.

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For how long have you been with Ashoka Oman's Engineering College and what do you think about your roles and responsibilities?

I have been working at Ashoka Women's Engineering College since March 2021. I handle various responsibilities in my role. I started as an assistant professor in the MBA department and I was initially handling the training and placement responsibility for the institution. Subsequently, I was promoted to HOD of MBA department and then to Head of Training and Placement in November 2022. Overall, I have been with this institution for about two and a half years now. In terms of my roles and responsibilities, my role is a pivotal one because placements are important for students for them to get empowered. The more students we place, the more jobs we get, and the more quality companies we can bring in … is good for our students. It is the outcome of the four years of education that we offer—the outcome of the skills that we impart to our students in the four years time. 

How much of a team do you have in placement and how they are working?

We have around ten people in our department and we have training and placement coordinators from different departments. In all the departments, we have a TNP coordinator who will be the one-point contact for the respective department’s students with regard to training and placement. We also have colleagues who are specifically taking care of assessment tools, taking care of industry institute relationships. Additionally, some colleagues are also tasked with working on internships, which brings the team count to ten.

Can you name some companies that have visited Ashoka Women’s and Engineering College?

In this regard, we are very proud that we have brought in companies like Deloitte, Capgemini, IBM, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Hexaware, TVS, AIRTEL, ICICI Bank and Mphasis. These are some of the notable companies that have visited us. We also have companies that recruit in large numbers. Several of our students have been placed in these companies and are continuing their employment.

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What are the different training programs you offer?

We decide on training programs subject to market requirements. We do thorough training need analysis. When I say training needs analysis, we also look into the current and future trends. We look into what kinds of technologies will gain demand in the future. Additionally, we also look at the current trends, which are ongoing and then we will try to align students' aspirations with market requirements and then we will decide on the training program. As of now, we have been training our students in C preparatory courses as well as detail C, data structures using the C language, Python, Java, and Java full script. Along with this, we also have aptitude trainers and verbal trainers who take care of the aptitude and verbal reasoning sides.

How many placements till now Ashok Women's Engineering College received and in which streams?

We have had a very good number of placements in the last two academic years. We have had excellent placement offers for 2022-23 students who passed out recently. Even before the previous two years, we have had impressive numbers of offers and companies that have visited us. Overall, we have had close to about 2,000 placements so far by all good companies. These companies are from the information technology industry, core engineering companies and there are numerous non-technical companies as well. Additionally, for MBA students, we also brought in financial services companies like banks and non-banking financial corporations. 

What are the best packages the students have received till now in Ashok Engineering College?

The average package for our college is around INR 4 to 4.5 lakhs. Our highest package has been INR 12 LPA for a couple of students in 2023. Additionally, last year we had one student who secured an INR 10 LPA package job. The highest package so far has been INR 12 LPA.