CGC - About Carrer Guidance Cell 

The idea of 'Career Guidance Cell' is to create a safe place for students in seeking guidance, making well-informed decisions and building themselves a pragmatic career. This cell works to help students in finding ways to put their intellect, well-earned skills and interests to use, as they figure out their future. Our CGC has now become an integral part of the institution.

Vision

The Career Guidance Cell aims to empower individuals with personalized support and resources to navigate their professional journeys successfully, fostering a future where every individual finds fulfillment and success in their chosen career path.

Mission

The mission of the Career Guidance Cell is to provide comprehensive support, resources, and guidance to individuals, empowering them to make informed decisions, develop essential skills, and pursue fulfilling career paths aligned with their aspirations and potentials.

Details of CGC: The unit consists of a Coordinator, an Assistant Coordinator and four members from different streams (Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Sciences, and Business Administration) in the college. The details are as follows-

Coordinator- K. Kala Jyothi, DL in Microbiology(Vice Principal)

Academic Coordinator - Y. Sindoora 

Assistant Coordinator- V. Supriya, G. Jalaja

Members:

• Language- Ms. G.Bhargavi, V.G. Laxmi
• Sciences- Syeda Zainab, B. Suchitha
• Mathematics- Y. Sindoora Reddy, DL in Mathematics
• Computer Sciences- FaiziaFathima, DL in Computer Sciences

Mails to our CGC can be reached at cgc.nizamabadttwrdc@gmail.com

Functioning of the cell:

Career Guidance Cell is one of the policy decisions provided by UGC XI plan to establish a centre at college/university level for assisting students in realising their potential and training them to nurture these potentials to match with the available careers. It aids the students benefit at higher level and match them to appropriate careers available locally and nationally.  The career guidance cell provides relevant academic and career information to enable students to make informed decisions along the way.Our focus is to provide learning/training opportunities in the areas of academic, career and personal/ social development and to prepare students to meet their future challenges.The Career Guidance Cell provides commendable services in areas of Campus Interviews; Job Placements and training programmes for our students that enable them to develop applicable skills in the competitive job market.The Cell also organizes Workshops and Seminars on Personality Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Communication Skills, Interview Skills and Presentation Skills to enable the All Round development of individuals.Eminent resource persons from various sectors and esteemed institutions are invited for providing training to the students.

The CGC is established with the following main objectives:

1. To conduct Bridge Programmes for freshers to develop communication skills.
2. To organize and offer various programmes on Personality Development, Soft Skills and Communication Skills.
3. To conduct a survey among students on their career options and create awareness about the importance of higher studies.
4. To assist/counsel students to map to the available careers based on their potentials, aptitudes and interests.
5. The students will be assisted in understanding their potentials. This can be accomplished through:

          a) The psychometric tests specially designed for graduate students which would state the aptitudes and potentials in degree                level with regard to each student.

           b) Counselling by the Faculty or Professionals to understand their potentials.

6. OrganizeCGC lectures and workshops by:  

• Experts/Professionals from Companies
• Professors/officials from Universities
• Experts from Training Institutes like Mahindra Pride
• Alumni of Gurukulam well placed in their careers. (To effectively make use of Alumni Network, who have gone abroad for higher studies, to periodically motivate and guide our students).

7. To organize training and exams for the competitive exams such as CUCET, CPGET, HCU, CAT, GRE, IIT JAM and to counsel them for higher studies.
8. To organize Pre-placement Training Programmes / Mock interviews to enable students to showcase their skills during the Interview.
9. Providing training through e-registration. All the interested students go through e-registration for TASK where the students are provided trainings in their interested fields.

Education

• The students are encouraged to pursue higher education in reputed universities and institutions across the world.
• The faculty counsel and fortify students to apply for organisations such as TISS, Azim PRemji University, BHU, Central Universities, IIT’s, NIT’s, INU, DU, etc.
• All the required information regarding applications and future opportunities are clearly shared with the students using media such as news paper clippings, emails, etc.
• The faculties train the students on a daily basis following a strict schedule. A two-hour session per day is followed, accompanied by a test on the weekend. The papers are corrected and discussed with the students and suggestions are made.
• The students are also provided with study material, mock tests, previous entrance question papers etc from the library.
• The students interested in higher education in Physical education are assisted and trained as required.

Outcomes:

1. Two students visited Nepal and Egypt for 45 days as a part of AISEC program. They were assigned a project there which they successfully completed and submitted their report. 
2. Fourteen (14) students were selected for M.Sc/MA at OU, TU, MGU and other colleges.
3. Two (2) students were selected for PG Microbiology at Bangalore University.
4. One (1) student got selected for MBA at HCU.
5. Eight (8) students got selected for B.Ed.
6. Seven (7) students got selected for B.P.Ed.
7. Four (4) students cleared the first round of selection for TISS and will be attending the further rounds for admission. 

Employability

• The students who are interested and in need of employment after graduation are identified and trained accordingly in their field of interest.
• These students are informed regularly of the career opportunities, eligibility criteria, and selection procedures.
• A one-hour session every day is religiously allotted for guiding students for employability.
• The students are trained in four aspects- General English, Arithmetic and Logical Reasoning, Soft skills and MS Office.
• Group discussions, Mock interviews, JAM Sessions, mock tests, etc are conducted to equip students for the interviews,
• Guest lectures and motivation classes are also organised to motivate the students.
• The students are also provided with computer and internet accessibility to improve their computer application skills.
• One week of interactive training session was held in the college by Mahindra Tech Pride classrooms focussing majorly on communication, soft skills, facing interviews, etc.