217 students of Sivakasi college get placement

A total of 217 appointment orders were handed over to the students in the presence of their parents. 
 
Dr M Nandakumar, principal, Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College, said the students have received more than one placement order. 

Emirates Printing, Dubai had placed 35 students in the diploma in printing technology, mechanical engineering and EEE. Napco National, Saudi Arabia had placed 10 students. 

“Apart from these foreign placements, leading companies from India, such as L&T, Hyundai, ITC, Mando Automative, Adhava Packaging, Asian Metals, Manohar Filaments, and Multiflex, placed our students. In India, 172 placements and 45 placements abroad were received, for 217 placement orders for this academic year,” Nandakumar said.

He added, “Printing technology has a bright future because it has a huge demand fetching opportunities in India and abroad. There are more than 2.5 lakh printing and allied companies in India. Printing technology courses are offered in around 45 institutions in India. There are few institutions exclusively for packaging technology. Every year, 65 students complete their courses at our institute. In Tamil Nadu, the number is 360. Still, there is a demand to recruit printing diploma-holders. We are not in a position to fulfil the requirements.”
 
He said due to this demand for printing technologists, the institute is running short-term programmes on offset printing machines for mechanical and electrical diploma students. Mechanical and electrical students with basic knowledge of printing are being absorbed in the printing and packaging industries. “So, we are offering additional short-term courses for mechanical and electrical diploma students on basic printing and offset printing machine operators training to serve in printing industries,” he added.