Never give up your questfor learning, students told

April 05, 2017 08:55 pm | Updated April 06, 2017 08:18 am IST - MADURAI

Virudhunagar Collector A. Sivagnanam presenting job offer letter to a candidate at the Sethu Institute of Technology in Virudhunagar district on Wednesday.

Virudhunagar Collector A. Sivagnanam presenting job offer letter to a candidate at the Sethu Institute of Technology in Virudhunagar district on Wednesday.

Stating that most of the people stop improving their talent and knowledge after settling down in a job, A. Sivagnanam, Virudhunagar Collector, urged fresh graduates to never give up their quest for learning.

Speaking at the placement day function at Sethu Institute of Technology in Pulloor on Wednesday, where he distributed offer letters to final year students who got placed in various companies this year, Mr. Sivagnanam advised the students not to become complacent after taking up their first job. Pointing out that world was highly competitive, he asked the students to not give up trying new things for fear of failure.

“Mistakes do happen. However, you should be careful not to repeat a mistake the second time,” he said. He also urged the students not to steer away from the ethical path in their pursuit for earning more.

S. Mohamed Jaleel, Founder and Chairman, SIT, urged the students to not only help their families but also contribute to the growth of the country.

A. Senthil Kumar, Principal, SIT, said that the college had managed to get jobs for more than 700 students despite predictions of declining growth in Information Technology sector.

A statement issued by the college said that 720 final year students of the college had so far been placed in 74 companies, of which 72 companies visited SIT for oncampus recruitment.

The highest package of ₹ 21.6 lakh per annum was offered to Mohammed Harris, an Electrical and Electronics Engineering student, by a Dubai-based construction company.

Swaminathan Ramasubramanian, Senior Director, VirtusaPolaris, Sivakumar Jayaraman, Assistant General Manager, J.K. Fenner (India) Limited, S. Lavanya Raja, Director, Apptivo Software Private Limited, and S.M. Seeni Mohamed Aliar Maraikkayar, Joint Chief Executive Officer, SIT also participated.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.