28/10/2008
Government Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram – Palakkad has conducted its first industry linkage Program on 28th of October 2008. The program is conducted as per the instructions from The Department of Technical Education, Government of Kerala. In the first phase GEC sought the co-operation of “Z-Beanz Technologies”. The consultants from Z-Beanz visited the campus.
The session was arranged for the third semester students of the college, in which the speakers shared their experiences in the industry. The main focus of the session was “Business Potential of Open source”, The session also introduced some useful open source products which are cost effective and potentially useful when the students plan to be entrepreneurs.The program was inaugurated by the Principal of the college, Dr. P.C ReghuRaj. Teachers from various Departments also took part in the interactive session.
The Program could also motivate the students to think differently to have courageous career in the IT industry, effectively utilising the Open Source advantage for start ups. It was also an opportunity to expose the proven business strategy of Z-Beanz which is a company anchored by the old students of GEC.