The Academy maintains a strong network with industries, chambers, organisations, and other social and business associations to access their cooperation and support for various activities.
» Industry Visits & Field Trips
Students are frequently taken on industry and corporate visits to understand the practical implementation of knowledge at the workplace. These are held in and around the city as well as in other towns. Some of the industrial organisations recently visited by the students include TATA Motors, Jayshree Textiles, Titagarh Industries, Tribeni Tissues, Kesoram Rayon, Orissa Cement Limited, Tata Tinplates Limited and TISCO.
During the latest industry tours, about 150 students were taken in batches to Songachi Tea Garden and Processing Unit, Jalpaiguri, Yoksum Beverage Private Limited, Unit of Cipla and WaiWai Noodles Pvt. Ltd in Sikkim. The students were accompanied by the faculty and were shown around the company facilities by the company officials in all the sites. It was a knowledgeable exposure for the students in terms of understanding the Operations of reputed industrial setups.
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» Seminars
APEX organises various seminars and panel discussions related to current topics of interest by inviting eminent speakers from the industry to come and share their views. While these are held for a general and large student audience, some talk-shops are conducted specifically for smaller groups wherein a senior executive / manager comes in to have an informal chat session and share his or her personal experiences.
A host of corporate hotshots like Barun Das of Exide Industries, Rita Bhimani - the PR Expert, Siddharth Pansari of the Pansari Group of Companies, Anamitra Chatterjee of Price Water House Coopers as well as celebrity icons like Nondon Bagchi and Oindrilla Dutt has spoken in to the students in recent seminars organized by APEX. The most recent Talk Show saw corporate big-wigs like Pradip Gooptu, Anton Mukherjee battle their wit with celebrities like Alokananda Roy and Sahana Chatterjee.
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» Visiting Lectures
Experts from industry are frequently invited to disseminate lectures and teach on various subjects where considerable practical experience is an added advantage. Students are getting their first exposure to corporate practices in their monthly ‘Adda Sessions’ with executives from the industry. The Institute is aiming at having at least one such session targeted at different specialisation in both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Recently we have had sessions on topics related to Human Resources and Technology Implementation with varied speakers, both independent consultant as well as company executives coming in to share their experiences with our students.
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» Internships and Projects
There are frequent requests from companies for providing human resources to conduct short term project assignments, internships, and other practical training opportunities. The Academy proactively seeks such liaisons and places students in these partnering organisations, thereby providing a fantastic practical and real life learning platform. The companies that shortlisted students in the current academic year for internship / project work are Hughes Communication, Kotak Insurance, Reliance Insurance, SKP Securities, Anderson Printing House, Jayshree Tea Company, Indiabulls Securities, ICICI Prudential etc. Kotak Insurance was highly impressed with the project work of our students and visited us twice in the current year.
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