ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES at JGEC Campus
JGEC Alumni Association started its journey at JGEC campus in the year 2010 with registration from Registrar of Societies West Bengal Act XXVI of 1961 vide No:-S/L/70053 of 2010-11.
The breakthrough was the first National Level Seminar in the year 2011. It was just a beginning. Since then, regular seminars & workshops are organized at JGEC Campus.
The year 2012 was special. To Communicate the Alumni Voice, Alumni Association started its Official Website.
The whole purpose was to Giving Back to Alma Mater! Giving Back to Society!
To honor this spirit, alumnus & their families came forward to initiate Scholarship Programs in the year 2013.
In the year 2014, an available private land inside JGEC campus was purchased by Alumni Association, to build a three-story convention centre, Kanchenjunga!
In 2020, the ground floor for Kanchenjunga is ready with enormous support from beloved alumnus who took it as an opportunity to connect to the root, with a bigger social cause.
Bridging the Gap
In a nutshell, we can divide Alumni Association activities in few verticals, such as Seminar & Workshops, Scholarship Program, Innovation Drive, Project Kanchenjunga, Branding JGEC, Social Platform, etc.
SEMINAR & WORKSHOPS:
Regular seminars and workshops are organized at Campus for the students of JGEC. Our Respected Alumnus from across the globe visit campus to guide students. Also, senior people from industry (like President of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce) and academia (like Director & Professors of IITs) visit campus.
Webinar:
During Covid, Alumni Association regularly organize online Webinar, which is led by Ms. Evelyn Bhunia, 2001 batch. In addition to that, Industry Meet 2020 was organized under leadership of Ms. Bornali Sarkar, 1999 batch.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:
Scholarship Program initiated in 2013 with 2 schemes. It is growing fast as more alumnus and their families are connecting with campus. Through scholarship interview session, students get face to face interaction opportunity to leaders from Industry and Academia.
Important Features of Scholarship Program 2023:
1. Total no. of Scholarship Schemes: 27
2. No. of students to be benefitted through the Scholarship Program: 46
3. Total Scholarship Amount: Approximately Rs.7,85,000/- (Rs Seven Lacs Eighty Five Thousands only)
Interested brothers and sisters have applied for the Scholarship Schemes for 2023 and the 1:1 interview & processing is underway, with active participation of Respected sponsors, beloved JGEC students and Respected Professors.
Link for application: https://jgecalum.org/scholarship
INTRA COLLEGE INNOVATION CHALLENGE
The program used to organized twice at JGEC Campus to encourage innovation and nurture young talents. The program used to organized in coordination with Center for Innovation. Students participate to showcase their innovative ideas with physical and mathematical models. It was started since 2016/17.
KANCHENJUNGA:
The G+2 State of the Art, Convention Center is under construction.
Kanchenjunga will be a self sustainable development centre with classroom, conference hall, meeting room, mini library cum reading room along with 5 guest rooms for accommodation.
The aim is to create a Hallmark Center for enhancing Brand JGEC.
Construction Status of Kanchenjunga as on 23rd March'24:
Electrical connection received.
1) Ground floor: construction completed - Inaugurated on Aug'22.
2) First Floor: 90% construction completed- ready with Five Guest Room and one Liabary Room.
3) Second Floor : 50% roof casting completed.
4) Second Floor: For Balance portion - Brick work upto Lintel completed.
Fund drive for remaining construction of first floor is under progress.
KANCHENJUNGA is built by Alumnus of JGEC campus. Alumni Association conduct extensive fund drive with a brand name Buy a Brick. The fund drive initiative is also an opportunity for reconnecting with our beloved campus
BRAND JGEC
1) Accreditation Process:
Alumni Association constantly work with college administration to support in various audit and accreditation, like UGC's audit for Autonomous, NAAC Accreditation Audit, etc. Alumni Association provides all necessary documentation to JGEC college authority to satisfy various accreditation clauses.
NAAC Accreditation:
Alumni Association took initiative to support NAAC Accreditation process. The activities started in 2019 when Alumni Association provided all documentary supports for NAAC application. On 10th February 2021, NAAC Auditor's Team visited campus. Alumni Association members (from first batch to 2020 batch) met the NAAC Auditor's Team at Kanchenjunga and shared JGEC values. Alumni Association produced all documents that how JGEC Alumni Association contributes in JGEC's various processes. NAAC Auditor's Team highly appreciated the Alumni Association initiatives and vision of Kanchenjunga. JGEC received full number in Alumni activities.
2) Rain Water Harvesting Prototype:
Alumni Association supported to build a prototype of Rain Water Harvesting. It is a process to create green awareness inside JGEC Campus. The prototype build to showcase JGEC's Green Campaign during NAAC Accreditation Audit.
3) Media Coverage of JGEC Campus:
Various value added programs are captured by electronic and print media which is one step towards branding JGEC.
BONDING ALUMNUS:
Regular Alumni Meet at Campus provides alumnus to reconnect with JGEC campus.
Diamond Jubilee T Shirt:
To collaborate the diamond jubilee, Alumni Association launched about 250 T-shirts with the JGEC and Alumni Association logo. Alumnus took it as an opportunity to use the T-shirts to cherish JGEC experience.
SOCIAL PLATFORM FOR JGEC
Alumni Association acts as a social platform for the entire JGEC fraternity.
1. Covid Response:
Since March 2020 lockdown, Alumnus supported the underprivileged families at periphery of campus who support students at hostels. Essential goods including blankets for winter provided to these families for 14th times using the infrastructure created in Kanchenjunga. These casual workers live in periphery of campus, they support in hostel activities and financed by students when college is on. Alumni Association members along with our beloved students visited the campus in all the occasions to acknowledge the contribution of our hostel casual staffs. It was not mere token support, rather continuous support to the underprivileged members of JGEC fraternity (total 52 families) throughout the lockdown period.
2. Staying with JGECian:
Many companies want validation of ex-students from institution, especially during job change or career shift. Various verification agencies and companies used to send mail to college authority for verification. Due to lockdown, many a times it was not possible for college authority to respond fast as the official verification process needs various steps including check with Universities which are also not regular during lockdown. Alumni Association used to step in many cases where the verification agencies copy to Alumni Association as well. Alumni Association used to reply to the verification agencies in many cases (with limited capacity) acknowledging the Alumnus. The same happened during lockdown period where Alumni Association replied to the verification agencies.
Alumni Association appealed to JGEC fraternity to stood beside the underprivileged Alumnus or Students to support them in personal capacities. Alumni Association created platforms, WhatsApp groups and Facebook pages helped to provide support to our many brothers and sisters. The Alumni Association WhatsApp groups provide an opportunity to inform job vacancies to our Beloved Students and Respected Alumnus.
Alumni Association members also actively participated in creating an official video of JGEC which is posted in JGEC's Official YouTube Channel. It's a part of enhancing Brand JGEC.
Alumni Association try to rejuvenate vibrant JGEC community for connecting with our beloved JGEC Campus.
We have world's one of the most beautiful campus. Alumni Association is a platform to elevate our campus to next level.
Best Regards from
THE JGEC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
JGEC Campus, Jalpaiguri, WB, India
Driven by Gratitude, Bonded with Nostalgia
WHERE SHALL I STUDY?
Am I Taking a Right Decision?
The most challenging question which confound a student when deciding the perfect Institute to suit their needs is "where should I study?" Universities, Colleges and Schools have just mushroomed all over within the past decades worldwide. Students have plenty of choices when choosing the best and most promising one. With everyone offering the best of syllabus, faculty and infrastructure, Alumni connect have become a strategic asset for any kind of higher education institution willing to stand out from the domestic and international competition.
STRATEGIC ASSET
Alumni Connect is a Strategic Asset. This means that…
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An institution’s alumni are the reflection of its past, representation of its present and a link to its future.
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Educational institutions are changing the way they see and interact with their alumni community.
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Earlier, alumni and their alma-mater were treated as separate entities wherein one’s existence was independent of the other.
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Local alumni chapters were formed as a means to interact with other fellow alumni. However, these associations seldom had any interaction with the institution they graduated from. That's the reasons institutions globally are focusing for centralised campus based Alumni platform.
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With the advent of Social Media, alumni relationship has taken a different flavour altogether. Centralised alumni platform of institutions have started to harness the power of alumni through various networking platforms and focusing on connecting ex-students with campus.
Most Loyal Ambassador
There are various ways in which alumni association is creating a powerful positive impact to campus because alumnus are most loyal ambassador of the campus.
Support System
An engaged alumni network allows the University to benefit from the skills and experience of our graduates, by offering their support to our students, to the institution and to each other. If we keep them well informed and engaged, alumni are our most loyal supporters and our best ambassadors, offering invaluable marketing and promotion across their personal and professional networks.
Offering Expertise
Talented alumni will likely have a wealth of experience and skills to share with current students via talks and meets. In certain cases, this could go even further with alumni offering to practically support students in work placements and help them launch their careers. JGEC Alumni Association has created an engaged alumni network which is beneficial because engaged graduates are much more likely to want to “give back” to the University.
Mentorship
Alumni can play an active role in voluntary programs like mentoring students in their areas of expertise. JGEC Alumni Association has created a structured platform where students got opportunity, through Bridging the Gap initiative, to interact with successful alumnus, professionals, academicians and scientists at JGEC campus. Also through Innovation Challenge, students can nurture and showcase their talents on a regular intervals.
Scholarship
Alumnus also play a significant role in contributing scholarships to deserving students. Alumni get in touch with students and share their expertise and best practices in a given field.
Assistance in Employability
Alumni Association's function is not to create job. But Alumni Association helps to connect alumnus with campus and create alumni network. Alumni network has a real life benefit for current students. Alumni also donate their valuable time to offer career support to current students. This enhances the students’ experience and give them that competitive edge in today’s tough job market. The alumni network of a college is one of the biggest sources of placement opportunities to the students. Alumni can help students get placed at their respective organizations.
Why Alumnus Like to Connect?
Leveraging the alumni community through campus based initiatives is a win-win for both the institution and the alumni. Many of them are willing to ‘Give-Back’ to their alma-mater as a sign of their gratitude and affinity towards the institution.
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Reconnect. Find and reminisce with fellow graduates; see what everyone’s been up to!
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Give back. Make meaningful connections, recruit future Wildcats, speak to students and advise fellow alumni.
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Expand. Leverage your professional network to get introduced to people you should know.
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Advance. Advance your career through inside connections who work at top companies.
