siliconindia | | DECEMBER 202119Educationwhere companies are invited to recruit students of various specializations and work experience. The department fo-cuses on developing technical skills, aptitude, soft skills, communication skills and digital skills.Some of our top recruiters include, Infosys, Capgemini, Rakuten, Adobe, Cognizant and Accenture.More so, CIT thrives on innovations of its students. The R&D research centre at CIT is actively involved in various sponsored projects. Up to Rs 2 crore has been sanctioned for research activities to this Centre in CIT.Students can be a part of this Centre which is funded by organizations including the Aeronautical Research and Development Board (ARDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Defense Research Development Or-ganization (DRDO), Visvesvaraya Technological Univer-sity (VTU) and several others. These Research Centres and the Research &Development department have funded projects of more than $25000 USD each.Ensuring that students maintain a balance between ac-ademic and co-curricular activities during their journey, CIT has a well-equipped Dept. of Physical Education and Sports. Students regularly engage in Volleyball, Basket-ball, Badminton, Throw ball and various other sport ac-tivities from time to time.For the Society and World at LargeCambridge Institute of Technology, believes in the con-cept of `VasudhaivaKutumbakam', a Sanskrit term which means, `The whole world is a single family'. The institu-tion's aim is build a better world for the upcoming gen-erations and work towards fulfilling it in every step of the journey.In pertinence to that idea, CIT's Vision 2025 brings CIT to the epicentre of the Industry 4.0 transformation. CIT's focus and aim is to become a world class institute in the near future.So as to align with the Sustainable De-velopment Goals of the United Nations, CIT has been de-clared an entirely plastic free zero-waste campus.CIT is also a member of the SWE (Society of Women Engineers), one among the 60 overall global affiliates. SWE is an international platform aimed at helping women to achieve equal opportunities in the global level and pro-moting more women in the field of engineering.Given such 360 degree approach to education and society, Cambridge Group has been awarded by several titles and recognitions. Some of them includes being rated `Diamond' for teaching & learning by QS ­ Guage, and Best Emerging Engineering college in India for South in 2018 by ASSOCHAM.Future RoadmapAs part of the immediate future roadmap, Cambridge intends to work towards the vision 2025. Aligning with UN's Sustainable Development Goals as a member of the UN Global Impact India, Cambridge has pledged to not only provide quality education but also initiate partner-ships to achieve all SDGs. First and foremost, step to take a leap towards these goals as an organization is to connect like-minded initiatives and people across the globe. "We aim at bringing Sustainability inside the Campus and be-yond and extend our contributions at global level through various collaborative learning and skill development pro-grammes", concludes Nithin Mohan, CEO, CIT. The Talent Transformation Hub has been set up to enhance the employability potential of students at the departmental level2021 group OF COLLEGES IN INDIA siliconindiaEducationTOP 10
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