We are committed to enhancing the employability of students so as to enable them to compete and flourish in a comparative, fast moving knowledge- based economy. For this purpose the University has established 7 career counseling and Placement centres across faculties with a strength of 36 scientists
- Conducting on Campus Placement Melas by establishing contacts with prospective Employers in private & Public sector institutions.
- Conducting career counseling sessions for the benefit of the student community.
- Assisting the students in preparing & uploading their cvs on relevant sites in order to expose them to relevant job market.
- Conducting Mock JRF/ARS and other competitive tests
- Other activities which may be related to enhance employability and/or placement of the students.
Entrepreneurship plays a very important role in the economic development. Entrepreneurs act as catalytic agents in the process of industrialization and economic growth. The rate of economic progress of a nation depends upon its rate of innovation which in turn depends upon the distribution of entrepreneurial talent in the population. Technological progress alone cannot lead to economic development unless technological breakthroughs are put to economic use by entrepreneurs. It is the entrepreneur who organizes and puts to use capital, labour and technology in the best possible manner for the setting up of his enterprise. Importance of entrepreneurship development programme (EDP) is to enable entrepreneurs initiating and sustaining the process of economic development in the following ways-
- Creation of Employment Opportunities
- Capital Formation
- Balanced Regional Development
- Use of Local Resources
- Improvement in per Capital Income
- Improvement in the Standard
The Department is continuously upgrading the soft skills of the students by conducting sessions related to best possible use of internet, facing interviews, uploading biodatas on social networking sites etc.
The Department of the Students Welfare is facilitating the subsidies/financial assistance/scholarships to the Campus students:-
Sr. No. |
Name of the scholarship |
1 |
Merit Scholarship |
2 |
Post Matric scholarship (Category) |
3 |
Frontier Scholarship |
4 |
Maulana Azad National Fellowship |
5 |
Students Welfare Fund-SKUAST-K |
In order to encourage students University is providing a financial assistance to the needy students to meet out their expanses occurs during their education.
A first initiative towards empowerment has been initiated by this Department to infuse entreprepreneurial skills among students and this programme will continue in future also.