Chandigarh: A group of 16 outstanding students, led by the Director General of the Haryana Technical Education Department Prabhjot Singh, undertook an educational visit to Infosys, Rajiv Gandhi IT Park, Chandigarh. The visit is an important initiative to familiarize students with real industrial work practices, new technologies and modern research activities.
Director General Prabhjot Singh stated that industry exposure is essential for connecting students with the rapidly changing technological landscape at the global level. Keeping this vision in mind, the department is regularly organizing such educational visits.
Providing information, a department spokesperson stated that students from all five State Institutes of Technology (SITs) in Haryana, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, and Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Murthal, from the final year of Computer Science, participated in the visit.
Upon their arrival at Infosys, the departmental team and students were welcomed by Ms. Dimple Bhasin and Harpreet Singh. Infosys organized a special interactive session for the students on Artificial Intelligence, research work and emerging opportunities in the IT industry.
Afterwards, the students were taken on an extensive tour of the Infosys campus, where they observed and learned about the latest technologies, advanced labs, work culture and real industrial working environment.
The spokesperson further mentioned that prior to this, the department had also organized an educational tour for 28 students to ISRO Ahmedabad. The visit to Infosys is the next important milestone in this series. Recently, students from Computer Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electrical Engineering were taken on study visits to ISRO Ahmedabad, CSIR-CSIO Chandigarh, PEC Chandigarh, SCL Mohali, NABI and the IIT Extension Campus.
The spokesperson also informed that under the guidance of Prabhjot Singh, more than 400 faculty members from Civil, Textile, Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, Electronics and Communication branches have also visited the IIT campus in New Delhi.
