Stella Maris College (Autonomous), Chennai is a Catholic Minority College run and governed by the Society of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. The College is affiliated to the University of Madras, Chennai.
During the Industry Connect program, ICON 2024, at Stella Maris College in Tamil Nadu, a total of 18 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) was signed.
The agreements were inked on the first day of the event, which featured Corporate Networking Zone that showcased participating companies like Verizon, Kauvery Hospitals, IDBI Bank, DBS Bank among 40 other companies across different verticals to provide a platform for students from Stella Maris and other city colleges to interact with industry members for enhancing awareness and exploring job/ internship prospects. As a culmination, 18 MoUs with various organisations, 5 MoUs were signed live at the inaugural to welcome the transformational phase of university institution linkages – Veranda Learning Solutions Limited, Sunbright Industries Pvt Ltd, Aban Offshore Group of Companies, Daystar Solar and Grand Alliance for Management Excellence and Consulting.
Dr. Sr. Stella Mary fmm, Principal i/c, Stella Maris College stated, “This novel, collaborative endeavour promises to rejig the approaches of both higher educational institutions and industry in knowledge creation, skills development, and enhancement of competencies. It is our goal to enable efficient and effective direction towards industry and academic innovation through shared efforts between industry and academia. This is essential if we need to build a collective future in both areas of human endeavour”.
Dr. Rebecca Devaprasad, Assistant Professor Department of Economics, IQAC Coordinator and Core Committee Member ICON stated, “ICON has primarily four verticals – (1) Initiating collaborative activity with industry through MoUs, (2) sessions by industry experts on 'The Next Big Thing' covering emerging aspects in different domains, (3) a curated Corporate Networking Zone and (4) Planet Pitch wherein students pitch their innovative business ideas in the area of sustainability.”
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