Beyond Academic

Dear Students,

Season's Greetings and Congratulations for joining CGC family.

We build our youth for the future. We welcome each one of you to the CGC family. Having worked for more than 36 years in the college system and having dealt with thousands of students, I can very well relate to your psyche, dreams, aspirations, goals, abilities, missions and also the troubles and obstacles during your stay in the college.

We ensure that the whole Management team, especially the Chairman and the Vice Chancellor take all concerns and care for their students and look after them well.

As the Dean-Students' Welfare, it will be our all out efforts to make your campus life comfortable and academically rewarding. This will be possible with joint efforts and cooperaztion of all stakeholders, especially the student community.We will be in constant contact with the students. Also, the students have full liberation to discuss any kind of issues with us directly. Wish you a remunerative and rewarding future in life.

The college provides its students numerous opportunities for co-curricular activities to enrich their cultural interests. These activities provide every kind of recreation one needs in between hectic schedules. The cultural committee of the college encourages the students to take part in a wide variety of cultural competitions such as singing, dancing, debates, creative writing, etc. Moreover, CGC holds various cultural activities and events throughout the year which gives many chances to the students to show their special talents. Fests and events have always been the most enthusiastic phase of the academic year and students leave no stone unturned to make it a mega success. Such festivals serve as a workshop to test and develop the students' organizing ability, teamwork and personality. The whole exercise is conceptualized, planned and executed from the grassroots level.

Apart from good education, good health should be in your priority list. With a view to develop the all round personality of the students, the college emphasizes equally on sports and academics. The college encourages students to attain sporting excellence and provides all the necessary facilities and equipments to the students for maintaining physical fitness and good health.

Qualified staff and trainers deliver programs for all ages, interests and abilities. CGC offers a diversity of sport games which vary from Cricket, to Yoga and Aerobics. There are separate coaches for all the games who groom the students and train them rigorously to compete at District, State and National level. The equipments for all games are of International standards and are accessible to all the students.

The college facilitates both indoor as well as outdoor games. Football, Cricket, Badminton, Table tennis, Basketball, Volleyball and Hockey are very popular among the students. Fitness conscious students can work out in the gymnasium or go for a jog around the scenic campus. For those who prefer to stay indoors, there are Chess, Carom and Scrabble.

The gymnasium has equipments for various stretching, floor and body-building exercises, like treadmills, dumbbells & plates, weights, shoulder press, leg-pull, leg extension, incline shoulder, double twisters, etc.

CGC is delivering excellence in all facets and it strongly believes that the globalized world requires professionals who are able to perform effectively and efficiently in a multi-cultural environment and are sensitive towards the ever changing socio-economic fascia. To facilitate such exposure, study tours are sent to various locations within the country and beyond national boundaries like Singapore and Srilanka. A brief about some of the tours recently undertaken by our students is given below.

Tour to Singapore : The students amplified their horizon by visiting at various places of tourist attraction like Mustafa Mall, Sentosa Island, Marina Barrage, Night Safari, Singapore Eye, Chinese Temple, and Clarke Quay. During the tour, students had intellectual discussions with the Professors and Professionals of some learning hubs like The Nanyang Business School, James Cook college, The National college of Singapore, and NeWater Plant, Paragon, Takashimaya.

Tour to Srilanka : The students had great fun at the sparkling sand beaches and other places of interest in Colombo. They also had an opportunity to meet some of the ace batsmen of the Srilankan Cricket team and spent quality time with legendary Veteran Cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga.

Tours to Baddi, Chandigarh & Manali : During this industrial tour, the students strengthened their knowledge by interacting with industry experts and experienced the real functioning of various industries like Birla Power Solutions, NOV Sara manufacturing plants, Base Corporation Limited, Infosys, AquaMall Water Solutions, and Lal Tappar.

The students also visited heritage places like Rose Garden, Rock Garden, and the famous Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh. They had a joyful visit to Hadimba Temple and Beas River in Manali and Rohtang Pass. Bonfire and fun filled DJ nights during the tour, further added to their enjoyment.

Adventure trip to Corbett National Park & Nainital :  The students during this adventure trip were thrilled to see the forest animals in Jungle Safari. The other main attractions of this trip were Bird Sanctuary, Music of River Sojourn, and Naini Lake (Nainital). The students participated in activities like Wild life Film shows and Quizzes, Campfires, and trekking etc. during this trip.

Excursion to Nalagarh, Kullu, Manali, Rohtang & Shimla :  Students enjoyed the trip with the overall experience of some famous monuments and religious places like Mata Hadimba Devi Temple, Boat House Club, Nagger Castle and the Roerich Art Gallery and Museum, Famous Gurudwara and Raghunathji Temple at Manikaran Sahib, Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple, State Museum and Library, and Shimla Ridge etc.

They also visited Bhuttico Weavers Shawl Industry and The Angoora Rabbit Breeding Farm at Kullu and acquired knowledge about the functioning and problems of Handloom Industry.

Trip to Bangalore, Ooty & Mysore : During this trip, the students visited the Tea Gardens & Tea Factory at Coonor, and Coca-Cola Bottling Plant at Bangalore. Their knowledge increased manifold after practically seeing the operations being performed at the manufacturing plants. They also visited famous tourist places viz. ISKCON Temple, Mysore Palace, Chamunda Devi Temple, Brindavan Garden, Ooty lake, Botanical Gardens, and the Golden Triangle of South India.

Excursion to Jaipur & Jaisalmer:  During this trip, the students visited City Palace, Jantar Mantar, Hawa Mahal, Birla Planetorium, Amber fort-Jaigarh and Nahargarh at Jaipur. Later they also went to Patwon Ki Haveli and Gadasear Lake at Jaisalmer. They thoroughly enjoyed this trip to Rajasthan.

The concept of Industrial visits has been woven into the academic practices of the institute keeping in mind that experiential learning is the ethos of CGC. The motive is to provide the students with a right blend of theoretical learning and an opportunity to witness the actuality of practical environment.
The visits provide an excellent opportunity for the students to comprehend the complexities faced by the organizations in various stages and the implications that decisions have. Students also get to know about the intra and interdepartmental linkages within the organization and understand behavioral aspects within an organization.
The larger aim of the visits is to make the students relate to the value-chain as followed by firms in the Industry. Value chain refers to processes and activities right from the sourcing of raw materials to the point where the final product reaches the end user .
Exposing the future workforce to the actual field work, industrial environment, state-of the- art science and technology adapted in machineries and equipment operations and industrial practices provide ways to relate classroom theories with actual industrial experiences at the cognitive level of the students. The visits to the industry broadens the mental orientation of the students and also give the true picture of the on- going work. One of the strengths and attractions of academic and vocational institutions to prospective students is their ability to link with important industries, derive mutual support and later access employment opportunities for College pass outs. Familiarity to industrial process, close coordination and linkages form solid grounds for the industry to rely heavily on educational institutes with which they have ongoing linkages with to supply the manpower needed under any given circumstances. Employment prospects amongst students, in turn, are heightened by deeper familiarity with existing industrial systems.

Participation in community development services such as AIDS awareness, adult literacy, prevention of child abuse, women empowerment, prevention of use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs etc. is an integral component of teaching learning process to sensitize students on social and human issues. Involvement in such activities in the campus, adjoining villages and cities not only helps in individual growth by learning to think beyond self but also helps to contribute constructively towards the society.

The College envisions building up an educational system that not only proves to be an enriching experience for its students, but also helps to cultivate values such as empathy, humility and compassion. Participation in community development services help students to become familiar with the realities of life and get a better insight into the lives of the disadvantaged sections of the society. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to take up small projects on topics related to hehcare, conservation of natural resources, income-generating enterprises and social issues. The College, through these developmental programs, aCGC to infuse leadership, sensitivity and team spirit qualities among the students.

Further, the education at City Group of Collegesis not aimed at boasting about what one has, but in the realization that God has made them capable enough to share their joys with the ones who have been deprived of wholesomeness. Every small opportunity that comes in the way inspires our students to share their affection and joy with the marginalized section of the society, be it the orphans or the challenged – visually, mentally, deaf & dumb or the slum-dwellers. College students help their communities in a variety of ways, from tutoring and mentoring children, to raising funds for worthy causes. Students organize fun-filled educational and recreational activities along with the donation of educational material, clothes, toys, food items etc.