The objective of this initiative is to encourage skill development in youth to align their technical competencies with manpower requirements of modern industries To nurture creativity and innovation in youth to promote entrepreneurship. To provide national and international industrial working exposure to students. To provide knowledge and exposure of advanced technologies such as Robotics, Automation, 3 D Printing etc. The college provides various short- and long-term internship opportunities to students in Robotics, automation, welding, manufacturing etc. The campus connect program is run by the T P department which is conducted by Infosys. Under this program, Infosys has designed and provided 65 hours teaching module and a wide range of projects that students take up as a part of the final year project. This program helps students in acquiring skills related to the IT industry. As soft skills play an important role in improving the employability of students. The college has introduced a well-structured 100 hours Personality Development Program conducted on weekends by a professional agency. The establishment of this research and development centre is expected to create a unique opportunity to all stakeholders of the institute. The facility so created shall be useful to carry out research/development/training/consultancy related to open-source software. The centre will customize the open-source software according to the requirements. It will also train the students and facilities of our institute and will involve them in the development and customization of recent open-source software. To bridge the gap between industry requirement and academic curriculum of the college. The college has a BigData Centre of Excellence, various Computer Aided Design (CAD) packages like Pro-E and Catia. The above initiatives and measures taken by the college to bridge the gap between industry requirements and academic curriculum have paid very rich dividends in improving the employability of students. The team TECHNOXIANS, a project team of B.Tech students at AKGEC, bagged the first runner up position in the event Shankara Hackathon 2020 held at SIT Jaipur during 28-29 February, 2020. The 36 hour event, sponsored by TEPIQ III, was inaugurated by Hon’ble Governor of Rajasthan Shri Kalraj Mishra Ji along with various other cabinet ministers. The team TECHNOXIANS presented their innovative solution on Smart System to clear the way for ambulances and alert the hospital about the seriousness in advance. The solution was highly appreciated by the jury members. Software Development Centre (SDC), AKGEC, represented the College at Techstars Startup Weekend 2020 powered by Google. The event, a 54-hour event where designers, developers, marketers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams and launch startups was held from 31 January, 2020 to 02 February, 2020 at IMT Ghaziabad. The event was attended by 70 participants wherein 24 ideas pitched. Of the ten final ideas selected, five were presented by AKGEC SDC teams. Team of AKGEC and IMT students was awarded certification by Google, a free domain name for its members and vouchers for achieving second position in the event. The winning team presented their idea of building an integrated platform for all the NGOs, corporates and professionals – a one stop solution for anyone who wants to contribute to the society. AKGEC Team Members Arnav Jain B.Tech II Year IT Srishti B.Tech II Year EC Muskan Agrawal B.Tech II Year CSE Sachin Prajapati B.Tech II Year EN