GUIDE LINES FOR INDUSTRIAL VISITS

• Any two students of a class (One boy & One girl, if it is a mixed class) with the approval of Faculty Advisor’s (FA) and Head of the Department (HoD) can act as Industrial Visit (IV) coordinators of the class.
• The student representatives meet the FA’s and HoD at regular intervals for discussion about the industrial visits.
• The coordinators are responsible for preparing a detailed plan for industrial visits (according to the norms of the institute) with the permission of FA and HoD.
• The detailed plan, thus prepared, should be submitted to the Principal for approval, at least two weeks before the commencement of the industrial visits.
• The students are expected to spend a minimum of 3 to 4 hours per day in an industry during the period of their industrial visits.
• Industrial visits will be permitted during semester breaks only.
• It is the duty of the FA to accompany the students for the IV. In case of any inconvenience, they have to hand over their charge to any other faculty member in consultation with the HoD.
• The FA’s or accompanying faculty members will be responsible for the conduct of IV as per the plan approved by the Principal.
• In case, girl students are attending the industrial visits, a lady faculty member must accompany the students.
• The faculty member who is accompanying the students for the industrial visits has the right to cut short the visit in consultation with HoD, at any point of time of the visit, in case of occurrence of any inappropriate incidence (violation of the plan approved by the Principal, misbehavior, disobedience, accident, etc.) during the Industrial Visit.
• In order to meet the Government of Kerala circular, no bus journey is allowed at nights (11 PM to 4 AM). Refer Govt. of Kerala, Higher Education (J) Department order No. 11170/J2/13/H.Edn, dated 27.05.2013.
• The bus journey has to start from college campus itself and return to the college campus within the stipulated time.
• In case of any delay or changes in travel plan (due to unexpected holidays like Harthal etc.) it should be informed to HoD and Principal.
• Students under suspension are not eligible for industrial visits.
• It is compulsory that all students must submit a detailed report about the IV, routed through FA’s to HoD. The date of submission of report should not be later than two weeks from the date of return.
• Disobedience of students towards accompanying faculty member must be reported and will be viewed seriously and dealt with accordingly as per college rules.
• Students undergoing Industrial visit should compulsorily carry their college Identity cards and wear them during industry visits.
• The accompanying faculty members are eligible for duty leave and TA/DA as per the norms of the institute.
• Consumption of liquor, Smoking, and the likewise activities are strictly prohibited during the entire program of IV.
• Students suffering from health problems will not be permitted to attend their visit.
• A medical kit with first aid facilities and medicines for common health problems should be compulsorily stocked by the students during the programme.
• Parent’s consent letter, in the prescribed format is compulsory for all the students who are attending the industrial visits and the same should be handed over to FA’s one week before the journey.
• The Industrial Visits will be permitted only to the selected places in the states of KERALA, KARNATAKA, TAMILNADU, TELANGANA, and ANDHRA PRADESH (only).
• The schedule of industrial visits during the course period is given in the following Table.