Department of Computer Science and Engineering held the inaugural function of the 2 day National Conference called Codeclave 8.1. Smt.Hema Gopal, Vice President, Banking, TCS was the chief guest. The Principal gave a rousing speech on the college and proudly informed the guest about TCS' role in recruiting 154 students this year.

Smt. Hema Gopal appreciated the enthusiasm of the college and promised more academic-industry interaction. The Proceedings of the conference were released by her. More importantly, TCS instituted the 'Best Project Award' for the final year students. Uthaya Kumar of the 2007 batch won the much coveted award. The citation read that in consonance with the policy of TCS to give back to the society what it has received, projects with vision and commitment to society would be assessed by reviewers and the short listed candidates interviewed and questioned extensively on their projects before deciding on the year's winner.
She then had an open house interaction with the audience.

Three questions were asked - one pertaining to how else codification is done by TCS other than codification of texts. The next question came from a student who wanted to know the R&D activities of TCS. The last one was from me. I wondered if TCS could've been TCS only because of a value system and asked her to explain the value system of the company. Hema answered that there is an ethical code of conduct signed by all employees and while the stress was on honesty, the most important value they cherished was one of loyalty. She attributed the negligible attrition rate in the company to this.

I wish all students were aware that along with their technical skills they would also have to train their hearts and go out to serve their employers with a strong value base. I consider the education of the heart to be as important as the education of the mind.