About:- MIPS-Marian Institute of Professional Studies under University of Mysore offers a bunch of unique undergraduate and diploma programmes with a view to providing best possible environment for the students to develop their career by enhancing employability. The college is located at MIT Campus, Mysore with excellent infrastructural facilities, providing the professional ambience for students to explore and expand their knowledge horizons.

About MIPS

The Academy has been conceived with the idea of making our youth employable by conducting courses that are in great demand in the industry. With the opening of a large variety of career options and corresponding educational opportunities, caused by rapid technological growth and globalization, the practice of education has become more career specific. The work place has become more diverse. Environmental concerns and regulations are affecting strategies and bottom lines. Organisations are becoming leaner and more flexible. National companies are becoming multinational and their markets and the way they source their products, are becoming increasingly global. The time has come now establish new paradigms for education. The emerging trend is an exhilarating sense of being at the cutting edge in all that we can do. We at MIPS endeavour to explore new trends and experience the freshness and fragrance of the new world order.

We have eminent pool of resources faculties from Academics and Industries headed by Mr. Shibu Thankachan, a leading educationist and academician . The faculty at MIPS combine the latest in theory with real world experience to provide a learning environment that is unparallel...

Training Internship Program (TIP)

The Training Internship Program (TIP) is a program offered by Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind. TIP was developed to mainstream individuals who are visually impaired into the workforce in a manner that benefits the visually impaired employee and the business community at large. The vision of TIP is to remove obstacles which prevent businesses, companies and organizations from hiring individuals who are visually impaired.

To fulfill that vision, TIP will:

Act as an agent and resource of employer education concerning the visually impaired.
Provide insight to employers surrounding the benefits and rewards that originate from employing the visually impaired.
Solidify beneficial and lasting employment relationships between the visually impaired community and the business community at

TIP is:

An avenue to introduce visually impaired individuals to potential employers.
A tool developed to bridge the existing gap between business communities and individuals who are visually impaired.
The mediator and voice for the visually impaired.
The door that opens the development of positive relationships between the visually impaired and business communities.
Designed for business communities to appreciate and recognize the value and significance of employing individuals who are blind or visually impaired.

Who Are Our Interns?

Our interns are job-ready individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Most interns bring with them previous work experience and are re-entering the workforce with their present visual impairment.

Our interns have been trained on assistive devices which enable them to work independently and perform their assigned tasks. Additionally, interns have attended workshops and career seminars specifically designed to prepare them for the necessary adjustments related to their entrance into the workforce.

Our interns possess a positive attitude, good work ethic and are highly motivated. They are eager to demonstrate their ability to make a significant and personal contribution within our community.

Our interns have been trained in the areas of:

Customer Service
Administrative Support
Telemarketing
Receptionist/Switchboard Operation
General Office Clerk Duties

Some interns hold professional degrees in areas such as accounting, the medical field, the legal field, human resources and computer applications.

Employer Benefits

The Training Internship Program (TIP) is provided at no cost to the employer or Training Source Site (TSS). The employer, or TSS, is not responsible for wages, benefits or placement fees. They are not obligated to hire the TIP intern at the conclusion of the internship. The TIP program time frame is seven weeks. During this period, the employer, or TSS, has an opportunity to make assessments of the intern in the following areas:

Productivity
Professionalism
Independence
Attitude
Performance
Attendance
Reliability
Environmental adjustment
Ability to work with others

Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind will provide a TIP Staffing Specialist to assist the trainees during the seven week program. Any assistive devices required for the intern to perform their job will be provided through TIP.

How to Participate Independence is Our Vision

Your participation in CLB’s Training Internship Program is welcome. Any business or organization may participate. Companies, businesses and organizations have the opportunity to allow TIP interns to contribute to their current workforce. Follow these easy steps:

Contact Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind’s Careers and Assistive Technology Services (CATS) Department at 240 737 5100:

1. Identify and describe your company, business or organization.

2. Schedule a date for the TIP staffing specialist to visit your location for a company profile and assessment of available positions.

3. Designate an individual as the contact person who will review resumes of prospective candidates.

4. Schedule a meeting and/or interview with prospective candidates and your TIP staffing specialist.

5. Select your TIP intern candidate and arrange for a start date.

Any employer, regardless of the size or nature of their business, is able to participate. There is no cost to the employer. District, State and Federal Governments are encouraged to join TIP, as well as the private business sector.

Pursuit of Excellence

To be the best in all we do, continually striving for the highest standards achievable.

Loyalty
Being committed to the organisation, to one another and to our customers, at all times. Striving for cohesiveness and caring for one another.

Innovation
Creative, being open to embrace change. Encourage, nurture ideas and initiatives to better organisational and individual performance.

Teamwork
Be responsible and take accountability seriously; be reliable and dependable to the team.

Ethics & Integrity
Be a role model in character and conduct; uphold STEi’s ethical standards.

Our Core Values

Shared sense of purpose and values that is consistent across all members of STEi.

Emphasising importance of staff learning and focusing on continuous improvement in STEi.

Accentuating sense of responsibility for students’s learning.

Recognition of staff members’ excellent effort and celebrating their successes.

Collegial and collaborative relationships among staff members.

Harnessing strengths through professional development, staff reflection, and sharing of best practices.