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Throwing light on fair job avenues ahead

Staff Reporter

— Photo: S. Thanthoni

Eager eyes: School students at the career fair organised by M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women students in Chennai recently.

Chennai: Picture this - Captain Jack Sparrow and his crew (students dressed as Pirates of the Carribean) are engaged in a roaring sea adventure in a makeshift podium designed to look like a ship, with the deep blue screen as background. Half a meter away is a mob of school students watching the same scene from the ‘Pirates of Caribbean’ in a small television screen.

“See the difference for yourself. This is how the cinematographer captures angles on to the video graph – looking as if they are shot on the sea,” shouts a student of Electronic Media.

The group exclaiming awe moved to the next stall.

This is one among the many classrooms and demonstrations giving a brief overview on what it is to take up a course in electronic media.

The first year students of M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women organised a two-day career fair for students of Classes X, XI and XII at college campus recently.

Students from over 16 schools were invited for the opportunities fair, where they are given a first-hand experience on avenues open after Plus Two, besides engineering and medicine.

The Mathematics students, for example, have exhibited charts, games and puzzles, showcasing use of numbers in most fields.

Why financial mathematics is the hottest subject, the various openings in the field of statistics and how graphs theory and kolams are related, the classroom was buzzing with activity.

The Journalism department also witnessed a beehive of activity, with students trying their creativity with slogan writing and other contests.

Bright and colourful backdrops were the highlight of the Visual Communications department.

To engage young visitors, the department also presented the process behind making a movie through a mime.

For those stuck to engineering or accountancy, the fair was an eye-opener.

“We were planning to become chartered accountants, but interacting with students here has widened our horizons. Now, we are more confident and think we will even explore journalism as a career option,” said Meenakshi Y. and Nikitha N., commerce students of Maharishi Vidya Mandir.

Emerging career opportunities in Food Science also saw a huge draw.

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