The event was a crowd-puller

June 13, 2016 12:00 am | Updated October 18, 2016 02:12 pm IST - HUBBALLI:

Students and parents at The Hindu EducationPlus Career Counselling programme at the BVB College of Engineering and Technology in Hubballi on Sunday. —Photo: Kiran Bakale

Students and parents at The Hindu EducationPlus Career Counselling programme at the BVB College of Engineering and Technology in Hubballi on Sunday. —Photo: Kiran Bakale

The 12th edition of The Hindu EducationPlus career counselling programme held here at BVB College of Engineering and Technology on Sunday, yet again proved to be a crowd- puller.

Students and parents thronged the Bio Technology Hall of the BVB College here in large numbers to clear their doubts about other career opportunities.

Around 500 students and parents sat through all the sessions addressed by experts in engineering, medicine and general education and got their doubts cleared.

While the chief guest of the event Superintendent of Police of Dharwad Dharmender Kumar Meena set the tone for the event elaborating on what should be the basis for choosing one’s career- ‘aptitude or aspirations’, subsequent speakers including the chief executive officer of CIGMA India, Ameen-e-Mudassar gave them tips on what should be kept in mind while making a final decision on one’s career. Common Entrance Test coordinator G.A. Tigadi, director of Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences Dattatreya Bant and Vasudev Parvati, professor in information science and coordinator, IT incubation cell, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, joined them in clarifying the doubts of students and parents.

The students were presented with a free copy of its annual career guidance handbook ‘”theNxt.step”

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