The Hindu -Edge Career Counselling-2018 session received an overwhelming response here on Saturday with more than 450 students and their parents attending the event and they returned home ‘more informed’ on the career opportunities available. In the annual event organised by The Hindu group at Bio Technology Hall of BVB College of Engineering and Technology here, speakers advised students to understand their abilities and subsequently pursue their passion to make a career out of it.
Releasing the handbook ‘thenext.step’ brought out by The Hindu , Chief Executive Officer of Dharwad Zilla Panchayat Snehal R. told the students that without passion their careers would not take off.
Highlighting the need to be passionate about their choice of career, she said one should have the conviction to pursue one’s passion in order to succeed in their chosen field.
Having cleared the civil services examination in her seventh attempt to become an IAS officer, Ms. Snehal explained to the gathering the preparations required for facing the examination and asked the students to be make an informed decision before setting out to achieve the goal.
Earlier setting the tone for the event, Gopalkrishna Joshi, Professor of Computer Science, Dean (Curriculum) and Director, Centre for Engineering Education Research, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, highlighted the need to check whether they (students) had the attributes required to succeed in the field.
Through a presentation, Prof. Joshi introduced to the participants to the vastness of the field of engineering and technology and said students with 12 attributes, including problem analysis, design and development of solutions, engineering knowledge, finding solution for problems of the society and others, should choose engineering as a career.
The former director of DIMHANS and psychiatrist Vinod Kulkarni enlightened the students on medical sciences and said those who aimed for altruistic service should choose medicine as their career. Dr. Kulkarni also counselled the students on the issues to keep in mind while making choice of career out of umpteen opportunities.
CEO of CIGMA Foundation, Bengaluru, Ameen-e-Mudassar, threw light on career opportunities in other fields apart from engineering and medical sciences, and explained the dos and don’ts while making career choices. Nodal Officer for Karnataka Examination Authority Niranajan briefed about the students about the modalities of CET counselling and NEET. Nayeem of CMA IAS Academy, Belagavi spoke on competitive examinations. In the interaction that followed the panellists answered queries from the students and also their parents on the various CET modalities, opportunities and scope in the field of medical sciences, engineering, humanities, paramedical courses and others.
The platinum sponsors of the event were REVA University, Bengaluru and Presidency University, Bengaluru; while the gold sponsors were Sambhram Institutions, Cambridge Institute of Technology and Xavier Institute of Management Entrepreneurship, Bengaluru. CMA’s IAS Academy, Belagavi was the local sponsor.
