Several doubts from anxious students and parents were clarified at the counselling session held on Sunday by a panel of experts, including S.N. Manjunath from Mysore Medical College and Research Institution (MMCRI); Syed Shakeeb Ur Rahman, principal of JCE College; B.G. Prakash of College of Horticulture; Shoaib Valai, career counsellor from CIGMA and M. Srinivasan of the Karnataka Examination Authority.
Prof. Shakeeb, in response to a question, said that there were over 210 engineering colleges across the State and 17 of them were autonomous. Companies conducting campus selections would not bother about the autonomous tag, but rather if the college imparted good education. A parent sought to know the job prospects after B.Sc. agriculture. Prof. Prakash said there were ample opportunities forB.Sc. Agriculture graduates and noted that many government posts were lying vacant for want of eligible graduates.
To a question about the scope for Integrated Medicine, Prof. Manjunath noted that there were many streams in it including clinical research, and medicine as business. After doing MBBS, he could opt for Ph.D. in IISc and further pursue an MBA in Medicine.
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A seven-year study certificate duly signed by the Principal of the institution and countersigned by the respective Block Education Officer must be produced during document verification, said Mr. Srinivasan, answering a doubt expressed by a student. He further said that students who have studied in CBSE schools need not get the study certificate countersigned by the BEOs. Students who had studied outside Karnataka and studied first and second PU in Karnataka must produce study certificates of their parents. Shoaib Valai said that animation degree had not yet been introduced in any university, but diploma and certificate courses were available. State Bank of India is the main sponsor of the event, while the gold sponsors for the event are AMC-CITY institutions, Bengaluru, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Dr. T. Thimmaiah Institute of Technology, KGF, Rajarajeshwari group of Institutions (Medical, Dental and Engineering) Bengaluru and Sri Sairam College of Engineering, Bengaluru. The silver sponsors are Padmashree group of Institutions, Bengaluru, Sambhram Institutions, Bengaluru, Shri Pillappa College of Engineering, Bengaluru and Beary’s Institute of Technology, Mangaluru.
