The Training and Collaborations Offices of St Joseph Engineering College, Mangalore jointly organized a one day Career Fair on Higher Education and Training Avenues – ‘Suvidha – 2019’ exclusively for the students and alumni of the college, here on 9th February, 2019.
The event was a key part of our strategy of supporting our students in their higher education and career aspirations, and was aimed to provide as much information as possible about the future pathways available to them.
The vendors and organizations in the following streams:
1. Higher Education – India
2. Higher Education – Abroad
3. Training institutes for examinations like IAS, GRE, TOEFL, GATE and IELTS
4. Foreign Language Training Institutes
5. Training institutes for Core Competencies among many other vendors.
The event was inaugurated by lighting the lamp. The dignitaries on the dais were Rev Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza – The Director of SJEC, Rev Fr Rohith D’Costa – Assistant Director, Dr Rio D’Souza – Principal, Dr Joseph Gonsalves – Chief of R&D, Ms Diana Monteiro – Collaborations Officer and Ms Flona Shawn Soans – Training Officer.
In his inaugural speech, Dr Rio D’Souza, the Principal of SJEC said “SJEC is growing and we have realized that Collaborations with the Universities in India and abroad and Collaborations with the Industries will put us in the right direction of growth and we have thus taken Collaboration seriously. ‘Suvidha-2019’ will provide the right guidance to the students to take the decisions of their careers wisely. Success is achieved when the right opportunity comes at the right time. But many times, you get the right opportunity at the wrong time and people let go of the opportunities.” He urged the students to not let go of the opportunity and make the best out of it.
Speaking on behalf of the Vendors – Mr Arun Mathias from CorEL Technologies (I) Pvt Ltd said that such fairs were non- existent in his time. Expos like this provide students with information of all the avenues that he/she can pursue as a career. He urged SJEC to make this an annual event.
The vendors who participated in the fair were IDP, Illinois Institute of Technology, NIIT, IIHT, CorEL Technologies (I) Pvt Ltd, Educaro India, Royal IAS Academy, ACE Engineering Academy, The Chopras, Wizdom Ed, Santa Monica Study Abroad Pvt Ltd, Storm Overseas Education, Jireh Pathway Abroad, Planet Education and Abhijna Education Pvt Ltd. The vendors gave information to students on avenues like Higher Education in India and Abroad, Preparing for competitive examinations like GATE, IELTS, TOEFL and GRE, Ad on Courses on niche software and Technologies, Civil Services Examinations among many things.
Organized short talks by vendors on career opportunities at Bishop Memorial Hall and Spoorthi Conference hall for the Final Year students in the morning and thereafter visited the stalls put up in the Kalam auditorium in the afternoon. The Third-Year students visited stalls in the morning and had talks in the afternoon. The second-year BE students and MCA students had taken for a limited round of the stalls, for a short duration.
Ms Diana Monteiro, the Collaborations officer welcomed the gathering and Ms Flona Shawn Soans, the Training Officer rendered the Vote of Thanks
