KIIT Career Advisory & Augmentation School Organizes School wise Webinar on “Career Orientation @ 2019-2023 Batch”

School-wise Orientation Program was organized by Career Advisory & Augmentation School (CAAS) for all the Schools of Technology of KIIT Deemed to be University for the 2019-2023 Graduating Batch. The two-day Webinar aimed at facilitating multiple career opportunities offered by CAAS with specific road maps to achieve career goals. Students were on-boarded for specialized interventions through different digital and social platforms.

The main motto of all the orientation program was to make students understand and focus on the Bucketization Pattern; viz., Higher Studies, Job Programs, Competitive Examinations and Start Ups/Entrepreneurships, etc., which is initiated to align the students with Platform-Based Learning and Assessment from the very beginning of the career journey.

Dr. Suman Bhattacharya, Director-CAAS, set the context, while the convener Prof. Priyadarshi Biswal, Dean-CAAS delivered the introductory address highlighting the transformative impact of the Career Orientation Session. All faculty members from CAAS, Associate Deans (T&P) from all schools, namely Prof. Tanmay Swain (School of Computer Science); Prof. Arindam Basak (School of Electronics); Prof. Chandrasekhar (School of Mechanical); Prof. Subrat Behera (School of Electrical); Prof. Dilip Bera (School of Civil); Tutor Mentors along with Prof. Isham Panigrahi; Prof. Sambit Kar; Prof. Israj Ali and others from across all Schools of Technology reiterated on the plethora of opportunities provided by KIIT-DU.

Prof. Dipak Baral, Program Head for 2019-2023 Batch Students presented the interventions and customized programs meant for each bucket emphasizing the skills required to match up to the industry standard, types of job available for core domain areas, career paths for higher studies, etc.

The Webinar was spread across four sessions over two days involving all the SOT students of the said batch. However, students reciprocated immediately choosing their respective buckets across different platforms.