Chairman holds Interactive Sessions with Parents of New Entrants to the Engineering Stream
24-Nov-2020
Interactive session for the parents of new entrants to the engineering stream was held in the campus in two batches. Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman extended a warm welcome to the parents thanked them for choosing Sahyadri out of various options available.
Mr. Bhandary highlighted the statistics of employability skills discussed in the Parliament for Engineers, post their engineering program. He stressed on the word “Acceptance” which he expected from parents by encouraging their ward to take up challenges. He emphasized on how Sahyadri has been able to attract highest number of companies with excellent package.
He stated that in order to impart quality education in line with the AICTE model, various Industry-Academia partnerships and mandatory Internships are being initiated to improve employability. In Sahyadri this is already in practice he said, with initiatives such as training students to participate in NIT, IIT, Internship Programs and Outbound Program which has yielded good results.
Continuing his discourse, Mr. Bhandary gave a few words of advice to the parents:
• Never compare your child with other children;
• Befriend your child and share your problems; and
• Make them realise their responsibilities and the value of money.
While concluding Mr. Bhandary said that it is the culture of Sahyadri to nurture a student as a responsible citizen of the country.
Dr. Rajesha S., Principal, in his address, highlighted about Mentor-Mentee System that is followed at Sahyadri. He advised the parents to be actively involved in the academic and co-curricular activities of their ward.
