The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi Alumni Association, in collaboration with the institute’s Training & Placement Cell and its Board for Student Welfare, organised a career counselling seminar and panel discussion this past week.
The first session integrated discussions on prominent themes like how to improve students’ performance during campus interviews and comparing various career options available to them. It was moderated by CalyptoDesign Systems managing director Sanjiv Narayan. The discussion was guided by alumni who go for pre-placement talks and campus recruitment in various colleges, including the IITs. They counselled students to be confident and yet focus on minute details that might help them clinch the job.
The second panel discussion had experts with decades of industry experience who shared valuable viewpoints about their expansion, hurdles, milestones, career transitions, balancing family and career, and values and ethics. Around 800-1,000 students attended these sessions.
The first ‘Oxford India Lecture’ highlighted the role of “smart health” in improving access to healthcare. This is the first time the University of Oxford has organised such an event in India and it is only the second time it has done so outside the United Kingdom following last year’s Oxford China Lecture in Shanghai. It reflects the strong ties the University has in India, particularly through world-class partnerships with many Indian research institutions.
One leading Oxford University academic said mobile phones and smart devices will have a large role to play in improving access to healthcare and involving patients more in their own treatment.
Professor Robyn Norton’s lecture on “Mobilising Healthcare: Harnessing Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship,” for an invited audience was introduced by Oxford University Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton.
Professor Hamilton said the University wanted to “celebrate the many links between Oxford and India that have existed for many years”.
“Indeed, the large number of research partnerships that exist between Indian institutions and Oxford University is likely to surprise many people,” he added.
