Event Update
Date: Aug 31st, 2013
Number of Participants: 500+ (highest ever
students in any such event)
Speakers: Madhumita Sharma (Safenet) and
Rajeev Jain (Rightster India)
After six successful events in Delhi-NCR
based engineering and management colleges this year, STC India Education
(Rajeev Jain and Madhumita Sharma) travelled all the way from Gurgaon and Delhi
to reach the venue which was almost 75 km away. Since STC-India team reached
much before the time, they got the opportunity to meet the IEC group president,
Mr R L Gupta and the director of the IEC group, Dr Singh. Mr Gupta showed keen
interest in exploring the possibilities of introducing technical communication
at IEC University, near Chandigarh.
After having coffee with STC-India team, Mr
Gupta accompanied them to the auditorium. The session started around 11.30
am with a formal opening ceremony by Mr Gupta. We were expecting around 150+
students for the seminar but we were surprised to see almost 500+ students in
the jam packed auditorium. Rajeev Jain started the session by informing
students about the importance of:
· Technical
Communication
· Career Vs Job
· Understanding the
corporate expectations
During the session, Mr R L Gupta got so
involved that he himself stood up and encouraged students to reply back and
make best use of the interactive session.
Rajeev shared examples of famous Bollywood
movies like Bhag Milkha and 3-idiots. As expected, not many students were aware
of technical communication or technical writing but still many students
showed keen interest in this profession. Madhumita shared her experiences of
working as a writer and some of the key challenges faced by her. She also
shared different job opportunities available for the technical communicators.
During the interactive session, students
asked many questions such as:
1. Skill set required to start a career in
this field.
2. Job opportunities in this filed
3. Difference between a technical writer
and a content writer.
4. The importance of creativity and ideas
in this profession.
5. Growth opportunities in this profession.
6. How technical communication can help
them in other fields like construction and real estate.
The entire show was managed quite well by
team of around 15 volunteers. There were some logistic challenges and
electricity kept all the volunteers on their toes. Madhumita and Rajeev also
braved through all such challenges and kept the students engaged during those
forced breaks. After having lunch with volunteers and faculty, STC-India team
left from college around 3.00 p.m.
Feedback
The college management shared instant
feedback and informed us that the students were extremely happy and they
found the session to be very good, interactive, and useful. The students wanted
more sessions from the STC-India education team. College management also showed
interest in conducting another event for their MBA students at IEC University,
which is almost 300 KM away from Delhi. They have also asked for proposal to
explore the possibilities of introducing this course at their University.
Thank you Note
STC-India team would like to thank all the
students, volunteers, Mr R L Gupta, Dr Kulneet, and Supriya for providing us
the opportunity to present this session and all the arrangements.
Previous Events
Some of the schools,
colleges, universities where our professionals have conducted similar events in
past are:
- IEC College, Greater Noida
- MVN University, Faridabad
- Jain University- Bangalore
- ITM University, Gurgaon
- RDIAS, WIT, IMS Ghaziabad, LIET, IET, KIET, etc
About STC India education initiative
This is the first time in the history
of STC-India that the education team is reaching out to college and
universities to conduct awareness sessions about technical
communication, and help the students understand the career
opportunities in the field of technical communication. STC India is making an
attempt to bridge the Academia-Corporate gap by conducting FREE
mentoring and guidance sessions. STC India team is extending all possible
help to students, faculty, and colleges to:
- Conduct awareness sessions on technical
communication
- Explore job/career opportunities in this
field
- Create curriculum for the short-term
Industry-Ready courses
- Help them understand the corporate needs
and expectations from a Fresh Graduate
- Enhance student’s employability and make
them corporate ready and even connect them with recruiter
- Invite them to attend STC India
conferences, seminars, workshops, and other events
For more queries or information
If you have any queries or know of any
college/university interested in conducting FREE awareness session at their
college, please contact Rajeev Jain (rajeevjain72@gmail.com). Last date for conducting FREE session under STC-India banner is Oct 5th, 2013
Let’s continue work together to
promote technical communication and contribute our niche to bridge the Academic-Corporate
gap.
On behalf of STC-India education
team
-Rajeev Jain (Email, rajeevjain72@gmail.com; 99100-19171)
Education and Scholarship Manager
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