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EDUNext Goa 2018, a two-day education and career fair initiated by the Government of Goa, The Navhind Times and the department of event management, S S Dempo College Panaji was inaugurated on January 27 at Kala Academy, Panaji at the hands of Registrar of Goa University, Y V Reddy in the presence of trustee, Dempo Charities Trust, Yatish Dempo.
Speaking at the inaugural function Reddy said parents should not pressurise their children to choose a particular career but the choice should be left upon the children. He stressed on the fact that one should enjoy what one is studying rather than feel the pressure from teachers and parents. He encouraged students to explore possibilities beyond the boundaries of the state.
The inaugural function was followed by a face to face interaction for students with Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar. There were various stalls put up by institutions like Dempo Charities Trust; Department of Agriculture, Government of Goa; Footwear Design and Development Institute, Government of India, and NITTE University, Mangalore and Bangalore, among others.
The first day of the fair had sessions on various career paths like engineering, tourism and hospitality, retailing and information technology. Resource persons for the sessions were professor from BITS Pilani, Pravin Singru; professor at Institute of Hotel Management, Pankaj Kumar Singh; Centre incharge, FDDI Hyderabad, Arun Kumar Gaikwad and CEO of Androicid Media, Prajyot Mainkar.
The schedule for today will include sessions on careers in event management and finance, a presentation by Victoria University and a motivation and counseling session by psychiatrist Harish Shetty, to name a few.