Department of Computer Science, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) organized a Webinar on Career Guidance and Goal Setting on Saturday, July 25, 2020.
The webinar was attended by more than 160 participants including students of MCA, B.Tech., MBA, M.Sc., and other professional courses of the university. The webinar aimed at solving career and interview related queries of students.
Keynote speakers were Mr. Prabhat Mishra, Director-Recruitment Operations-India, Adecco Group, Bengaluru and Mr. Nitin Bahri, AVP-Human Resources, EXL Analytics, Gurgaon, both from influential IT companies.
JMI alumni working at key positions in different MNCs across India joined for panel discussion. JMI MCA alumni Mr. Prakhar Nigam, Data Engineer-Red Bus, Mr. Noorain Rizwi, SDE-Amazon, Ms. Harshita Jaiswal, Business Analyst-EXL, Mohammad Amir, Machine Learning Engineer-Tuple Technologies were among the panelists.
Prof. Najma Akhtar, Vice Chancellor, JMI in her inaugural address acknowledged that such events are important to motivate students. She praised efforts of University Placement Cell in conducting one-week summer school on job readiness.
Mr. Prabhat Mishra emphasized that industries that will pick up jobs during/after Corona pandemic are Healthcare/Pharma, IT Outsourcing, and Telecom. He further highlighted India can become back office operation hub for the global recession.
Mr. Nitin Bahri advised participants on planning ahead of time, constructing goals and think positive for high performance. He also pointed out that if you master your stay in present and dominate your work field, it will always lead to success.
Training and Placement officer Prof. R.K. Suri emphasized that alumni are the Brand Ambassadors of the university and their achievement builds the reputation of Jamia in the industry.
Prof. Seemi Farhat Basir, Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences congratulated the department for producing skilled IT professionals. Prof. S.M.K. Quadri, HoD highlighted achievements of the department.
The four panellists and the keynote speakers discussed all sorts of career options from different roles in Industry including Cyber security expert to Data scientist.
Participants also interacted with faculty members Prof. Khurram Mustafa, Prof. Monica Mehrotra, Prof. SAM Rizvi, Dr. Mansaf Alam, Dr. Rafat Parveen, Dr. Syed Zeeshan Husain, Prof. Nazir, Dr. Khalid Raza, and Dr. Taran Singh Bharti present in the event.
Convener of the event Dr. Suraiya Jabin thanked all guests and participants for making the event successful.
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