Massive response to The Hindu EducationPlus Career Counselling session

The Hindu EducationPlus Career Counselling-2024 in Bengaluru attracted students and parents to explore higher education opportunities.

The 22nd edition of The Hindu EducationPlus Career Counselling-2024, held on Saturday at NMKRV College here, saw a massive response from students and parents. As many as 43 higher education institutions participated in the event, which saw close to 1,000 students and parents attend.

Students and parents were busy getting information about various courses, colleges, fee structure, infrastructure, placement, and other details. They also got information about the Civil Service Exam (CSE), CET, and COMED-K, and medical, engineering and other professional courses from experts through various sessions.

In his inaugural speech, M.N. Anucheth, Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Bengaluru, said, “Students should take up something that they are really passionate about and really like. In the long run, happiness and satisfaction are more important than status or the designation or rank that you have.”

He said, “Young Indians have plenty of opportunities in various fields. Just 20 years ago, when I was a student, the opportunities were either medicine, engineering, law or charted accountancy (CA). Today, you can be whatever you want to be. Keep in mind that to be unique, to be identified as important, be innovative, adaptive, and creative because a majority of the jobs in the next 10 years will be done by artificial intelligence technology, not by humans.”

About the CSE and the Indian Police Service (IPS), he said there are only about 3,000 IPS officers in a country for 124 billion people. “Don’t be worried about what education background you have to take the CSE exam,” he said.

Shantappa Kurubara, sub-inspector of police and All India Rank 644 in CSE-2023, lauded the contribution and impact of The Hindu on his life and career: “I started the CSE preparation with The Hindu. It is the best paper for providing exact information. Earlier, The Hindu was an everyday guest at my house. But now, I have become a guest in a programme organized by The Hindu.”

“I felt miserable in II PU and failed three times. Then, I passed with only 39%. During that period in my village, I came to know finally that without books, I cannot succeed. After 15 years, I still maintain the same consistency and vigour about [reading] books,” he said.