<p>Despite a passion for fashion designing, Saba Farheen had opted for a B Sc in Computer Science, in keeping with her family’s view that the former would not be a suitable career for her. There was also the feeling that it was not a ‘rational’ choice. <br /><br /></p>.<p>On Saturday, however, when Farheen, along with her father and sister, walked into one of the counselling sessions at Jnana Degula (the education fair promoted by Deccan Herald and Prajavani), her perspective about her passion and her father’s misconception about it changed for the better. <br /><br />“I am now totally convinced that I need to listen to my intuition. With my father also being made fully aware about the opportunities that fashion designing has to offer, I think I will enrol in a course in apparel designing soon,” said Farheen. <br /> <br />Hundreds of enthusiastic students thronged the Palace Grounds on the first day of the fair, where representatives of over 70 education institutions had assembled. While for many students, the fair was a perfect forum to explore the various career opportunities available, for others it was a means of realising their calling in a particular field. <br /> <br />Aishwarya, Kruthika and Sushmita have just completed their II PU from Jyoti Nivas College and were exploring a course that they could relate to. “I am looking at doing something in engineering, but don’t really know what exactly. <br /><br />However, aeronautical and aerospace engineering looks like a very interesting career prospect. I have collected information about colleges offering the course. I still have a number of stalls to go to,” Aishwarya said. Ideally, Kruthika wants to pursue a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication. But she says, she is open to a lot of other options. <br /><br />“I have got information about some very interesting courses like textile engineering, telecommunications engineering and even aerospace engineering. I will not mind pursuing them,” she said.<br /><br />Coming all the way from Kerala with his parents, Mohammed Lazim wants to pursue BBM and was enthusiastically moving from one stall to another. “This is truly a great initiative. With so many colleges under one roof, I need not go anywhere else. It would have been very tiresome, if I had to go to each and every college,” said Lazim. <br /><br />While the fair catered mostly to students, parents were no less inquisitive. Deeply interested in their children’s future, they were more curious than their children, wanting to know every aspect of their career choice. <br /><br />“My son has just completed PU and wants to do mechanical engineering or electronics and communications engineering. Frankly speaking, ever since the date for the fair was announced, I was waiting anxiously for May 25,” said <br />R Aggarwal. <br /></p>
<p>Despite a passion for fashion designing, Saba Farheen had opted for a B Sc in Computer Science, in keeping with her family’s view that the former would not be a suitable career for her. There was also the feeling that it was not a ‘rational’ choice. <br /><br /></p>.<p>On Saturday, however, when Farheen, along with her father and sister, walked into one of the counselling sessions at Jnana Degula (the education fair promoted by Deccan Herald and Prajavani), her perspective about her passion and her father’s misconception about it changed for the better. <br /><br />“I am now totally convinced that I need to listen to my intuition. With my father also being made fully aware about the opportunities that fashion designing has to offer, I think I will enrol in a course in apparel designing soon,” said Farheen. <br /> <br />Hundreds of enthusiastic students thronged the Palace Grounds on the first day of the fair, where representatives of over 70 education institutions had assembled. While for many students, the fair was a perfect forum to explore the various career opportunities available, for others it was a means of realising their calling in a particular field. <br /> <br />Aishwarya, Kruthika and Sushmita have just completed their II PU from Jyoti Nivas College and were exploring a course that they could relate to. “I am looking at doing something in engineering, but don’t really know what exactly. <br /><br />However, aeronautical and aerospace engineering looks like a very interesting career prospect. I have collected information about colleges offering the course. I still have a number of stalls to go to,” Aishwarya said. Ideally, Kruthika wants to pursue a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication. But she says, she is open to a lot of other options. <br /><br />“I have got information about some very interesting courses like textile engineering, telecommunications engineering and even aerospace engineering. I will not mind pursuing them,” she said.<br /><br />Coming all the way from Kerala with his parents, Mohammed Lazim wants to pursue BBM and was enthusiastically moving from one stall to another. “This is truly a great initiative. With so many colleges under one roof, I need not go anywhere else. It would have been very tiresome, if I had to go to each and every college,” said Lazim. <br /><br />While the fair catered mostly to students, parents were no less inquisitive. Deeply interested in their children’s future, they were more curious than their children, wanting to know every aspect of their career choice. <br /><br />“My son has just completed PU and wants to do mechanical engineering or electronics and communications engineering. Frankly speaking, ever since the date for the fair was announced, I was waiting anxiously for May 25,” said <br />R Aggarwal. <br /></p>
