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Choose your course carefully Why is it that students seem to have no role in what is perhaps the most crucial decision of their lives? We live in a society where even adults do not take the most important decisions of life. People are happy when some one else makes decisions on their behalf. This may be for any number of reasons, including lack of knowledge, fear of the unknown, lack of self-confidence, etc. When forced to make a decision on their own, they would like to tread the safest path. For example, a businessman would like his son to join his business after doing a management course. Without caring about his sons desires, he wants him to follow his footsteps. Likewise, an engineer father feels engineering is the best profession under the sun. An IAS or PCS officer thinks that it will lower his prestige in society, if one of his children does not get through the civil services examination. Thus, the decision to join a particular discipline or profession in our society is not made by a child but by parents. Thats why the child puts in virtually no resistance and succumbs to the pressure of parents and well-wishers willingly. One of the major reasons is that parents seek fulfilment of their unfulfilled desires through their children. So, they tend to overlook the aptitude, inclination, potential and aspirations of their children. This practice is more prevalent in villages where both the parents and children have limited exposure to the outside world. It has been observed that it is often the workers or managers with village background who cannot reconcile to the demands of their profession at a later stage. They keep struggling throughout their service to find job satisfaction. Even years after joining the forced profession, they feel that they could have done far better had they joined a profession of their own choice. The importance of right career choice at the earliest opportunity cannot be over emphasised. This demands identifying what a student wants to get on his own. It is important for the parents to realise that their desire to see their children fulfil their parents career dreams is irrational. At the same time, children should try and get out of the shadows of their parents and take such decisions on their own. However, most of the students are neither aware of what is involved in taking a career decision nor are they ready to take over this responsibility from their parents. Students should not fall prey to ignorance, which is responsible for indecision on their part. They must understand that it is important to know what course to do and then do that to their best ability. Job markets are very competitive and in the present business environment, they are bound to get more and more out of reach of a person of average competence. The competence level is directly proportional to the aptitude, potential and effort. No one can rise above a mediocre level unless and until a person knows his or her true aptitude and potential. This knowledge needs to be supplemented by educated parents, teachers and well-wishers. Misplaced confidence in ones imaginary ability is the bane of many students. They should not get into the trap of any type of misinformation, sycophancy, ego, etc., while making a decision about their career. Many a student found himself at the crossroads due to all kinds of information, including a lot of junk information, which he is not able to analyse for the want of knowledge and experience. Students should gather as much data, information and knowledge as can be collected in available time, analyse it with the help of parents, teachers, friends, etc., and then take a rational decision. Over assessing oneself for any task results in frustration as one can stretch as much as one likes but will never be able to achieve a target set without knowing ones real ability. Such targets will always remain beyond ones reach. It is common knowledge that everyone in the arts stream aspires to get into the civil services, and every one with medical or non-medical streams wants only to become a doctor or an engineer. According to experts, there are more than 27,000 career options in todays world. What course a student opts for is important, but how it is done is even more important. So, young boys and girls should start exploring and analysing the career options right from Class X by matching their aptitude and ability. Every possible support in choosing the right career should be taken carefully.
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Campus Notes A one-day workshop on "Research Methodology" and "Use of Research Software Package SPSS" was organised at the Institute of Management Studies and Research (IMSAR) of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) recently. The workshop was organised by the IMSAR Alumni Association. Dr H. J. Ghosh Roy, a senior faculty member at IMSAR, inaugurated the workshop. In his inaugural address, Dr Ghosh Roy observed that learning is a life-long process. He said a good researcher must do extensive and wide reading. Dr V. K. Kaushik, secretary, IMSAR Alumni Association, said this workshop would help the research students regarding research process. Delivering keynote address at the workshop, Dr Radhey Shyam, Professor, Department of Psychology at MDU, threw light on various aspects of research methodology. He detailed the participants about various statistical tools used in the research process. He laid emphasis on effective research design for quality research. In the second session, resource person Dr Neeraj Kaushik, Associate Professor, T.I.T.S. (Bhiwani), explained the intricacies of research progress. He stressed that knowledge of applied statistics and IT tools was must for good research work. He explained the use of SPSS software package. The key speakers also interacted with the participants on their queries about research methodology. Nearly 25 participants attended the workshop. The Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Prof Ravinder Vinayak, was the guest of honour. IMSAR faculty member Raj Kumar coordinated the workshop.
Extension lecture
An extension lecture programme was organised at the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) of MDU recently. Dr Nasib Singh Gill, Head, Department of Computer Applications, delivered the extension lecture. Dr Gill spoke about "Autonomic Intelligence System and Cyber Security". He gave detailed information about the various levels of Intelligence. He also threw light on the world of cyber space. Talking about the increasing incidence of cyber crime, Dr Gill emphasised the need for effective cyber security. Faculty members and students of UIET were present on the occasion. An interactive session was also organised.
IMSAR Day celebrated
Faculty, students and staff of IMSAR celebrated IMSAR Day on the institute premises at the university recently. A multi-faceted cultural programme, including western and folk dances, skits and other entertaining items was presented by the IMSAR students to mark the occasion. The Commissioner of Rohtak division, S. P. Gupta, was the chief guest; while IMSAR director Dr A.K. Rajan presided over the programme. Contributed by Sunit Dhawan
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IF you ask any student why is he doing a particular course, the answer probably would be both disturbing and perplexing: My parents, friends told me to do it. In most cases, one would get silent answer, while in others, the student would shift the entire responsibility of his or her actions to some one else.