Convergence 3i: Industry-Institute-Interaction

Convergence 3i, an Industry Institute Interaction event organized jointly by SDMIMD and CII Mysore Chapter on September 16, 2016, attracted more than 200 final year degree students and fresh graduates in and around Mysore. Dr. N. Muthukumar, President of the CII, Mysore Chapter in his address stressed on need of right attitude and said, it key for securing employment in any organisation while skills can be taught.  Dr. Shrijay Devraj Urs, Executive Director, MYRA School of Business, the Chief Guest of the meet delivered the inaugural address on ‘Reducing the Gap between Learning and Application’. Dr. Urs said ‘creating world class facilities for educational services eventually produce world class students, who are employable anywhere’.
 
Earlier, Dr N.R. Parasuraman, Director SDMIMD, gave introductory remarks. Earlier Prof. Prasad S.N., Chairman Admissions and event Coordinator, welcomed the gathering. Prof C.V. Sridhar presented the vote of thanks.
 
The inaugural session was followed by Panel Discussion on “The Changing Dimensions of Employer Expectations from Fresh Graduates”, moderated by Prof. Prasad S.N. Dr. B.M. Subraya, Mr B.G. Mohankrishna and Ms. Akshara Kumar- entrepreneurs and Mr. Gopalkrishna Sastry of Wuerth Electronics along with SDMIMD students Mr. Srikant Kadkol and Ms. Harshita Gakkhar were the panel members.   The discussion covered the key aspects of the dynamics of change in the job market over the past few years and how the students can equip themselves.