Bhubaneswar: The Utkal University organised a six-day Students’ Employability Enhancement Programme — in line with the vice-chancellor’s vision of adopting a student-centric approach and introduction to job-oriented curriculums — that concluded on Tuesday.
“Preparing our students for future job search, improving their sense of self awareness is needed in current scenario. Apart from such trainings we are also working on collaborating with different academic institutions and organisations to introduce job-oriented courses like Bio Physics, Bio Chemistry, Cyber Security, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Psychiatry and several others for the development of our University,” Utkal University vice-chancellor, Professor Sabita Acharya, was quoted as saying in a press release. The VC spoke during the varsity’s valedictory session on Tuesday.
According to the release, Utkal University has stepped up its career guidance and placement services with the introduction of such training Programmes. The programme was organised by Utkal Entrepreneurship & Career Hub established under RUSA 2.0 and Placement Cell of the University.
The six-day online programme that began on December 22 covered topics like communication and interpersonal skills, organisation and negotiation skills, quantitative aptitude and reasoning, team building and relevant life skills. Over 150 students attended the online training programme.