Odia Connection' help for medical, engg aspirants

Updated on: Monday, July 11, 2011

A group of engineering and medical students from the state, pursuing their education from various reputed institutions across the country, have come forward to extend help to engineering and medical aspirants in Orissa by forming an Odia Connection' platform.

At least 20 students of various institutions including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), NITs, BITS, and medical colleges, most of them from Berhampur, have come together to form the Odia Connection. "We want budding talents to expend their horizon, widen their outlook and gain from our experience to streamline their efforts to achieve their goals," said Alok Patra, one of the members and the final year student of ceramic engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela.

The main objective of Odia Connection is to create awareness among students of Orissa regarding top professional courses, providing guidance to aspiring students about various carrier opportunities and to guide and help students in joining national and state level professional institutes, the organizers said. In the first phase of the initiative, the students held a career counseling session at Berhampur on Sunday with engineering and medical aspirants. Several students of Class IX, X, XI and XII from various schools and colleges participated in the meet.

"This is our first initiative and we are planning to conduct similar programmes in a bigger way during the month of December," said Patra. "We decided to take this initiative to guide aspiring candidates from Orissa to compete in national level competitions," said Bibekanand Panigrahi, a final year student of computer engineering from NIT. "When students get proper guidance we think they can excel in national competitive examinations to take admissions in reputed institutes like the IITs, NITs and others," said Nihar Panigrahi, a third year student of manufacturing at IIT, Kharagpur.

Parents of aspiring candidates praised the organizers for this initiative. "We think aspiring candidates will do better in the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) and also get proper guidance when senior students come forward to help them," said Tumbanath Panda, a parent.

Times of India

Odia Connection' help for medical, engg aspirants

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