Student Union Mid-term Report
The EPC caught up with Aditya Bhatt to talk about the changes he and
the Student Union are trying to bring into effect, and those which have
already been undertaken.
as ours. However, with the setup of centralized kitchen, Aditya feels that
his point may become of more importance and he is optimistic of its
implementation by the end of next semester.
Career Mentorship Cell
The first thing he talks about is the Career Mentorship Cell, which was
also a point on his manifesto. He says that the cell has been formed and
its organisational structure has been decided. It’s going to be inaugurated
at the BITSAA Global Meet (BGM). The CMC has the internship cell,
which has already been formed and they have already started contacting
companies. It also has the mentorship cell in which the BITSian alumni
have started sending their resumes. The mentorship cell will have a separate website where various alumni will put up their portfolios and the
BITSian can choose his/her mentor depending on the field he wants to
choose and the credentials of the alumni. Currently there are about 257
BITS alumni members who have agreed to act as mentors. This number
is expected to increase as the inauguration at the GBM will attract a lot
of attention.
Oasis and APOGEE
He also revealed that Oasis has had a surplus of 5 lakh this year and was
raised to a much larger extent in terms of participation, which is a great
achievement. He aims to raise the standard of APOGEE 2014 as well;
he aims to increase participation and to prevent it from going into a loss,
breaking an ongoing trend. One of the major initiatives towards achieving this is Aarohan, a bit of a clichéd name (also BIT Mesra’s tech fest
name) and a used concept (techniche). It’s going to be an aptitude and
coding competition which is going to be held in different schools across
the country in their respective computer labs. They also want to scale up
the outreach and campus ambassador programmes for APOGEE 2014.
Book Bank
There has been action along the lines of establishment of the book
bank, where one can sell his/her book for 40% of the cost price and rent
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