CORPORATE CONNECT PROGRAM - Being Passionate and What Next?
Department of Computer Science, Christ University
Date:
29th January 2014.
Venue:
911,Central Block, Christ University
ABOUT
THE PRESENTERS
Arun Mathew works at Oracle as Manager
Business Development.
Senthil Kumar works at Trivium
eSolutions as Sr. Software Engineer.
SUMMARY
OF PRESENTATION (CONTENT)
On
the 29th of January, the students of BCA and BSc attended a talk
entitled “Being Passionate and What Next?” delivered by Mr. Arun Mathew, Mr.
Norton Stanley and Mr. Senthil Kumar, under the corporate connect programin the
Room no 911, Central Block, Christ University, organized by the university’s
Department of Computer Science.
The
program began with Mr. Arun Mathew addressing the audience. Talking about how
it is never too late to make a change, Mr. Mathew questioned the interest of
the students in the course they had taken and their suitability quotient. He
talked about how students of computer science have been known to pursue their
dreams, whether it was relevant to their course or not. Taking three examples,
he talked of how one student did not like the course he was doing and
consequently switched to the entertainment industry, how another did the course
and carried on in that field, and how a third was interested in the course but
could not cope with the pressure the college was placing on him, causing him to
drop out but eventually establish his own company. Using these examples, Mr. Mathew
reiterated the importance of pursuing one’s own dreams. Quoting Dr. A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam, he went on to talk about not only having a dream, but working
towards achieving it. He also discussed the severity of peer pressure and the
repercussions that arise from succumbing to it when it comes to studying a
course in college.
Mr.
Senthil Kumar began his speech by questioning the qualities that a programmer
must have: logic, passion, training and experience. Discussing what one can do
to stand out from the crowd, Mr. Kumar suggested participating in more college
fests to form more attractive curriculum vitae.
Speaking from personal experience, he began to share his own knowledge.
He
talked about the various options available to the students after the completion
of their course.
Below
several of these options have been listed:
Further
studies in the civil services
Pursuing
degrees like MCA and MS, etc.
He
encouraged attending campus placements for companies like Wipro, IBM, and
Infosys.
He
also underlined the fact that the option of entrepreneurship always remains
open.
Mr.
Kumar went on to screen an inspirational video on who can be a programmer, and
the creative dimension of programming, elaborating on how it is just another
expression of creativity.
The
last speaker of the program was Mr. Norton Stanley, who began his talk by
mentioning the various programs that are available for students on campus.
Several
student programs were listed by Mr. Norton Stanley such as:
The
Microsoft Imagine Cup
The
Worldwide Annual Competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft
Google
Student Ambassador Program
Infosys
Student Ambassador Program
Microsoft
Student Partner Program, Starpreneur
Wikipedia
Campus Ambassador Program
Firefox
Student Ambassador
Microsoft
Dreamspark Program.
He
went on to give a very motivational speech, reiterating the fact that one must
not give up on their passion if they are truly passionate about it. He ended
his speech by saying, “No one is born a programmer, or a developer: it is what
we choose to be and be passionate about.”
Question
and answers session
The
talks by the team of speakers were followed by an interactive question and
answer session. Several questions were asked in which the audience voiced their
own personal issues and received suitable guidance from the speakers.
Vote
Of Thanks
The
vote of thanks was then delivered with the handing over of memento's to the
three guest speakers, followed by dispersal.
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