Faculty Development Programme on Mentors Role in Student Development

Department of Sociology in collaboration with IQAC organized a Faculty Development Program on Role of Mentors in Student Development on 18th May 2023 at 3.30 PM in Lecture Hall 307. The Resource Person was Sri. Nagesh, J.E., Assistant Professor, Sri Adichunchanagiri College of Education, Channarayapaytna-573116. He explained how mentors should treat students in a liberal arts and science course, how we should treat students, the relationship of trust between mentor and mentee. He contemplated the quality of a mentor and described two aspects that a mentor should follow, a. A mentor must first be a good listener and b. They should contact the students regularly. He elaborated on the area where mentors can help students, different types of mentoring, mentoring cycle, what mentors should do and what mentors should not do. Mentor should be an inspiration and role models for students and if students are not doing well they should be referred for counselling, he suggested. A good mentor should win the heart of the student and not for the mind.

Tarun Gowda, II BA student, opened the programme with the invocation of Song. After the formal welcome speech given by Dr. Praveen Kumar S., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, offered floral tributes to the portrait of Padmabhushan Dr. Sri Sri Sri Balagangadharanatha Mahaswamiji and wateried the plants as the program's inaugural event by the Resource Person and the Principle, as well as offered by the other faculty members.On this particular occasion, 23 faculty members registered.

Dr. B.N. Chandrashekhar, the IQAC Coordinator, gave the official Vote of Thanks at the conclusion of the event, and  Mr. Lokesh, G.S., Assistant Professor acted as the Anchor of the Programme.