Mentors are appointed to provide students with resources that would help them be better prepared for the demands of the Demanding Creative Curricula, to give them a better understanding of practice and to afford an opportunity for fun and excitement in their education.


The course responsibility, apart from the faculty members teaching designated courses, will be shared by experts from the industry / society, who will be provided to a group of students as mentors. These mentors who have spent many years in their profession would share responsibility for exposing the students to creativity, documentation, career options, conceptual design etc.

The objective of the Mentoring Program is to provide a pathway and vehicle for students to establish a one-on-one relationship with experienced professionals in order to access, explore and better understand the practice of respective fields.

Objectives
The goals of the mentor system are:

• Get incoming students enthused about their courses
• Show students how to make the most of their education
• Provide students with hands-on projects
• Challenge the students to be creative
• Force the students to make several oral presentations
• Improve the students' technical writing skills
• Promote team-building activities

Benefits
An effective mentoring effort is expected to provide the following programmatic benefits:

• Provide a broad perspective of how a professional works
• Enhanced student knowledge base to assist in career decisions
• Improved communication skills at all levels
• Increased awareness of the importance and consequence of individual initiative
• Increased understanding of network development