| Subject | Postgraduate Education Abroad Seminar on "Overseas Education" |
| Academic Year | 2019-20 |
| Event Date | 21st November, 2019 |
| Coordinator | Prof. Kavita Pradhan |
| Faculty Team | Prof. Kavita Pradhan |
| Speakers Invited | Mr. Pritam Save, Ms. Akshata Rao, Ms. Dilpreet Kaur & Mr. Puneet Thakur From Azent Overseas Education |
| Time | 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
| Venue | Conclave, 3rd floor. |
| Attended by students | 5th Year & 3rd Year |
| Number of students present | 89 |
| Contact | Azent Overseas Education – 78298 77772 Branch Office at Santacruz, Thane, Hyderabad, Chennai https://www.azent.com/ |
“Overseas Education”
This aims to create awareness among current students about the process of application and issues while pursuing Masters’ degree overseas.
Seminar content:
- Why Overseas Education
- Student Life Abroad
- Overview of Scholarships
- Study Abroad Information; Country Wise
- Destination Matrix; Course details and Fee structure
- Selection of Courses and University
- Application process
Seminar Program:
12:15 p.m.: Assemble at Conclave
12:30 p.m.: Welcome message : Prof. Kavita Pradhan
Sessions on:
- Why Overseas Education
- Student Life Abroad
- Overview of Scholarships
- Study Abroad Information; Country Wise
- Destination Matrix; Course details and Fee structure
- Selection of Courses and University
- Application process
By Mr. Pritam Save, Ms. Akshata Rao, Ms. Dilpreet Kaur & Mr. Puneet Thakur.
1:45 p.m.: Vote of Thanks by Kavita Pradhan.
Seminar Minutes:
Mr. Pritam Save started the session with the question – ‘Why Overseas Education?’. He explained various global career opportunities. He talked about quality of education abroad and pointed out that there are not as many universities of quality postgraduate education in India. There is the competitive edge and university abroad helps to acquire new skills.
He also talked about ‘Student Life Abroad’ and gave an ‘Overview of Scholarships’. He mentioned that based on merit, scholarships are given by universities abroad to the foreign students.
Subsequently ‘Study Abroad Information was given by Ms. Akshata Rao about selected countries.
Students were told about competitive exams to appear namely GRE, TOEFL, IELTS etc and which country needs which of these exams qualification.
Requirements of admissions of different universities of different countries like USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Singapore, New Zealand etc. was explained. Ms. Dilpreet Kaur talked about Australia & New Zealand.
Students were also told about work opportunities & part time jobs for students was explained in detail.
Mr. Pritam presented a ‘Destination Matrix’ having course details and fee structure of different countries. Cost of education, fees, living expenses was described.
When the masters course is finished, various countries give practical training opportunities. The duration of this varies as per countries. Also after the training process completes, how to get the permanent work permit was explained thro’ a matrix.
Vote of thanks was given by Prof. Kavita Pradhan.
