Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Centre for Career Planning and Counselling (CCPC) on Monday held a mentoring session for UG and PG students of the varsity.
During the day-long session, alumni of Oxford University, University of London and Oxford Brooks University guided the students about opportunities for higher studies with fully-funded scholarships in various UK-based universities.
A team of enthusiastic and philanthropic volunteers of Project EduAccess, a non-profit initiative focused on improving access to higher education particularly for the students belonging to marginalised communities in South Asia, mentored and counselled the law, pharmacy, management, engineering and computer science students of the varsity about the process of application for fully-funded scholarships at various UK universities.
Team of mentors from Project EduAccess included Suhail Rashid, Sahreen Shamim and Zoya Khan.
Dean Academic Affairs KU, Prof Farooq Ahmad Masoodi, who was the Chief Guest at the inaugural session impressed upon the students to explore career opportunities abroad for greater exposure and widening their outlook. He urged the students that they must avail a vast number of fully-funded scholarships running in thousands at UK based universities and thus grab the opportunities to graduate from some of the reputed and renowned universities of the world.
Prof Geer Mohammad Ishaq, Director CCPC and convenor of the programme in his welcome address delineated different kinds of counselling, placement and coaching services being offered by the Centre since 2004 and called upon the students to avail the benefits of all these services, most of whom are provided either free of cost or on nominal charges. He underscored the importance of availing fully-funded international scholarships, fellowships and internships and informed the audience about the online platforms created by the Centre for dissemination of information in this regard.
Director Institute of Technology, Zakura, Prof Gowhar Bashir and Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prof Mubashir H Masoodi were also present at this occasion.
The inaugural and technical sessions were attended by more than 500 students and were highly interactive and insightful.

KR Desk