Convergence 3i: The SDMIMD-CII Annual Event of Industry-Academia Interaction 2022

Convergence 3i, the 'Industry-Institute-Interaction' event by SDMIMD, Mysore with CII-Mysore was held online on 22 Mar, 2022 from 11AM to 1PM.   The invited audience for this program were the Final Year degree students from across India, young executives and Degree completed students from Mysore and surrounding areas. SDMIMD students and faculty and several CII members from Mysore were present for the event. 
 
Ms. Supriya Salian, Chairperson- CII, Mysore Chapter delivered an energetic, thought provoking talk on “ Covid, WFH and Beyond: Opportunities for the Indian Youth” as the Chief Guest for the event, where in, she brought out the current business scenario and its realities. 
 
Later, in a panel discussion on “ How can I prepare myself to become more valuable to my employer: an employer’s perspective” with Dr. Dharma Prasad, Convener of the Industry-Institute Panel, CII Mysore with three student members, Ms. Jeyashri T, Mr. Swaroop A. Tehsildar and Mr. Guru Pranesh was held. Dr. Prasad SN, Deputy Director of SDMIMD was the moderator of this discussion. 
 
In the discussion, both the views of the employers as well as the aspirations of the youth were brought out by the panelists.  Over 120 students from across India participated in the event and the question-answer session which followed both the speech as well as the panel discussion were of high relevance to the student community. 
 
Dr. NR Parasuraman, Director SDMIMD gave the opening address, Prof. CV Sridhar, Faculty at SDMIMD gave the Vote of Thanks and Dr. Prasad SN introduced the audience to the purpose, significance and background of the event Convergence 3i which is being conducted for 12th year since 2010.