Tribune EduFair from today

GUWAHATI, May 13 : The Assam Tribune EduFair ’09 will make a grand start tomorrow with a two-day progarmme at the TR Phukan Indoor Stadium, Nehru Stadium Complex, here. Sponsored and supported by oil giant Oil India Limited as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) project, this event will see the convergence of some of the best educational institutions from India and abroad.

Apart from the fact that more than 100 educational institutions will attend the EduFair this year, billed as the biggest educational fair in the entire North-east India, a host of career-related activities like expert career counselling and psychometric and cognitive test by experts from Mind India and Cognition Group, a leading talent testing organisation from the USA, will also be a part of the fair.

This unique test, made available for the first time in the Northeast, will help students find out their strengths and weaknesses and choose the perfect career path for themselves.

Usually these tests are very costly and not available in this part of the country. But, the Assam Tribune Group, keeping in mind its commitment towards the society, has subsidised the cost of this test by 95 per cent. Students need to pay only Rs 100 for appearing in this unique test in the fair.

In this mega career fair, students will be able to meet deans and principals of some of the reputed colleges and universities of the country for direct interaction and guidance towards their multiple career choices. They can also avail on-the-spot educational loan facilities and opportunities to earn educational scholarships.

There will be medical, engineering, management, biosciences, physiotherapy, law, social sciences and other courses on offer from the participating institutions. It will also see some new unconventional careers also – fashion, jewellery and graphic design, animation, etc. Students will also have the opportunity to interact directly with representatives from University of Sussex, UK, who are coming to the North-east for the first time.

The EduFair 2009 will have representatives from 17 countries.