The
Department of Sociology and Social work organized an interactive session with
two alumnae from the Christ family. The esteemed speakers of the day Induja
Aravind and Medha Roy successfully oriented the students to the various fields
to be explored upon completing the Applied Sociology course. Induja currently
works at Brandcom while Medha has been employed at Edelman, both of which are
well established public relations agencies in Bangalore.
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| Alumane addressing students |
Contrary to popular belief that a discipline like Sociology has a limited
scope, the speakers shared their experiential learning outcomes and were able
to plant a broader range of career aspirations among us. While a layperson may
think of the most generic professions for a Sociology graduate, it was through
this lecture that much of these doubts were cleared. As the speakers shared
snippets of their journey from student to an employee, several unthought-of
avenues such as media planning, public relations, the development/social
sector, market research, policy analysts, artificial intelligence, human
resource among many others were brought to light.
The one-hour session was quite fruitful, as experienced peers were able to consider
the standpoint of students and accordingly guide or address the naive concerns.
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| Students attend alumane session |
Moreover, through such sharing the general anxiousness that persists among most
students (with regard to employment options), is taken care of; listening to a peer
open up about their journey from a confused worried student, to working with
start-ups and eventually to an independent successful employee is inspiring and
reassuring. Such departmental initiatives are beneficial in nurturing and
broadening the career scape of young sociologists.
