My Trip to a Rural Degree College

Last Saturday we (me and 2 others) were requested by our Colleague Mr.Varma to join him to visit his Village namely Khajipalem near Bapatla a town in AP.

The Purpose of the Visit was a Request by the Principal of that Village’s College to our Colleague .The College was going to have their Campus Interviews for the First time and they wanted some people who can give some tips to the Students as to how to prepare themselves for the College Interviews.

Being a Rural College the Students never had an Opportunity to interact with People from Corporate Companies. During the De-brief we had , the Principal explained that even though the College was an English Medium one they always explain the Subject in Telugu to the Students admitting the fact that their Faculty was also Fully not equipped with Communication Skills .

I was Amazed to see that the College which sprawled itself into an area of more than the Campus that we have at Satyam Infocity, was fully equipped with features like Library, Computer lab(all the 60 Computers that have been donated by SATYAM which were arranged with the help of my colleague Varma…..Three Cheers Varma J J ) , Gym, Swimming Pool, Cycling Track .,etc .

We have Conducted 3 Sessions – one covering the Written test part explaining them the Books to be referred to Clear their Written Test, Second Session included Group Discussion tips and Methods including Demo GD’s being conducted on the spot giving them the Inputs at the instant. The third Session after lunch included How to tackle a Personal interview Round with some Mock interviews to give them a Feel of real time Interview.

Through out the Session we maintained a Friendly Environment so that the Students feel Comfortable and ask us more Questions to help them better. The Session included a Lot of our Personal Experiences that we had and those we heard from our Friends.

The Hospitality that the College Management bestowed upon us be it the Warm reception they had for us (with a Welcome Board which goes like “resources from Satyam Computers to train our Students on Interview Basics’), be it the de-brief Session of the principal, be it the Lunch or the Signing off Session we truly spent our Weekend in a memorable way.

And the icing on the top was We were made the Celebrities of the Day when Students came to us for our Wishes (typical AutographsJ), asking us our email Ids and contact numbers.

I am grateful to my Colleague Mr.Varma for the Wonderful Opportunity he gave us ie., to become role models to the students of KVRKVR&MKR College. Hope we will have more such Sessions in the near future which is his Dream Project Bridging the Rural-Urban Gap.

And Surprisingly the principal of the 1981 Established College Called me on Sunday morning to enquire if we reached safely wherein he admitted that when he interacted with his Students after the Sessions he found that their Confidence Levels have improved and the tips we shared would provide them a good Guidance to start off with for which he Expressed his Hear felt Thanks.

In the Later part of the day I realised that this is the Village which gave Some of the Best in class Entrepreneurs like Mr. Murali krishnam Raju of Maa Tv, Mr.Srini Raju of iLabs ., etc. Also Raju and Ramu visit this College regularly which developed a bond for this College with Satyam.

With Cheers this is Vamsi Signing off.