Excelsior Correspondent
AKHNOOR, May 19: A career counselling session with special focus on Civil Services (CS)-UPSC and JKAS examinations was held at Govt Degree College (GDC) Akhnoor in collaboration with SR College of Competitions, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.
The session was held under the patronage of Prof. Romilla Malla Bhat, Principal of the College.
Prof. Anil Kumar (IAQC), Convenor of the session delivered the welcome address and introduced the resource person, Pranay Diwan who conducts such sessions across the country.
Pranay Diwan, representing SR College of Competitions dealt with all the aspects of Civil Services including eligibility criteria, scheme of examination, syllabus, choice of optional paper etc.
He spoke in detail about various strategies for preparation for civil services. During the session students were provided with copies of syllabus for the examination and the resource person explained the nitty-gritty of the same.
The students asked a number of questions to the resource person who answered all the queries.
On this occasion SR College of Competitions, Gandhi Nagar offered counselling to all those interested in knowing more about Civil Services and also announced that shortly a mega scholarship test shall be conducted for college students desirous of attempting Civil Services exams.
Faculty members Prof. Sunil Kumar, Prof. Surinder Kumar, Dr. Rashmi Sharma, Prof. Nisha Devi and Dr. Piyush Kant Sharma were also present on the occasion.
The programme ended with vote of thanks by Prof. Jyoti Sharma, HoD Computer Science, GDC Akhnoor.