MBA students of Lucknow University demand better placement opportunities

Interaction over a cup of coffee was started as an initiative by Professor Rai to establish a bond with students in January.

MBA Students of Lucknow University have raised their concern over better placement opportunities on completion of their course at the second round of ‘Coffee with V-C’, held under the aegis of Dean Student Welfare. The opportunity to interact with the vice-chancellor Professor Alok Kumar Rai was given to six MBA and PhD students. Akriti Barman, a final year MBA student told HT, “We talked about academics, cultural activities, hygiene, and cleanliness in the department. We also talked about placements and industrial visits as practical experience along with theoretical knowledge.”

Another final year student, Animesh, added, “We discussed our problems at the departmental level. We also talked about how the placements of students can be increased. V-C also asked us if ragging and bullying pertained in the campus.”

Interaction over a cup of coffee was started as an initiative by Professor Rai to establish a bond with students in January.“We discussed how the department can improve its functioning. We talked about the mess and living conditions for the students in hostels,” said Palak Gupta, a first-year MBA student. While another first-year student Kush Saxena gave input on teachers and overall course experience. HT report informed PhD in Business Administration student Harsh Vardhan said that it was kind of V-C to acknowledge the shortcomings of the department.

“He wanted to inquire about how things are going on in the department. This was aimed at knowing the shortcomings of the university and working on eradicating them,” said Harsh.

Professor Rai also discussed various ways to improve placements through their active participation with the students. The professor also guided them on ways to leverage entrepreneurship. In the course of the discussion, students suggested more industrial visits, industrial interface and strengthening of IT infrastructure.

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