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November 13, 2024KIIT School of Management successfully hosted its flagship corporate mentoring program, Konfidant, in two phases on 14th and 15th of October 2023.
Konfidant is a program aimed at providing the MBA students an opportunity of mentoring from eminent corporate leaders during their academic journey at KIIT School of Management (KSOM). Through the program students are connected with industry stalwarts who take over as mentors to a small group of students assigned to them as mentees. Through this program, students are connected with industry stalwarts who take over as mentors to a small group of 10 to 12 students assigned to them as mentees.
The program is managed by Prof Mohar Banerjee Biswas, who is the Konfidant Chairperson for KIIT School of Management. The Konfidant team also comprises of Prof Suvasis Ghosh and Prof Ayushi Raichaudhury who helped in ensuring student management and guest coordination. The Konfidant program saw 34 eminent corporate mentors who spent the whole day with the assigned mentees to prepare the MBA first year students for their upcoming career preparation.
The program started with an inaugural ceremony where the context was set by Prof Mohar Banerjee Biswas, Konfidant Chairperson. Dr. Sumita Mishra, Dean KSOM, welcomed the guest to the program and explained the concept of mentoring done by KSOM over the last few years. Dr Tapan Kumar Panda, Pro-Vice Chancellor, KSOM & KSRM, addressed the gathering and explained the long term mentoring initiatives that the university has been taking. He also stressed on the philanthropic initiative undertaken at KISS University and urged the guests to visit the university. The session ended with felicitation of the guests followed by a vote of thanks by Dr. Kumar Mohanty, Director Industry Engagement, KIIT University. The inaugural session was followed by a one on one discussion between the guests and the students on resume building, career augmentation and preparation. The guests were very impressed with the preparation level of the MBA students and congratulated them on their thought clarity.