Mentoring System

Faculty–Student Ratio:

1:20 (One faculty mentor for every 20 students)

Frequency of Meetings:

Twice a month (and additionally as per the need arises).

Academic counseling at DSEC focuses on providing educational guidance and support by identifying appropriate learning solutions for students. By integrating counseling into the mentoring system, students receive personalized academic guidance tailored to their needs. This approach enables them to benefit from the expertise of academic counselors. In addition to theoretical courses, special emphasis is placed on laboratory-based learning. Laboratories are kept open during evenings to help students strengthen domain-specific skills by applying theoretical knowledge in a practical manner. Furthermore, skill development courses are conducted on campus to enhance coding and design capabilities. Students are also consistently motivated to participate in external competitions as well as in various club activities to ensure holistic development.

Personal counseling helps students adapt to social behavior, interact effectively with peers, and develop positive attitudes. It also supports them in overcoming emotional challenges and helps in reducing the stresses and dropout rates.

Career counseling helps students identify their values, interests, skills, passions, and outlook, which shape their career choices. The Human Resource Development Cell (HRDC) provides additional support through job search guidance, CV preparation, interview training, and personality development. The cell also organizes regular placement drives for students. Periodic awareness programs are conducted on higher education opportunities, government jobs and entrepreneurship. One-to-one guidance is provided to students who seek personalized support.

Mode of Mentoring

• Physical Mentoring: Face-to-face counseling, classroom interactions, lab sessions.
• Online Mentoring:WhatsApp Group
• Peer Mentoring: Senior (final year) students guide juniors in adapting to academic life, labs, and co-curricular engagements.

Implementation Process

• Mentor–Mentee allocation at the beginning of the academic year.
• Academic counseling through personalized guidance, remedial classes and bridge courses.
• Laboratory-based mentoring with evening lab access and practical guidance.
• Personal counseling to address emotional, social, and behavioral challenges.
• Career counseling supported by the Human Resource Development Cell (HRDC), including CV preparation, placement training, entrepreneurship guidance, and higher studies awareness.
• Documentation of every session with attendance, minutes, and follow-up action.

Impact of Mentoring System:

Academic Improvement:

• Reduced failures and dropouts due to close monitoring of slow learners.
• Enhanced performance through remedial classes, study groups, and resource sharing.

Professional & Career Growth:

• Placement readiness through HRDC training, industry seminars, employability skill workshops.
• Awareness on entrepreneurship, government jobs, and higher education opportunities.

Holistic Development:

• Increased student participation in hackathons, learnathons, coding contests, Paper Presentation in conferences and clubs.
• Positive attitude, emotional intelligence, stress management, and yoga programs.

Peer & Senior Mentoring:

• Final-year students mentor freshers on adapting to curriculum, Internship, Industrial Training, projects, and labs.
• Builds a collaborative and supportive learning ecosystem.

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