- Shiva
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This is the beginning and we should all be so proud that we are given the power of sowing the seeds to success. We have all heard of the quote “With great power comes great responsibility”, now is the moment for all of us to shoulder that responsibility. It is essential that we nurture this small sapling called the MSEC alumni group well so that it grows to be a banyan tree which can anchor the group for decades and even centuries to come. It is essential that we do it right the First Time.
Generally the 10th year, the 25th year and other factors of 5 are mostly celebrated with grandeur; it is the years in-between which needs special attention. To ensure our fellow MSECians and upcoming MSECians are to bear the fruit of the labour, we need to have an iron clad objective and ensure that the MSEC alumni group works in tandem with the college not just in placements but right from the induction of the freshmen. This msec alumni blog is already turning out to be a nice breeding ground for wonderful ideas and it is time we start transforming them into actions and make the difference.
Following are few administrative aspects that come to my mind. They don’t bear any significance to the goals by themselves but are essential for the sustainability and the functioning of the alumni group not today, not tomorrow for but for generations to come.
1) Establish process and procedures to go about with the identification and functioning of the group. These process and procedures are not for today, but for many years down the line, there should be a reference book available to handle all scenarios.
· Identifying the working committee for the alumni group to ensure that ideas are transformed into actions. I agree with Shiva that we should have a working group rather than hierarchical structure since the former gives more flexibility. It should be a voluntary involvement and not mandatory involvement.
· Periodic rotation to the working group to enable people to share the activities and infuse newer ideas.
· Identify and establish goals for the working term of that committee.
· Ways to keep in touch with the members of the alumni and to share the good and not so pleasant news across the MSEC fraternity.
· To have alumni chapters at various locations across the globe.
· Interaction between Alumnus and the then current batch of student in the college.
2) More importantly, we need to inculcate the passion to run this like a corporate governed organization and not a (Indian) government run Sick units.
Few goal oriented ideas to add to the list:
- Today in
- I have come across a number of Freshers (even senior executives) unable to differentiate between a technology and a domain. We need to help students differentiate between a technology and a domain and educate them on their roles in today’s businesses across the globe. A Subject Matter Expert(SME) is as important as a Java or a .NET developer if not more. Some might have inclination towards a specific subject, however they do not get to appreciate its importance until a few years in the industry after which they then transform into a Domain expert. Such insights can give them the much needed head start to their career.
- In today’s world of Google, information is available at the click of the mouse, however still majority of the people are ignorant of the happenings in technology. We need to get them accustomed to the RSS feeds and the Google Readers. That way we would have already sowed the seed of entrepreneurship (here is the spelling :P) in the minds of technology innovators.
- I have always looked forward to E cube week with great enthusiasm, it was a great concept, a great idea… but then there is a lot of scope for improvement. The students are not to completely blame, because they do not have the guidance or the visibility on what is in store for them a couple of years down the line. Ecube is a great idea, we need to transform it into a success story.
- A number of our fellow alumnus have gone ahead to pursue their Masters Degree from various world class institutes from across the globe. Not only would their guidance be useful for students looking to do their masters, but also if they can guide on how to go about with research studies, it will open up a world of opportunities for our upcoming MSEC students. This is especially useful to non IT streams where scope and opportunity is minimal in our country.
Finally, I would like to touch upon an important aspect of the alumni group. I have been talking to a number of our fellow alumnus and the general perception is that the feedback we have got back from the alumnus is not overwhelming. I did some research on the subject. On an average, in an alumni group the active members are in the late 40s and above (there are always exceptions). The reason for the same is, that is when their kids have become grown ups and they get time to unwind and take a look back at their alma mater from where they began their humble journey called life. Ours is only 10 years old and I can safely say that none of us have reached that stage and we are not going to at least for another couple of decades :P I guess we are still running around, hopping flights, jumping ships to carve ourselves a successful career.
Looking at all that I guess the response we have got so far from the alumnus is good. We have to continue to work together to see the alumni group through the initial testing years and send out a positive vibe so that more and more of our alumnus feel encouraged and inspired to come join us in taking on the baton of MSEC Alumni group and MSEC in its path towards reaching greater and greater heights.
Together we can!!!
- Shs Mani.
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