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5.6 Details of student counseling and career guidance

Students arriving at University for the first time or embarking on a programme may have to
learn to adapt to significant changes. These changes are exciting, challenging and an intrinsic
part of the attraction of going to University. All these warrant facilitation of students towards
a new turn in their journey of life.

CHARUSAT, through Student Counselling System, aims to foster academic excellence,
positive mental attitude and general well-being of the students. The Student Counselling
System is a proactive and potential building activity that identifies the true potential of the
students and brings it out, so as to facilitate students to achieve their academic and personal
goals.
Approach to Counselling
The students are counselled in the areas of:
1. Academic Matters - By way of helping students set their career goals and guiding
them as to how to achieve the goals.
2. Social Matters – By way of helping them understand various social inter-
relationships like family, relatives, friends, peers, strangers and unforeseen events.
3. Personal Matters affecting his/her career/ life – By way of helping them
understand their strengths and constraints and providing proper guidance to
capitalization on opportunities.

Counselling Structure
The Counselling Cell comprises of the following members:
 Teacher Counsellor – Faculty members
o One counsellor is allocated to 15 to 25 students for counselling.
o Counsellor reports to Department Counselling Coordinator twice in every
semester through Mentor Report.
o For students requiring immediate attention and remedial action, counsellor
immediately refers the said students directly to Institute Counsellor.
 Department Counselling Coordinator – Having more than 05 years of teaching
experience and having proven track record of effective teaching and counselling, is
the Department Counselling Coordinator.
o Department Counselling Coordinator looks after the counselling at
departmental level and coordinate with the Teacher Counsellors for
continuous feedback on the progress of the students twice in a semester.
o Department Counselling Coordinator also undertakes the responsibility of
meeting once in a month and guiding the “Potential Learners” and
“Progressive Learners”, as referred by different Teacher Counsellors.
o Considering the number of students referred by the Teacher Counsellors,
additional Department Counselling Coordinators may be assigned by the
Institute Counsellor.
o The Department Counselling Coordinator reports the progress made by the
counselled students to Institute Counsellor for necessary actions, wherever
needed, once in every quarter.

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