One-day Counselling/ Mentorship Seminar held for IAS/JKAS aspirants at Kulgam

Kulgam : The District Employment and Counseling Centre, Kulgam under the aegis of District Administration Kulgam on Monday organised a day long mentorship cum career counselling seminar for civil services aspirants of District Kulgam at Auditorium/ Conference Hall of Mini-Secretariat Kulgam.
The theme of the programme was ‘How to Crack IAS/JKAS Examinations.’
The seminar was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Athar Amir as the chief guest. Major Abhinanadan (CCE Qualifier 2023) attended the seminar as the invited guest speaker.
2800 Aspirants and students attended the programme.
On the occasion, the speakers shared their wide experiences and expertise with the students.
The DC in his presentation provided a comprehensive outlook to the students on the necessity of qualifying the civil services examinations like JKAS and IAS for a better career choice and effective public contribution.
He stressed that for cracking this prestigious exam, students need to perform some specific exercises/ practices like reading newspapers daily and NCERT books, understand national and international current and social issues, learning good presentation, time-management, reading previous year question-papers of UPSC/JKPSC and most importantly focus on personality development.
The DC reiterated the commitment of Govt. in providing quality education and preparing students for future challenges. He said that one can render noble service to the society through Civil Services even in an increasingly corporate driven world.
He acknowledged that such interactions are very important and beneficial for our youth.
Major Abhinandan informed the aspirants that having academic degrees is not enough, but what is needed is focus, hard-work and full dedication. He provided tips on the various books, reading material and resources that students need to access for qualifying the exams like IAS and KAS.
He advised the students to inculcate passion and motivation for qualifying the Civil Service exams and exhorted upon them to focus on set goals by evolving a proper strategy to qualify civil service exa He also underscored the need to constantly put in efforts at an opportune time to qualify the same.
Earlier, Career Counselling Officer DE&CC Kulgam highlighted the series of ongoing initiatives and programmes organized by District Employment & Counselling Centre Kulgam for the Career counselling of students.
The programme organized in collaboration with Exceptional Academy, Parrypora Srinagar was very informative and enriching for students. It gave everyone a clear perspective about the strategies to be adopted for cracking these prestigious examinations.
All the factors affecting the choice of the students were addressed, questions/ queries were answered and the stereotypes were dispelled.