Rotary Education Expo- 2014 on 01 June

GANGTOK, 23 May: Rotary Club of Gangtok has announced its plan to hold ‘Rotary Education Expo- 2014’ here at Chintan Bhawan on 01 June. This is the first such event being organized by the Club.

This was informed during a press conference of the Rotary Club of Gangtok held here today. The day-long expo will have career counseling, career guidance, career consultancy and motivational sessions by experts.

Addressing the press conference, the chairman of the expo, Tirtha Sharma said that the Rotary Club of Gangtok has been working in various sectors like health, social and others in the state since it was formed. This is the first time that the Club is organizing an educational expo especially for class X and XII pass outs of the state, he informed.

During the expo, resource persons from the state and outside will conduct sessions on prospective colleges and universities, loan and assistance from banks, course selection and its scopes, state government schemes and aids, it was informed.

Mr. Sharma informed that experts from aeronautical engineering, pharmacy, management and other fields from various universities of Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Assam and other places will be coming for the expo.

The expo will also have stalls of different colleges for spot admission while an official from the RBI will explain the process for getting educational loan and officials from the HRDD will explain the schemes and scholarships available.

Rotary Club of Gangtok has invited students especially class X and XII pass outs to visit the expo. The club is planning to make the expo an annual event, it was further informed.

The press conference was also addressed by senior club members, OP Singhi, Manoj Agarwal and Arun Awasthy.