Anirudh, a software professional with 2 years of experience, proposes ideas to help pre-graduate students explore different career options so they can choose their graduate studies wisely. Some ideas include industry experts visiting colleges, internships, and intensive industry courses. The "Most Practical Idea" is for companies to have their own online academies where students can learn about the company, take analytical tests to discover career interests, and train for jobs through online courses and interactions with professionals. The "Favorite Idea" is "Customized Graduation Degrees" where students experience different industries and tailor their own degree based on the courses needed for their preferred jobs. The "Disruptive Idea" is for students to join an

1. Problem Statement
Anirudh, a young software
professional, with 2 years of
work experience, with a
graduation in
telecommunication; needs a
way for pre-graduate students
to experience different career
streams briefly, for them to
make a wise decision about
their graduate courses because
he feels students don’t have
clarity on what careers will
interest them eventually.

2. Ideas
1. Industry experts to visit colleges
2. Industry related courses
3. Students to interact with Professionals
4. Internships
5. Industry courses during vacations
6. 2 months intensive courses on all relevant industry topics, before
students selects a graduation discipline
7. Industry relevant online courses
8. Expert Advice
9. Employee assimilation program to have relevant trainings
10. Before graduation, join the industry that students thinks he/she likes and
study for gradation in parallel. [Disruptive Idea]
11. Students to visit Companies during their vacation
12. Companies to have their own academy
13. Online company academy [Practical Idea]
14. Part time company related courses from their academy
15. Virtual tour of the company functioning

3. Ideas
16. Personality development courses
17. Soft skills development courses
18. Courses on thinking skills for students
19. Test for students to find out their actual interest
20. Interest to Job Mapping to be available for students
21. Personality to Job Mapping to be available for students
22. A website of all jobs, their functions, requirments, pros & cons to be
available for students
23. Each student to have a professional as mentor
24. Student to have access to alumni groups of all colleges
25. Have courses to make students adaptable to multiple jobs
26. Customized Graduation Degrees [My Favorite Idea]
27. Peer group help and advice
28. Platform for Parents & Professionals to interact.
29. Platform for Professors & Professionals to interact.

4. Ideas
30. Current and Latest technologies to be part of academy courses
31. Short terms abridge careers for graduated students to experience
32. More practical sessions than theory
33. Encourage open book exams
34. Give grades for industry visit and working there during studies
35. Parents to visit companies
37. College hostels to be in Company campus, to increase interaction.
38. Mobile Apps about which helps students understand different jobs
39. Web Applications to help students understand jobs
40. Students to exchange ideas about their industry visits
41. Real time job assignments to be part of studies
42. Alumni groups to visit colleges and interact with students
43. Alumni groups to interact with parents of grad students
44. Alumni groups to give feedback / inputs on industry – academy gaps

5. Most Practical Idea
Online Company Academy
• Every company can have their own online academy
• Have analytical tests that students can take, the results will make students
aware of their interests & personalities.
• Here they explain on the technologies they work on & have online courses for
the same.
• Different jobs, roles & responsibilities in their company & have online courses
to train the students
• Will have a virtual tour of their office premises & their functioning
• Have domain related courses, so that students can equip themselves with that
knowledge
• Have online chat help for students to interact with professionals on need basis
• Have student & professionals meet on regular basis so that they meet face to
face as well.
• Give short term career option for students to experience jobs of their liking.
• Have Professionals as mentors for students of this academy.

6. My Favorite Idea
Customized Graduation Degrees
• Student is allowed to experience Industry in brief before they choose their
discipline
• They talk to experts and list out the courses that they need to study to
equip them for the jobs they like
• They select these course and make a customized degree for themselves.
• Some other courses can be added as compulsory and generic courses for
all students by profesors.

7. Disruptive Idea
Before graduation, join the industry that students thinks he/she likes and
study for gradation in parallel.
• Student joins the industry that he/she thinks they like before graduation.
• Companies should have entry level jobs for such students.
• Students learn various skills on job or with trainings from companies
• Once they realize this the job they like to do, they pick up graduation
course that suits them.
• Else they can hop to next job to get a feel of it.
• Students can be given a year to try out various jobs before they finalize on
the graduation degree
• This is disruptive because mindset of students, professors & parents
should change to give away an year just for trying rather than doing a job
that they don’t like for rest of their lives.