Workshop with Dr. Nachiket Mor

On Saturday, Wilson College was glad to have Dr. Nachiket Mor addressing the students. He took two sessions at the College Hall. At the first session, he addressed the students of Bachelor of Arts and at his second session, he addressed the students of Bachelor of Mass Media and Bachelor of Management studies. Dr. Nachiket Mor has a variety of experiences with him. He has worked with ICCI bank for a very long time and is a prestigious banker in his field. He has also worked with many NGOs and has ample experience in social issues.

At the first session he spoke on the various job opportunities available in the banking and financial field.

At the second session he spoke about the variety of social work he has done in India. He also spoke on the importance of journalist and how, according to him they are doing a good job in India. He mentioned the undeveloped tourism in India which he was trying to develop and gave a example in Goa. He is developing rural tourism by creating what is called homestay homes. Homestay homes means that instead of staying at a hotel, a tourist can stay at a villager or residents home at a nominal rate which includes facilities and meals. He explained the financial agreement that is needed for this, between the NGO and the home owner.

At the end of his address, he took questions, where interesting question were raised. A question was asked on the relation between the banking facilities and the rural farmers and another was asked about the use of the internet as a media for financial banking and another on the where and how villages were selected to invest money.

At the end, many students were in thrilled with the session. According to Nikhil Bapat, a third year of Bachelor of Mass Media student, “I like the session where a lot of interesting things came up and the interactive session answered question that students asked”. For however Danika, another third year student of Bachelor of Mass Media student, “No doubt the talk was interesting, but the questions asked were not sufficiently answered as he gave his opinion and did not clarify what the question was asking”.