The Jain International School known for its innovative career guidance programme ‘Fast Track Your Future’ especially designed for its students is the brain child of Mr. Anuj Badjate, the director of the school. It provides first-hand information on different career options. Students get a chance to meet experts from various fields ranging from entrepreneurship to government jobs. This initiative also aims at providing students with a better understanding of job opportunities. This very successful venture has completed eight magnificent years. Like every year, this year too students were asked about their career choices and reasons for their choice. After completion of this extensive exercise which took over a month’s time, students were selected carefully scrutinizing their response and mentors were allotted.

The mentors were

Mrs. Madhavi Khode (Additional Divisional Commissioner), Mr. Deepak Menaria (Founder Lemon Ideas), Mr. Vishnu Tambi (Director – Excelion Software Pvt. Ltd), Mrs. Rita Dhodapkar (Science Secretary-NEERI), Wg Cdr Ratnakar Singh (PRO Nagpur), Dr. Dinesh Kabra (Neurologist – CIIMS), Dr. Prakash Rao (Sr. Scientist – RRSC – C), Dr. Sandhya Dev Pujari (Radiologist), Dr. Sushrut Babhulkar (Orthopaedic Surgeon), Mrs. Nidhi Gandhi (Owner – Neemboli Apparel) , Dr. Shailesh Pangaonkar (Psychiatrist), Mr. Habeeb Khan (Architect), Mrs. Pallavi Pashine (Salankar Pashine & Associates), Mr. Samresh Acharya (Joint News Editor, TOI), Mrs. Nandini Jagsons (Executive Director-Jagson Travels), Mr. Arvind Kumar (Branch Head TCS),Mrs. Manjari Vaidya Iyer (Playback Singer), Mr. Deepak Jain Chairman – D. P. Jain & Co. Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. , Mr. Abdul Rauf Shaikh President – CSRE, Rtd Dy. Div. Commissioner and Mr. Bashir Shaikh (Former Judge).

The specialty of this programme is to have a tete a tete with the experts, gain first-hand knowledge and know about their hard work, commitment and dedication to reach great heights in their chosen field. Mrs Kiran Joshi – the CCA In charge worked hard in providing this excellent opportunity to the students.

The venture led by the school was quite fruitful as it gave insight into career goals and prepared students for future endeavours.