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STC-India Awareness Session on Technical Writing: Summary of 2013 events

Hi,

I’m sharing the highlights of STC-India FREE awareness session on Technical Writing held in 2013. Very soon, I will be sharing detailed report on this.

About Technical Writing
Technical Writing is an upcoming profession with huge demand and minimal supply. This profession is best suited for MBA, MCA, MSc, MCom, Mass Communication, BE, BTech, MA (English), and other graduates.Starting salary of a writer can be as high as 5.00 lakhs per annum. To introduce Technical Writing at your college, reach us with details of your college and STC-India education team will be happy to conduct awareness session for your students and faculty and provide all possible help to introduce Technical Writing at your college. You can also download the proposal to Introduce Technical Writing at your college:
·         Technical Writing Proposal: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxHvG72g2_eANGc4UGFkSTd1YlE/

About STC-India Education Initiative
This is the first time in the history of STC-India that the education team conducted ten awareness sessions on technical communication in a calendar year. All members of STC-India education team made all possible efforts to spread awareness about this profession. It was a unique experience and a challenging task too since less than 5% of students are actually aware of this profession. There were some lighter moments and some hard times too.

We travelled to four different states to conduct these events. Once, we had to travel for almost 18-20 hrs to reach college. On couple of occasions we conducted the session even on a working day. There were times when we had to make 100 of calls and meet college management repeatedly to convince them about the importance of this profession. Finally, I take this opportunity to personally thank all the speakers of companies like IBM, Candence, Agilent Technologies, Aricent, Righster, Safenet Technologies and others for sparing their valuable time for these sessions.

Key Numbers:
1.       Number of events: 10 (maximum no. of events in a calendar year)
2.       Participants: 3000+ (2700+ students, 300+ faculty members)
3.       Maximum number of students in one event: 500+ (at IEC, Greater Noida)

List of colleges where STC-India education team conducted the FREE awareness sessions:1. RDIAS, New Delhi
2. IMS, Ghaziabad
3. Dronacharya College, Greater Noida
4. EMPI Business School, Delhi
5. KIET, Gurgaon
6. IEC College, Greater Noida
7. WIT, Gurgaon
8. Aditya College, M.P.
9. MVN University, Faridabad
10. NISCAIR, New Delhi


Testimonials:
1.       Principal – Dr. J S Parihar of Aditya College, “I can easily say that I’ve never attended such a useful and interactive seminar (for students) in last thirty five years. I was really surprised with comfort level displayed by the students and the faculty members in asking questions and replying back. I would like to recommend this seminar for all the colleges and make best use of the STC-India initiatives.”
2.       Dr Himani Singh, “The seminar showed different ways to the students to understand various options available for them. For the first time, students had the opportunity to see the corporate interface which would help them to take right decisions regarding their job choice according to their skills and interests. Almost all the faculty members and students appreciated the way presentation was given by Rajeev sir. Now students are aware of this profession and know what skills are required to opt technical writing as a career.”


Let’s work together to promote the “Technical Writing” profession in India.

On behalf of STC-India Chapter education team.

Rajeev Jain (9910019171)
Mentor, Published Author, Technical Writing Manager
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