About Mentoring at CDGI

CDGI Mentoring

About CDGI Mentoring

Mentoring is hand-holding of the young students to help them walk on the guided path of success. It is a holistic support which needs understanding the individual students; with an insight of their upbringing, knowledgebase, capabilities and willingness to walk ahead including the choices for a chosen path. The Mentor is expected to guide him/her on career possibilities, manoeuvring him through complex situations arising out of personal, financial and most importantly professional demands.

A Mentor’s sole responsibility lies in grooming his Mentee through difficult and complex situations; support him to turn his weaknesses into scope of improvement. Being a young student, a Mentee goes through tremendous emotional ups and downs facing demanding situations at home and in Institution. An easy accessibility to Mentor, allowing free and frank discussions is key to managing a relationship, which is crucial.

The Mentoring Manual is an attempt to layout a Road Map for Mentors. The objective is to offer qualitative support in grooming the students, taking them to the path of success. This Manual is divided into Three Sections. Each Section is dedicated to its goals and objectives, with the last Section as in Section C, is purely dedicated to the Administrative aspects.

Mentoring is giving your time, attention, insights, and advice. Mentoring is about helping a mentee develop himself/herself within a conducive environment where they have the resources and support to develop technical and intellectual capital. Simply providing resources for a mentee to accomplish a research project (i.e. develop technical/intellectual capital) is not mentoring. That is the minimum requirement to setup an appropriate learning environment. Mentoring takes place in the personal interactions with the mentee.

To groom students in meeting with such holistic and value based objectives, the role and responsibility of Mentors is crucial. We in our endeavour to promote qualitative growth firmly believe that orientation and continuous process of learning for Mentors is essential. This Mentors’ Manual presents a Frame Work for Institutional Growth, detailing the charter of responsibilities, ethos and value based orientation for qualitative grooming of the students, offering them professional, emotional and social support.

Mentoring - Path of Growth:

• Institute provides an opportunity to help identify, support, inspire and develop as efficient Mentors through orientation & round table discussions.
• Assist mentees in learning more about professional competencies in higher education, organizational structure and resources for career development.
• Mentors to develop their own leadership skills, identify the psycho-social, emotional and inspirational needs of Student Mentees.
• Build a professional network for future collaboration.
• Learn from the mentee's experiences and insights.
• Provide an opportunity for mentees to learn from an experienced and excelling staff member through one-on-one informal mentoring sessions where a mentor can share information on their own career development.
• Give something back to the professional community.

Sample Mentoring Forms: