Mentoring is an effective and popular way of providing guidance and support to young students. Effective mentoring also helps to accomplish program goals, ensuring consistency and stability. The prime objective of the mentor – mentee process at PIET is to ensure students’ overall development and growth on the academic and professional matters by fully exploiting the potential of every individual.
Mentor-Mentee Process Details
- Eligible faculty members are assigned a group of 15 to 25 mentee students whom they serve as mentors
- The first year B. Tech. students are assigned mentors from the Applied Science and Humanities department.
- Senior students from B. Tech. programs and students of all other programs are assigned mentors from their respective departments.
- The mentee preferably, as far as possible, be assigned to the same mentor throughout the program.
- The mentor shall be provided the academic performance data and details of slow and advanced learners by the respective department/incharge.
- Proper confidentiality shall be maintained by the department and respective mentors to uphold the respect of individuals involved.
- The mentors shall be consulted/informed in case of disciplinary issues on code of conduct with a student.
Role of a Mentor
- To take the lead in supporting a mentee through an ongoing, one-to-one relationship.
- To build a relationship of trust by caring and planning for welfare of the mentee.
- To serve as a positive role model.
- To strive for mutual respect.
Desirable Qualities of a Mentor
- Willing listener
- Encouraging and supportive
- Patient and flexible
- Tolerant and respectful
Responsibilities of a Mentor
- Meet the mentee student twice a month.
- Track the academic performance of the mentee and counsel, guide and motivate in all academic and professional matters.
- Advice the mentee regarding choice of electives, add on courses, external certifications, project, summer training/internships and other co curricular matters.
- Advise for career options and its planning and development.
- Maintain a confidential progressive record of the mentee.
- Intimate HOD and suggest if any coordinated action is called for.
- Contact parents/guardians if situation demands e.g. irregularities, negative behavioral changes and interpersonal relations, detrimental activities etc.
- Maintain contact with the students even after their graduation.
Responsibilities of a Mentee
- Respect the mentor
- Regularly attend the meetings with the mentor and seek advice.
- Provide the details of his/her performance, curricular and extracurricular activities to the mentor.
Responsibilities of the Head of Department
- Allocate mentors to all the students.
- Review the mentor – mentee system on regular intervals.
- Support and advise the mentors for effective discharge of their duties.
- Keep the head of the institute informed.
