MENTORSHIP COMMITTEE OF PUSHPAGIRI COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES

• This committee will be in charge of the overall UG mentorship program.
• Establishment of systems to identify and help    weak students (academic performance improvement).
• Encouragement and opportunities for over achievers.
• Committee will comprise of a chief-coordinator and BDS yearly in-charges.
• They will report to Vice-Principal (Academics) on matters requiring intervention.
• Each UG student will be allotted a teaching faculty as mentor and the committee will have overall responsibility of coordinating this.

Design and Delivery

Allocation

• At the beginning of their period of study each student shall be randomly allocated a mentor for the period of their study in the institution.

Mentors Duty

• The allotted faculty members shall act as mentors
• The mentors shall interact with their mentees periodically
• The mentors shall be the point of contact for the parents and year in-charges
• The mentor shall be vigilant about their mentees academic and personal challenges.

Evaluation

• In the beginning of the mentorship the mentor will be provided information regarding their mentee and a dossier.
• The mentor shall maintain the dossier for each of their mentee and record their subsequent meetings and interactions.

Grievance Redressal

• The mentor shall duly report any issues that is brought to their notice to respective yearly in-charge.