Student Ownership Programme (SOP)

Student Ownership Programme (SOP) is a mentoring programme unique to DCSMAT which helps students to develop the additional skills required for a manager. It is a team based approach for personal and professional development A member of the faculty is assigned a small group of students with the task of development student’s soft skills, like reading, writing, vocabulary building and listening. The faculty has one to one interaction with each of the SOP group, which helps them to know the exact problem that the student faces academically and personally, and they help them to find a solution. The faculty members also monitor the holistic progress of their assigned students. In other words, it is taking the ownership of all academic and non –academic activities of DCSMAT by all the faculty equally.

Methodology
(a) A faculty is assigned with a group of 6 – 8 students
(b) The team under the guidance of the faculty strives continuously for the attainment of the individual and collective goals.
(c) The faculty act as the mentor of the students
(d) The faculty is the owner of the group for two years.
Responsibility of the SOP Owner:
(a) Goal setting-individual and collective
(b) Continuous training
(c) Discipline
(d) Motivation and counselling
(e) Career guidance
(f) Guides – Organization study, final dissertation project and placements

Evening Presentations
The Evening Presentation (commonly referred to as EP) is another highlight of DCSMAT, devised to methodically train and hone the presentation skills, audience facing ability and improving the knowledge quotient of all students.

Every group of five to six students (SOP) is mentored by a faculty and over a period of a year when they are required to give a minimum three presentations. The students are free to select a topic from any of the following fields:
(a) Economic
(b) Political
(c) Social
(d) Cultural
(e) Science and Technology
The student group needs to select a topic and discuss with the faculty mentor, collect information on the topic, research and prepare a presentation. The topic selected will have to be approved by the faulty in charge. The group will also be prepared to give a mock presentation to the faculty before the final presentation in front of the entire batch.

Objectives of Evening Presentation
(a) To develop competence in analysing contemporary developments, rends and happening sin the business world. Students should be able to analyze implication for managers and arrive at suitable recommendations or conclusions.
(b) In the long run, this should then become part and parcel of the mental framework of the young executive.

Advantages of Evening Presentation (EP)
(a) To improve public speaking, presentation and communication skills
(b) To overcome the stage apprehension
(c) To boost confidence by interacting with the audience
(d) To improve the mike management skills
(e) To enhance the general awareness of students
(f) To Learn to work in a team
(g) To Improve listening capacity
(h) To improve the leadership quality and analytical skills