Mrs. Shefali

​As a parent we were too apprehensive about the career of our child. We have one son and one daughter. Son is elder and has decided his career in teaching and at present doing Ph. D. in Mathematics from Stanford. Our younger daughter was having difficulty in choosing her career. We and our parents believed that she should pursue either medical or engineering as a career. Our daughter was not interested in either of the two. She was insisting for some other career other than these too. We decided after a long discussion within the family to go for career counselling. Though schools are organizing such session regularly, but we were not satisfied.

We searched for a career counsellor and through one of my relatives came in contact of Ms. Sonila, founder of Latityude. With the help of reports of assessments and a couple of face to face sessions she helped me to identify and understand that my daughter’s personality and interests were different from my son’s and we figured that a career in Design will be best for her. Avani is also happy! We knew that our daughter was more interested in drawing painting and other aesthetic things and was regularly taking part in school magazine and logo competition but we never knew about Design as a career!
Avani took her exams in designing and was selected at NIFT Bengaluru. She is now pursuing B.Des in AD from NIFT Bengaluru. And is enjoying the branch in which she has interest. We are happy for her. We also learnt that a career counsellor is required for taking such important decision at some point of life.