OMEGA CAREERS FAIR Organised by Cialfo along with Lalaji Memorial Omega International School and Hear tfulness Education Trust
30+ Well-Known Universities from across the world and 1500 Students participated in the event
Chennai, August 13, 2022: Cialfo, India’s premier edtech player and early career exploration and college applicat ion platform, joins hands with LMOIS (Lalaji Memorial Omega International School), Chennai conducted a “CAR EERS FAIR” in Chennai at the Heartfulness Retreat Centre in Manapakkam. Lalaji Memorial Omega Internation al School (Omega) is a well-renowned, flagship school in Chennai that provides holistic education to students an d guides them towards building meaningful and purposeful careers for their future. Having started its journey in 2004, Omega is based in a serene location spread across a sprawling 22-acre facility with state-of-the-art infrast ructure and boarding facilities attracting enrolment of students at the current 6,000 numbers. This “CAREERS FAIR” organised by Cialfo in association with Heartfulness and LMOIS, includes stalls setup by more than 30 ren owned universities from across the world and is expected to serve the aspirations of thousands of students in planning their careers towards a bright future.
Speaking about the Careers Fair, Mr. Rohan Pasari, Founder of Cialfo said, ‘We are excited to partner with Ome ga schools through our special series of Career Fairs, which we’ve specifically created to support nextgen learn ers at Omega School as part of our mission to make education accessible across India and worldwide. Omega’s “new school” approach aligns with Cialfo’s innovative spirit and focus on positively impacting students, schools, and society, with speed and at scale. This partnership will help Omega’s school Career Counselling Committee (CCC) and educators create higher levels of engagement with students and their parents; provide smarter guida nce about the colleges and scholarships they can apply to; and achieve faster rates of acceptance to colleges that ultimately will set them up for long-term career and lifelong success.”
Speaking about Omega School, Mr. Bharath Madhavan, Correspondent of LMOIS said, “At Omega school, we are positioning ourselves for growth, innovation, and inclusion. The traditional system of rote learning is going to become a relic in the modern world where the right set of skills are essential for employability and research. The result-oriented ex am-based approach of education is the old-school style and not the Omega way. We believe ourselves to be a progressive school that promotes students to pursue new opportunities in order to become future leaders. Our motto at Omega is Sch ool -> College -> Career -> Life and our work takes all our children through this entire journey towards self-development and excellence. In order to achieve this objective, we have a very strong Career Counselling Committee (CCC) that is kee ping abreast with the latest opportunities in the field of education for our children to embrace and seek the best placem ents for their growth. Our CCC is in partnership with various experts in the career guidance space as well as in MoUs with various universities for providing the best opportunities for our children. Our efforts are steady and continuous in raising the awareness of parents and teachers towards progressive and emergent career spaces for child ren with a variety of skil ls and talents.”
About Cialfo:
Cialfo provides transformative technologies, thinking and tools to students and schools – from K12 to univers ities – so they can more easily meet, manage the career exploration and college application process, and make educated decisions about their future. Since establishing a presence in India in 2019, the company has quickly become a market leader, with over 60% of all high schools that use a college application platform now using Ci alfo. Each year, more than 56,000 students and their counsellors on average use Cialfo’s platform and its Direct Apply functionality to access up-to-the-minute and unbiased information about universities worldwide; apply to multiple institutions with a single application form; secure scholarships, and more. As a result, the team has bec ome a trusted partner to globally recognized and renowned Indian universities alike.
About Lalaji Memorial Omega International School (LMOIS): Lalaji Memorial Omega International School, establ ished in 2005 is a leading independent school in Chennai, that offers a range of national and international curric ula, to meet the educational needs of students in the 21st century. Set in a serene and green campus that is spre ad over 22 acres, the school is located away from the Central Business District in Chennai and has an enrolment of 6000 students from different countries. Our outstanding record of achievements highlight the innovative ped agogical and experiential learning approach, which complements the extensive range of co-curricular activities. We are governed by our principles to champion education, not only through books and subjects but also by incu lcating values and life skills. Our Value Based Spiritual Education and the Life Skills Activities programmes are, t ogether, the foundation on which the children’s education is built. A holistic approach to the learning process is evident through our highly dedicated team of competent facilitators, who generously use contemporary techn ology wherever needed.
About Heartfulness: Heartfulness offers a simple set of meditative practices and lifestyle changes, first deve lop ed at the turn of the twentieth century and formalised into teaching through the Shri Ram Chandra Mission in 19 45 in India with a goal to bring peace, happiness and wisdom to one heart at a time. These practices are a moder n form of Yoga designed to support contentment, inner calm, and stillness, compassion, courage, and clar ity of t hought, as the first step towards a purposeful life. They are simple and easily adopted and are appropriate for pe ople from all walks of life, cultures, religious beliefs, and economic situations, who are over the age of fifte en. O ngoing training in Heartfulness practices is going on at thousands of schools and colleges, and over 100,000 pr ofessionals are meditating in corporations, non-governmental, and government bodies worldwide. More than 5,000 Heartfulness Centers are supported by many thousands of certified volunteer trainers and millions of prac titioners in 160 countries
