What kind of topics can I seek guidance from the Mentor?
The program’s goal to provide mentorship in a broad set of areas including personal development, entrepreneurship, industry / domain expertise development and other areas of professional interest. The mentor’s participating in this program, besides having a deep knowledge of their respective industries, also have tremendous functional, inter-personal, management and leadership skills. We encourage applicants to this program to take advantage of all facets of mentorship available through the Mentor’s.

Can I ask the Mentor to help me find a job?
We strongly discourage asking a Mentor for a job. The Mentor’s have committed their time to help the mentees in their professional career by sharing their experience, providing advice and engaging in a discussion. They are there to act as a sounding board and can be used as such for job related questions. However, offering a job or helping find a job is not part of the mandate of this program. We therefore encourage applicants to seek avenues other than this program if the goal is to find a job.

Can I ask a mentor to make an introduction or write a recommendation?
We strongly discourage asking the Mentor to make an introduction or to write a recommendation for business, job related or any other purpose. The mentor’s are available as a sounding board and we encourage you to use them as such for business or job-related questions. However, making introductions and writing recommendations is not part of the mandate of this program. We therefore encourage applicants to seek avenues other than this program if the goal to get an introduction or obtain a recommendation.

Can I contact the Mentor after the end of the engagement?
After the end of the engagement the Mentor’s will involved in mentoring the next group of mentees. Therefore to ensure that the next round of mentees enjoy the same benefits as you did we request the mentees, who have finished their engagement, to avoid reaching out to Mentors with request for meetings. However, it is perfectly fine to stay in touch and send updates to your Mentor from time to time. We ask you to exercise judgment regarding the frequency of updates.