mangalore earn while you learn is the new trend among college students in the undivided dakshina kannada district instead of whiling away their leisure time students most of them from outside the district work part time in restaurants coffee shops it companies and others to earn some extra bucks to support their education this also helps them acquire experience and make them industryready shriyut arya a second year computer science engineering student at manipal university hailing from jaipur rajasthan started working at a hotel in manipal to learn the restaurant business he works for four hours every evening after finishing classes i learnt to cook after joining the restaurant my salary is rs 3500 and with my earnings i have purchased kitchen utensils as i am staying alone in a room he says most of the students who have taken up part time jobs hail from outside the district and they earn anything around rs 5000 per month avinash k a second year bbm student from chikmagalur started working in a coffee shop about three months ago avinash says i come from a middleclass family we have financial problems at home i did not want to bother my parents with my needs i want to pursue pg with the money that i earnedtejaswi pm a final year electronics student who has been working as an event organizer in a coaching centre since a year says today i am very proud of myself because ever since i joined this job i have stopped taking pocket money from my parents students like deekshith shetty a second year bbm student followed their friends footsteps and took up part time jobs according to a manager of a coffee shop chain in the city for the past one year every month about 25 students approach him seeking parttime employment most of these students are taking up such jobs to earn some extra pocket money he adds students prefer working in outlets of international food joint chains manager of a usbased fast food chain in the city says that students love to work at her shop as the work environment is friendly at present six students are working at the food joint raghavendra g shetty ceo of goal technologies an it service company says that students take up parttime jobs to get onjob experience at present about 20 students are doing part time jobs in our company as website developers as they have the basic knowledge of computers we recruit them and train them on web designing he adds