Good faculty is the most important among the three ingredients needed for producing good-quality graduates. The other two are Good students, and Good infrastructure. To teach means more than to lecture or explain before a group of students. The best teachers influence their students more in their personal, individual contacts with them than in strict classroom situations. Since teaching and learning are complementary processes, if the teacher is to teach effectively an individual, he must know that individual. The best way for the same is by mentoring. A mentor is someone who takes a special interest in helping another person to develop into a successful professional. Good mentors are able to share life experiences and wisdom, as well as technical expertise. They are good listeners, good observers, and good problem-solvers. Morris Zelditch has given a useful summary of a mentor's multiple roles as under: Mentors are: * Advisors, people with career experience willing to share their knowledge; * Supporters, people who give emotional and moral encouragement; * Tutors, people who give specific feedback on one's performance; * Masters, in the sense of employers to whom one is apprenticed; * Sponsors, sources of information about and aid in obtaining opportunities; * Models, of identity, of the kind of person one should be to be an academic. The nature of a mentoring relationship varies with the level and activities of both student and mentor. Their relationship is to advance the educational and personal growth of the student. Mentors make an effort to know, accept, and respect the goals and interests of a student. They help the student to accomplish the best that is possible as. An effective mentoring relationship is characterized by: * Mutual respect, * Trust, * Understanding, and * Empathy. The nature of a mentoring relationship varies with the level and activities of both student and mentor. This paper would look at the Qualities of a Good Mentor and other aspects of mentoring students
