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Chemistry works
As many students prepare for the all-important school leaving exams, many begin to worry about the options available to them after school. What if…. I cannot make it through the competitive exams, or cut-offs, or…? Many who take up science in school, wonder — what can I do with science, other than engineering or medicine.
There are many who enjoy studying science and may, or may not, want to sit for competitive exams. Many others, take up science in the hope of looking at larger number of career options, but are not sure what these may be. For all those undecided about a career after school, it may be advisable to take up graduation in a subject you enjoy doing, while you spend the three years, working out your career choices. If you don’t already know about yourself, your individual values, abilities, skills and interests, this is probably the best time to do it, in order to identify those career options most suited to you. Look at your strength areas, a helpful starting point for self-analysis, or consult a career counselor for help with your self-assessment.
Scientific temper
If you are a science student who loves chemistry, you can consider a B. Sc in chemistry while you think about the options open to you after graduation. Chemistry graduates who are interested in remaining in this field generally pursue postgraduate degrees, especially masters or doctorates, in order to specialise in certain subject areas and acquire research skills. Others go on to acquire other qualifications such as an MBA and enter the job market in sectors where their numerical and problem solving skills would be an advantage. There are many skills you will have picked up on your course, that will be useful in other contexts and a variety of career areas, include laboratory skills, the ability to approach problems in an analytical and logical way, a high degree of numerical, computing skills, time management skills, the ability to write technical reports and an appreciation of the need for accuracy and attention to detail will enable you to look at a variety of jobs related to your degree, as well as those where a degree in chemistry would be useful.
Jobs galore
There are a number of careers where a first degree in chemistry is essential or directly relevant. Many of these may require a further degree. You could become an analytical chemist, a biomedical chemist, an industrial research scientist, materials technologist, or quality controller in a particular field of industry. As an Analytical chemist you would be performing structural, quantitative, product and formulation analyses. A biomedical scientist carries out laboratory investigations on human samples necessary for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of illness or disease. A materials technologist conducts technical investigations related to the development and production of a wide range of materials, e.g glass, metals, polymers and plastics. In industrial research you would be organising and carrying out systematic investigations to develop new products or improve existing products to meet consumer demands, while a quality assurance officer develops and applies tests to ensure raw materials, intermediates and finished products meet specified standards of composition, texture, taste, appearance and performance. You could work in the chemical, petro-chemical, food processing, paint, plastics and textile industries. You can also go into research, conducting experiments and developing theoretical knowledge in a variety of theoretical or applied areas, or even get into teaching and academics.
Where the work is
There are many companies visiting college campuses for placements. They offer lucrative placements to students with a degree in chemistry in a variety of chemical and allied industries such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, petrochemicals, toiletries, plastics, polymers, etc. Industries in the manufacture and processing of food and beverage products such as biscuits and noodles, jams and cheeses, and ready made processed food items also take on chemistry graduates. Other jobs include those in the energy - oil, gas, and power sectors, as also those in the health and pharmaceutical fields. If you go in for postgraduate and doctoral study you may want to consider working with a university or research organization, or apply for the junior research fellowships at government research institutes. Of course, it is also possible to study subjects unrelated to your first degree at postgraduate level. These include degree or diploma courses in law, management, mass communications, journalism, and the Masters in Finance leading to Chartered Financial Analyst. Professional courses are also available such as Chartered Accountancy and Chartered Secretary, which can be pursued after 10+2 or after graduation. There are also a number of new fields in the emerging employment market. These include management of various kinds - retail, event, leisure, risk - as well as those related to business process outsourcing and insurance. With such a variety of options, you can move forward with a greater sense of confidence, looking at long term career plans. If you begin investigating opportunities for postgraduate study early, and get information on what to consider, and identify relevant courses and institutions, the impending exams may not be as stressful as you think.
The writer is a noted career expert
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Wage war
Against Rs 80.70 paid to a man, woman gets paid only Rs 44.57 per day, according to the National Sample Survey. Women workers in the rural area are slightly better off when it comes the wage structure. While, a man receives Rs 59.20, woman earns Rs 37.97 per day. However, women working in government projects get almost equal treatment with their male counterparts. Each of them gets Rs 54 per day against Rs 56 paid to a man. The difference in earnings is not restricted to the unorganised daily wagers. It is reflected even in the regular jobs where a woman in rural area gets Rs 87.71 per day, compared to her male counterpart who gets Rs 138.74. The situation is no better in cities in urban areas. Against Rs 205.81 paid to a man, a woman gets Rs 158.23 per day, the survey conducted during July 2005-June 2006, said. In terms of employment, it said, women employed by the unorganised sector has gone up with Manipur and southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka taking the lead. The percentage of women workers in the unorganised sector increased from 34 per cent in 2000-01 to 38 per cent in 2005-06, it said. The incidence of women employment was highest in Manipur account for 74.4 per cent of the unorganised workers, said the NSSO report on employment, assets and borrowings of the unorganised sector. The survey further revealed that women accounted for more than 50 per cent of the unorganised workers in states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. PTI As regard the rural areas, the NSSO survey said, almost 44 per cent of the unorganised workers were women, while the rest were men. However, in case of urban areas, the women accounted for about 27 per cent of the unorganised workforce. The survey also pointed out that about 39 per cent of the working owners of unorganised enterprises were women. On the other hand, the states where fewer women worked in unorganised sector were Delhi (5.3 per cent) followed by Uttarakhand (8.7 per cent) and Arunachal Pradesh (8.5 per cent). Among the states, West Bengal has the highest percentage of unorganised workers followed by Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the survey said. Out of the total workers in the unorganised sector, 82 per cent were full-time workers, while the remaining worked in different capacities like hired labourers.
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Second chance
In this context, ActivAge, a joint initiative between ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Dignity Foundation, an organisation dedicated to the cause of productive ageing, has launched a first-of-its-kind website (www.dignitysecondcareers.org) dedicated to second career counselling and placement services for senior citizens. According to Bhargav Dasgupta, executive director, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, the website has been launched keeping in mind the concept of productive ageing, which encourages retirees and individuals in the 50-plus segment to lead a more holistic and active post-retirement life. The site will provide retirees a platform to explore opportunities that will enable them to continue to utilise their expertise and skills. Second career options are available for both part-time and full time jobs in the corporate sector as well as in the NGO segment, he says. “ICICI Prudential Life and Dignity Foundation under the aegis of ActivAge will offer this unique opportunity for the senior citizens to pursue careers post their retirement,” he says. Explaining the logic behind the launch, Dasgupta says many retirees seek either part-time or full time opportunities in the corporate sector, as they are still active and can contribute to the various functions within a company. “The second careers website is the first step towards providing avenues in this direction, to senior citizens. Through this initiative we hope to benefit both the corporates and senior citizens, to match their respective needs,”
he adds. “There are many energetic retirees who are fit and still eager to continue to work. In our experience we have seen that there is a sizeable population of senior citizens who wish to put their expertise to good use and want to work again. We recognised this need and set up this website to facilitate retirees to go back into engagement,” says Dr. Sheilu Sreenivasan, Founder-President, Dignity Foundation. The website has been designed to be a virtual platform which can be accessed by retirees and employers for preliminary skills-job fit assessment. Retirees all over the country as well as companies and social organisations can access the website to mutual advantage. Senior citizens can upload their resumes on the site for which ICICI Prudential Life Insurance is providing the web interface. These resumes can be accessed by both ICICI Prudential Life and other prospective employers who will offer the unique opportunity for senior citizens to explore second career options.
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Career Hotline
— Girish Hakim A No, they aren’t. And for that matter, neither are graduates in the Ayurvadic/Unani systems of medicine. Only MBBS degree-holder or those studying in the final year of MBBS (other than licentiate) course are eligible. Moreover they should have completed their internship. The age limit is 32 years. The Combined Medical Services Exam is conducted by the UPSC for recruitment of medical officers (at different levels) in the various GoI services (i.e. Railways, Health, Municipal Corporation of Delhi) each year. Short-listed candidates are called for a Personality Test and medical examination.
y. Details: www.upsc.gov.in The Medical Officer cadre in the ITBP has been restructured on the lines of the Central Health Service. You will be recruited as a General Duty Medical Officer, Group “A” in the rank of Asst Commandant in ITBP, M/o Home Affairs for a minimum period of ten years. After 4 years of service, you will be upgraded to the level of Sr Medical Officer (pay scale of Rs 10,000-325-15,000). The age limit is 30 years (some relaxation is allowed for reserved categories). Some physical and medical (you should have good vision and not be colour blind, knock kneed, flat footed, etc) fitness norms (same as those for the IPS) are also specified because you may be required to serve in high altitude and in locations with extreme climatic conditions.
Homoeo horizons
— Lakshya Jinghan A The BHMS Graded Degree course is a bridge or short-term link course for the benefit of diploma holders (4-years) to enable them to upgrade their qualification to that of degree level. The 2-year programme includes compulsory internship of six months duration after passing the final degree exam. Not all homeopathy colleges offer this course, though. Please check the Central Council of Homeopathy’s website for colleges in each state: www.cchindia.com
Anthropology avenues
Q Although I am a science student of Class XII, I am tempted to take up anthropology at college. What are the career prospects? — Fauzia Ahmed A
If people, their behaviour, customs and rituals fascinate you, anthropology may well be your cup of tea. Broadly divided into two branches: Cultural and Physical (with further sub-branches under each), anthropology is a social science like history and sociology that studies human beings — particularly focusing on their physical characteristics, evolution, racial classification, historic and present-day geographic distribution, current social formations, group dynamics and cultural history. Several universities offer anthropology — both at the BA as well as B.Sc-level. Students of anthropology go on to pursue postgraduate courses in Anthropology or Sociology, which is related to field. With a Master’s in this subject, you can look at opportunities in teaching, anthropological research, museology and developmental work. While some become Anthropologists, some pursue Forensic Science, or even go for Market Research. Civil Services is another popular option. Besides the Anthropological Survey of India, museums, archives, NGOs, universities, hospitals and organisations such as the Indian Council for Medical Research, WHO, Department of Child & Family Welfare employ anthropologists as social scientists.
Height of investment
Q Lured by the mega salaries that commercial pilots are being offered, our son is urging us to take a bank loan to send him to a flying school abroad. Being a middle class family, we are confused whether this is a good investment as Rs 20-22 lakh is a lot of money. — K S Batla A If some recent reports are anything to go by, being a pilot is no longer a cakewalk. Rather, it's a big bazaar out there, and only the best are taken. There's been a huge influx of young CPL hopefuls, swamping the Airlines in the wake of the aviation boom. And they're getting picky about who they take, unlike two years back when walk-in interviews were common and jobs a plenty. AI (before the merger) witnessed the greatest spurt of CPL holders in recent years. While, the number of CPL applicants was about 50-60 in the last two years, their recent advertisement saw applications swelling to 800. This is possibly because many young Indians are undergoing pilot training overseas. However, barely 20% of them get selected. In the erstwhile Indian Airlines, the most recent recruitment saw some 350 applications, out of which 181 were eligible for the written test. Of these, 91 qualified and finally, 71 were selected. Even the percentage of marks is now a criterion. Whereas earlier 65% was a good enough cut-off percentage for being selected, the bar has now gone up to 75%. There is another hitch for the CPL holders as some airlines have now started their own cadet training programmes. Spice Jet introduced its Cadet Programme 1 1/2 years back. Fresh students are sent abroad for CPL training every
quarter. However, there's some hope. Jet and Kingfisher are recruiting more CPL holders. Jet holds interviews every alternate month and roughly 45 per cent are selected. Kingfisher recruited fresher five times last year. The writer is a noted
career consultant
Please send in your query, preferably on a postcard, along with your full name, complete address and academic qualifications to: Editor, Jobs and Careers, The Tribune, Sector 29, Chandigarh-160030, or at
careers@tribunemail.com
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Niceness works
The way that air freshener permeates the office, that's the way Boynton's ``spirit permeates the company,'' says Sharon Newman, president. She's "almost like a linchpin around good feelings." Such is the message that is at the root of a new book: "The Power of Nice -- How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness'' -- with a forward by Jay Leno. In it, authors Lisa Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval write: "It is often the small kindnesses -- the smiles gestures, compliments, favors -- that make our day and can even change our lives.'' Yes, there can be downsides to unleashed niceness, such as turning into the office doormat. The more cynical among us, certainly, can show considerable annoyance at all that goodwill. And we all might be able to point to examples of the maxim that says, "No good deed goes unpunished.'' Still, the authors say, the reasons to do the nice thing are compelling. If for no other reason, it's to avoid being seen as mean, and ``mean is so last generation,'' says Thaler, chief executive of The Kaplan Thaler Group, a New York advertising agency where co-author Koval is president. In a society in which thoughtless, Scrooge-like acts can be shared through instant message or captured on video, "a small misdemeanor can be flashed around the world,'' she says, "and no amount of advertising can help a company un-Google itself from bad behavior.'' But, beyond that, these workplace do-gooders are "the glue that holds the office together,'' even if they are not the ones who are landing the big accounts, says Maggie Mistal, a career consultant in New York. And some employers recognize and value that. Boynton, 42, says doing those nice things is just part of her nature. ``I want to do it. Why not?'' she asks. But Newman says she sees her as ``a key person'' in the company and told her so in a recent note that accompanied a better-than-average holiday bonus. So, what's behind these good deeds? Donna Montgomery, who works in the loan servicing department in a bank, says she thinks it has to do with family upbringing. Or with passing along your own good fortune, she says. She's also passing along these values to her two sons, one of whom, Christopher, was in the news recently when he found a significant amount of money a woman had lost in a movie theater -- and turned it in to his boss, the theater manager. The message she sends to her sons: ``If you do a good deed for someone else, it will be returned to you.'' And, of course, sometimes those good deeds do result in new business. The authors tell of Frank, the gregarious security guard in their office. A while back a potential client from the Midwest came to visit, a little wary of the Big Apple's dog-eat-dog reputation. But after meeting Frank, the client said: ``This guy gave me a huge hello. ... And all of a sudden I thought, `How could I not want to work with a company that has someone like Frank?' '' Apart from the potential of a reward -- or loss of one -- is the hit of positive energy that some people say they get from doing even the smallest things to help create a better-running office, such as refilling the paper in the copy machine or going an extra step to help out a colleague. ``We all want to feel connected,'' says Paul Baard, a professor of communications and media management at the graduate school of business at Fordham University. Doing those good deeds helps people feel connected, he says, as well as responsible for having made a positive impact, no matter how small. He says he takes delight in walking across campus and saying hello to everyone, even those plugged into their iPods; when he passes one of the gardeners, he'll say how much he appreciates the work they all do to keep the grounds lovely; he and his wife encouraged their daughter when she was young to thank toll booth agents for working on Christmas Day, as the family drove to visit relatives in New Jersey. He says he recalls looking in the rearview mirror and seeing the surprise -- and often smiles -- on those agents' faces. At the root of all this, he says, is the intention ``to bless people and put a brighter light in the atmosphere.'' And, yes, others can be annoyed at such optimism and goodwill, says Baard. The term "nice"' has an image problem,'' write the authors. "To be nice is to be considered Pollyanna and passive, wimpy and Milquetoast. Let us be clear. Nice is not naive. Nice does not mean smiling blandly while others walk all over you.'' What it is, they say, is ``valuing niceness -- in yourself and in others -- the same way you respect intelligence, beauty or talent.'' Los Angeles Times-Washington Post
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Foreign varsities to fill gap in higher studies
At present, Indian students constitute a significant percentage of foreign students making beeline for higher studies in the US, UK and Australia. Most of these international universities are looking to up their campuses in the Mumbai, Pune, Nasik belt in Maharashtra. They have already making their requests for seeking land. These universities include — British Columbia University, McGill University, Smon Fraser University, Cubec University and Montreal University and the UAE-based Higher College of Technology’s Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training. The investments these universities have lined up in India are huge. Besides Maharashtra, the International universities are seeking land in Karnataka due to the dominance of IT parks. Georgia Tech University from the US is also planning to establish a global research hub in the country. The quality of higher education being imparted in many of the Indian institutions also leaves much to be desired. In such a scenario, allowing overseas universities to set up campuses in India will increase access to quality education at a much less expenses. In India, a number of big industrial houses are ready to support the university projects. These universities will bring in dynamism in syllabus and study patterns, which is absent among Indian institutes. These overseas universities have proper facilities and infrastructure but lack quality students. Their presence in India will be of great help to the Indian higher education scenario. In India, the age group of 16-22 enters higher education, which comprises 11 per cent of the population, while in China this percentage is 13, and 30 per cent in the Philippines, 27 per cent in Malaysia and 19 per cent in Thailand.
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BPO jobs head North-East
Genpact, one of the country's top BPO employers, is the latest to have firmed up plans to start operations in the North-East. Recently, companies like Tata Consultancy, Symantec and 24/7 Customer had evinced interest in setting up their businesses here, apparently impressed by the region's abundant supply of skilled workforce and low attrition rate. According to Meghalaya Information Technology (IT) secretary D.P. Wahlang, the companies are impressed with the locals' strong command over English and the sense of loyalty that people from this region bring to the job, resulting in lower attrition. During the recent 'North-East Investment Summit' in Guwahati, Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh had said that north east India is becoming a fertile recruitment ground for IT and BPO service providers. BPO firm 24/7 Customer has hired about 150 people from north-east and east India in the last few years, while Maveric Systems, an independent testing organisation, has hired 24 students from four engineering colleges and one university here. Experts say the companies have found that candidates in this region have the ability to adapt easily to a BPO environment. It-northeast 2 last Genpact, which is expected to start operations very soon, is carrying out negotiations with the Meghalaya government. "Negotiations are on. Genpact authorities are convinced about the advantages in the region and they may start operations any time," Meghalaya IT Minister RG Lyngdoh said. Genpact would not only recruit people from the region but also set up an unit in Shillong, he added. Companies are also willing to train the candidates so as to improve their technical skills. 24/7 Customer launched its '24/7 Varsity' programme in Guwahati last year, to educate university lecturers in skills required for the BPO industry. Last month, IT firm Symantec signed an MoU with Meghalaya Information Technology Society (MITS) for setting up educational programmes in Meghalaya. The entry of IT and BPO firms in the north-east would not only benefit the companies, but it also promises the overall development of the region, with huge investments flowing in. According to Lyngdoh, the Meghalaya government was making attempts to approach IT and ITES companies to invest in the state with multiple objectives including creating employment, improving infrastructure and using IT as a catalyst to fuel growth in other industries. "Genpact would make a huge investments in north-east and is currently exploring options to set up a unit in Shillong," Ramesh said. "Now it is the job of the state governments to provide broadband and air connectivity," he added. The forays of the IT companies into north-east assume significance in the context of the industry facing a manpower crunch. Currently, about 1.6 million people populate IT and BPO companies in India. Despite this, supply of quality manpower has for long been a nemesis for the industry.
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‘India not stealing western jobs’
Countering the rancour in the West against outsourcing of jobs, the chairman of IT major Wipro has said India was not stealing their jobs and its businesses were moving into developed countries which did not have enough skilled graduates to compete in the global economy.
"What is of concern is how serious a shortage of technical talent is building up in the western world. Global companies are going to where not enough young boys and girls are getting into math, science and engineering. That trend is not being reversed," Azim Premji said recently. Premji said that as Wipro expands into other countries, it often has to hire graduates from other disciplines and then send them to its campus in Bangalore to be trained in software engineering and other technical skills. Premji said the talent shortage makes a mockery of the claim that India is stealing jobs from the West. "Making rhetoric of jobs getting displaced in North America or Europe is not answering the question," he said. "Jobs are getting displaced because there's not enough talent there to fill those jobs." Premji said that with the company's Canadian operations growing rapidly, it will need more and more skilled graduates here. He said he expected Wipro's Canadian business to grow by 50 per cent a year as it takes on new clients, while hiring more Canadian engineers, executives and technical staff. "Canada is a focus market for us," Premji said over lunch at an Indian restaurant in Mississauga, just west of Toronto. "We believe we can grow this market quite aggressively."
— PTI
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Smoky ambience
Work for the two-year study which began in August last year is being carried out in four BPOs in Mumbai, Dr Gauravi Mishra, Consultant, Preventive Oncology division of TMH, said, adding although the BPOs themselves are smoke-free but the staff come out of the office for smoking. Cigarette is the most common form of smoking but the staff also go to the Hookah bars to "ventilate" their stress without realising the fact that hundreds of diseases are caused by tobacco, she said. Cigarette smoking is more prevalent among men than women staff but women prefer to go to hookah bars, the doctor said. The sample survey includes 800 to 1000 people under the age group between 22 and 23. With consistent counselling and educating on the harmful effects of smoking on them and their future generation, the smoking behaviour could be changed, Mishra told
newspersons. — PTI
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Resume writing
The biggest issue is that it isn't immediately clear from Tranen's resume what type of job she is looking for, says Malcolm Munro, a career coach. Narrowing her choices is crucial, he says, "because without a target, it's hard to highlight her best skills and abilities." Then she "should research employers who provide the work environment, corporate culture and social responsibilities that interest her." After that, she should begin quantifying and qualifying her experience to match those jobs. "Employers want to hire problem-solvers, money-makers and value-adders with good people skills," he says. "Her experience is listed more as a job description than a record of stellar achievements. Anyone who has been entrusted as a lifeguard and health-care provider with a passion for Habitat for Humanity probably has those abilities, but she'll need to give some specific examples of accomplishments if she wants potential employers to take notice." He said, "Naomi's resume is a great start, and with some brainstorming and careful reflection, I'm sure she'll develop a winning resume that highlights her multiple skills, abilities and talents." Los Angeles Times- Washington Post
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Bits & bytes
Students across Mumbai have caught E-Week India fever! This week, more than 60 entrepreneurship events are being hosted by 20 colleges in Mumbai, reaching out to
thousands of students.
E-Week India, being run till February 9 at the initiative of the non-profit organisation, National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), is a week-long public awareness campaign, aimed at celebrating the opportunities in today’s India and improving the ecosystem for entrepreneurship in the country. Participation in this second-ever
E Week India will total about 2,00,000 across the country, double that of last year. Top colleges of Mumbai, including SPJIMR, KJ Somaiya, IITB, MET, VJTI, Jai Hind, St. Xavier’s, Sydenham Institute, SIES Coll of Mgmt Studies, Anjuman Islam College, JBIMS and SNDT Mgmt are all participating in E-Week India. “The number and types of events showcase both the creativity and the seriousness of the students. We believe we’re seeing a revolution happening with this generation: in their hopes and dreams; in their willingness to act,” says Laura Parkin, NEN’s executive director. Prof. Ashok Misra, director, IIT-Bombay, says, "The booming Indian economy offers innumerable opportunities for any budding entrepreneur to translate a bold idea into a successful business thereby becoming employment providers rather than job seekers. Institutions are vast storehouses of knowledge, and entrepreneurship is one way of converting this knowledge into efficient products of utility to society. The ecosystem at most institutes needs to be extended to foster the entrepreneurial spirit and E-Week is precisely such an endeavour." NEN is co-hosting E Week 2008 with over 270 member colleges from across the country along with entrepreneur support associations such as TiE, IVCA, IAN, Proto.in and DARE. E Week 2008 is supported by corporate sponsors
including HSBC, Himalaya and Symphony Services. — TNS
IIM-L starts consulting services
For a career like consulting, the biggest learning comes through the experience of working on live assignments. So, to reduce that gap, the IIM-Lucknow’s initiative “Aetius” strived to get live projects for students to work on. The initiative was kicked off last week, with the launch of its first project for its client Zenesys, which makes “Aetius” India's first-ever student-run body providing fee-based services to corporate clients and positioned along the concept of Consulting Clubs at foreign B-schools like Harvard. IIM-L students have always been involved in live projects in fields ranging from banking, to logistics, from IT services to educational services. They have done projects for some big names like CitiFinancial to Cognizant, but at the same time have done exciting work for start-ups like i-Maritime. For students, it's a terrific opportunity to do some real-life consulting before they enter the corporate world. They get to learn interacting with the best of clients, and a good rating is like an icing on the cake. Not to mention, the chance to earn a few bucks, which is an added bonus. The first project from SIDBI, one of the many in the series of exciting projects in banking strategy, has also been launched.
— TNS
Cisco, NIIT tie-up for infrastructure mgmt training
IT education provider NIIT recently said it has entered into an alliance with global networking and infrastructure management firm Cisco to offer training on the latter's authorized curriculum and enable Cisco certification for students in networking. As per the agreement, NIIT would offer training programs on Ciscos tools and technologies in the networking and infrastructure management space across its select IT education centres in the Asia-Pacific region. The partnership is in line with Cisco's aim to expand India's networking workforce capacity to 360,000 engineers in the next five years, a six-fold increase, NIIT said in a press release. "The launch of our talent development initiative in India underscores Cisco's commitment to expand access to the IT training and certification resources," Cisco Services & Globalization Centre East vice-president-HR Leo Scrivner said.
— PTI
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1.After how many years of Mahatma Gandhi’s death were his remaining ashes immersed into the Arabian Sea recently? 2.Who wrote the book ‘My Experiments With Truth’? 3.Where is the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meet held? 4.Which three heritage trains of the Indian Railways have been listed among the world’s top 25 iconic rail adventures? 5.Who founded India’s first weekly tabloid Blitz in 1941? 6.Which former Indonesian President, who ruled the country for 32 years, died recently? 7. Name the four Indians in the latest Forbes list of the 10 wealthiest chief executives in the world. 8. Which country confers the title of ‘Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters’? 9. Which country has the maximum number of diabetic patients? 10. On which date is Beating the Retreat ceremony held? 11. Expand CRR. 12.With which sport is Jyoti Randhawa associated? 13. Who recently became Asia’s number one woman tennis player? 14. Which is the only Test venue in Australia where Sachin Tendulkar has not scored a century so far? 15. Which country won the 1986 football World Cup? Name…………………… Class………………......... School address .................. Winners of quiz 302: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Deepali Arora, X-D, Moti Ram Model, Sector 27, Chandigarh-160027 Second: Dhruv Bahl, X, DAV Sr Sec Pub School, Jind-126102. Third: Sandeep Arora, IX-C, DAV Public School, Lawrence Road, Amritsar-143001. Answers to quiz 302: Australia; Jallikattu; Reliance; Tata; Burrabazar; 1953; Bobby Jindal; National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development; January 15; Varanasi; Vladimir Nabokov;Western Australia Cricket Association; Perth; India; Bobby Fischer Cash awards of Rs 400, 300 and 200 are given to the first, second and third prize winners, respectively. These are sent at the school address. Note:
Kindly mention the pincode of your place to facilitate the delivery of the prize money. — Tarun Sharma
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Women workers get a step-motherly treatment more in cities than villages and in private projects, as is evident by a wage disparity brought out by the NSSO survey released in New Delhi recently.
Whether you call it economic compulsion or their keenness to keep themselves busy and use their expertise, these days a lot of senior citizens in the country are looking out for a second career post-retirement. The corporate world is known for utilising the services of healthy retired personnel to not only cut costs, but also benefit from their expertise and experience.
Q Are graduates in dentistry eligible to sit for the for CMS exam?
Q I am doing Class XII (PCB). I have heard that there is a 2-year BHMS degree course. Can you please tell me something about it?
Every office, if it's lucky, has its Bonnie Boynton. Boynton is a customer service representativ in a firm., and she's the person who bakes cakes for people's birthdays, brings in the plug-in air freshener when the office is smelling a little musty, says good morning to everyone and gets her husband to come in after work to help put up the office Christmas tree.
Over three dozen international universities are understood to have submitted their proposals to our government for setting up their campuses in India. This is likely to address the huge demand for quality higher education.
India's north-east, so far clouded by insurgency, is bracing for an economic and employment boom with some of the country's top IT and BPO companies making a foray into the region.
More than 50 per cent of the BPO workers smoke and are not aware of the ill-effects of smoking despite being educated, says a study being carried out by the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai recently.
Naomi Tranen has graduated from college and wants a job in which she helps people directly, perhaps in healthcare or education.
