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The Milky way
GRE's new AVTAR
Career Hotline Medical degree from foreign shores
Common test to enter banking sector
IIJT Udaan
Education fair
Unsaid words say a lot
Hiring on an upswing
Happiness @ work
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The Milky way
Usha Albuquerque When we drink our glass of milk in the morning, we rarely think about where and how it reaches our table. India is the world's largest producer of milk today and dairy farming has grown from a largely disorganised to a vastly organised industry. There are about 400 dairies in the organised sector and hundreds of small ones with a total production valued at around Rs 1,15,970 crore. Dairy farming involves two main areas of activity: Liquid milk production: Covers breeding and care of milk yielding cattle, and collection, processing and distribution of milk, carried out mostly by co-operatives in the public sector. Manufacture of milk products: Production of milk products such as, butter, cheese, ghee, malted foods and ice-cream mostly carried out by private companies. Today with the technological development of this process most of the milk produced is collected and brought to a dairy plant for processing. A dairy plant involves various levels of functioning and specialised knowledge in milk handling, condensing and drying, chemical and bacteriological control. Dairy scientists deal with the collection of milk and taking care of the high yielding variety of animals. They study the breeding, feeding and management of dairy cattle, including ways to improve cattle breeds, and environmental conditions that affect the quality and quantity of milk produced. Milk procurement officers take responsibility for collecting milk from farmers and cattle-rearers. The processing begins after milk reaches the plant. Here milk is pasteurised, standardised and then packaged for sale as liquid milk, or converted into a variety of dairy products such as butter, cheese, milk powder, chocolates, ice creams and so on. Dairy technologists deal with this aspect of the industry. Dairy technologists apply the principles of bacteriology, chemistry, physics, engineering and economics to develop new and improved methods in production, preservation and processing of milk to increase its shelf life and nutritive value, as also its conversion into dairy products. Dairy engineering is another vital area in this field. Engineers are in great demand in this industry, as they are responsible for plant maintenance and related activities. The marketing personnel deal with the sale and marketing of milk together with milk products Getting In
Training is a must for an entry into dairy farming and courses are offered as diploma programmes, graduate and postgraduate courses in veterinary and animal husbandry as well as dairy technology. You can do B.Tech./B.Sc. in dairy technology or dairy science for which you need to have passed the Plus II examination with chemistry, physics, mathematics and English or physics, chemistry, biology or agriculture with a minimum aggregate of 50 per cent marks. These courses cover aspects such as dairy engineering, chemistry, bacteriology, statistics and quality control. You can also do B.VSc, (Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry), which is a four-year programme. There are also diploma courses of two-year duration. The Indian Dairy Diploma (IDD) and National Dairy Diploma (NDD) gives the basic knowledge on breeding, feeding of animals, their health care, farm management, planning a farm, milk products, dairy chemistry, bacteriology, book keeping etc. The two-year Diploma in Dairy Technology requires candidates who have passed the Plus II examination (minimum 55%) with chemistry, physics, maths and English. After graduating in dairying, candidates can opt for further studies and specialisation through a master's programme in Dairying (M.Tech in Dairy Technology/ MSc Dairy Science), or related areas such as animal genetics and breeding, livestock production, animal biochemistry, animal bio-technology or in the fields of food technology and preservation.
Selection
In most of the states, selection to the graduate course in dairy colleges is on the basis of an All India Entrance Examination in physics, chemistry and maths of Plus II level, common to other agricultural and animal science courses or on the basis of the entrance examination conducted by the universities concerned. Veterinary Council of India conducts an 'All India Common Entrance examination' (AICEE) for admission to first year Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) and Animal Husbandry (AH) degree course for filling up 15 per cent of the total number of seats of each veterinary college of all states.
Job prospects
The dairy industry provides plenty of job opportunities in dairy and milk cooperative and federations, dairy research laboratories and food processing companies. Dairy specialists can start out as Milk Procurement Officers and rise to the level of General Manager or even higher. In the technical area of processing, one can start as a Technical Officer and also reach to the General Manager level. In the private sector, specialists can join rural banks or private companies such as Amul, Nestle, Britannia, Cadbury's that manufacture and market milk products. A large number of Dairy Technologists also start up their own businesses or work as consultants. Entrepreneurship in the dairy sector is a good option for someone with an enterprising mind and one could start with a small scale milk plant and expand into ice cream/lassi and milk product units. Teaching and research are other important options, as there are many dairy science colleges/ institutes in the country. To work in this field requires great commitment, a willingness to work hard, and an enquiring mind. Moreover, as milk is a highly perishable commodity, the pressures involved in maintaining product quality standards, and cleanliness can be tremendous. Dairying is a relatively new career field, but offers great scope to those with an interest in dairy farming and related occupations. It is also an industry that can never face a recession as the requirement for milk and dairy products is only going to increase with time.
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GRE's new AVTAR
There has been a substantial surge over tha past three years in the number of business schools that accept GRE scores. There has been an increase of 20 per cent in the number of business schools accepting GRE scores for their flagship management programmes ever since revision of the GRE format. Keeping the ever-changing requirements of graduate and business schools in mind, ETS has changed the pattern of GRE with effect from August 1, 2011.This is the most massive change in the exam since its inception. ETS has shunned all questions based on rote learning which were a part of the GRE's earlier avatar. Now the emphasis is on the test taker's complex reasoning skills even in the verbal ability section of the test.
The new look
The revised GRE places greater emphasis on higher cognitive skills and a deeper assessment of the test taker's ability to understand what he has read and how he applies his reasoning skills. The test has become friendlier, more reliable and more flexible. More real life scenarios have been added to the test which has led to less reliance on memorization, especially in the verbal section of the exam. The new questions better reflect the skills that students need for graduate and business schools. The test has changed from being a computer adaptive one (CAT) to a multi stage test (MST). CAT successively selects questions so as to maximise the precision of the exam based on what is known about the examinee from previous questions. From the examinee's perspective, the difficulty of the exam seems to tailor itself to his or her level of ability. For example, if an examinee performs well on an item of intermediate difficulty, he will then be presented with a more difficult question. Or, if he performed poorly, he would be presented with a simpler question. In this version of the GRE, the test taker did not have the freedom to review all questions within a section before attempting them or even skip questions and come back to them later on within the given time frame.
Linear bent
The revised exam has not only become linear, which means that within a particular section questions are not adaptive but the level of difficulty of the subsequent section will be decided by the test taker's performance on the previous one but also there are new preview and review capabilities within a section. Additionally, there is also a new mark and review feature to tag questions so that test takers can skip what they don't know and return to it later. There is also a new ability to edit answers which was missing in the older version of the test.
Verbal ability section
Major changes have been made to the verbal ability section of the exam. The over reliance on vocabulary in the older GRE has given way to the use of vocabulary within context. Analogy and antonym questions have been done away with and new question types involving complex reasoning have been introduced. Sentence completion questions have been replaced by sentence equivalence and text completion questions where the emphasis is on understanding meanings of words, sentences and entire texts. Test takers now need to understand relationships among words and among concepts. This in turn leads to less dependence on vocabulary knowledge alone. There are more text based materials such as reading comprehension passages which test the need to analyse and draw conclusions, understand the author's assumptions, perspective and reason from incomplete data. New question types where one needs to mark more than one answer have also been introduced. Furthermore there are also new computer enabled tasks such as highlighting a relevant sentence to answer a question. The breakup of a particular verbal ability section would be like this: *
Approximately 10 Sentence Equivalence and text completion questions, where test takers need to mark one, two and even three answer choices. *
Approximately 10 passage-based questions where majority of the passages are one paragraph in length. Test takers may need to mark one or all that apply answers that apply. Some questions will also require them to highlight a part of the text which answers the question asked.
Quantitative ability
The quantitative ability section earlier had just one section of 45-minute duration having 28 questions, but now there are two quantitative reasoning sections of 35-minute duration with approximately 20 questions each. Thus, number of minutes per question has increased from 1.61 to 1.75. The breakup of a particular quantitative reasoning section would be like this: *
Seven to eight quantitative comparison questions: in this test takers have to compare two quantities, there are only four choices here. *
Discrete quantitative questions, there are three subcategories here: a. Five to six multiple choice questions with 5 options and exactly one correct answer. b. Two multiple answer questions: here they have 3 to 10 options of which at least one is correct. So, if there are 10 options in one such question, effectively they have 1023 different choices! c. Two numeric entry questions: here you get a box or two and you have to type your answer there. *
Three data interpretation questions. All these questions are based on the same set of data. Most data-interpretation questions are multiple choice questions, but they may have a multiple-answer and/or a numeric entry question here. An on-screen calculator has been introduced to take care of the test taker's calculation worries. The scoring scale on the new GRE is 130-170 (in one point increments) versus the 200-800 scale in the older version (in 10 point increments). There are a total of 40 questions in a particular test area (Quantitative Reasoning or Verbal Reasoning) of the revised GRE (two sections of 20 questions each). The number of correct answers in any such area can be anything from 0 to 40 (forty-one points). The new grading system puts you on a scale which is from 130 to 170 (forty-one points). This has been done to produce scores that don't exaggerate small performance difference between examinees. The writer is in the Academics Team of Career Launcher Educate Ltd
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Career Hotline Q. I am doing BArch. I would like to pursue higher studies in a country like France or Spain to get exposure to their design approach and styles, and partly for the cultural experience (for myself). One catch though - I can speak neither French nor Spanish. Will my ignorance of the local language be a problem? And what are the professional courses that are popular in these two countries? What about the job prospects? — Renu Makhija A. Being able to speak the local language is not mandatory in most of the well-known professional programmes in France or Spain, as they are now taught in English. Most universities in Western Europe are located in towns, where the ambience is cosmopolitan and a large number of natives speak a fair amount of English, though the number is relatively less in France. Still, it's always better to have some knowledge of the language of the region, not for the course, but in order to interact effectively with the locals. In addition to business management, among the popular professional courses are fashion studies and engineering in France, and tourism, hotel management and information technology in Spain. While some students prefer to come back to India, some others do manage to find jobs there. France now even offers a six-month window for foreign students to hunt for jobs. If you manage to get one, you qualify for a 2-year work-permit which is renewable.
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Scope of forensic science
— Upasana A. Forensic sciences cover forensic investigation of the crime scene, forensic photography, forensic toxicology, forensic serology, fingerprint analysis, criminal profiling, drug detection, lie detection, firearm identification, cyber-crime, etc. Forensic work is laborious, painstaking and the results aren't available instantly. Don't be taken in by slick serials on TV like CSI. While forensic evidence is crucial to solving crimes, our law enforcement agencies are years behind their counterparts in the West when it comes to access to sophisticated forensic tools, training and evidence collection. There exist several specialisations within the field of forensics sciences - medical, criminology, toxicology, fingerprint & DNA analysis. Cyber and digital forensics and forensic accounting are the relatively newer areas in this field. Typically, you will be working with the law enforcement and legal/government bodies, as most of the work is related to police and legal matters. Thus the government sector is the largest employer in this field. A few private labs and facilities in the area of chemical analysis and DNA profiling and digital forensics exist, with scope for several more. Forensic medicine requires you to first complete your MBBS followed up by MD specialising in forensics. As a Coroner or Medical Examiner you will conduct post-mortems or examination of dead bodies to determine the approximate time and likely cause of death. Criminology involves the study of criminals and the crimes they commit to detect patterns, prepare psychological profiles to aid in predicting their motives and behaviour. A course in criminal science or even a base psychology degree with a specialisation in clinical or forensic psychology is usually sufficient. Other areas of forensics such as toxicology, firearm detection, fingerprint analysis and crime scene analysis involve collecting and analysing evidence from scene of the crime and analysing them for critical clues and evidence. A course in forensic science is essential to enter this area. Only a handful of universities offer BSc Criminology or Forensics at UG level - Delhi University, University of Madras, University of Mysore, Karnataka University being the few exceptions. However, at PG level a large number of universities offer diploma and degree courses in Criminology & Forensic Science. You can pursue Forensic Science at the MSc level after completing your BSc. or BPharm or MBBS. If you're not a science student, then you can look at options such as cyber/digital forensics, and forensic accounting. Increasingly, forensics is being used to solve civil cases and even white-collar crimes (cyber crimes, financial fraud).
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Medical degree from foreign shores
— Kshitij Sharma A. Admission to foreign medical colleges depends on your achieving the minimum qualification requirements. A lot of Indian students go to Russia, CIS countries like Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, other European countries and even China. Beware: language can be real problem at several of these universities, despite their claims of English being the language of instruction. Make sure you check the credibility of these courses. The onus of finding out if the course and the institute that you have picked up is recognised by World Health Organisation (WHO) and the regulatory body of the given country, is entirely yours. Apart from the shortage of good medical seats in the country, part of the reason for the popularity of these foreign medical courses is the cost factor. Tuition and staying costs combined at some of the places can be half of those charged at private medical colleges in India. The Medical Council of India does not recognise any medical course offered by foreign universities as a matter of policy. So, if you want to get a foreign medical degree and practice in India, you need to clear two hurdles. First, get an eligibility certificate from the MCI. That will also ensure that you are not going for a fake medical programme, because MCI wouldn't give a certificate for such programmes. Then, upon returning to India you have to clear the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam or Screening Test conducted by the National Board of Examinations (under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare). The purpose of the screening test is to enable candidates to register with the MCl or any State Medical Council in order to practice in India. The exam is an objective type test (300 Multiple choice questions) conducted in March and September in Delhi every year.
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— Jasmeet Singh A. First of all, you need to decide what you wish to do in future and which career you want to go in for. Go for an M.Com only if you are really interested in commerce. Otherwise, just go for improvement in B.Com if that is possible. However, if you found the course in computers interesting, go for further specialisation in it. You could even consider doing an MCA from IGNOU or going for courses in Java, .Net etc
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Common test to enter banking sector
All those desirous of entering the banking sector will now have to take the first-of-its-kind Common Written Examination (CWE) on September 18, as per a recent notification issued by The Institute of Banking Personal Selection (IBPS). All major banks of the country, except the State Bank of India (SBI), have come together for conducting the exam. The SBI has its own set up for recruitment which is also being handled by IBPS.
A score in the IBPS exam is now mandatory for selection of probationary officers/management trainees, says the IBPS notification hosted on its portal. The examination would be conducted once in six months. It would consist of five papers (in reasoning, quantitative aptitude, and so on) for 250 marks, besides a descriptive test in English. Over 10 lakh aspirants are likely to appear for the first exam to be conducted in September. From a candidate's perspective, CWE would be beneficial as they can now apply for jobs in any participating bank without having to take individual exams for each bank. Upon notification from a particular bank, one can directly apply and face the interview/personality test directly. An IBPS study had shown that on an average a bank job aspirant takes four to five tests in a year, a practice which can now be avoided. The notification of vacancies by individual banks would be made separately by each bank. The banks, which will participate in the common entrance examination Candidates appearing for the common entrance will be issued a score card that will be valid for a period of one year from the date of issue. Each bank, wanting to recruit candidates for its various cadres, will invite applications from the pool of candidates having valid score cards from IBPS. The score card will specify the eligibility criteria, including terms of age, educational qualifications and minimum score obtained in the written exam. The new method of selection has the approval of the Government of India and consent from the boards of each of the participating banks and Managing Committee of Indian Banks’ Association. Meanwhile, IBPS will also conduct common written examination for clerical posts in November this year. The online registration for the clerical exam would commence from August 25, 2011.
Fast facts
* Common Written Examination (CWE) on September 18 *
A score in the IBPS exam is now mandatory for selection of probationary officers/management trainees, *
The examination would consist of five papers (in reasoning, quantitative aptitude, and so on) for 250 marks, besides a descriptive test in English.
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IIJT Udaan
Indian Institute of Job Training (IIJT), a vocational skills training company launched its first scholarship programme - 'IIJT Udaan'- to facilitate deserving candidates for career training in various domains. 'IIJT Udaan' is an examination-based scholarship scheme for students who have finished their Plus II examinations. A 30-minute IQ test would be conducted online every Saturday at its centers (August 27, September 3, 10 and 17, 2011) Upto 100 per cent scholarship will be awarded to candidates on the basis of scores obtained in the test. IIJT will offer this scholarship for all courses across its 120 centers nationally. The enrollment for the scholarship examination will start from August 22, 2011. The duration of the scholarship programme is 30 days. It will be available to aspirants for all career courses being offered in various domains like Finance, Infotech, Sales, Retail and Job Skills. For further information and enrollment log on to www.iijt.com.
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board Education fair IDP Education India will organise an education fair at The Taj in Chandigarh on August 25 for students aspiring to pursue higher education in Australia. The fair will help students get application fee waiver and the universities will also offering scholarships to qualified students at the venue. The students would also get on-the-spot admission offers. As many as 34 Australian institutions are participating in the fair that is planned to take place between 12 noon - 3 pm. Speaking about the event, Mr. Harmeet Pental, Regional Director South Asia, IDP Education said, “We offer the students an opportunity to interact with the university representatives directly and help facilitate exchange of information.”
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Arupjyoti Gogoi
Public policy and administration is an important and critical part of the effective functioning of government's services. Thus in this era of globalisation and competitive economy, the demand for well-qualified professionals in the field of public policy and administration has increased manifold. Frequent changes in the socio-economic pattern of the society have further fuelled the demand. Courses in public policy and administration are thus, an important step in bridging the demand-supply gap of skilled professionals in this field. These courses will generate managers, who can not only apply their research and analytical skills to formulate innovative Public Policy processes, but can also excel in cross-functional roles, solve complex policy challenges and help to structure organisations with effective processes and systems. Ms Sushma Berlia, Co-Founder & Chancellor of Apeejay Stya University, explains more about the programmes and opportunities for students in this field. Excerpts from an interview: What is the importance of public policy courses in the present day context? As India's fast-growing economy marches towards its 2020-goal, the Public and Corporate Sectors are rapidly adopting new policies, technologies and platforms to deliver their services. In addition to this, the world community is also changing due to globalisation, and there is a spurt in development opportunities/challenges and peoples' aspirations/perceptions of public services. Last but not the least, Private-Public partnership in the country is slowly bearing fruit, and there are so many scenarios in which they interface at the level of planning, implementation and delivery. Hence it is imperative that India should produce niche managers who can understand these complex functions and systems well, and can translate these into effective programmes and processes that can be successfully implemented, regulated and administered. Your university has recently launched three courses in this field. What triggered this educational initiative? After an extensive study conducted by our research wing - the Apeejay Stya Education Research Foundation - we realised that for government and the national community at large to have economically efficient and socially impactful public engagement services, there is a great need of young leaders competent enough to fulfill leadership and management roles in various arenas of public engagement that require analysis and decision-making skills, cross-disciplinary capabilities, and the ability to collaborate/communicate effectively and perceptively with stakeholders across different backgrounds. We found that in spite of the fact that India is among the top developing nations and is the world's largest democracy, there are only a handful of quality institutions that provide holistic management programmes related to various arenas of public engagement. This was the reason we came up with three new programmes in Public Policy and Administration (namely BBA, MBA and MA), which will generate managers who can not only apply their research/analytical skills to formulate innovative public policy processes, but can also excel in cross-functional roles, solve complex policy challenges and help to structure/build organisations with effective processes and systems. All the three programmes provide a thorough grounding in public policy concepts and frameworks, coupled with practical experience in public policy, management and leadership through intensive group projects, field-working and internships that give students an opportunity to test their competence and critical-thinking skills in the real world. Which skills does one need to be successful in this field? To be a success in this field, one must have good management skills, and cross-disciplinary capabilities in economics, sociology, anthropology, politics and planning. One should have a sound grasp of the current political, socio-economic scenarios and challenges (both domestic and international), strategic planning, risk management, legal frameworks, HR, and effective administration. Most important of all, a public policy professional must possess good research/analytical skills, capability to think out-of-the-box, and good communication skills to liaise with people from diverse backgrounds. What are the career prospects in this field? There are a plethora of job opportunities in this sector, not just in corporate/government sectors, but also in national and international organisations involved in policy development, governance and delivering public services. Public policy graduates can also work in departments in private sector companies where regular dealing with the government and public is required.
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Unsaid words say a lot
D.C. Sharma Studies have revealed that the unspoken words and views of employees say much more about the calibre of a boss and the health of an organisation than an HR resource team can ever find out. It is only a competent and expert boss who can be perceptive enough to sense the shifts in the faultlines of a “work landscape”. Unsaid words can harm an organisation much more than the vocal outbursts and arguements. Even a simple shrugging of shoulders, a sigh or a moment of silence from a worker carries a sufficient meaning at times. The boss who can read these signals can be instrumental in preventing further damage and bring out the maximum output from juniors. Hence the great value of non-verbal communication at a workplace. The following example clearly reveals a lot. Raman is a hardworking supervisor in a multinational company. But he is unable to handle crisis situation and get full cooperation from his team mates. The reason. He fails to notice many non-verbal messages from his subordinates and hence he is a miserable failure. On the other hand, Kapil is a very popular supervisor in another wing of the same company. He is perceptive and alert about his workmates. Once a team member who would always wish him a cordial "Good Morning" suddenly stopped doing so. This sudden change in the otherwise nice behaviour of a good worker made Kapil sense trouble. He called his junior to his office. Giving him an assignment, he politely asked the team member: "By the way is everything fine?" In a matter of minutes the problem surfaced and he was able to solve it. At the same time the behaviour of the supervisor also means a lot to the team. While taking a round of the area under him, a supervisor once looked sharply at team mates who were gossiping during work hours and turned away abruptly. It surely communicated something serious. His non-verbal gesture indicated that he was not happy with what was going on. He basically gave them an opportunity to mend their ways. A wise officer always does this favour for his wise subordinates and wins their favour forever. Studies have also revealed that different types of workers need different types of communication depending upon their education and status. The same type of communication does not work for each and every worker. Communication must be tailored according to an individual. However, non-verbal communication is a sure way to express what is on the mind of a particular worker at the particular time. A capable boss never misses the chance to read that. A supervisor must never lose the chance to read such non-verbal signals if he wants to succeed. He must know that it is in his own interest to keenly observe how and when the members of his team communicate through gestures. He should be wise enough to initiate a dialogue with them in time and in a resourceful manner. Whenever a team leader finds the workplace environment hostile and threatening, he should sense the situation. Unsaid messages matter more in such a situation. Taking his trustworthy colleagues into confidence, he must open the doors for communication. Thus the unsaid messages surface and a potentially dangerous situation can be avoided. The advice of Lord Chesterfield from his book Letters to his son makes a lot of sense in this context: "Learning is acquired by reading books, but much more necessary learning — the knowledge of the world — is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying serious editions of them.” Hence the unsaid words are extremely important for a successful boss.
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A Baylor University study has indicated that a co-worker’s rudeness can have a great impact on relationships far beyond the workplace.
The findings have suggested that stress created by incivility can be so intense that, at the end of the day, it is taken home by the worker and impacts the well-being of the worker's family and partner, who in turn takes the stress to his/her workplace. “Employees who experience such incivility at work bring home the stress, negative emotion and perceived ostracism that results from those experiences, which then affects more than their family life — it also creates problems for the partner’s life at work,” said Merideth J. Ferguson, Ph.D., assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship at the Baylor University Hankamer School of Business and study author. “This research underlines the importance of stopping incivility before it starts so that the ripple effect of incivility does not impact the employee’s family and potentially inflict further damage beyond the workplace where the incivility took place and cross over into the workplace of the partner,” she added. In addition, since the employee comes home more stressed and distracted, the partner is likely to pick up more of the family responsibilities, and those demands may interfere with the partner’s work life. The study also found that such stress also significantly affected the worker’s and the partner’s marital satisfaction. The study has been published online in the Journal of Organizational
Behaviour. — ANI
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A survey conducted by Naukri.com with 950+ recruiters across India has revealed an optimistic hiring scenario in the second half of 2011. As many as 78 per cent recruiters predicted addition of new jobs and only two per cent anticipated layoffs.
The Naukri Hiring Outlook survey is conducted twice a year to gauge the hiring trends across sectors. This gives a clear perspective about the employment opportunities in the market and throws light on increments, job opportunities and attrition levels. The overall sentiment shows that hiring activity will continue to move at a brisk pace over the next six months. Ambarish Raghuvanshi, Chief Financial Officer, Info Edge said, “Employers began recruiting at a steady pace in the first half of 2011 and confidence levels were high. The survey findings indicate sustainable new job opportunities in the remainder of the year and job seekers can look forward to a favourable hiring environment. However trend, as always will be indexed to growth and business confidence levels”. Attrition levels Attrition has always been an area of concern for recruiters. More than 60 per cent recruiters said that attrition in their organisations was less than 10 per cent. However, it is interesting to note that almost 20 per cent of recruiters also said that attrition levels in their organisation were above 20 per cent. Increments The survey also revealed the increments organisations gave out to their employees in 2011. 32 per cent of the recruiters surveyed said the range of increments was between 10 and 15 per cent. Experience levels When recruiters were questioned on which experience levels will they witness maximum hiring 60 per cent of them said 4-8 years and 50 per cent recruiters said that it would be within 1- 3 years. 22 per cent of them opted for 8-15 years and 20 per cent said that jobs would be created for freshers. Talent crunch The widening gap between demand and supply for the talent workers has become a major cause of worry. 61 per cent of recruiters who took the survey said that they face a talent crunch during hiring their employees. Among these recruiters, 41 per cent said that maximum talent crunch was witnessed in the 4-8 years experience bracket. The survey indicated a positive employment scenario with hiring picking up at steady pace. — TNS
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IBM, Infosys rated top employers
IBM and Infosys feature amongst the top preferred employers by both B.E/B.Tech as well as graduate (BSc./BBA/BA/BCA) students. This has been revealed in an e mail survey conducted by First Naukri.com where 4500+ engineering and graduate students were questioned on their employer preferences.
Among graduates, Infosys and Wipro have topped the chart of preferred companies with over 29 and 26 per cent students opting for the same as their favoured employer. IBM takes the third slot while TCS is ranked at the fifth position. In case of engineering students, over 35 per cent of them ranked IBM as their most preferred employer. Infosys and TCS share the second position followed by Accenture. Commenting on the findings of the survey Deepali Singh, Business Head, Firstnaukri.com said, "It is interesting to note that students hardly have any information about career opportunities or work culture in organisations. This is the reason students rely heavily on feedback from seniors and friends. Organisations need to spread awareness about the same so that students can make well informed decisions during their campus placements". Biggest influencers
The survey also queried students on what basis do they decide to appear for a company during placements. Most respondents ranked the brand image of the company as their first choice. Growth prospects in the company were the next preferred option followed by job profile of the company. When the students were questioned on who is the biggest influencer during campus interviews, 35 per cent respondents said seniors. Approximately 22 per cent of them said parents and 19 per cent opted for batchmates. — TNS
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Happiness @ work
Due to his ignorance, a fool considers right to be wrong and wrong as right and always strives in the wrong direction, said Krishna (Gita 18.32).
When his sister Uda told prince Bhojraj of Chittor that his wife Mira had a secret lover, he drew his sword to kill Mira. When she told him that her lover was none other than Lord Krishna, he built a temple for her. Then, rumours spread about Emperor Akbar having touched the feet of Mira. Again, Bhojraj was enraged and ordered her to be drowned in a river. The Lord saved her and brought her to Brindavan. When Bhojraj came to know of it, he persuaded her to return to Chittor. After Bhojraj’s death, it was his brother’s turn to harass her. He sent a snake to kill her, laced her bed with poisoned nails and made her drink poison, but she escaped unscathed. In contrast, the wise know which route to take. Be a minister, offered Emperor Chandragupta Maurya to Chanakya. But the dark-complexioned Brahmin refused. Away from the limelight, he stayed in a cottage to complete his Arthshastra and Chanakyaniti and went back to teaching. Hiuen Tsang got a similar offer from the Chinese Emperor. He too refused, retired to a monastery and translated 74 distinct Indian philosophical works in 1,335 chapters. After getting answers to his 24 confounding stories, the Vetal (ghost) on King Vikramaditya’s shoulders realised that Vikram was brave, resolute and wise. So he told him about the evil plan of the sorcerer, who had sent Vikram to capture Vetal. “He will kill you when you bow to the sacrificial fire. Tell him that you, as you are a king, haven’t bowed before so he should demonstrate it first. When he does so, behead him,” said Vetal. The wise Vikramaditya took the Vetal’s advice and beheaded the sorcerer. Lo! the Vetal turned into a Brahmin who told Vikram to seek a boon. “Give the sorcerer his life and come to me when I need you,” said the magnanimous Vikram. Don’t act like Duryodhana who kept rejecting the right path shown by Vidura and Bhishma and went on following the wrong advice given by Shakuni, Karna and Dushasan. — Sai R. Vaidyanathan The writer can be contacted at
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When we drink our glass of milk in the morning, we rarely think about where and how it reaches our table. India is the world's largest producer of milk today and dairy farming has grown from a largely disorganised to a vastly organised industry. There are about 400 dairies in the organised sector and hundreds of small ones with a total production valued at around Rs 1,15,970
crore. Dairy farming involves two main areas of activity:
Liquid milk production: Covers breeding and care of milk yielding cattle, and collection, processing and distribution of milk, carried out mostly by co-operatives in the public sector.
There has been a substantial surge over tha past three years in the number of business schools that accept GRE scores. There has been an increase of 20 per cent in the number of business schools accepting GRE scores for their flagship management programmes ever since revision of the GRE format. Keeping the ever-changing requirements of graduate and business schools in mind, ETS has changed the pattern of GRE with effect from August 1, 2011.This is the most massive change in the exam since its inception. ETS has shunned all questions based on rote learning which were a part of the GRE's earlier avatar.
Q. I have taken physics, chemistry and biology in Class XI. I am not keen on becoming a doctor, so can you please tell me what the scope of forensic sciences in India is?
Q. Apart from state and national level entrances are there any foreign medical colleges that conduct their entrance exam in India?
Q. I have completed B.Com (correspondence) this year and I also have completed one year Diploma in Computer Application and Multilingual DTP course. But I didn't get a good percentage in B.Com. I am in a fix as I am not able to decide whether I should appear for B.Com again or prepare for M.Com or go in for a technical course. Kindly help me.
Despite queen mother Chennamma advising against it, King of Kittur Shivalinga Rudra Sarja joined the British against the Peshwa. After the death of Shivalinga, the British entered Kittur to take control. Chennamma personally led the attack and drove the Brits out of Kittur and even defeated the troops under Thackeray, the British political agent at Dharwar. Then, Chaplin, the Deccan Commissioner, rallied troops from Bombay and Madras to defeat this forerunner to the Rani of Jhansi.