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  • NREGA Scheme-A boon or bane;
    I recently went through a news report on the Economic Times about the NREGA programme. An excerpt from the news report says The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the money earmarked for the project was not percolating down to the intended beneficiaries. “There is no uniform policy. The money is not reaching actual beneficiaries”, said a bench comprising Chief Justice...
    by T Muralidharan at April 19th, 2010 at 08:04 am
  • Career in Environmental Sciences & courses being offered at graduate and post graduate levels
    I have completed my 12th standard and am looking for options to pursue a career in the area of environmental science. Please tell me about the course available at graduate and PG levels related to this subject. What would be my career prospects after the completion of the course? ~Somanath The following are some institutes offering the subject: Graduate Courses University...
    by T Muralidharan at April 7th, 2010 at 08:04 am
  • What is lacking in present day civil servants & my thoughts on the new civil services exam format
    Just read recently in the Hindu Business Line that the age old civil services examination is in for a change.Excerpts from the article If you are a technology/management graduate and are interested in a career in All-India Civil Services, here is some good news.The Department of Personnel had recently announced its plans to make changes in the pattern of the Preliminary...
    by T Muralidharan at March 29th, 2010 at 08:03 am
  • How about a career in Ethical Hacking?
    Q.)I am an engineering student. I am interested in a career network security and ethical hacking. Please tell me which course I should pursue for the same. ~Mubeen Asim A.)Today, all organisations maintain the Internet, Intranet, networks, VPN or databases and transfer data extensively.  To safeguard the data flowing and residing in these set ups, experts in the field...
    by T Muralidharan at March 26th, 2010 at 09:03 am
  • HR in companies getting cautious;Prefer sticking to performance based models.
    The HR in companies especially IT companies are getting more cautious in salary hikes after the economy is slowly turning up from recession. Was wanting to express my opinion on this when i read it one of the newspapers recently.These companies are not letting indiscriminate hike happen especially to under performing employees in the company. So the performance based...
    by T Muralidharan at March 24th, 2010 at 09:03 am
  • MBA in Energy Management and institutes offering the course
    I want to do MBA related to energy management. Please tell me about the institutes offering the course. P. Venkatesh Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune offers MBA-Energy and Environment. The eligibility criterion is graduation. The admission is based on performance at SNAP, GD and PI. For details, log on to www.siib.ac.in Rajiv Gandhi Institute of...
    by T Muralidharan at March 19th, 2010 at 08:03 am
  • TCS plans salary hike after 2 years & how that could tackle attrition?
    TCS plans salary hike in April this year. They are currently looking to recruit 30,000 people in  the coming financial year which is a very positive sign indicating that the recession is slowly receding. Once the market is coming out a recession, big companies or even mid-sized companies should also have a check on the attrition rate in the company. The last time TCS...
    by T Muralidharan at March 17th, 2010 at 08:03 am
  • Salaries at IIM-C see a rise-A farmer pays for it
    Salaries at IIM-C see a 20 to 50% rise. IIM Calcutta (IIM-C), which extended its final placements process over two weeks last year, is likely to wrap up the process in less than a week this time, with a significant rise in the number of offers each student has received.This year, the institute has around 280 students for placements. Sources in the institute say salaries...
    by T Muralidharan at March 10th, 2010 at 08:03 am
  • How the Telangana Crisis could dampen the prospects of Management Education in Hyderabad
    In today’s Business Standard we have an interesting article, “Telangana’s row delays IIM-A’s Hyderabad Campus“. I wanted to express my opinion on How the Larger picture could impact the prospects of Hyderabad in Particular and the State at large. An Excerpt from the Article: IM Ahmedabad (IIM-A), which had agreed to set up a campus in the...
    by T Muralidharan at March 9th, 2010 at 10:03 am
  • A Career in Genetics and its career prospects after XIIth grade
    I passed XII. I want to pursue research in Genetics. Can you guide me on how I should proceed? What are the courses I can opt for at Bachelor’s level and at Master’s level? Which are the colleges offering these courses? What are my career prospects? Esha Genetics is offered at both bachelor’s and master’s levels. So you start with opting at B.Sc, a combination...
    by T Muralidharan at March 2nd, 2010 at 08:03 am

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