VIDYA - Education & Career

Mother language is not compulsory as a medium of instruction in schools

2008-07-03T15:40:00.001+05:30

The significant judgment from Karnataka high court on 2nd July, 2008 ruled out the order of govt. stating that primary education should be given in Kannada medium . It is a biggest drawback not just for Karnataka Govt. but to the whole education system.

By this judgment, unaided private institutions will make hell lot of money in the form of capitation, donation and management quota seats. As of now there is a bug in the minds of parents that only English medium schools are good. Taking undue advantage of this situation, it’s very easy for private unaided institutions to make money.

At this time we can remember the famous quote saying “Science is not a difficult subject, but learning science in English medium is very difficult”. While the western countries like Germany are accepting Sanskrit as a powerful medium for teaching science related subjects, we are still hanging our self to English. This is applicable to most of the Indian local languages which are very close to Sanskrit.

From last few year if we observe the court judgments related to education field, it’s always biased towards privileged, owners of institutions. It can be regarding CET, Fee structure for professional courses or distribution of seats among management and govt., those who are making education a business won the cases. It clearly shows that, now the judicial system also getting corrupted. Till now not even a single judgment protected the interests of millions of students. It lead to lot of suicides among student central. It’s really shame on these systems to come up with such a biased judgment.

This judgment though directly won’t hit students, in long run definitely will ruin the local language. I’m not against English or any language but mother land, mother tongue should always be given top priority. Please raise your voice against this. Please share your opinion here by commenting.

Related Links:
New Ind Press: Kannada not a must for private schools, says HC
Indian Express: Kannada medium not must for private schools, says High Court
Yahoo! News: Kannada medium not must for private schools, says High Court

Create Professional CVs with cvwriting.net

2008-06-24T12:14:00.003+05:30

Curriculum Vitae shortly called as CV is the mirror of a person. It creates the first impression about the candidate on the employer. So it’s very important to take some time, to create a good Career CV. Unfortunately in this fast moving world, not every one will get time to do this. So there are experts, HR people, who have screened lacks of CV for recruiting candidates, have their own opinion and expertise on building CV’s.

If you don’t have so much time, knowledge and resources to build a good Career CV, there are experts who are ready to guide job aspirants and also there are lots of CV building tools that help creating good Job CV for us. CVWriting.net is one such website by experts in the industry who will help you in building a good job CV. Give a try at CVWriting.net and see how their expertise and tools help you build successful Job CV.

Even the type of job you are going to apply will influence the format of your CV. You can choose accordingly. CVs are available in various formats. You can choose the one which best suits you.

General Purpose CV
Management CV
Graduate CV
Technical / Contractor CV
English CV

You can also create an Online CV webpage and include the URL in your CV which will help to impress employers. If you already build your CV, you can use CV Review Service and get valuable suggestions and tips by experts. There is a section for useful guidelines on Interview, writing cover letters and searching for Jobs.

TiE ISB Connect business Plan Contest

2008-06-21T13:08:00.002+05:30

Sculpting Ideas

Building Businesses

2 0 0 8

Business Plan Showcase

The Wadhwani Centre of Entrepreneurial Development (WCED) at the Indian School of Business is pleased to invite you to the India’s largest networking event TiE-ISB Connect 2008 Business Plan Showcase.

The purpose of TiE-ISB Connect is to bring together all the elements necessary for real venture creation. TiE-ISB Connect 2008

· Provides a platform, together with important tools, resources and networking opportunities, to assist all aspiring entrepreneurs, in taking their first steps on their entrepreneurial journey

· Facilitates the creation of new ventures with potential for high growth and a global mindset

· Generates a positive economic impact by encouraging and nurturing high potential entrepreneurship together with a vibrant private equity market.

The Tie-ISB Connect 2008 is organized by the Indian School of Business in partnership with TiE Hyderabad Chapter. Each year, entrant teams from around the country present their plans to the potential investors to get their advice, support and professional feedback on their ventures. All competing teams must fall into one the categories.

Bright Ideas: For those bright ideas which are waiting to take off

Cool Start Ups: For startups that need a boost

Calendar for TiE-ISB Connect2008

~~June 15~~ July 31, 2008	Executive summaries due
Sep 15 – Oct 15, 2008	Workshops & mentoring Sessions
Oct 25, 2008	Business plans due from selected Teams
Nov 5 , 2008	TiE-ISB Connect 2008 Business Plan Presentations

For Registrations & Submission Guidelines, please visit www.tie-isbconnect.com, or contact us at tie_isbconnect08@isb.edu or 040-23187125 / 7229. Please note that the Executive Summaries are due by July 31, 2008.

Update:

The Winners are announced for TiE Canaan Entrepreneurship Challenge 2008 -

The winners are Druvaa, Equitas & iKen

Reported by webyantra

Google's Code Jam

2008-06-20T12:44:00.001+05:30

Do you find yourself debugging in your sleep? Enjoy solving tough problems and grappling with technical challenges? Then enter Google Code Jam and compete for more than $80,000 in cash prizes!

Google Code Jam is an annual competition in which programmers like you are challenged to solve complex coding problems in a limited amount of time – using any programming language or tools you like.

They began offering Google Code Jam in 2003 – on a platform powered by TopCoder – in order to support competitive programming around the world. This year, for the first time, they're producing the contest on a homemade platform developed by Google's own developers.

Here's how it works: First, you'll need to register from Tuesday, June 17 through Thursday, July 17. Then, you'll compete against global contestants in the online rounds during July and August. The Top 500 will advance to compete in one of our Google offices around the world in September/October for regional competitions. Finally, the Top 100 will compete in the coding showdown on November 14, 2008, at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Key Dates.

Jun 17	Registration Begins
Jul 16	24 hr Qualification Round Begins
Jul 17	Registration Deadline
Jul 17	24 hr Qualification Round Ends
Jul 25	Online Round 1: Sub-Rounds Begin
Jul 31	Online Round 1: Sub-Rounds End
Aug 2	Online Round 2
Aug 9	Online Round 3
Sep 22	Onsite Locals - Asia Pacific
Sep 29	Onsite Locals - Americas
Oct 6	Onsite Locals - Europe, Middle East, Africa
Nov 14	Onsite Finals

Prize Overview.

The top 100 finalists will divide over $80,000 in prize money:

Competitor(s)	Prize
1st Place	$10,000
2nd Place	$5000
3rd Place	$2500
4th – 10th Place	$1500
11th – 30th Place	$1000
31st – 50th Place	$750
51st – 75th Place	$500
76th – 100th Place	$250

Prize Details

http://code.google.com/codejam/rules.html

Competition

http://code.google.com/codejam/contest

Registration

http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/registration

Schedule

http://code.google.com/codejam/schedule.html

To learn more details and to register, please visit: http://code.google.com/codejam

All the Best

Job Fairs at Bangalore

2008-06-18T20:38:00.006+05:30

Couple of career and job events are organized at NIMHANS Convention center (Near Dairy Circle), Bangalore.

On June 28, 2008 there is a Job Fair for Expert Engineers organized by Smart Techie. On the same day There is a mentor and apprentice get together called Meet Up is organized at the same venue. For Freshers Silicon India has organizing a Job Fair on July 26^th, 2008 at Garden City College, 6^th KM, Old Madras Road, Bangalore. Companies which are interested in participating in the event can contact the below given persons for more details.

Freshers Bangalore Job Fair

Freshers Register online

Companies interested to participate please contact:

Shashank
Email: shashank@siliconindia.com
M: +91 99865 06966

Sunil

Email: sunil@siliconindia.com
M: +91 98860 06951

Smart Techie Bangalore Job Fair

Job Seekers Register online

If your company would like to participate in this or future job fair, you can contact Alok Chaturvedi, Publisher, The SmartTechie magazine at 9880480162

If you need any other information about attending the job fair, please call our office and talk to monica at 080 - 41510601

Meet Up

Registration

If you would like to be mentored, please Register. They will send you an invite.

If you would like to mentor other professionals to shape their careers please contact Piyali Saha. You may write to her at

Email: piyali@siliconindia.com
or call 080-41510601 ext 208.

MBAs Participate in TCS Smart Manager Case Contest and Win Rs.25,000

2008-06-14T16:04:00.004+05:30

The 34th TCS Smart Manager Case Contest is now online. So don your thinking caps, test your analytical skills once again and you could be this contest’s TCS SMART Champion! That’s not all! The winning solution will be published along with that of industry experts in the July-Aug 08 issue of The Smart Manager, India’s first world class management magazine. The TCS SMART Champion will also be awarded a cash prize of Rs.25,000/- plus a one year subscription to The Smart Manager,

India

’s first world class management magazine.

Submitting an entry is a simple process. All one has to do is log onto our Web site www.thesmartmanager.com, register free online, read the case carefully and submit the solution in 500 words before 25 June 2008. Our panel of judges will sift through the entries and select a winner, the TCS Smart Champion. The selection will be done basis the analysis, clarity of thought, and style of presentation, completeness of the solution and the viability of the insight. The TCS Smart Champion will be personally informed and his/her solution along with a photograph and the name of the institution will be published prominently in the July-August 2008 issue of the magazine.

Working business managers can also send in their entries and could win a one-year subscription to The Smart Manager with his/her solution featured along with industry experts in the magazine.

Your entries will be judged by Prof Nitin Nohria, Mr N R Narayana Murthy, Dr Omkar Goswami, Mr S Ramadorai and Dr. Gita Piramal.

So what are you waiting for? Hurry, the deadline is 25 June 08!

Details are available on our Web site http://www.thesmartmanager.com. Further queries, if any, can be emailed to sonia@thesmartmanager.com

Note: Non-MBA Students can also participate. Their entries will be considered and may be published in The Smart Manager magazine and www.thesmartmanager.com. However, such entries are NOT entitled for the cash prize nor for the title of SMART Champion and any other prizes. Only MBAs are eligible for Cash Prize and The Smart Manager Title. Read Terms & Conditions carefully

EmPower Research Bangalore looking for Research Analyst/ Sr. Research Analyst

2008-06-11T21:06:00.002+05:30

EmPower Research : Pioneering Offshore Business Intelligence

EmPower Research is a Bangalore based company focused on providing Customized Business Intelligence, Media Services and Data Analytics. It is looking for suitable candidates for various positions.

The incumbent in the Analyst position will be responsible for leading research assignments for clients based in North America. The scope of work will include identifying the best sources of data, undertaking secondary research, and providing sound analysis.

This candidate must have the ability to think strategically and analytically in order to effectively assess each research assignment. In addition, this person must be able to draw clear and concise conclusions regarding research to present to various account staffers and executive leaders across the client teams.

The ideal candidate should have an MBA from a reputed school and 0-3 years of work experience in the management consulting, market research, financial services, telecom and/or IT industry. Having both will be a great plus. This person must be a self-starter, be able to juggle multiple projects and work under varying deadlines.

Comfort with using various research databases and tools i.e., Factiva and/or Lexis Nexis, academic databases (Proquest, Amigo), Hoovers Online, Internet research - (Google), Finance websites - (Yahoo Finance), Powerpoint is a plus.

If you are interested to find out more about our job opportunities or to apply for a job with us, please write /send your resume to the following address - careers@empowerresearch.com

For other openings under experienced category please visit Empower Research - Current Openings

15 Secrets to score top rank in PGCET for MBA

2008-06-04T11:52:00.005+05:30

Successfully crack PGCET with these tips and tricks

Those who aspire for MBA in Karnataka, PGCET conducted by VTU are one of the important exams. Now it’s time for final preparations as the exam is fast approaching. Here are the tips for successfully cracking the exam. Here I present the top secrets to be success in PGCET. This is based on the technique that I used when in my PGCET exam and it fetched me 14^th Rank. Hope this will help you too.

PGCET is for 100 marks. There will be usually 100 questions carrying one mark each. There are four sections of 25 questions each. Mathematics, Reasoning, General Knowledge and Objective English are the four sections which have equal weightage.

By this time you would have prepared well for the exam. I’d like to mention how I prepared for the exam. Though my preparations started before 10months to exam, I took 3 months prior to exam as very serious and concentrated on preparations (I was also working 8hrs a day in a computer institute).

I didn’t join any coaching classes. All I did is to read the newspapers and magazines thoroughly. I spent almost 3-4hrs a day for reading news papers and magazines. I dedicated maximum hrs for Mathematics, as I was bit weak in that subject. The next major proportion of my time was dedicated to Objective English. Though it was bit boring, I simply continued referring the guide forcibly. Amazingly it really helped me in the exam. The rest of the time I practiced on reasoning section.

Here is the tips

Now I will tell the secrets of cracking the exam successfully. In this exam there will be no negative valuation. That is you won’t lose marks for the wrong answer like many of the competitive exams do. Once you get the question paper, take an overview of the question paper. It will give an overall idea of the pattern of the paper. Then

Choose the section that you are very much thorough and confident of answering most of the questions correctly.
Choose the section that is simple and don’t need much time.
Usually it’s better to answer General Knowledge section first then Objective English later on Reasoning and finally mathematics.
This is because the General Knowledge section will take less time for each question compare to Objective English and so on.
You will get total 120min to answer 100 questions.
General Knowledge section should be completed within first 15mins.
Objective English section should be completed within 20mins.
Reasoning section should be completed within 25min.
Mathematics section can take up to 50mins based on the difficulty of the questions.
In mathematics section for simple questions, use bottom to top approach. i.e out of the four choices given you can easily derive the correct one.
Remember only write answer counts and not the step-by-step procedure that you follow to derive at the answer. So don’t waste much time in solving the problem step-by-step.
So in 90mins you have to answer all the questions that you are pretty confident. If you are in confusion or doubt just leave it and move on to next question. Don’t waste much time.
The rest 30min you have to answer all the questions that you left without answering from all the section.
Don’t leave any question, maximum try to solve or find the write answer. Even after all the attempts if you can’t just mark the answer that your sixth sense suggests (This tip may look bit vague, but it is always better to follow this step).
Finally confirm that you have answered the entire question and submit the answer sheet to your supervisor.

If you are following any different strategy please do mention the same here in comments section so that others also get the benefit. All the best.

Link:15 Secrets to score top rank in PGCET for MBA

Career Aptitude Test

2008-05-27T11:30:00.003+05:30

What to study and which career to take up are some of the most important decisions you will take in life. The experts at the Amity Career Counseling Centre have developed a personality and career aptitude test based on the most scientific MBT Test which has proven successful all over the World. This test has already been taken by over 450,000 people! It only takes 4 minutes and give loads on information on you.

Each and every student and professionals need to take this test. It is a Career Aptitude test conducted by Amity University to recognize the individual’s potential and personality. Taking this test will help you to recognize which area best suits your personality type.

The test contains four simple questions where each question contains some statements divided into two categories A and B. You need to choose either of these options that best suits you. After completion of the test, it will give your personality type and the course/ area that suit you better. Just give a try and know your personality type. Take Career Aptitude test now. It hardly takes some 5-10 minutes to complete. If you find this test useful, please post your results here. Any comments in this regard are welcome.

So what do you think about this post.... Provide your feedback, suggestions and comments here.

India Educational Resources: India Study Channel

2008-05-12T16:37:00.005+05:30

There are billions and billions of websites on education in the web. But what most matters is getting relevant and accurate information when it is need. Now onwards I’m going to write about websites, forums, blogs and other applications that has relevance to student community under the category Academic Sites. Today my pick is India Study Channel.com

IndiaStudyChannel.com

As the website claims it provides reliable and comprehensive information on educational institutions, examinations, education system, exam results, entrance examinations, previous year’s university question papers etc.

It’s the site by the students for the students. Yes! Here most of the resources are submitted by students itself. Who else can understand and serve student’s needs better than students themselves?

ISC has a huge number of members which includes students, teachers, faculty, academicians and people from alumni. All these people are great sources of academic resources.

You will get up-to-date news, articles/knowledge Sharing, academic projects, information regarding courses, colleges, university, examination, exam results, previous year question papers, model papers etc. There is an option to take online mock tests for many popular competitive examinations like Aptitude Questions, General Aptitude Tests, Medical Entrance, Engineering Entrance, Bank Tests, TOEFL & IELTS Questions

ISC also contains a huge database of colleges, course details, contact details, fee structure etc. Once again all these information is posted by the students about there colleges. So you will get an insider opinion about any college.

One more feature of ISC that made this site more popular is it’s rewards program. If anyone posts an article, submit any link, write a blog entry, answer a education related question in Yahoo, refer a friend to become a member, they will get paid for their efforts. They call it as Payment programs. So what are you waiting for, hurry up! Join Now and make money by submitting useful resources to student community.

It just won’t stop here. Wherever there are students there will be lot of adrenalin flowing with lot of josh, fun and entertainment. ISC is not an exception to that. There is a section for entertainment where you can post jokes, photos, videos, movie reviews etc.

So visit the site and make use of it’s resources. If you know any other educational sites please leave the link in comment section.

So what do you think about this post.... Provide your feedback, suggestions and comments here.

BMC Software, Pune is looking for Manager-Recruitment

2008-05-02T13:12:00.004+05:30

Who is BMC?

BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) delivers the Business Service Management solutions IT needs to increase business value through better management of technology and IT processes. Founded in 1980, BMC has offices worldwide and posted fiscal 2007 revenues of $1.58 billion. We are one of the ten largest software companies in the world and the market leader in Consolidated Service Desk and IT Service Management solutions, with more than 10,000 customers and 10 million users world wide. Activate your business with the power of IT. www.bmc.com.

Watch Company Video Here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD3O_kzpUhQ>

If you are interested in any of the above positions, kindly share your updated CV with contact details to diwakar_rautela@bmc.com

The Detailed Job Description is provided below:

Job Description- Manager- Recruitment
Position Description
Job Function & Responsibilities:- The Recruiting Manager will be responsible for providing the highest level of staffing services to clients which include hiring managers, HR team members and applicants. The primary responsibilities of this role include partnering with the Human Resources Generalists and hiring managers to engage in workforce planning for the India operations, determine short and long term staffing requirements, create strategies & action plans to hire the right talent from the market, leading hiring managers through the selection process, ensuring overall process integrity and providing relevant and timely reporting on staffing activities.

Must possess the ability to recruit in a high volume / high pressure environment. Also have the ability to be creative in terms of the hiring sources and device strategies to generate candidate leads from both traditional / non traditional sources, create appropriate sales pitch to attract top talent in the organization, work with HR Generalist and Hiring managers for proper fitment in the organization. Responsible for designing & executing candidate warm up process through hiring manager to reduce offer declines/drop outs.Ability to manage large teams, consisting of recruiters, co-ordinators.

Ability to work with global cross functional teams in a metrics environment. Ability to get and present appropriate reports and use data for decision making purposes. Ability to make presentations and represent India recruiting organization in front of global customers and stake holders. Ability to set goals, measure the performance and motivate team members. The Recruiting Manager will also be the Global Staffing focal point for India. In this capacity the Recruiting Manager will ensure that HR team members in international locations have a single point of contact/facilitator to assist in resolving staffing process needs.

Additionally, the Recruiting Manager will lead one of the following six practice areas: diversity outreach, sourcing, university relations, executive recruitment, process automation, or process compliance.The Recruiting Manager will work closely with the Director, Global Staffing to establish the processes, procedures and infrastructure needed to build a "best practice" global staffing organization. A high degree of creativity, near- and long-term recruiting vision, business understanding, and personal organization is required.

Position Requirements
Skills Required:

Provide exceptional client service within the IT organization:
Conferring with senior leadership to identify staffing needs, workforce planning strategies, and search assignments.
Developing complete and detailed internal postings and external search assignments (client engagement documents), ensuring an understanding of job duties responsibilities and business requirements.
Partner with the Global Staffing Sourcing team to develop a strong pipeline of high caliber talent for all current and anticipated staffing requirements.
Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with leaders, vendors, community organizations, and other team members to create a partnership that yields success, predictable results and credibility.
Developing and maintaining a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified candidates.
Creating and fostering relationships with institutions and diverse professional organizations to attract and recruit alumni and diversity candidates.
Managing the presentation, selection, offer, negotiation, closing, and administrative components of the recruitment process.
Conducting follow-up calls and quality-improvement studies with hiring managers and new hires.
Maintaining accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates, searches, hiring managers interactions, and other recruiting activities to ensure a safe and thorough audit if required.
Initiating and maintaining excellent working relations within the Human Resources organization.
Using effective communication approaches that include proactively keeping others informed, appropriately expressing ideas and thoughts verbally and in written form, and timeliness.
Working cooperatively with all members of the staffing team to develop and implement staffing plans and activities.
Visiting all hiring manager departments to develop a thorough understanding of the department culture and using that understanding to help candidates fully understand the opportunity.
Participating in the development of ongoing creative and cost-effective sourcing strategies. Staying informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques in order to be competitive in state-of-the-art recruiting practices.

Position Attributes

Desired Skills / Special Qualifications: Position Specific Competencies/Skills Required:Desired

Skills / Special Qualifications:

Strong professional experience in full life cycle recruiting, preferably with a global, well regarded company.
An expert level of knowledge in all full life cycle recruiting components including, but not limited to, sourcing, qualifying, networking, assessing, legal, job analysis, wage and salary trends, relationship management, and due diligence.
Knowledge and extensive past use of an applicant tracking system.
Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and manage projects, particularly projects with geographically dispersed team members.
Demonstrated excellent writing and oral communication skills are required.
Demonstrated ability to present new recruiting concepts to executive leadership and technical communities.
Ability to build search assignment abstracts from client engagement discussions and forms.
Demonstrated ability to command the attention and respect of senior level leaders.
Ability to develop business cases and service requirements, while creating and managing strategic alliances.
Demonstrated ability to recruit for a broad/deep range of positions.
Demonstrated ability to function/recruit on an international, multi-location level.
Ability to travel as required.
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
Strong initiative and solid judgment abilities/skills.
Must be Internet savvy and experienced in mining online databases.
Must have the ability to quickly learn systems, processes, and procedures.
Must be able to quickly assimilate technical information and build solutions to the optimal balance of meeting business needs, beating competitors, and operating within financial resource constraints.

Education/Training Required: Bachelor’s Degree and above 8 years of recruiting experience

Special Considerations: BMC Software is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workplace.

You can also post your job requirements in comments section

Opening for Solution Architect

2008-04-15T22:10:00.004+05:30

Company: NUCLEUS SOFTWARE EXPORTS LIMITED, NOIDA
Job Title: Solution Architect Techno functional(Retail banking)

NUCLEUS SOFTWARE EXPORTS LIMITED is looking for Solution Architect Techno-Functional Personnel with 10+ years Experience(Senior Position)

Relevant exp erience of 8+ years
Retail banking experience is MUST
Excellent Communication Skills
Handled a team of 5 people minimum

Responsible for Systematics, Analytics, And Solutioning etc..
Functional, techno-functional, Retail banking etc..

Roles and responsibilities:
Working on Detailed Requirements etc...

JOIN in 30 days

Location: Direct onsite to Singapore(12 months)renewable

Contact:
Meetu Sharma
HR---NSS Recruitments
www.nucleusssoftware.com
meetu.sharma@nucleussoftware.com

Openings at Patni for B.E/B.Sc/B.Tech/MCA

2008-02-07T10:31:00.001+05:30

Patni Computers is beginning with off – campus recruitment drives for BE & B.Sc. 2007 batch students across locations. Following are the kind of profiles that they are looking at:

Qualification:

BE / B.Tech. – 2007 : Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics and all Electronics sub branches for e.g. (Electronics & Telecommunication, Electronics & Instrumentation etc.)
MCA / M.Sc. – 2007 : Only Computer Science & Information Technology Branch
B.Sc./BCA – 2007 : Computer Science, Information Technology, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry,
Statistics, Electronics

Eligibility Criteria :

Graduation : 55% (For Chennai & Bangalore this is 60%)
12^{th :} 55% (For Chennai & Bangalore this is 60%)
10^{th :}55% (For Chennai & Bangalore this is 60%)
No Gap in education
Willingness to work in shifts, any platform & any Patni location
No Supplementary (un-cleared) subjects as on date
Not more than 23 years of age as on 1^stJanuary 2008 for BE/Btech/BSc/BCA students
Not more than 25 years of age as on 1^stJanuary 2008 for MCA/MSc students

If you have resumes meeting the above criteria you can send it to:

1. Mumbai: offcampus@patni.com
2. Pune: offcampus.pune@patni.com
3. Bangalore: offcampus.bangalore@patni.com
4. Chennai: offcampus.chennai@patni.com

Requirement for Recruitment Executive in Pune

2008-01-29T17:40:00.001+05:30

Company: BMC Software

Job Title: Recruitment Executive
Position – Recruitment Executive
Location – Pune
Qualification – MBA/ Post Graduation in HR
Experience – 1 - 2 years
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BMC Software is currently recruiting for the exciting role of Recruitment Executive to provide high quality recruiting support to the Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Recruitment Team.

Main duties and responsibilities will include:

Interaction with HR Business Partners spread around the globe in regard to sourcing activities.
Solid hands on experience in various sourcing methodologies.
Creating reports for the global clients.
Employment Reference Checking.

Communication (Internal and External):

Requirements gathering
Requirements clarification
Recruiting performance metrics
Recruiting process

Skills and experience required

Minimum 1 to 2 year of hardcore IT sourcing experience preferably gained in a complex, fast moving business environment.
Strong I.T skills: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel & Outlook
Work Timings: EMEA (1400hrs to 22hrs)
Candidate eligible for food and transport policy.
Work Location: BMC Software, Pune

If this position suits and interests you, please email us a copy of your profile in the word format as an attachment along with your current and expected salary package to diwakar_rautela@bmc.com

Good news for Indian engineering students

2008-01-03T17:46:00.001+05:30

Few years back VTU of Karnataka successfully implemented distance education and live broadcasting of lectures through Edusat. Now IIT-B also joined the force.

From 2^nd Jan, 2008, IIT-B is launching live lectures through Edusat. IIT-B will broadcast the lectures to all the engineering colleges in India.Not only that, the students can also interact with the lecturers of IIT-B.

That’s really a great news right. login to IIT-B website for details.Details regarding Live Transmission is available in their distant education program website. For more details about the news visit TOI

Meanwhile don’t forget to leave your comment here.

Technorati Tags: Technical Education, Engineering

India proved that its Education System is world’s best.

2008-01-03T16:45:00.001+05:30

There is no doubt that India is the seat of knowledge and wisdom of world. Only the intermediate British rule faded our education system for a while. As the cloud passes we can see the brightness of sun again. That is the power of India.

Here is one more feather to its crown. New York Times came up with this interesting article titled “Losing an Edge, Japanese Envy India’s Schools”. The article notes the declining confidence of Japanese towards their education system. Also how they are turning towards Indian education system.

It is a clear sign that slowly the world is waking up and realizing that India will not accept defeat so easily and it will come back again with it’s glorious past. Now it’s our turn to keep this race going on and ring back the glory of ancient

India

in terms of its richness, knowledge and wisdom.

Today in blogosphere this article is the most discussed topic. Visit these blogs also for interesting posts:

http://indiablogs.searchindia.com/2008/01/02/japan-goes-gaga-over-indian-education/

http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/01/education-nyt-o.html

http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/004934.html

Meanwhile share your opinion by commenting here.

Government will bear interest of education loan in moratorium period

2007-12-19T19:04:00.001+05:30

This is a good news for middle class student community of India. As per the article published in Rupeetimes.com, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is planning to bear the burden of interest component of education laons during the moratorium period.

What is moratorium period
Till students complete their course and get the job, they will not be paying the interest. However the interest is calculated and added to the principal amount. So there will be a gap for students to complete their course and get the job and start repaying the laon. This time period is called moratoriam period. The interest accrued in this period will be repaid to banks by government of India once this scheme is implemented.

As per the article, this facility is available to only those who have annual income less than 2.5lakhs and avail education loan for professional and technical course. However, one student can avail this facility only once. i.e you cannot avail this facility for both graduate and post graduate program. Any one course you can opt for this facility.

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US gives parity status to India's medical education

2007-12-17T12:38:00.001+05:30

Another feather in India’s Crown

This is the headlines from some of the leading newspapers of India last week. The US recognition of Indian Medical Education. It’s happy to know that the first world is opening eyes towards India, the land which has given Ayurveda to the world.

In fact there is nothing new about it. As Indian doctors and hospitals are globally recognized and attracts patients from many parts of the world. Again the reason behind this is the high quality of service at low cost. Now the medical education will get the boost from this status and attracts students from other countries to India.

As of now India is popular among developing nations for it’s well recognized medical service and health care. It’s seems India is regaining it’s past glory of wisdom and confidence in almost all the fields. Truly it’s feather in India’s crown.

Reference:

Navhind Times : feather in India’s Crown

The Hindu : USgives parity status to India's medical education

Will Exams improve your Skills?

2007-12-09T22:24:00.000+05:30

My first post is based on the opinion provided by Prof. PS Gill to NASSCOM(which they are already implemented) about having a "Common Placement Test - CPT" and ranking system in order to ease the process of placement. There by helping companies, institutions and students. Please refer the newsletter from NASSCOM Communiue.

I think, the examination system in India is the killer of creativity and innovation. Because students are so used to examination system that, they don't even bother to read anything that is beyond the scope of examination or curriculum.

The ranking system is more a elimination process than a selection process, that will unnecessarily create tension and stress among students and educational institutes. Still I don't understand how can one test the capability and skill level of a person within few hours while the learning process takes days, months and years together. More than that the environment in the workplace is different than the environment of examination. There is a large gap between what is needed and what is provided.

There is a problem in understanding the gap. At least now the industry should wake up, and bring in some new innovative models to improve the skill level of engineering graduates. That in turn ensures that there is a smooth supply of manpower and also reduces the attrition rate.

I really don't understand how bringing in one more exam will ensure that, it will meet the needs of the industry. As Prof. PS Gill himself mentions in his article, there is a need for around 1.5 lakh engineers in India but companies are hardly getting around 1 lakh skilled man power. That means there is a gap of about 50,000 manpower per annum. In this scenario what we need is improving the quality of education and training, Industry interaction and Finishing Schools(This is also a brainchild of NASSCOM). The case study of Maveric Systems is quite impressing.

Mean while share your opinions and views about CPT here in comments section. Also don't forget to vote your opinion.