Education abroad & Career

Scrapping of Internship will affect the career prospects of Dental Surgeons in the country and Abroad Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Recent decision to reduce the duration of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery -BDS course in the state will affect the career prospects of Dental graduates within the country and abroad. As per the directions of Dental Council of India, the state government has been compelled to reduce the duration of BDS course to five years with effect from 2008-09. Previously it was of four and a half years of study period with one year of internship. With this decision, duration of BDS course will become five years without having internship. During the one-year internship period, the student acquires more skill and confidence to work independently. After completing internship he/she can practice with confidence. Dentistry is one of the important professional courses having immense career potential in United States and Europe. In USA...

Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan 938000 candidates appeared for IELTS examination during 2007. When compared to last three years number of candidates appeared for IELTS have almost doubled during 2007. It can be due to new immigration policies, recognition of IELTS throughout the English speaking world and entrance requirements & criteria for admission. IELTS tests are conducted 48 times per year. Recent study done by KPMG revealed that KPO i.e., Knowledge process outsourcing in financial services is expected to be worth 5 billion US dollars by 2010. It may be due to the success in off shoring business operations. India is expected to remain a preferred location for KPO activity in future. Lack of talent pool, requirement of high-level control, confidentiality and high-level control and enhanced risk management are some of the limitations in this sector. Process complexities, higher billing rates and skilled resource requirements differentiate KPO from BPO.

Cambridge University plans to offer more financial assistance projects for students Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan In the global education sector, education in United States is rather cheaper when compared United Kingdom. This is the major attraction for US education. United states education foundation in India is promoting US education for Indian students. Students from developing countries find it very difficult to meet the increasing educational expenses in UK. So many UK universities are offering one year condensed postgraduate programmes including one-year MBA programmes. Realizing the increasing cost of UK education, many UK universities are seriously thinking of implementing more financial aid projects for Indian students. Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University Dr. Alison Richard in her recent visit to India revealed that since major American Universities are providing financial assistance to Students, Cambridge is seriously thinking of more financial ...

MBA Abroad-Prospects & Processes Dr. T.P.Sethumadhavan Master of Business Administration has acquired the status of one of the world’s most popular postgraduate management programmes. Among international students in order to augment their business and marketing skills, this programme is getting more popularity now a days. UK is the undisputed leader in MBA programme in Europe and the World leader in terms of innovation in MBA provision. Recently in the Global village concept the trend is to study MBA abroad. For getting better career, international exposure is mandatory. Keeping this in mind many of the Indian students are interested to pursue MBA programme from abroad. UK, USA and Canada are the best destinations for joining MBA programme. Why more students are interested in taking MBA from UK? The reason is simple. Duration of the course is only one year. More number of accredited schools are i...