Education abroad & Career

It is a great victory for highly skilled Indian workers of UK Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan UK Government’s frequent alterations in the terms and conditions pertaining to highly skilled Indian workers in the United Kingdom has temporarily affected thousands of doctors, engineers and technocrats. But the recent high court judgment is really a landmark victory for half a lakh highly skilled Indian workers in UK. High court categorically ruled that it was not open to the government to alter the terms and conditions of highly skilled Indian workers in UK. Judgment added that the old scheme constituted an integrated programme. Recent amendment made by the Government to reappear for the examination under the new scheme stands cancelled. During the last two years highly skilled Indian workers in UK have been under threat due to frequent changes in the working norms, immigration and visa regulations. It mainly affected doctors and engineers of non-European c...

Campus interview requires thorough homework Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Recent findings revealed that major industries in the country are interested to recruit 65 percent freshers to meet their manpower needs. As far as small industries are concerned, this is around 35 percent. This trend is more pronounced in the IT and IteS industry in the country. Around 7.4 lakh IT professionals are working in the country. Annual growth rate in this sector is around 16 percent. While analyzing the placement statistics, during the year 2007, TCS, Satyam computers and Infosys recruited 65-75 freshers. Of the total recruitment made, infosys recruited around 75 percent freshers. Patni recruited around 35 percent fresh graduates. Almost all IT, ITeS, out sourcing, Agri Business, Hospitality Management, Marketing and Hotel Management companies are recruiting fresh graduates through campus interview. Companies are interested to recruit more number of candidates from talent pool through campus...