Education abroad & Career

Prospects and procedures for Veterinary licensing examination abroad Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Veterinary profession has immense research and career potential abroad. Compared to any other professions, Veterinarians in Canada, European Union and United States are getting jobs with attractive pay packages and practice. Employment opportunities for veterinarians are almost endless and include private or corporate clinical practice, teaching and research, regulatory medicine, public health and military service. For example New Zealand requires more number of Veterinarians to meet the immediate demand, since the country face acute shortage for veterinarians in rural areas. Indian vets can exploit this potential to get easy placement in New Zealand. According to Massey University, more vacancies of veterinary doctors exist in New Zealand. University authorities say that it will take more than 5 years to fill the existing vacancies of vets in the country. Rural area...

Agri Business Management–Better prospects ahead Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan In the era of Globalization major structural reforms are taking place in the Agricultural sector. India is on the threshold of Green revolution. Commerciacialisation of Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries and allied sectors are taking place at a faster pace in the country. National Agriculture Policy, agricultural reforms like public private partnerships, market lead extension programmes and agricultural technology management programmes envisage market centered production programmes in agriculture and allied sectors to attain sustainability. As a seqele to GATT and ASEAN agreement, in order to exploit the potentials of market access like export, cutting edge technologies in the areas of value addition, food safety, packaging, quality control, HACCP, etc are needed. Moreover food security issues are emerging over the globe. For achieving the above envisaged objectives, ...

GRE will be revised from August 2011 onwards Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Graduate Record Examination- GRE, which is mandatory for getting admission to Graduate programmes in United States, UK and Canada, will witness exciting changes from August 2011 onwards. GRE are of two types i.e.; Generalized and Specialized tests. Generalized GRE will be in a new format from August2011 onwards. Specialized GRE is other wise called Subject GRE which is required for certain specific subjects like Biochemistry, Cell and molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, English literature, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. Generalized GRE comprises of three tests like Analytical Writing that measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills, specifically the test taker's ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively. Verbal reasoning measures read...

Changing trends in career market Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Usually economic status of a country is rated based upon GDP, rate of inflation and other economic matrices. But country’s economic status and placement situation can also be judged by the placement scenes at the premier educational institutions. Recently held Placement in the premier B Schools of the country like IIMs were like IPL auction sales! Candidates were given placement offers with very attractive pay packages. Placement situation in the country during 2010-11 is very bright. Even though during economic recession, there was a reduction in increment levels from 13.3% to 6.6 % during 2008, the current situation is entirely different. All private and PSUs are eagerly started recruiting skilled and talented professionals for augmenting production. During the pre- recession period, campus recruitment was around 65 percent in IT and ITeS sectors. But during recession it had come down ...

Better scope for Education abroad Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Recently the trend towards overseas education is more pronounced. more than 1.6 lakh Indian students are studying in international universities abroad. UK, USA and Canada are some of the best destinations.International Language Testing System IELTS is mandatory for admission to any UK/Canadian university. Test of english as a foreign language TOEFL is required for American Universities.Moreover Graduate record examination GRE is required for graduate programme admission abroad especially United States of America.Graduate Management Examination or GRE score is essential for MBA admission in any of the Bussiness schools in United States. An IELTS Score of 7/9 is essential for UK admission. There are umpteen numbers of coaching centres catering for the English proficiency/graduate record/graduate management aptitude tests in the country. But student can ...

TOP TRENDY COURSES Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan* Emerging trends in job market Impact of Globalization and quantum jump in information and communication technologies (ICT) has paved the way for emerging prospective courses with immense job potential. Recent findings reveal that this trend is gradually replacing the traditional sector. Study conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) revealed that information technology (IT), IT enabled sectors (IteS), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO), Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO), Aviation, Hospitality, Retail, Entertainment and Brokerages are some of the prospective areas. Study on ‘job opportunities in the emerging sectors’, named as ASSOCHAM Business Barometer (ABB) revealed that IT and IteS would be the most potential areas in the years to come. The study predicted that by 2010 IT &IteS and BPO sectors require 50 lakh and 23 lakh professionals respectively. KPO and LPO are...

Professional courses-Changing trends ahead Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Kerala entrance examinations for Medical, Agricultural and Engineering courses for the current year will be held during April 2010. Moreover Plus two students have to write a series of examinations during this summer! There is a growing apprehension among the students and parents regarding the choice of the courses. Like, which course is best? Which course has more career potential? etc. Students should not select a course based on the compulsion from the parents. It should not be based on existing vacancies available in the Government sector. Try to dream about the research and development that will take place after 4-5 years. Their aptitude and interest must be given due weightage. Medical courses As usual in Kerala parents are interested to admit their children to medical courses. But the numbers of medical seats available when compared to engineering are less than 10 percent. So com...

Foreign universities are eagerly waiting to start campuses in India Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Foreign education bill is expected to be introduced in the forthcoming parliament session. Thus it may become the law during monsoon session of parliament. Widespread discussions are taking place about this bill within the country and abroad. SWOT analysis of this bill reveals that it can create spectacular growth in the higher education and research sector of the country. Indian students can easily access the cutting edge technologies at an affordable cost is one of the major impacts of this bill. Recent analysis reveals that in 2008-09, around 140 Indian institutions and 156 foreign education providers were involved in academic collaborations. Of which 90 institutions have university status and 20 have college status. Other institutions were for skill deve...