Education abroad & Career

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 ...