Is your English excellent? By excellent we mean speaking and writing correct English. Can you do flexible work timings. By flexible work timings it is meant whether you can do the work at any time of the day or night. If you have both these qualities then half your problems are solved. You can really earn big money by doing jobs that will really suit you, especially if you are young and energetic and willing to take up challanging jobs. One of the most rewarding jobs that has recently made its entry into the Indian scenario is the 'BPO JOBS.'Saturday, March 28, 2009
BPO Jobs in India.
Is your English excellent? By excellent we mean speaking and writing correct English. Can you do flexible work timings. By flexible work timings it is meant whether you can do the work at any time of the day or night. If you have both these qualities then half your problems are solved. You can really earn big money by doing jobs that will really suit you, especially if you are young and energetic and willing to take up challanging jobs. One of the most rewarding jobs that has recently made its entry into the Indian scenario is the 'BPO JOBS.'Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Position of BioTechnology in India and career scope in the field.
After the success of Information Technology in India, Biotechnology is rapidly emerging as the next successful technology in India. The Mckinsey reports quotes that by 2020 only two main biotechnology companies will comprise a market capitaliztion which will be equal to all the collective market capital of all the present Information Technology companies. Today Biotechnology is rapidly growing all the world including India where Bio-Industry Executives, Scientists, Capitalists are coming together and put ideas that will eventually triple the market of bio-products. The Information Technology is also lending its hand and supporting the BioTechnology in its development in the field of transgenic crops, plant genomes, crop protection, food security, induced resistance to plant diseases. With this view a number of Biotechnology Researchers are on the way of becoming Companies dealing with bio-products and this is true in the case of India also where a number of Research Companies have already started marketing its products and outsourcing its R&D to other Researchers. This trend is expected to grow at the rate of 30% every year for the next 5-6 years. Major Global Researchers are also following this trend and outsourcing its R&D those areas which have a lower cost capabilities in the field of biotechnology. India has become a major point for outsourcing of R&D of the Biotechnology Industry by the Major Global Researchers.
CROs can be compared with software development in the IT sector in terms of the formers activity and they have a potential to function as export oriented units. Bio-informatics can prosper relatively easily through the development of software to handle biological data. Biotechnology is the most updated division of science, which is believed to have immense potential in agriculture and environment. In their market research report, “Indian Biotechnology Market Outlook (2006)” RNCOS’ analysts reveal that the present biotech workforce employed in India is 10,000 and this is expected to double in 2006. Of this total workforce 50% will be in research, 35%in the technical and services sector, and 15% in management. The report gives a clear picture of the future Indian biotech market, the initiatives and policies of central and state governments covering all segments of the market. Having made an intensive SWOT analysis the report analyzes the sector in terms of size, demand, and foreign and domestic markets for 2005 while making forecasts till 2010. Finally the report lists company profiles of 20 major companies in the biotech industry including Shantha Biotechnics, Biocon, Bharat Biotech, Wockhardt, Serum Institute of India, Zydus Cadila, and Aventis Pharma.
Thus from the above study it can be assumed that in the next five years there would be a tremendous improvement of Biotechnology in India and consequently leading to a huge demand of qualified personnel in this field.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Careers in the Insurance Industry in India.

The Insurance sector in India has grown exceptionally during the last decade especially with the entrance of private and foreign investments in the sector.In the modern age everything has grown expensive in all field thus making savings for the future a distant dream especially for the middle income and lower income group of the society. Matters get really worse especially when the earning member of the family dies unfortunately or is handicapped in one way or the other making it impossible for him to earn a decent living. In this case entire savings of a family can be spent by just trying to cope up with the situation. In this scenario, Insurance comes in as a very dependable source of relief for a family coping up with financial crisis in the event of the unfortunate death of the earning member of the family. Insurance is such a source that they can lean depend upon to get them out of the situation.
The introduction of the health insurance by many government and private companies has managed to assist people to cope up with the potential medical expenses. However these insurance policies can have high premium values depending on the company and plan. It becomes essential to do some research and find details of low cost insurance policies.
There are various institutes that provide courses specifically in the insurance sector. Below are the list of all the institutes:
1. Indian Institute of Commerce and Trade
(Department of Distance and Open Learning)
Sapt-Rishi, 5/28 Vikas Nagar
Lucknow-226022 (INDIA)
Phone : +91-522-2766456 , 0522-6545285, 0522-4004049
e-mail : iict@satyam.net.in e-mail : info@iict.in
website : http://www.mbapursuit.com/indian-institute-of-commerce-and-trade
2. MIT School of Distance Education
124, Paud Road,
Kothrud, Pune 411038.
Phone: (020) 30923053
Fax: (020) 25454918
Email: dec@mitdec.com
Website: www.mitdec.com
3. Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
Symbiosis Bhavan, 1065 B, Gokhale Cross Road,
Model Colony, Pune 411016. Maharashtra, India.
Phone: (020) 66211000 (Hunting lines)
Fax: (020) 66211040, 66211041
Web Site: http://www.scdl.net/index.asp
4. Institute of Insurance and Risk Management
Plot No: 1149, Road No.57/59
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad-500033
Andhra Pradesh, India.
Phone: +91 40 23556470, 23600578
Fax: +91 40 23556471
Email: pmkrishna@iirmworld.org.in
Web Site: http://www.iirmworld.org.in/distancelearning.htm
There are about 30 insurance companies in India. The major government companies are Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), General Insurance Corporation (GIC) and Postal Life Insurance. Many multinational companies like ICICI Prudential, Om Kotak Mahindra, Birla Sun-Life, Tata AIF Life, Reliance, HDFC Standard Life-Insurance Co., Max New York Life, SBI Life Insurance, ING Vysya Life etc. are the top companies in the private sector. In non-life insurance segment, major private players are ICICI Lombard, Royal Sundaram, Cholamandalam, IFFCO Tokyo, Tata AIG etc.
One can generally start as an insurance agent who advices the individuals and enterprises about insurance protection to their health, life and properties and sell the policies to provide protection against financial loss. This industry also provide great opportunities in marketing, distribution, actuarial, underwriting operations and investing departments.
Actuaries evaluate the risk for their companies to be used for strategic management decisions and determines premium rates etc. Graduates with 55% marks in Mathematics/ Statistics/ Econometrics/ Computer science or MBA in finance, CA, CWA, MCA are eligible to join for actuary training. Actuaries are highly paid people at the entry level salary is expected to be around Rs. 8 lakh per annum with a seven figure salary per annum, in the private sector.
Underwriters reviews the insurance applications and decides whether they should be accepted or rejected. They explain policies and quotes rates to medical personnel, other insurance companies or field representatives. Candidates with medical or life science background are preferred for this job. For the underwriters it is around Rs. 6 lakh per annum.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Simple tips on how to choose a Business College.

You all know that how difficult it is to choose a college which you think offers the best courses and education in the country. It can be very confusing and time consuming also. Sometimes we end up by choosing the wrong institution and regret it very much. Therefore, before getting ourselves admitted in some institution, we must get full information and evaluate and compare it with the other institutions. Follow these step by step tips which will help you in your choice.
First of all try to find out some other person who was a student or is continuting his studies in the institution and discuss with him in detail about the college. If you have a internet connection at home or if you don't have one, go to the cyber cafe and visit the website of the institution and read about the college in detail, about the courses offered, hostel facilities, recreation, faculity for the course you are interested in and other details you may be interested in.You can also download a prospectus and read in details everything you wanted to know about the institution. Most institutions offers free prospectus. But if the college you are interested in does not offer one for free, you can still get all the details in its website.
There are some institutions that offer online interview and counselling. Try to use this facility and learn more about the institution as a whole.Learn everything you can about the arrangements made for placement after completion of the course. If the institution is nearby you can personally visit it and learn more.
