rediffGURU Nayagam PP, founder of Edujob360 recommends how you can skill yourself to land your dream job.
While IITs have a reputation of their own, companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Adobe prefer IIITs over most NITs for software roles due to their specialised training, says rediffGURU Mayank Chandel.
rediffGURUS -- who include JEE experts and career counsellors -- are currently helping guide engineering aspirants as they prepare for the upcoming entrance examinations.
'For tech fields like AI-DS, the US, Canada, UK, Germany and Australia are popular due to strong research and industry links', says rediffGURU Dr Karan Gupta.
A 2011 World Bank Survey clearly indicated that there is a severe mismatch between the actual requirement of IT-ITES industry and the skills of graduates passing out from various institutions pan-India.
Intel India has joined hands with Indian Institutes of Information Technology at Bangalore and Roorkee to set up the first PlanetLab test-bed in India.
'The world has changed and nobody has the patience to start a project and wait for six months to look at the outcome.'
Both the institutions will take up common academic programmes, initiate joint research and exchange students.
Globally, IT and automotive together are a $4.5 trillion industry, and telematics forms a big part of this. Telematics is set to grow in a big way and can create a million-plus jobs in India over the next 5 years, says Prof Sadagopan.
Promises have been made in the past about cleaning up bank boards, revamping processes, purging vested interests. How far away is that Promised Land?
Some experts says that the high net-worth requirement of Rs 50 crore for setting up an IU is a deterrent.
IIT Bangalore invites applications for 2008 M Tech programmes
Internet-based systemic wisdom connects machines and people, and will drive next-gen enterprises, said Huawei's Yatish Nagavalli.
'Every educational institution should have incubating centres so that students will get exposed to entrepreneurship early.'