"As of now, there are no norms and regulations under the National Medical Commission to accommodate medical students, who were studying abroad and had to return to India midway, in Indian medical colleges in between an academic session," a health ministry official told PTI, on the condition of anonymity.
What can one possibly learn from a trek to the hills and interacting with the country folk, you may ask. A bunch of young MBAs who did exactly that came back with interesting insights about life and management.
'My housemate lost his father just a day after he turned 22.' 'Because of the lockdown he couldn't do anything about it.'
'I have to treat patients and there they don't like Indians.' 'The patients don't like me, they are not going to come to me, then what is the point of studying there?'
Go beyond your college classroom. Take part in fests. Pursue an internship, says Abhishek Ajmera.
Recruiters are now in search of candidates with soft skills alongside tech-based knowledge, says Ambrish Sinha.
Go beyond the curriculum. Talk to experts. Build your network, says Dr NV Raghavendra.
According to India Skills Report 2019, Andhra Pradesh offers equal space to both male and female workers.
Mrigank Warrier reports on life -- beyond masks and PPE suits -- of frontline medical personnel at vaccination centres.
The things you will see and learn in these organisations will make it more than worth your while.
Internships are slowly but surely becoming a norm rather than an exception. As part of an ongoing series, we asked Rishabh Gupta, the CEO and Co-Founder of Letsintern.com, one of the most prominent job portals exclusively dealing with internships on things he wished interns knew.
While most universities and colleges are genuine about what they offer, applicants need to verify the claims to check for authenticity and red flags if any, alerts Piyush Kumar, regional director, (South Asia), IDP Education, an overseas education consultancy.
With accurate strategies you can create an online presence, reach out to employers and maximise your chances of getting employed.
The purpose of an interview is not to tell the employer who you are in and out but to convince him/her that you're the perfect fit for the position.
'I have taken a loan of Rs 35 lakhs.' 'Even if my university allows me to stay, I feel cheated.' 'Thousands of Indian students in the US will be forced to return to India if their college/university courses go fully online.
The ministry will engage 30 young graduates, postgraduates and PhD-holders in the fields of urban planning, urban design, engineering, information and technology, urban mobility, finance, social sector, and environmental issues.
'There is a healthy culture of learning.'
'It is about the fight between two families, why they fight, how they fight and what they feel.'
The 2015 round will support approximately 60 scholarships and provide around $8 million in mobility grants for Australian undergraduate students.
Karan Gupta gives criteria for earning an internship in a foreign country. As a rule of thumb, he says, you should study in the country in which you wish to work.
It's not every day that an undergraduate from India wins a scholarship to study at one of the prestigious universities in the world.
Don't look for a volunteering job for money, but as an investment for life, advises management consultant Virender Kapoor.
Sarvesh Agrawal tells Shobha Warrier about how he built a start-up "of the interns, by the interns and for the interns."
The sight of one mobike after another from the Bajaj Auto stable as he left Srinagar airport prompted its boss Rajiv Bajaj today to ask Kashmiri students to be just not bike enthusiasts but be also involved in its production.
Among these, IIT Madras and IIT Gandhinagar run structured programmes where applications are invited from candidates outside campus.Vinay Umarji reports
'It has taken us 15 years to get to where we are. It obviously doesn't happen overnight.'
The annual employability report has some disturbing findings.
But the numbers have continued to rise in 23 states including Bihar, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
'Our future is in limbo. The government saved us with Operation Ganga; now, they must save our careers.'
How you can make the most of a foreign education.
Management campuses are expecting the rise in pre-placement offers to ease the final placement process.
Your cover letter length should not exceed one page and 250 to 300 words, advises Sarvesh Agrawal.
In a video that has gone viral on social media, Shubhi can be seen advising two-wheeler riders to wear helmets and four-wheeler drivers to fasten their seat belts.
They are witnessing, or anticipating, a double-digit growth in job offers over the same period last year.
This year's share of dream and super-dream job offers has spiked. As a result, the overall annual average salary packages have nearly doubled at some of these college campuses.
Prashant Gupta, a student of Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi shares his experience of working as a summer intern in a leading chemical company and goes on to tell what he learnt about corporate behaviour from his field visits across various states in the country.
'If you want help understanding that, I can lend you my encyclopedia from when I was in 2nd grade. It has pictures and everything'
Here is an example of a summer internship experience gone wrong. The author is a second-year MBA student of a well-known b-school but would like to keep his identity and the company he interned at confidential. Read on
All Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders are required to take a special permission from the central government if they want to be involved in any missionary, 'Tabligh' or journalistic activities in the country.
Under the revised curriculum, the number of credits required for theory has been reduced to 160 from 220.
