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Guidance for good careers

Staff Reporter

IT recruits 2.5 lakh people every year

‘Look at your future prospects while choosing area of study'

HOSUR: Information Technology (IT) and Electronics Engineering (EEE) should be the first option for students seeking a great career, as IT and Energy sectors still churns the meatiest job opportunities in today's booming market, A. Jayaprakash Gandhi, education consultant who conducted a pre-counselling guidance session at The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling, said here on Saturday.

Addressing students at the Adhyamaan Engineering College, Mr. Gandhi urged engineering aspirants not to base their decisions on the past and look at future prospects while choosing their area of study.

Breaking the myth that the IT sector is not doing well, he said it recruited more than 2.5 lakh people every year with Tata Consultancy Services alone recruiting more than 69,000 people last year.

Even the majority of those who opt for other streams end up taking jobs in the IT field.

“So do not believe when people say IT is fading,” he said. Pointing out that colleges across the country were starting new courses in energy studies, Mr. Gandhi said there was a huge potential for employment in the power sector (M.B.A. Power Management), where government investment grew rapidly.

On the other hand, the communication sector had “saturated”, he said.

Mr. Gandhi listed out civil engineering, mechanical and electronics and communications behind IT and EEE and gave the last places for aeronautics and biotechnology, which he said were not good options if one looked for employment in India.

Urging students of civil engineering to go for specialisations, he said people who study courses such as earthquake engineering were in great demand across the world and given the high starting salary.

In countries such as Japan, earthquake engineering professionals were very sought after, he said. Apart from the usual engineering streams, Mr. Gandhi advised the students to look at branches such as poultry technology, agriculture and forestry that were picking up in the last four years.

Besides, MBBS., students must look at opportunities within the medical field such as Pharmacy Doctor and veterinary, where the demands for skilled persons are high. Students and parents posed questions to Mr. Gandhi, who clarified doubts on a number of areas including civil service, charted accountancy, Mettalurgy and mining, architecture and pure sciences.

He also presented a powerpoint presentation on the technical education scenario in the State.

Mr. Gandhi exhorted the students to put all the efforts during Plus Two education and enjoy rest of their life.

If not, their life would be messed up, he added. RA. Babu Vijay, Regional General Manager (Circulation) of The Hindu, welcomed the students and parents. Assistant Regional Manager (Circulation) also spoke.

A psychometric test was conducted by Bodhi, a Chennai-based company providing Psychometric Assessment, Counselling, Training, Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and Human Resource outsourcing, at the venue.

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