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Complete the backlog first

— Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

MAIN TASK: Complete the examination and get on with life.

I have about an year’s experience in IT recruitment with corporate experience of five months. I want to don the role of a HR Generalist and not get into the dynamics of recruitment. I have applied through the job portals; however, I get a call only for recruitment vacancies. Should I go in for a certification in HR? How should I apply for a Generalist role?
Yamini
via Email, Bangalore

Experience is the mother of all education. You have been in the corporate world and have been identified for your ability to get to the nuances of recruitment. Recruitment is an integral part of Human Resources, which includes training, compensation and benefits, rewards and recognitions, performance management, talent management, talent engagement and talent transformation.

Besides applying through portals, you should contact manpower consultants who will help you to start as a HR Generalist. You should also show an inclination to work in areas other than Recruitment.

A qualification in Human Resources always helps to advance your career. You should probe the idea of pursuing the Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) specialising in Human Resources, a two-year programme by distance mode from the Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL) ( www.scdl.net).

The National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM) (45, Jhowtala Road, I Floor, Kolkata-700 019) also offers the Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management (Human Resources), which can be pursued by distance mode.

If you want to attend a management-oriented programme on a regular basis and still continue the corporate pursuits, you should contact the Mount Carmel Institute of Management (MCIM), Palace Road, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore which offers evening courses.

I have completed II PUC with good marks and have secured rank no. 2932 in CET. Should I select a good college and compromise on the course or select a college and get the course of my choice (Electronics and Communications)?
Abishek S.
via Email

From your mail, it is clear that you have decided to select Electronics and Communications as a faculty of choice and not by chance. You have a good rank, and we are sure that you will walk into an institution of choice.

It is clear that you will do well in any institution. Keep in mind the facilities offered before choosing your institution. Your drive towards understanding the subject in a proactive manner will help you in your objectives.

I am interested in pursuing the twinning engineering programmes of the Manipal University-International Centre for Applied Sciences. Please provide me the details of the officials to be contacted and the courses that are available.
Praveen Kumar Singh
via Email, New Delhi

The Manipal group of educational institutions — MAHE (Manipal Academy of Higher Education) (Deemed to be University) — has arrangements with leading universities (partner universities) in the U.S., U.K. and Australia to conducted engineering programmes on the twinning program mode.

The students will get to study two years in India and the next two years in the country where the university is located.

At this juncture, the University is offering the courses in Manipal and Bangalore. The course of Computer and Software Engineering is offered in Bangalore and the Manipal campus offers courses in Architecture, Automotive, Aviation/Aerospace, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil/Construction, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Environmental, Industrial/Manufacturing, Material Management and Science and Metallurgical Engineering.

The programmes are being run in a unique manner, wherein transfer of credits are allowed. You can have opportunities for paid internship in the U.S., U.K. and Australia.

For more details you should write to the Deputy Registrar, Admissions Twinning Programme, Manipal-576 104, Karnataka. Ph: 0820-2571978. Email: icasadmissions@ manipal.edu

The admissions for 2007 close by August 11.

Failure and success go hand in hand. In order to become a Software Testing professional, one has to go through the grind and prove one’s worth.

By discontinuing the engineering programme, she will be doing a lot of injustice to her career, even before it has taken off. Hence, it is pertinent that without losing time, she should accomplish the task of completing the backlog papers and move on with life.

By progressing through the programme of study she will be able to move up the ladder and accrue the benefits. Before taking to the Testing profile a graduation will keep her in good stead. Dropping out at this juncture will lead her to a situation of no return.

I am studying in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. On completion of the course I would like to join a correspondence course in agri-business management and related areas. Please provide information on this aspect so that I can further my career.
Diwakar P. Kumar
via Email, Bangalore

Being an agricultural scientist, you should pursue the agri-business and related areas of study on a regular mode, for it will help you in your placement as well.

The area of study has not yet developed through the distance mode.

The two programmes mentioned below are conducted on campus.

Pursuing these from IIMA and IRMA would help you juxtapose the hardcore agricultural scientist in you with the dynamics of business and the corporate world and help shape a career of your choice.

Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) ( www.iimahd.ernet.in) offers specialisation in Agri-Business Management for students interested in rural and agricultural management.

Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand offers Post-Graduate programmes in Rural Management (PGDRM), and Development. Placements are good in both these institutes.

The boom in agriculture would help you to plan a career not by chance but by choice.

I am preparing for the Civil Services for the past three months. Recently you had answered a question on Civil Service examinations. I want to have details of institutes offering face-to-face counselling and also postal coaching in India.
Rohit K.
via Email, Bangalore

Besides taking the support of tutorials you should make all efforts to prepare on the subjects that you have selected for the examination.

The following institutes provide support for the Civil Services examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Brilliant Tutorials, P.O. Box 4996-CM, 12, Masilamani Street, T.Nagar, Chennai-17 (www.brilliant-

tutorials.com)

Vajiram and Ravi IAS Study Centre, 79, Old Rajinder Nagar Market, New Delhi-110 060.

Rau’s IAS Study Circle, 44, Dakshineshwar Building, 10, Haily Road, New Delhi-110 001 ( www.rauias.com)

Christ College, Hosur Road, Bangalore -29, Ph: 40129100 ( www.christcollege.edu)

JSS Training Institute for Competitive Exams, 38th Cross, 1st Main, 8th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore, Ph: 26655086

Himalai IAS Centre, 173/B, 1st Floor, 7th Main, 4th Block, opposite Sukshema Clinic, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, Ph: 56691218

I want to pursue the course offered by the Chitrakala Parishat in Bamgalore. Please guide me.
Uma Talwar
via Email, Belgaum

The Chitrakala Parishat (CKP), Bangalore ( www.onlinebangalore.com/life/art/kcp.html), which has become a centre of excellence and has contributed to the growing tribe of art, offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA).

The selection of candidates is by a practical examination and personal interviews.

The course is offered at the Roerich College of Art which is an integral part of the Chitrakala Parishat.

SHAHEED KHAN

Shaheed_k@yahoo.com

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