The Ftii Odyssey
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is one institute which has been right in the centre of the Indian Cinema history. The institute is credited with nurturing and grooming the talent of the masters and icons of Indian cinema such as Subhash Ghai, Jaya Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah, Sanjay Leela Bhansali among others. The hostel rooms and corridors of the institute stand as a testimony to the imagination and vision of a great number of luminaries of Indian cinema who have been a part of the institute some time or the other.
The institute situated in Pune is endowed with a vast expanse of 21 acres of lush green environment which hone the creative talent of inmates. Established in 1960, at the erstwhile Prabhat studio, the institute has sustained the country's movie mania by providing an educational platform for aspiring film enthusiasts and students for their various experiences and endeavors.
Alumni
FTII has a strong alumni network. The acting course is currently being directed by well known actors such as Naseeruddin Shah and Ravi Vaswani. While Naseerudin Shas has redesigned the acting course, Vaswani is a coordinator of the course. Other disciplines being offered by the institute are also run by professionals and experts who also showcase their work as a part of the course curriculum.
FTII is also having a tie up with Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinemas et de Tele-vision (CILECT), an international association of world's major film and TV schools. The diploma films of FTII students are sent to film festivals all over the world and win many awards.
FTII has so far trained more than 1400 students in its diploma courses and over 6000 professionals in short term courses. The success of the institute can be gauged from the fact that once you are a FTII student, you become an FTIIian for your life and the tradition and bonding continues. So all those who want to run the ropes of film making and allied activities, FTII is the institution for you.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Careers
Career Opportunities in International Trade
The globalization of the economy and increasing integration of world markets are making national boundaries meaningless and superfluous. Today the world trade and cooperation in the field is increasing like never before and opening new opportunities and possibilities to benefit out of the situation. There is also a careful consideration to factors like cost advantage, value for money and quality in matters of choice of products, which is forcing companies to focus on these issues to gain the maximum advantage. International Trade has a lucrative career of for professionals who understand the dynamics of business dealing in the International markets.
The liberalization and open door policies of the government and incentives being offered to promote exports of products and services in the form of export finance, subsidy, financial assistance has led to opening of various export promotion zones and units fully dedicated to the cause of exports. It has also fuelled the demand for professionals in the field of merchandizing, branding and export promotion, logistics, regulatory and finance, customer interaction and sales and marketing persons. The increased use of the modern Information Technology in international trade has also led to demand of professionals in the field.
NATURE OF WORK
Handling international business operations in a highly dynamic & competitive environment is the most challenging responsibility. It involves assessment of global clients needs, articulation of those needs to local suppliers, ensuring the logistics, maintaining good quality, shipping, keeping track of finance and satisfying queries of highly demanding clients. It also involves making presentations to global clients and ‘generating’ demand for your products and showcasing your companies. So a person who wants to rise in the field needs to have a fair understanding of all the aspects of the process of International Business Operations and tasks.
ELIGIBILITY
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is the most premier institute offering courses in the arena of international trade. The post graduate diploma offered by the institute which is equivalent to MBA is one of the most sought after courses conducted by the institute. You can appear in the competitive examination conducted by the institute to gain admission. The course is very rich in content and there is no dearth of opportunities in the field. Apart from this, various universities and colleges also conduct specialized courses majoring in International Trade as a part of their MBA curriculum. Many private Institutions also offer diploma courses in Export and Import which can be pursued along with your graduation.
JOB PROSPECTS AND MOOLAH
International Trade is one of the most lucrative career choices and you can start with a pay of 30000/- Rise in salary is very good and steep if you have right experience and willing to take responsibility and put in long hours. As a part of senior management, you also have the exciting opportunities to see the world as a part of your assignment and project
The globalization of the economy and increasing integration of world markets are making national boundaries meaningless and superfluous. Today the world trade and cooperation in the field is increasing like never before and opening new opportunities and possibilities to benefit out of the situation. There is also a careful consideration to factors like cost advantage, value for money and quality in matters of choice of products, which is forcing companies to focus on these issues to gain the maximum advantage. International Trade has a lucrative career of for professionals who understand the dynamics of business dealing in the International markets.
The liberalization and open door policies of the government and incentives being offered to promote exports of products and services in the form of export finance, subsidy, financial assistance has led to opening of various export promotion zones and units fully dedicated to the cause of exports. It has also fuelled the demand for professionals in the field of merchandizing, branding and export promotion, logistics, regulatory and finance, customer interaction and sales and marketing persons. The increased use of the modern Information Technology in international trade has also led to demand of professionals in the field.
NATURE OF WORK
Handling international business operations in a highly dynamic & competitive environment is the most challenging responsibility. It involves assessment of global clients needs, articulation of those needs to local suppliers, ensuring the logistics, maintaining good quality, shipping, keeping track of finance and satisfying queries of highly demanding clients. It also involves making presentations to global clients and ‘generating’ demand for your products and showcasing your companies. So a person who wants to rise in the field needs to have a fair understanding of all the aspects of the process of International Business Operations and tasks.
ELIGIBILITY
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is the most premier institute offering courses in the arena of international trade. The post graduate diploma offered by the institute which is equivalent to MBA is one of the most sought after courses conducted by the institute. You can appear in the competitive examination conducted by the institute to gain admission. The course is very rich in content and there is no dearth of opportunities in the field. Apart from this, various universities and colleges also conduct specialized courses majoring in International Trade as a part of their MBA curriculum. Many private Institutions also offer diploma courses in Export and Import which can be pursued along with your graduation.
JOB PROSPECTS AND MOOLAH
International Trade is one of the most lucrative career choices and you can start with a pay of 30000/- Rise in salary is very good and steep if you have right experience and willing to take responsibility and put in long hours. As a part of senior management, you also have the exciting opportunities to see the world as a part of your assignment and project
Information Technology
Employment generation in the IT- ITes Sector has continued to surge as has been witnessed in the past years. The growth has beaten all records with the total number of candidates recruited in the industry set to exceed 1.6 million within this fiscal year, up from around 1.26 million in the year 2005-06. This impressive growth rate has managed to give fillip to the employment generation objectives of the overall strategy of the government and the industry alike.
As per Strategic review 2007 prepared by NASSCOM, Core IT services continue to lead the job market with 5.62 lakh positions in the current financial year as against 3.98 lakh employment generation opportunities in the last fiscal year. The next biggest sector contributing to the growth is ITeS- BPO, which expects to employ close to 5.45 lakh employees by the end of the financial year as against 4.15 lakh a year ago.
Nasscom has also added that employment in engineering services, R&D and software products is growing at a healthy rate of over 25% on year to year basis. Based on an analysis of all the factors in the sector, the total job opportunities available would be around 16.30 lakh in 2006-07 as against 12.93 lakh employment placements in the previous year.
However to achieve the sustainable growth rate in the sector, there is also a need to have an active collaboration between government, industry and other stakeholder to promote the growth of the sector and to further enhance the availability and access of the suitable talent for the IT and ITeS sector. This would require a careful analysis of what is being imparted now and what is required by the industry as well as other policy initiatives which may be taken by the government.
An Education Special Economic Zone
As per NASSCOM, a comprehensive skill assessment and certification program for entry level talent and low and middle level management is also underway. It is in this regard that the concept of experimenting with special economic zone (SEZ) for education may also be explored. NASSCOM has proposed the setting up of a chain of finishing schools for IT professionals to make them more employable with a simple 3-4 months of honing of technical skills and imparting soft skill training. This would bridge the manpower supply and demand gap by as much as 30 to 40%. The pilot program of NASSCOM Assessment of Competence (NAC) has been successful and is proposed to be extended to a number of states in coming months.
The future growth scenario of the IT industry in India looks very positive and with right kind of policy initiatives, the sector can achieve higher and higher trajectory. Domestic software services and IT-BPO exports are going to be around 31$ billion in the current financial year, posting a healthy growth rate of 32-6% from the previous year. The industry is very well poised to tap new opportunities in off-shoring and domestic sectors in future times
As per Strategic review 2007 prepared by NASSCOM, Core IT services continue to lead the job market with 5.62 lakh positions in the current financial year as against 3.98 lakh employment generation opportunities in the last fiscal year. The next biggest sector contributing to the growth is ITeS- BPO, which expects to employ close to 5.45 lakh employees by the end of the financial year as against 4.15 lakh a year ago.
Nasscom has also added that employment in engineering services, R&D and software products is growing at a healthy rate of over 25% on year to year basis. Based on an analysis of all the factors in the sector, the total job opportunities available would be around 16.30 lakh in 2006-07 as against 12.93 lakh employment placements in the previous year.
However to achieve the sustainable growth rate in the sector, there is also a need to have an active collaboration between government, industry and other stakeholder to promote the growth of the sector and to further enhance the availability and access of the suitable talent for the IT and ITeS sector. This would require a careful analysis of what is being imparted now and what is required by the industry as well as other policy initiatives which may be taken by the government.
An Education Special Economic Zone
As per NASSCOM, a comprehensive skill assessment and certification program for entry level talent and low and middle level management is also underway. It is in this regard that the concept of experimenting with special economic zone (SEZ) for education may also be explored. NASSCOM has proposed the setting up of a chain of finishing schools for IT professionals to make them more employable with a simple 3-4 months of honing of technical skills and imparting soft skill training. This would bridge the manpower supply and demand gap by as much as 30 to 40%. The pilot program of NASSCOM Assessment of Competence (NAC) has been successful and is proposed to be extended to a number of states in coming months.
The future growth scenario of the IT industry in India looks very positive and with right kind of policy initiatives, the sector can achieve higher and higher trajectory. Domestic software services and IT-BPO exports are going to be around 31$ billion in the current financial year, posting a healthy growth rate of 32-6% from the previous year. The industry is very well poised to tap new opportunities in off-shoring and domestic sectors in future times
Educational Qualifications
Educational Qualifications
The easiest way to enter the profession is through pursuing a diploma course in pharmacy conducted by various state level government polytechnics institutions. Duration of the course is 2 years and the minimum admission qualifications are a Pass in 10+2 examination (Academic stream) in Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Mathematics) or any other examination approved by pharmacy council of India or equivalent to the above said examination.
The easiest way to enter the profession is through pursuing a diploma course in pharmacy conducted by various state level government polytechnics institutions. Duration of the course is 2 years and the minimum admission qualifications are a Pass in 10+2 examination (Academic stream) in Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Mathematics) or any other examination approved by pharmacy council of India or equivalent to the above said examination.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Job Opportunities
Those who study Geology, can become Geologists/ Geographers/ Meteorologists/ Oceanographers. As Geologists play a vital role in the exploration of valuable mineral resources, there are numerous avenues for them both in the public and private sectors. The Union Public Service Commission conducts tests for placements in Central Government Agencies like the Geological Survey of India and the Central Ground water Board. Similarly, Coal India, Mineral Exploration Authority, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, Hindustan Zinc and several other organisations engaged in mineral explorations utilize the services of Geologists. Geology is also a popular choice in Civil Services and Forest Service Examinations conducted by the UPSC. Private sector also offers tremendous opportunities for jobs in the field of oil exploration and other activities. One can also join academics by pursuing a PhD or M.Phil in Geology and passing the National Education Test Conducted by University Grants Commission.
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