To accelerate country’s growth potential and make it inclusive, India needs to create around 100 million new employment opportunities over the coming decade, says a report.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in its report –Nagarik: Inclusive growth through large-scale employment generation highlighted practical ways of raising employment across the country over the coming decade.
The report also suggested that connecting local resources of India’s smaller districts to markets can lead to large scale employment generation.
According to report, “Over the coming decade, we need to create employment opportunities equivalent to the population of five Australias. This is one of the most critical agenda items facing the country which, if tackled with foresight and energy, can help accelerate our growth and make it inclusive.”
As per the report, India will need to increase its labour force participation rate (LFPR) by providing greater opportunities to its working population especially women.
“Reaching the global LFPR average of 63.5 percent in line with the increase in working age population will be critical”, the report noted.
“Generating gainful employment, especially in India’s smaller districts, where majority of India resides, allows inclusive growth. Using local capabilities, local entrepreneurs and market connects is the sustainable way forward,” said Shyamal Mukherjee, Chairman, PwC in India.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani has started the Slot booking for BITSAT 2019 from 5 April, 2019.
The students aspiring for the Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT) 2019 can reserve the test date and time by visiting the official website: www.bitsadmission.com.
BITS Pilani has already released the details of the test centre allotment for the candidates who have registered for the BITSAT 2019. The registered candidates can check their all exam related details by logging into the official website.
The BITSAT conducted by BITS Pilani every year as an entrance test for admission to various undergraduate and Integrated First Degree programme of its different campuses located at Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad.
The candidates are required to follow the step by step guide given below to book the slot for the BITSAT 2019 exam:
Step-1: Visit the official website of the BITSAT – www.bitsadmission.com
Step-2: On the homepage of the website, click on the link for BITSAT 2019 slot booking
Step-3: Candidates will be redirected to a login page
Step-4: Candidates must enter their login credentials such as username, password, and security code in the respective slots
Step-5: After that, select the exam date and time, and click on confirm
Engineering students are found to be lacking in areas of practical knowledge, technical skills, communication skills, and knowledge of application. Augmenting this gap is the lack of experience in the relevant skills that are required for emerging construction jobs, writes Prof Mrudula S Kulkarni, Head, MIT-WPU School of Civil Engineering, MIT-WPU (Formerly MIT Pune).
Prof Mrudula S Kulkarni, Head, MIT-WPU School of Civil Engineering, MIT-WPU (Formerly MIT Pune)
For a country teeming with engineers, it is rather perplexing that the placement rate for civil engineers was registered at a mere 38 percent during 2012-13 and 2015-16 compared to the other AICTE approved engineering streams. This dismaying statistic reflects the glaring skill gap that thousands of engineers graduating every year experience finding themselves to be misfits for industry roles.
By the next year, more than 65 percent of our country’s population will be between the ages of 29-35, making for a large workforce. However if the necessary steps to bridge the education-employment gap are not taken, this potential strength in numbers will soon turn into a heavy liability.
The failure of the present-day system of education is the biggest cause for such a scenario. We have been following the same outdated, monotonous syllabus from years ago, with little to no modification or update to maintain the relevancy of skills and advances in technology that are befitting modern day construction. There is an inherent disconnect between the curriculum based learning in college and ‘employment-ready’ skills students need to thrive in the industry. Construction industry has seen sea change over last few years due to modern technology and integration with ICT, IOT, and interdisciplinary knowledge sharing. Present day Engineering curriculum is not at par with modern construction trends, and students have no access to experimental studies which aggravates this situation.
After the agriculture sector, construction is the next biggest sector in India. It is substantial to the infrastructure growth in our country; and is the second largest contributor to our GDP. Projects of Express Highways, metros, Airports, Flyover bridges, Tunnels are being under taken in huge number in every state of India. Every year close to 1.5 million engineers graduate, the construction industry is expected to employ a whopping 80 million workers by 2020 as per India Today.
We need approximately 4 million civil engineers in the next ten years to fulfil the booming potential of the real estate space and planned infrastructure. However the corresponding average supply available would only be 642,000 civil engineers according to a report by the Economic Times. Such a shortage is likely to lead to difficulties in recruitment, a rise in the cost of industry ready human resources, delayed delivery of tasks, and sub-standard quality of construction. The need for civil engineers, updated to modern technology, and skilled enough to take up challenges of creating world class infrastructure, is overwhelming, to say the least.
While India has a legacy of civil engineering, this field of study hasn’t flourished as it should have and has experienced an alarming decline of 6.27 percent in employment. The lack of qualified professionals for the development of infrastructure and real estate stems from the discrepancy between what engineering educational institutes are teaching students and the work they are expected to perform with ease once they graduate. What is needed Civil engineers trained for specialisations in Tunnel Engineering, Infrastructure engineering and Construction Management ,Structural Engineering .The curriculum is needed that builds profession of civil engineers and also hand holds him towards industry acceptance , through internship programmes. One of such curriculum is offered by MIT World Peace University Pune, India.
Since the first component of this skill gap is at the education level, institutes that offer civil engineering education can contribute to mitigating this issue. For a professional engineering program to be a success, it must have an inbuilt component of deep experiential learning. This experiential learning will ensure quality and relevant skill application of young civil engineers. New generation engineers are required to cope with rapid changes in both domain knowledge and nature of problems to be solved. Engineering profession is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary; making demands on knowledge, skills as well as personality.
Let us further explore some measures engineering institutes of study can take to contribute to preparing civil engineers for jobs in the 21st century:
Qualified faculty
The most significant impact on a student’s academic and professional career is created by experienced and skilled faculty. They play a critical role in the success of a student. When institutes of engineering employ faculty who are well-qualified, have industry experience or linkups and have excellent communication skills, they can play an instrumental role in the formation of a budding civil engineer’s career.
Placement support
Civil engineering professionals are lagging far behind and perceived to be underpaid compared to their counterparts in other industries like IT, banking etc. Engineering institutes can improve this scenario by setting up career cells with an increased focus on building and developing the necessary employment oriented skills in students so as to help them kick-start their careers. At the same time Civil Engineering remains all-time favourite sector of self-employment and entrepreneurship.
Industry-academia interface
Institutes that have in place substantial collaborations with different stakeholders from the construction are able to offer internships, training and scholarships to students depending on performance and levels of academic qualifications. This is beneficial for students as well as the industry. In India, industry bodies like the Construction Industry Professional Training Council (CIPTC) and Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) are dedicated to such collaborations to promote technical education in the construction industry. Such activities have a tremendous impact on the employability of civil engineering students.
Educational institutes and stakeholders of the construction industry including the government have to make a collective effort to reduce the skill gap for engineers, otherwise their work and skills are at great peril of diminishing. Graduating Civil engineer with industry internship will always be choice of recruiters. To make the students reach that height is the responsibility of educators, so the onus is on Universities offering Civil Engineering Course.
As every part of our lives is somehow being influenced by digital technologies, organisations are also using marketing through digital mediums to their bran value. The growing demand of digital marketing can be a good career option for youth observes Akhil Shahani, Managing Director, The Shahani Group.
We stream music via Saavn, order food delivery via Swiggy, Book movie tickets on BookMyShow and pay for it all via PayTM. There is no part of our lives that has not been touched by digital technologies. This vast range of digital products & services need to be sold effectively to ever demanding customers. It’s no wonder that the size of the digital marketing industry has grown almost 40 percent every year & is expected to be worth Rs 19,000 Crore by 2020. There is a huge amount of opportunity for ambitious youngsters to make their careers in this fast-growing industry.
What Are the Career Options?
Companies and digital marketing agencies have a wide range of job roles available. The major roles include:
Digital Marketing Manager – Who oversees the planning and execution of digital marketing campaigns with their team
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Executive – Ensures the company’s website appears high on google search results for relevant keywords. This requires making sure the site has the right keywords in its content and having other sites link back to it. The SEO Executive also needs to use Google Analytics to analyze where site visitors are coming from and what they do on the website once they land on it.
Content Marketing Executive –Creates content like articles, videos, images which can be posted on various social media channels and linked back to the company website. This content attracts interested viewers who then go to the company site to explore their offerings.
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Executive – Develops text, video and banner ad campaigns to run on search engines, social media and other websites. This person is responsible for ensuring “pay per click” & “Pay per impression” ads do not go overbudget by keeping ad bid costs low and tweaking ad content to attract the right customer audience.
What Knowledge do You Need to Have?
The digital marketing industry is constantly changing with new technologies and channels rolling out each year, so it is important that you keep abreast. At the basic level you need to know Google Adwords, Google Analytics, Facebook/Instagram Advertising, Youtube Channel Promotion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and MS Word. You can learn most of this by yourself online, however many students prefer to do a Diploma in Digital Marketing to develop their knowledge in a structured manner.
What Sort of Salaries Can You Get?
Due to the fast growth of this industry, there is a shortage of trained talent and companies are willing to pay generous salaries to hire the right people. Typically, a fresher with no existing digital marketing background can earn Rs 15k-20k per month. However, a fresher who has done a Diploma in Digital Marketing can start at Rs 25k-35k per month. With experience salaries can also increase rapidly with some Digital Marketing Managers earning Rs two Lakh per month with five years’ work experience.
The demand for digital marketing professionals will only increase over the next decade, so this is the right time to consider building your career in this exciting field!
In a bid to bring more transparency, the allotment of schools to students from the economically weaker section (EWS) under Rule 134A of the Haryana School Education Rules would be done online.
The decision restricts the role of the Education Department at the district and block levels in the allotment process.
The new option enables parents to submit forms both in person and online, according to the directions of the directorate.
In case anyone comes across problem, forms can be submitted at the block education officer’s (BEO) office. It will then be uploaded online by the office. Parents, however, claim that forms are not being accepted in person at BEO offices.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has clarified it is not planning to re-conduct physics or economics exams for Class 12. It has also advised students and general public not to pay heed to such rumours or fake news.
The CBSE has asked all stakeholders and the general public “not to give any heed to the rumours like this and cooperate with the Board in the smooth and fair conduct of examinations”.
The clarification was to be issued in view of a fake message circulating on the social media that suggested the Board had decided to re-conduct the class 12 papers.
Meanwhile, though the CBSE has not released any confirm date but this year it will announce the results earlier than the previous years.
The board has also released a notice informing candidates the difference between the compartment and improvement examination. The students will get three chances to appear for compartment exam.
According to CBSE, a candidate placed in a compartment may reappear for the exam to be held in July or August same year and may avail the second chance in March/April next year. They may further avail the third chance for the compartmental exam that will be conducted in July/August of that year.
Haryana’s Federation of Private Schools has decided not to admit students over non-reimbursement of fee for last three years for providing free of cost education to Economically Weaker Section students.
The step has been undertaken due to non-payment of reimbursement funds under Rule 134A of the Haryana School Education Rules, 2003.
According to the federation, there were around 6,000 schools of the CBSE and the Board of School Education Haryana across the state under the federation and all have decided not to allow admissions till their dues are cleared.
The federation’s officials say they had approached the State government so many times but to no avail, a leading English daily reported on Thursday.
The Sahodaya School Complex, an organisation of CBSE schools in Karnal district, also joined hands with the federation.
Some of the school officials opined it would be difficult for them to allow previously admitted students in their schools till the dues were cleared besides admitting new students any more. Not just that, some have said they would also not allow previously admitted students in their schools till dues remain pending.
A section of the schools opines deserving students were not able to benefit from the scheme due to its poor implementation and monitoring. The government should keep a watch on the issuance of income certificate.
The University aims to be a globally recognised organisation encouraging academic excellence through interdisciplinary applied research and to expand realms of knowledge through innovation. In the year 2002, Chitkara Educational Trust founded its Punjab campus and Chitkara University was established by the Punjab State Legislature under “The Chitkara University Act” in the year 2010. Being one of the best universities in Punjab, it is recognised by the government with the right to confer degrees as per the Sections 2(f) and 22(1) of the UGC Act, 1956. Presently, it has more than 13,000 students and 800 faculty members. The university has a sprawling campus of 65 plus acres of land with 40 percent of green landscaping. It has world class laboratories with ICT facilities.
The campus is equipped with sports facilities, playgrounds/ tracks, in-campus banking, courier, and shopping facilities. Chitkara has 12 schools of engineering, management, architecture, nursing, healthcare, pharmacy, media, arts & design, education, hospitality, applied sciences, and applied engineering. The university also has industry tie-ups with renowned organisations. Ranked among top 20 private universities of India, it has unmatched record of the best placements in top companies such as Infosys, Deloitte, Google, L&T, Godrej, SAP, Pepsico, Ericsson, Microsoft, Wipro, HCL, Hindustan Lever Limited, EClerx, Morgan Stanley, Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, Ernst & Young, Evalueserve, Phillips, Dabur, and many more for the students of engineering and management.
Unveiling the Path to Research, Education, and Innovation
The prime motive of Chitkara is to carry out the academic process for achieving excellence through active teacher–student–industry participation. It marches ahead with the objective of inculcating high moral, ethical, and professional standards amongst the students, and contributing to building a skillful society.
Chitkara University Research & Innovation Network (CURIN) provides huge innovation and research opportunities for the faculties in terms of many flagship programs, patents and copyrights, various consultancy projects, conferences, workshops, seminars, extension lecture, leadership excellence awards and recognition, and so on. Nearly 200 patents filed by the university speak volumes of its success in research space. They are strong in creating start up opportunities for their students through Centre of Entrepreneurship Education Development. Currently, more than 100 student startups are operational and the university is very rigorously building ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs.
Dedicated Faculty
“Explore Your Potential” is the tagline of the university. They employ a group of talented faculty which includes academic scholars, experts who advise top Indian corporations, and the authors of important texts in technology and business. The university also has faculty who develop fresh approaches in labor relations, information management, human resources, and many other fields. Chitkara organises Global Week every year in which more than 75 accomplished, eminent, and distinguished faculty from around 22 countries, across 53 universities from six continents conduct educational sessions for more than 3000 students.
Noteworthy Alumni
Chitkara has produced around 30,000 graduates who have been successful at various walks of life and are very well settled across the globe. Pranav Arya(ME Batch 2002) is a pilot for the President of India and Shivum of CSE Batch 2003 is a MiG Fighter Pilot. Amandeep Singh Sidhu (ME Batch 2002) is 2nd Lead at Amazon in California. Ushank Khanna(CSE Batch 2003) is working in the New York Stock Exchange. JaiveerBawa(Batch 2009 CSPA) is working with CENTRUS and is a visionary architect and project manager for the Parliament Hill Rehabilitation project which is currently the world’s largest rehabilitation and heritage restoration project ever undertaken. Gunraj(CSE Batch 2011) is working with Google. Gunveen Kaur(CSE Batch 2003) is HCL Lead and Hema Nagpal (CSE Batch 2011) is working with Toshiba,a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo.
Momentous Accomplishments
Throughout its illustrious journey of delivering excellent academic and career opportunities, Chitkara University has achieved numerous milestones. It has collaborations with more than 150 universities around the globe. Some of the notable achievements of the university include:
Chitkara University has been awarded as ‘Best University in North India 2018’ for outstanding contribution to education and skill by CEGR, Centre for Education Growth and Research
Chitkara University has been ranked sixth in the ‘North Zone’& 20th in ‘All India’ in the category ‘Top Private and Deemed Multidisciplinary Universities’ by The Week–Hansa Research Survey 2018
The university has been awarded “Best Private Engineering University of North India” by Dialogue India Magazine
The Academic Insight Magazine ranked Chitkara Business School as Business School of the Year
Business Standard rated Chitkara Business School “Best in Punjab” and amongst Top B-Schools of India in a B-School survey conducted by IMRB
India Today ranked Chitkara Business School 68th among top 100 B-Schools of India and Best in the Region in 2018
Outlook ranked Chitkara Business School 64th among top 100 B-Schools of India
Careers360 rated Chitkara Business School AAA+ and Best in the region in 2018
Chitkara University has been awarded with ‘Certificate of Excellence’ by Virtusa, for being the premier institute for Centre of Excellence in JAVA & Cyber Security
Chitkara University bagged Overall Championship Trophy at All India Inter Zone University Tournament
Chitkara University Ranked 4th among Top Indian Universities for filing 46 patents as per IPR Annual Report 2015-16
NIRF Ranked Chitkara College of Pharmacy 50th under Pharmacy Category.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the admit card for Joint Entrance Exam Main (JEE Main) to be conducted in April 2019.
Candidates registered for the JEE Main can download their admit card by clicking on the link below or by visiting the official website: jeemain.nic.in.
The admit card will have details of venue, exam time etc. The three-hour exam will be conducted online for both paper-I for admission to engineering courses and paper-II for admission to architecture courses.
JEE Main 2019 will be conducted in two shifts. The morning shift will begin at 9:30 am whereas the afternoon shift will begin at 2:30 pm.
In case of any discrepancy in the admit card, candidates must communicate with NTA immediately for necessary action. For JEE Main 2019, aspirants are required to reach the examination venue at least two-and-a-half hours before the start of the examination.
Step-1: Visit the official website, jeemain.nic.in
Step-2: On the homepage, click on the link ‘JEE Main April 2019 admit card’
Step-3: You will be redirected to a new page
Step-4: Log-in using registration number
Step-5: Admit card will appear
Candidates need to download the admit card and take its print out. As per the official notification, candidates must take a print out on an A4 sized sheet and carry the same with them to the examination hall. A candidate without the admit card will not be allowed to participate in the examination.
IIT JAM 2019 scorecards have been released by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kharagpur) on its official website.
Joint Admission Test for M Sc (JAM) 2019 was on February 10, 2019 and results were declared on March 19, 2019. The candidates who conducted have qualified the JAM 2019 exam will only be able to download the scorecards.
The scores from the exam are used by Institutes to shortlist candidates for admission to MSc programmes. The official JAM 2019 scorecard can be downloaded from the JAM Online Application Processing System (JOAPS) website from April 2, 2019 to July 31, 2019 by the qualified candidates only..
