Authority is always something that challenges you personally. I have never given in to authority because most of the people in charge of situations and other peoples’ lives are not really in the position to do so.
After years of study and self introspection, one will naturally realize that no amount of experience and age are enough to qualify someone else to be of authority. So, it comes naturally to challenge authority and find a mid way in making decisions.
Most managers and people, not only in public life, but also public domains are really not equipped to deal with challenging situations and hence shouldn’t be taken seriously. If it’s really bad, you might even have to stand up for yourself and fight for your rights.
If you’re met with a situation where you have to rely on others for decisions, just stay put, as you will soon see that no one is making the right ones and things are just a royal mess. Some of the best brains from universities like IIT and Harvard, make some of the most poor decisions affecting millions of lives and society at large. What has worked before, needn’t necessarily work after 20 years, and if you look for old solutions to new problems, then you will surely fail.
Such people are failures in the personal front too, where they make poor decisions and emotions guide their rationality. Sometimes even the most qualified and righteous person may be the most wrong person in the room.
So, whom do you trust? If you’re an independent person, you will make your own decisions and not necessarily look for approval from lower subordinates and that makes it even more difficult, as you might be rubbed up the wrong way for a very long time. So, in one word, it is vital for you to subvert existing norms and never say ‘Yes’.
The pick-up in the economy has kicked off hiring plans in India Inc, with companies across the manufacturing and services sectors looking at new recruitments as they go into expansion mode. They are not just expecting more business from the domestic market, but anticipate a boom in overseas business too, thanks to cash-crunched foreign companies looking at cost rationalisation.
The buzz in manufacturing, one of the key engines of economic activity, is palpable particularly in crucial sectors like automobiles. Major companies, including Maruti and Hyundai, have been hiring, reflecting the upturn. Maruti, which plans to boost annual production to one million units, has plans to add around 400 new people including a mix of engineers, technicians, MBAs and CAs.
Close rival Hyundai, which has added a new manufacturing line to meet increased demand, has hired as many as 1200 workers between July and September this year and plans to further boost its strength as it looks to attract NRIs and expatriates to join its Indian workforce.
Nissan has also said it would be more than doubling its manpower in India as it hopes that rising economic activity and disposable incomes will boost demand. The company, which is setting up a new plant near Chennai, has plans to boost its manpower from 700 to 1500 by May.
The mood is no different in the services sector. Cisco has drawn up huge recruitment plans as it shifts some of its activities from abroad to India. The company plans to boost its manpower in India to 15,000 over the next two years, adding 12,000 new workers. IT major Wipro has also been hiring and after recruiting 1,000 people in the first six months of the fiscal, plans to add another 2,000 in the second half. The company is also planning to extend salary increments across the board in Q4, which is significant considering it had not even budgeted for a hike at the beginning of the year.
iGate also said it plans to add about 1,500 new recruitments in 2010. CEO Phaneesh Murthy said he expected IT budgets to be up 2-4% next year. Infosys BPO also said it would hire 1,500-2,000 people by the end of this fiscal. The company is also reportedly planning to set up a new delivery centre in the US before end of 2009-10.
Accenture said it will add around 8,000 new people in India by the end of next year, taking its total employee strength to 50,000. Accenture’s focus in India is going to be in the analytics space, company chairman and CEO William D Green said at the India Economic Summit where the overall mood was buoyant. Hirings in the IT space have in fact been continuing over the last few months. Cognizant has added a net 8,135 people since December last year while TCS has taken on 7,800 people. Cognizant CFO Gordon Coburn said the company will continue to hire aggressively.
There is activity on the finance front as well. Barclays, Britain’s second-largest lender, plans to increase staff in Asia by 10% next year, said Robert Morrice, the bank’s Asia-Pacific chairman and CEO at the Economic Summit. In India, the company plans to double its 35-person investment banking team over the next 18 months, Morrice added.
Job Description : Neatly typewritten applications, either in English or in Hindi, strictly in the prescribed format, are invited from the Indian citizens for the following posts :
Parliament of India Recruitment - Research Assistant : 07 posts
Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 (PB-2) + GP: Rs. 4800
Parliament of India Recruitment - Junior Parliamentary Reporter (English/ Hindi) : 07 posts
Pay Scale : Rs. 15600-39100 (PB-3) + GP : Rs. 5400
Parliament of India Recruitment - Stenographer (English/Hindi) : 34 posts
Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 (PB-2) + GP: Rs. 4200
Parliament of India Recruitment - Translator : 07 posts
Pay Scale : Rs. 9300-34800 (PB-2) + GP : Rs. 4800
Parliament of India Recruitment - Junior Clerk : 42 posts
Pay Scale : Rs. 5200-20200 (PB-1) + GP : Rs. 2400
Parliament of India Recruitment - Age Limit : 27 years.
Relaxation to reserve categories as per rules.
Parliament of India Recruitment - Fee : Rs. 100/- in the form of Indian Postal Order or Bank DD payable at New Delhi in favour of Drawing and Disbursing Officer, Lok Sabha Secretariat. (SC/ ST/ PH and Ex-SM candidates are exempted)
Parliament of India Recruitment - Selection Process : Written Test/ Personal Interview
Parliament of India Recruitment - Apply : Applications complete in all respects in the prescribed format should be sent by post only to:
The Joint Recruitment Cell, Room No. 521,
Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi -110001
Parliament of India Recruitment - Last date for receipt of application : 26th October 2009.
IAF - Indian Air Force : If you have always loved flying and being a warrior then you can join the Indian Air Force, Indian Army or the Indian Navy.
The Indian Air Force has the best of fighting forces and will teach you to face challenges bravely. The Air Force offers life changing opportunities to men and women along with a gratifying career. The Air force offers you state of art aircrafts, the best of technology and adventure all rolled into one
Indian Air Force (IAF) Careers in India
It also offers you and your family a life that is comparable to the very best. The Air Force enables you to turn into a leader par excellence who can strategize and innovate when required. The Air Force offers its employees a career where growth is phenomenal and learning cannot be counted. Your career graph will certainly be on supersonic runway.
If you have had the dream to fly the very best of fighter aircrafts of the world such as SU-30, the MiG variants, The Jaguar and the Mirage 2000 and make the sky your home then the Indian Air Force will enable that dream to come true for you.
Entrance Exams for Indian Air Force(IAF):
There are several modes by which you can enter the Air Force.
You can join the Air Force after 10+2 in Flying Pilot batch.
You can join the Air Force as an officer, after graduation.
You can join the Air Force as an engineer. If you are short listed after the initial selection then you need to go through training. After this you can work as a commissioned Officer. Engineers have several branches to choose from such as Flying, Technical and Ground Duty.
You can join the Air Force after post-graduation as an officer.
Indian Air Force (IAF) Courses:
After the initial selection procedure is done and you have been selected you will have to undergo a scientifically planned and rigorous physical and academic training that will enable you to become the best. There are several academies such as:
National Defense Academy at Khadakwasla is the most prestigious training establishments in India. This is the place where the most brilliant of leaders and mankind is trained. A cadet needs to spend six semesters here which are the kind to hone his skills for a lifetime. The age limit is from 16 and half years to 19 years. You need a minimum 10+2 with Physics and Mathematics.
Air Force Academy: Was started in 1971 and is at Dundigal in Hyderabad. It is a training organization par excellence. The cadets of all the streams are trained centrally out here. The Air Force believes in giving the same kind of training to its force whether they are flying, technical or ground. The age limit is 19 to 23 years and degrees in BSc. Or B.E.
Air Force Administration College is at Coibatore and is the oldest training colleges of the Air Force. It is exclusive as it trains the in-service cadets and officers of the Air Force, Navy and Army. It also provides training to officers of friendly countries. It helps the officers to learn about life in the Air Force which includes job roles and code of conduct.
Air Force Technical College: is a Jalhalli and grooms young trainee officers and they walk out as Aeronautical Engineers. They learn technical skills as well as life skills. The training is for 48 weeks and is the time for a person to groom to become a responsible officer of the Indian Air Force. The age limit is 18 to 28 years.
Flying Training Establishment is the school where Air Force pilots are taught the nitty gritty of flying. Each of these training establishments marks your progression from a basic level to a more advanced one. Once you complete the entire training you are given the Wings at a Graduation Parade. These four training schools are at Bidar in Karnataka, Hakimpet in Secunderabad, Allahabad and Yelahank in Bangalore.
Indian Air Force(IAF) Salaries:
The Indian Air Force offers amazing and attractive salaries for every post.
They are:
Flying Officer Rs. 8,250-300-10,050
Flight Lieutenant Rs. 9,600-300-11400
Squadron Leader Rs. 11,600-325-14,850
Wing Commander Rs. 13,500-400-17,100
Group Captain Rs. 15,100-450-17,350
Air Commodore Rs.16,700-450-18,050
Air Vice Marshal Rs. 18,400-500-22,400
Air Marshal Rs.22,400-525-24,500
Air Marshal (AOC-in-C’s and VCAS) Rs. 26,000 (fixed)
Chief of Air Staff Rs. 30,000 (fixed)
Rank Pay: Flight Lieutenant to Air Commodore Rs. 400 to Rs. 2,400
Indian Air Force(IAF) Allowances:
Besides the salary they also get extremely attractive allowances.
These allowances are:
Dearness Allowance
Compensatory Allowance
Outfit Allowance and Kit Maintenance
Special Allowances such as:
Flying Pay
Technical Pay
Special
Indian Air Force(IAF) Perks & Privileges:
As an officer of the IAF you enjoy a number of perks and privileges which are not easily available in civil life.
Leave benefit and travel concession for the officer and his family.
Facility for Car, House Building, Computer Loans
Furnished accommodation at concessional rates according to Rank and marital status.
Free medical treatment in service hospitals for officers and their families.
Free ration.
Concession in fees and school transport for children.
Source: armedforces.nic.in
You couldn’t certainly ask for more than this. They not only look after you but your entire family is looked well after.
Besides these kinds of salary and perks you will get to lead an impressive lifestyle which will be the envy of one and all. There are several associations that you could be a part of. All these take care of your social networking and entertainment.
If you are the adventurous type then you can fulfill that pursuit too. You will be able to learn and participate in adventure sports such as mountaineering, river rafting, skiing, gliding, parasailing, para-jumping, sky diving, hang gliding and so forth. There are sport events conducted regularly such cricket, hockey, tennis, football and many more.
The Indian Air Force promises you a career with a purpose. A career is in the Indian Air Force is all about serving your country with honor, valor and pride.
Alan M. Eddison had said, “Modern technology owes ecology an apology“. Environmental Sciences as a discipline emerged in response to concerns of pollution, depletion of natural resources, and general deterioration in the living environment. Though it’s concerns encompassed plants, flora and fauna, and animal life, it primarily was focused on human habitat. In terms of career, you can become an environmental scientist, environment educationist or environment-related technologist working in laboratories that engage in soil and water testing, pollution detection and control. And as a discipline it draws from basic sciences primarily and few universities do provide inputs drawn from politics, socio-economics and law.
Eligibility?
As a general rule, students opting for this degree should possess a BSc or equivalent degree in natural sciences, chemistry, environmental science, agriculture, geography, environmental economics or engineering. Work experience is preferred by some institutes when you opt for an MSc in Environmental Science, so do keep that in mind before applying. Basic knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry is a prerequisite, as is computer literacy. Well if you have a genuine interest in environmental issues, you can excel in this field.
What do they teach you?
Curriculum varies from institute to institute. To ensure that you opt for the degree of your choice closely study the syllabus before zeroing in on an institution. Some like JNU, Pune University and FRI offer science-heavy degrees with little or no policy input. Some others like TERI, and NEERI, offer a balance between environment and policy.
A range of specialisations are normally on offer especially in science based MSc programmes (See box alongside). A dissertation is also part of the degree requirement. The dissertation helps the students in applying the concepts learned to a real life situation. It also enables one to identify and specialize in one’s chosen field. Some institutions have introduced the concept of internships as well.
An MSc in Environmental Science programme primarily provides one with the knowledge and skills to perform scientific and technical research that helps in achieving an accurate assessment of the current environmental issues and arriving at solutions for the same. For assessment or mitigation, scientific tools play a dominant role in the curriculum and thus in the defining of any environmental problem. Hence aspiring students must not confuse ecology with environmental sciences, though the difference is slowly blurring.
