Attrition is one word that has come into frequent use of late. In most cases, it describes people leaving organizations. We have what is called an attrition rate, which is the figure associated with number of people leaving over a given period. I suspect many companies routinely mention attrition rates in different departments in their […]
B Com in Kolkata, job in Australia
Kolkata is soon going to add another feather to its cap of career options. The India Australia Institute of Management or IAIM has plans to set up a center of excellence, which will begin classes as early as from Feb next. The institute will initially offer bachelors degree in commerce and business management, to be […]
Opinion and hope
Here is a collection of an opinion and a hope. First, the opinion. This is from silicon.com’s Andy McCue, who has this to say about HSBC’s plan to set up a second center in the city. Kolkata is trying to shake off the image of poverty associated with the city with a modern infrastructure, and […]
Wanted: Mining Engineers
Mining engineering isn’t taught in many universities in India. Among the handful of institutes that offer the course, the best is the Indian School of Mines or ISM in Dhanbad (Jharkhand). One reason why ISM is the most ideal for studying the course is that it is situated right in the middle of eastern India’s […]
Jobs there, employability not
This is a piquant situation. Jobs there are aplenty, but fewer and fewer people to fill them. This is not to suggest there is dearth of ‘qualified’ candidates. On the contrary, there is an appreciable glut of candidates, but they are not suitable by industry standards. One can’t help but notice a dilemma here. Let’s […]
Out of sync
I’ve been looking at Dr Kandathil K Jacob’s article, Why India can be global knowledge economy leader. Dr.Jacob’s resume is impressive, he is a IIT-Bombay Mechanical Engineering graduate and a UCB (University of California, Berkeley) MBA and currently works in San Francisco based company. His article is built well around facts and figures, resulting as […]
A ready reckoner
Among the myriad wares the hawkers sell in suburban local trains, one of my favorites used to be Kolkata-Howrah Somoy Saroni, or Kolkata-Howrah Time Tables. A slim booklet it would be, but would have every conceivable information you might need to move in and about the city. Trains leaving Sealdah and Howrah, long-distance buses leaving […]
No time to loose
For babus in labrynthine corridors of government offices, it’s just another matter that can be kept waiting. Not so for St. Xavier’s. It’s already a Centre For Excellence, and it doesn’t want to loose any more time. See the story, Early blow for St Xavier’s second campus. For nearly 3 decades, standard of education has […]
Visiting Uncle Sam
Does ‘global unrest’ deter Indians to visit the ‘land of promise’? Not really, if you go by Kolkata’s Consular Officer’s statement. This is what she, Rebecca Dodds, has to say (Source: Want to visit US? Apply to VSF): Last year over 300,000 non-immigrant visas were issued throughout India, nearly 8 per cent of them here […]
Infosys, Google and Indian talent
Infosys’ robust second-quarter result yesterday has gladdened many hearts. It has even exceeded the best hopes of punters, and rightly therefore the stock is scaling new highs. I’ve been looking at the figures and what leaps out at me is Infosys’ hiring of 10,795 hands in last quarter alone, pushing its total strength to 66,150 […]
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