The immense potential of the IT, life sciences and biotech industries in India and the West has encouraged promotion of corporates which are allying with academia to conduct path-breaking research
The 21st century’s most promising industry, bioinformatics — a marriage of IT (information technology) with life sciences — offers a multiplicity of high-potential and rewarding career […]
The scope and possibilities of the emerging science of robotics are vast, spanning space exploration, surgery, automotive industry and the defence services
With blockbuster movies Robot and Ra-One having fired the imagination of Indian youth already hooked on computer games in a big way, robotics is emerging as a glamorous and popular career option.
With public, private and foreign investment pouring into infrastructure projects, there’s sustained demand for professionally qualified structural engineers
The rapid urbanisation of India requires massive investment in highways, roads, power, construction, and infrastructure industries. Inevitably, demand for professionally qualified structural engineers needed to build the required infrastructure is set to skyrocket.
As society becomes sensitive to the needs of the disadvantaged this hitherto abnegating profession is attracting the young and idealistic
In a country in which the majority of the population is poor and underprivileged, social work is a fast-growing profession which entails helping individuals — children, teenagers, adults, families, even whole communities and groups — to […]
With an increasing number of buyers insisting on best construction practices and sound titles, the demand for home inspection and certification services is zooming
Paromita Sengupta
Unlike the multi-billion dollar real estate industry in the US where every eight of ten homes for sale/rent/bank mortgage requires clearance from a home inspection audit team, professional home inspection and […]
Reading the position of stars and planets and interpreting their influence on human beings has become a lucrative vocation for millions of professional and amateur astrologers in India
The formal teaching and learning of astrology received a boost with the UGC approving certificate, diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph D study programmes in jyotishvigyan in 2004. Though […]
The high-potential biotech industry has a lot to offer youth interested in biology, environment and ecology studies. Career opportunities in industry and corporates are numerous
Microbiology is fast emerging as a popular career choice for 21st century youth. Hardly surprising given that microbes affect every aspect of life — negatively and positively. The world around us […]
The GP or general physician who made home visits at unearthly hours no longer makes house calls. But with the population and its ailments having multiplied, the demand for the GP’s services is still strong
The healer’s vocation is one of the oldest professions in recorded history with the medicine man, Shaman and Ayurveda practitioner always […]
With a diabetes-related death occurring every 10 seconds, this silent epidemic has transformed into a global healthcare emergency
Alarming but true! According to the World Health Organisation, of the 220 million people afflicted with diabetes worldwide, 30 million are Indian citizens. With a diabetes-related death occurring every 10 seconds, this silent epidemic has transformed into a […]
Engineering jobs are no more about improving shopfloor production but also about product design, innovation, cost reduction and improved organisational and employee productivity. Career growth opportunities for professionally qualified engineers have multiplied considerably
With myriad new age career options now available to the nations youth, engineering, whose popularity as the first choice of most bright young […]
Oil and gas companies, national governments and environment organisations are engaging the services of marine biologists to study aquatic plant and animal life –Paromita Sengupta
With rising global awareness about the importance of preserving and protecting marine flora and fauna and its direct impact on sustainable life on Planet Earth, the study of oceans and water […]
Special effects aka prosthetics professionals can transform the visual appearance of actors to make them look older or younger, alien or supernatural – Paromita Sengupta
Special effects (aka prosthetics) make-up can transform the visual appearance of actors and stage performers making them look older or younger, alien, supernatural or even severely sick or wounded through usage […]
As a consequence of global warming and melting polar ice caps, maritime archaeology has emerged as a highly specialised vocation – Paromita Sengupta
With rising awareness of the importance of preserving and protecting coastal cities and towns, which could well be overwhelmed by rising sea levels due to the impact of global warming and melting polar […]
With growing awareness of the benefits of animal-assisted therapy as an alternative to traditional medical curatives, there is rising demand for qualified AAT practitioners – Paromita Sengupta
Although human beings have shared unique bonds with domesticated animals for over 10,000 years, only recently have healthcare professionals become aware that animal companions have a therapeutic effect on the […]
Professionally trained and experienced coaches can work wonders in improving peer relationships, leadership and management skills of their clients – Paromita Sengupta
Against the backdrop of growing awareness of the benefits of coaching in all spheres of life and a huge global market valued at $3 billion (Rs.20,998 crore), executive coaching has emerged as an accepted […]
With the global adventure tourism industry recording double digit growth rates annually, ballooning has re-emerged as a new and highly rewarding 21st century career – Paromita Sengupta
The hot air balloon has flown a long way since its maiden flight manned by two Frenchmen soared 3,000 ft over Paris in the 18th century. Three centuries later […]
Against the backdrop of a fast developing transnational ITES gaming industry, there’s no dearth of career opportunities as India establishes a reputation as the next gaming hub
A by-product of the booming IT, ITES (information technology enabled services) and the BPO (business process outsourcing) businesses, the gaming phenomenon, born out of the leisure pursuits of […]
With the paint industry growing twice as fast as India’s GDP and the automobile and construction industries expanding, job opportunities for qualified paint technologists are multiplying.
With the infrastructure and construction industries belatedly gathering unprecedented momentum, India’s booming paints manufacturing and service industry (annual revenue: Rs.50,000 crore) offers great career opportunities, particularly for paint technologists. Set […]
India’s post-liberalisation state-of-the-art hospitals, well-qualified doctors and low medical costs are attracting a rising number of patients from developed countries with ageing populations.
India’s post-liberalisation state-of-the-art hospitals, well-qualified doctors and low medical costs are attracting a rising number of patients from developed countries with ageing populations.
With costs of medical care particularly surgical procedures, having soared beyond […]
India’s ancient and once highly respected textiles and garment industries are experiencing a renaissance
The nationwide buzz generated by the Lakme Fashion Week staged in Mumbai annually, is an indicator that India’s ancient and once highly respected textiles and garment industries are experiencing a renaissance.
Unlike in an earlier era when textile designing in India was a […]
Those who haven’t graduated from medical college but still want to be associated with medicine have several options. One of them is pathology.
Until as recently as 30 years ago, it was the physician who prescribed a few tests on the basis of his diagnosis. Today the world over, particularly in the advanced countries, a self-respecting […]
The rich variety of red, white, and sparkling wines which India now produces has opened up a whole cellar of tantalising career opportunities for oenophiles to mix business with pleasure.
With economic liberalisation and globalisation having precipitated a huge change in the lifestyle of Indians, wine is beginning to flow as easily as conversation in trend-setting […]
With a multiplying number of people adopting pets, being a veterinarian could transform into a satisfying and increasingly rewarding career option
It’s unlikely to be recommended by high-profile career counsellors. But for the growing community of compassionate animal lovers, in urban and rural India, going the Dr. Dolittle way could transform into a satisfying and rewarding […]
The phenomenon of global health tourists who expect world-class management systems to supplement healthcare and medical services has created a market for backroom healthcare professionals
With India emerging as a major destination for the multiplying tribe of ‘health tourists’ travelling the world for medical attention and treatment, […]
The pharmaceutical industry is recession-proof and the demand for new generation drugs and formulations is growing
Pharmacology is a rapidly growing, highly organised profession in which the role of the pharmacist has gained considerable importance with rapid advances and breakthroughs in the global pharmaceutical industry. In the next few years there is a distinct possibility of […]
With high-end leather and footwear multinationals shifting sourcing and manufacturing to India, promising career options have opened up for footwear professionals
Endowed with the world’s largest — and arguably most abused — livestock (cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat) population of 512.5 million head (2017), it’s hardly surprising that India’s footwear industry, with an annual sales turnover […]
Suddenly events management firms and start-ups are sprouting across the country and event managers are in great demand
From organising birthday bashes, wedding anniversaries to college festivals, India’s newly arrived and fast-multiplying tribe of events organisers or managers (as they prefer to be known) have entered the corporate world with panache and pizaaz. Suddenly events management […]
Forensics scientists make sure that victims of crime and murder/violence are thoroughly examined, appropriate tests are conducted and data interpretation is accurate
With crime and criminal activity of all types — murder, rape, kidnapping, terrorist bombings, cyber crime, and credit card frauds — rising exponentially, the demand for forensics science professionals, trained to detect crimes and […]
The immense potential of the IT, life sciences and biotech industries in India and the West has encouraged promotion of corporates which are allying with academia to conduct path-breaking research
The 21st century’s most promising industry, bioinformatics — a marriage of IT (information technology) with life sciences — offers a multiplicity of high-potential and rewarding career […]
For professionally qualified horticulturists there are wide-ranging work options which offer handsome remuneration
With an annual growth rate of 30-35 percent, India’s high potential horticulture industry is belatedly blooming and is poised for a great leap forward with the opening up of foreign markets post the new World Trade Organisation accords and revolutionary advances in greenhouse […]
The general perception is that physiotherapists are concerned only with massage and exercise. But that’s not all there is to this profession
Did you always want to be a doctor but haven’t been able to clear the medical college entrance examination? Don’t despair, you can become a doctor of physiotherapy which is increasingly becoming an attractive […]
The pharmaceutical industry is recession-proof and the demand for new generation drugs and formulations is growing
Pharmacology is a rapidly growing, highly organised profession in which the role of the pharmacist has gained considerable importance with rapid advances and breakthroughs in the global pharmaceutical industry. In the next few years there is a distinct possibility of […]
According to a TRAI Report, India’s active mobile telephony connections exceeded 1.18 billion in March 2018, national penetration of 92 percent. The demand for applications (‘apps’) software for digital hand-held devices — mobile phones, tablets and i-pads — is booming globally. Apps can be pre-installed or delivered as web applications by innovative software engineers – mobile […]
Old-style stockbroking firms have morphed into gleaming Wall Street-style powerhouses employing economists, accountants, analysts, and specialists
Very few monitors of the Indian economy could have imagined that Indian companies like Infosys Technologies, TCS, Wipro and others would emerge from the cloistered corporate world of India to become star scrips on Nasdaq (National Association of Securities Dealers […]
The rising demand for gems and jewellery products both nationally and internationally has given birth to a new generation of jewellery designers
In the world’s first jewellery design awards organised by the World Gold Council in 2000, five Indian designers made it into the ranks of the top 30 from among 1,000 global contestants. Consequently the […]
The general perception is that physiotherapists are concerned only with massage and exercise. But that’s not all there is to this profession
Did you always want to be a doctor but haven’t been able to clear the medical college entrance examination? Don’t despair, you can become a doctor of physiotherapy which is increasingly becoming an attractive […]
India’s ancient and once highly respected textiles and garment industries are experiencing a renaissance
The nationwide buzz generated by the Lakme India Fashion Week staged in Mumbai annually, is an indicator that India’s ancient and once highly respected textiles and garment industries are experiencing a renaissance.
Unlike in an earlier era when textile designing in India was […]
Pressure from the entertainment and glamour industries and the corporate sector is driving the demand for qualified skin care specialists, aka dermatologists
ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY estimates, aggregate annual expenditure on the skin and beauty care industry in India is currently $950 million (Rs.5,770 crore per year) and increasing at a CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) of […]
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