Career Guidance Session

[Chirag 5]

This came to me via a letter.. Typed it out for all of u'll coz most of us fit in this student category.. Hope this proves useful to the Bombayites!

Forum of Free Enterprise

Peninsula House, 2nd Floor, 235 Dr. D. N. Road

Mumbai – 400 001 Telefax: 22614253 Email: ffe@vsnl.net

Dear Member/Student Associate

At the instance of Mr. Adi B. Godrej, Chairman of Godrej Industries Ltd. And also as a Vice-President of the Forum, we have arranged a Career Guidance session from 9am to 1pm on Saturday 12th June 2004, at the Sri Shanmukhananda Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Auditorium, Plot No. 292, Comrade Harbanslal Marg, Sion East, Mumbai 400 022. The prgramme has been arranged jointly with Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha.

Well known experts will highlight career opportunities available in the following areas:

Finanace, including Capital Market; Chartered Accountancy and Company Secretaries; Insurance; Information Technology; Arts, Science & Commmerce; Engineering; Pharmacy; Hotel Management; Travel & Tourism; etc.

The session will be useful to 10th, 11th & 12th Standard Students, including those who are awaiting results; Non-Graduates, Graduates and others. There is no participation fee payable.

In case you are interested in attending or would like to bring this to the attention of your friends/associates, please send a self-addressed and stamped envelope to enable us to send entrance card/s. Please write the number of entrance cards required.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

S. Divakara

Secretary

[Tushar 0]

I'll try to go for one I don't know exactly what field to take :confused:

Maybe we all could meet......... all RIMWEB guys... in Mumbai.....

[city02 63]

If you are planning to send your children for Undergraduate education in the USA,do not miss the opportunity to attend the seminars at Reliance webworlds near  you.

“Launching into an Undergraduate U.S. Education” seminars are brought to you by Paragon and Education Times (Times of India). 

Seminar topics will include

Free counseling on applying for undergraduation in US universities

Revealing Dos and Don'ts of Essay-writing for admissions and scholarships

Benefiting from the AP program by graduating from your U.S. university in 3 years instead of 4 years and thus saving over Rs. 12 lakhs!

This seminar will be organized in following 7 WWs as per the dates mentioned:

DATE WEBWORLD VENUE TIME

Wednesday, 16 June, 2004 Opera House Reliance WebWorld, 542, Sandhurst Bridge, Near Shiv Sagar, Chowpatty 4 to 6 pm

Thursday, 17 June, 2004 Lokhandwala Reliance WebWorld, Samartha Vaibhav, Near Tarapur Towers, Oshiwara, Andheri(West) 4 to 6 pm

Friday, 18 June, 2004 Bandra Reliance WebWorld, 354, Ground Floor, Linking Road, Khar West 4 to 6 pm

Saturday, 19 June, 2004 Heera Panna Reliance WebWorld, Shop No 1, Vellard View, Tardeo Road, Between Heera Panna Mkt. & Crossroads, Haji Ali 4 to 6 pm

Sunday, 20 June, 2004 Juhu Reliance WebWorld, IPCL JVPD Scheme, Opposite Tiwari Sweets, Near Invitation 365, Juhu 4 to 6 pm

Monday, 21 June, 2004 Chembur Reliance WebWorld, Reliance PARC, Ground Floor, Sion Trombay Highway , Nr Bezzola Complex, Chembur 4 to 6 pm

Tuesday, 22 June, 2004 Kalbadevi Reliance WebWorld, Court House, Opp. Metro Cinema, Lok Manya Tilak Marg, Dhobitalao 4 to 6 pm

HOW CAN YOU REGISTER?

Walk into any Reliance WebWorld in Mumbai to register for a nominal fee of Rs. 10, or:

Call: (022) 3100-9110/ 2204-2554

Email: Contact@BeAParagon.com

Log on to: www.BeAParagon.com

Visit: 82 Maker Chambers III, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 21

[Chirag 5]

Learn the Latest at MIT - Learning Curve

September 02, 2004

Rediff.com

If you've wondered a Massachusetts Institute of Technology education is like, take a gander at the MIT OpenCourseWare site. From the syllabus to lecture notes, course calendars, problem sets and solutions, exams, reading lists and even video lectures, it's all in there.

The MIT OpenCourseWare site is an experiment started in 1999 to share MIT's teaching material with educators, enrolled students and self-learners around the world. With 701 courses spread over 33 academic disciplines, the site has done phenomenally well as an exercise in reaching out. It gets about 12,000 unique visitors each day. And this May, it received 1.03 million hits from users in India, placing India third after the United States and Taiwan in terms of hits.

Why do people flock here in such numbers?

According to Jon Paul Potts, MIT OpenCourseWare communications manager, "Many universities use the Web to make standard course materials available to their students. But access is only provided to students enrolled at these institutions." The goal of MIT OCW is grander -- "to provide the course materials free and open to the world," says Potts.

The OCW site was a result of a question MIT Provost Robert A Brown posed to some MIT faculty, students and administrators in 1999: how should MIT position itself in the distance/e-learning environment?

The resulting recommendations laid the groundwork for MIT OpenCourseWare.

The pilot site, launched in September 2002, provided access to 32 courses. In a year, the number rose to 500, and by March 2004, there were 701 courses available.

The course materials offered may be used, copied, distributed, translated and modified -- but only for non-commercial, educational purposes.

"It is an ideal that flows from the MIT faculty's passionate belief in the MIT mission, based on the conviction that the open dissemination of knowledge and information can open new doors to the powerful benefits of education... around the world," says Potts.

MIT OCW differs from most online offerings in that it is free, accessible to all and comes from one of the most respected educational institutions in the world. But it has its limitations.

"MIT OCW is not meant to replace degree-granting higher education or for-credit courses. Rather, the goal is to provide content that supports an education," says Potts.

By 2008, MIT hopes to put the material from all of its 2,000 courses online.

"It provides the content of, but is not a substitute for, an MIT education," cautions Potts. "The most fundamental cornerstone of the learning process at MIT is the interaction between faculty and students in the classroom and among students themselves on campus."

MIT OCW does not provide for visitors hoping to make direct contact with the MIT faculty. But reader feedback is forwarded to the relevant MIT faculty member. It is up to the faculty member to respond or not.

The site offers access to videos from about 25 courses. However, because of the limitations of bandwidth and the cost of putting the videos online, Potts says the site does not have many video clips.

Educators are encouraged to utilise the materials for curriculum development, students can augment their current learning by making use of the materials offered, and self-learners are encouraged to draw upon MIT OCW for self-study or supplementary use.

"MIT OCW will advance technology-enhanced education at MIT and will serve as a model for university dissemination of knowledge in the Internet age," says Potts. He believes it could also bring about fundamental changes in the way colleges and universities use the Web as a vehicle for education.

[Chirag 5]

Can some1 help me find this?

Need to know any institute which teaches how to conduct a psychometric test on individuals?

Tried Googling, didn't find much!

Any1 especially in Mumbai knows abt it?

[Rohit Rocker 0]

Hey Chirag,

Psychometric test is conducted by NIIT free of cost. They are conducting it in vizag. It is a test created by IIM guys and is used to study the thinking process of an individual. Through this test, it is easier to decide on ones career.

Well, i havent yet written it but i have decided abt my career. I will do MBA.

[Chirag 5]

I dont want to go for that test myself. But am looking for a course on how to conduct such a test! ?? hmm?

[Dilbert 0]

Hi guys

Psycometric testing is the most happening test used for selection of employees. This test involves many areas, but the bottomline is that it tests the individual's ability to think, personality & things like that.

These tests can be carried out by individuals who are trained even for a short time. Every questionnaire has a marking scheme which makes rating ppl easy & is unbiased.

Chirag, you can try PN Singh centre for training & HRD at Satacruz (E). They may have it or else they may tell you who will..

Regards

[Chirag 5]

Chirag, you can try PN Singh centre for training & HRD at Satacruz (E). They may have it or else they may tell you who will..

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Any address or Contact nos. ?

[deepu 0]

There is a free online test at this location

http://www.profilingforsuccess.com/main/enter2.htm

Client Code - derby

Access Code - derby

Password - derby01

[Dilbert 0]

Chirag,

i do not know the postal address, but it is in Santacruz (E). The road which goes towards the university from the santacruz highway. You will find that bulding on the right hand side if you go to the university from the highway. It occupies half the ground-floor of that building....

Try googling or yagoohooling for their number. The name is 'Dr. PN Singh centre for HRD & training'.

If you are not able to find the psycho course there,lemme know I will locate some other institute which does that. But, lemme know what happens...

There are many web-sites which offer free online testing.. They test your iq, psychmetric tests, eq, career inclination, aptitude, ink-blot tests etc etc...

e.g. emode.com, tickle.com, iqtests.com and many many more..

Testing in Psychology is a very comprehensive & serious subject. I would say that if ever you get an opportunity to get tested online, don't ever take the results seriously even if the web-site claims that the test is PHD certified or whatever crap.

I am telling this because lots of ppl will take tests & base their future decisions on the results.. OK, I found that only the IQ tests are good that too not 100% accurate. Rest everything is fun....

Regards

[Chirag 5]

i do not know the postal address, but it is in Santacruz (E). The road which goes towards the university from the santacruz highway. You will find that bulding on the right hand side if you go to the university from the highway. It occupies half the ground-floor of that building....

Try googling or yagoohooling for their number. The name is 'Dr. PN Singh centre for HRD & training'.

If you are not able to find the psycho course there,lemme know I will locate some other institute which does that. But, lemme know what happens...

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This is the address i found.

Dr. PN Singh Centre for HRD. 273, Udyog Bhawan, Sonawalla Road, Goregaon (east), Mumbai 400063 . Would have to find out or something!

[Dilbert 0]

Hmmnn....So it seems that because of the escaliting real-estate prices, these people have moved their office further down in the suburbs... Well lemme know what they have to say..

[Chirag 5]

vinay but u still be on the lookout, goregaon is too faarrr for a course. Try n get me their contact nos. or something. be on the lookout!

[Dilbert 0]

Ok, will let you know as soon as you find out.

Training on application of psycho testing is not a course, probably it will not take more than three days.. See these tests are pre-prepared, you will just learn how to implement them. The way the questionnaire is distributed. How to control the ambience. And finally how to give marks & rate people. This is not rocket science & can be learned in a few hours obviously with people who have an inclination towards such things.

now common goregaon is not as far as timbaktoo..

And that udyog bhavan is very close to the railway station

Regards

[Chirag 5]

lolz ok! Got an email from Salahkaar Consultants as well. They charge some 15k for a bundle of tests! Lets see! And 1 more is HR FOLKS International who charge 30k for another big bundle of Tests!

I guess that test itself might be expensive. Isn't it?

[Ashokjp 15]

kinda same thing Manorma people are organising in Trichur, Kerala

it started here yesterday