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Sunday, August 8, 2010
APTI TESTS BY US......................... FOR US
The aptitude test organised by yogesh was a really gud attempt.....
I think v should hav such tests frequently... which s for our benifits...
Hope to c some more tests yogesh!!!
I think v should hav such tests frequently... which s for our benifits...
Hope to c some more tests yogesh!!!
Global IT firms on a hiring spree in India
As the talent hunt for skilled technology workers intensifies worldwide, India has emerged as the top destination for global IT companies' hiring spree, a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers reveals.
In order to hire people with required skills, more than 68 per cent of IT companies globally have started or planning to start business operations in India in the next three years, the global consultancy and research major said in a report.
The growing appetite for Indian talent pool comes on the back of rising concerns over severe skill shortages and fattening salaries that are looming over the local IT sector.
However, the major risk for the country comes in the form of skyrocketing salary levels itself, which might cost it the position as a key low-cost location.
The global talent hunt for IT workers could lead to severe skill shortages and further rise in salary levels, PwC found in a survey of 153 top executives at IT firms worldwide.
Growing competition for skills has led to a sharp jump in technology sector salaries in emerging markets. Compensation levels are increasing to the point where countries like China and India would no longer be viewed as more cost-effective locations to source talent, PwC added.
As many as 41 per cent of the survey respondents said they are finding it difficult to locate technical skills in emerging markets, while 48 per cent accepted having trouble retaining the talent they do find.
According to PwC, as many as 43.75 per cent respondents said they have now begun business operations in India to hire people with required skills, followed by United States and Canada at second position with 41.67 per cent.
Western Europe has emerged as the third favoured destination, with 40.28 per cent of the companies saying they have now started their operations in the two regions, followed by China and Eastern Europe with 37.5 per cent votes each.
However, India has slipped to the third position below China and Eastern Europe in the list of regions where companies plan to begin operations in the next three years.
As many as 25 per cent of the firms are planning to begin India operations in the next three years, as against 27.06 per cent for China and 26.39 per cent for Eastern Europe.
After combining the figures for those who have now begun their India operations and those planning in the next three years, India is the top destination with 68.75 per cent companies giving affirmative answers.
The country is followed by 64.58 per cent for China and 63.89 per cent for Eastern Europe. "Competition for talent has never been fiercer and there is likely to be another industry talent war if demand increases," Graham Wyllie, director, PwC said.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma was something of a child prodigy because he finished school when he was just 14, was the youngest engineer to graduate from the Delhi College of Engineering, and he set up his business at 19.
This 28 year-old comes form a family of educators from Bihar but didn't want to do the same thing. His dream was bigger and he wanted to get there in a hurry. He wanted to own a billion dollar company by the time he was 30 years old, so he decided to get started early and that's how he began an internet services firm in college. The initial startup was sold to a New Jersey-based telecom software company.
Then came One97 Communications. So, just what is One97 Communications all about? It's about what makes India abuzz these days - SMSs, funky ringtones and it's something that Sharma's company caught on to pretty fast. But the real break came to him with www.india-todayonline.com.
The founder and managing director of One97 Communications told CNBC-TV18, "India-Today online happened to me at a time, when I was still in college and we were trying to build an Internet company. We met Arun Katiyal there and he was helpful in teaching us about the real world. We worked with him to make an instant messenger application. I always believe in one thing - why should you be in a bunch of horses, when you can own those horses."
He believes in learning from everyone and his inspiration has been Sunil Bharti Mittal, who later came to him with a contract. And as expected, Vijay was over the moon to be approached by his idol to do business. He says, working with Bhari has been a learning experience and he feels there is an emotional connection between them.
This firm has been approached by venture capitalists but he sees long term opportunities and Vijay says he makes a lot more money than people can offer them today! He explains, "There are not enough players and this is a very hot space. We are stretching our resources and it's a wonderful time to be in this business."
His company has been approximately valued at $50 million and he's looking forward to an exciting time. His future could be moving towards video and as he puts it, "We've been actively working with video. We'll soon launch video SMSs, video portals, videogames and everything that will bring video on to your phone. You would see video ringbacks, video portals and you could have flicker-free video on-demand on your phone."
"Secondly, there will be more network-based value added services - this could be something called spam-call block. Right now, we are testing a beta version of the spam-call block. For instance, when you go abroad and you might not want to take all the calls - then you will be able to set a profile - and you can opt for only select calls to come in and the rest can go to voice mail or any other system."
The next generation applications that Vijay is looking at is fax applications, USSD (unstructured supplementary services data) applications and he plans to deploy his operations between national and global operators. Though he believes the volumes, profits and the learning opportunities will be more in the domestic market.
He also has plans to list in the future but before that, he wants to be worth it. So, he's partnering with a lot of retail firms like Pantaloon, Barista so that he's available to his customers first.
In order to hire people with required skills, more than 68 per cent of IT companies globally have started or planning to start business operations in India in the next three years, the global consultancy and research major said in a report.
The growing appetite for Indian talent pool comes on the back of rising concerns over severe skill shortages and fattening salaries that are looming over the local IT sector.
However, the major risk for the country comes in the form of skyrocketing salary levels itself, which might cost it the position as a key low-cost location.
The global talent hunt for IT workers could lead to severe skill shortages and further rise in salary levels, PwC found in a survey of 153 top executives at IT firms worldwide.
Growing competition for skills has led to a sharp jump in technology sector salaries in emerging markets. Compensation levels are increasing to the point where countries like China and India would no longer be viewed as more cost-effective locations to source talent, PwC added.
As many as 41 per cent of the survey respondents said they are finding it difficult to locate technical skills in emerging markets, while 48 per cent accepted having trouble retaining the talent they do find.
According to PwC, as many as 43.75 per cent respondents said they have now begun business operations in India to hire people with required skills, followed by United States and Canada at second position with 41.67 per cent.
Western Europe has emerged as the third favoured destination, with 40.28 per cent of the companies saying they have now started their operations in the two regions, followed by China and Eastern Europe with 37.5 per cent votes each.
However, India has slipped to the third position below China and Eastern Europe in the list of regions where companies plan to begin operations in the next three years.
As many as 25 per cent of the firms are planning to begin India operations in the next three years, as against 27.06 per cent for China and 26.39 per cent for Eastern Europe.
After combining the figures for those who have now begun their India operations and those planning in the next three years, India is the top destination with 68.75 per cent companies giving affirmative answers.
The country is followed by 64.58 per cent for China and 63.89 per cent for Eastern Europe. "Competition for talent has never been fiercer and there is likely to be another industry talent war if demand increases," Graham Wyllie, director, PwC said.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma was something of a child prodigy because he finished school when he was just 14, was the youngest engineer to graduate from the Delhi College of Engineering, and he set up his business at 19.
This 28 year-old comes form a family of educators from Bihar but didn't want to do the same thing. His dream was bigger and he wanted to get there in a hurry. He wanted to own a billion dollar company by the time he was 30 years old, so he decided to get started early and that's how he began an internet services firm in college. The initial startup was sold to a New Jersey-based telecom software company.
Then came One97 Communications. So, just what is One97 Communications all about? It's about what makes India abuzz these days - SMSs, funky ringtones and it's something that Sharma's company caught on to pretty fast. But the real break came to him with www.india-todayonline.com.
The founder and managing director of One97 Communications told CNBC-TV18, "India-Today online happened to me at a time, when I was still in college and we were trying to build an Internet company. We met Arun Katiyal there and he was helpful in teaching us about the real world. We worked with him to make an instant messenger application. I always believe in one thing - why should you be in a bunch of horses, when you can own those horses."
He believes in learning from everyone and his inspiration has been Sunil Bharti Mittal, who later came to him with a contract. And as expected, Vijay was over the moon to be approached by his idol to do business. He says, working with Bhari has been a learning experience and he feels there is an emotional connection between them.
This firm has been approached by venture capitalists but he sees long term opportunities and Vijay says he makes a lot more money than people can offer them today! He explains, "There are not enough players and this is a very hot space. We are stretching our resources and it's a wonderful time to be in this business."
His company has been approximately valued at $50 million and he's looking forward to an exciting time. His future could be moving towards video and as he puts it, "We've been actively working with video. We'll soon launch video SMSs, video portals, videogames and everything that will bring video on to your phone. You would see video ringbacks, video portals and you could have flicker-free video on-demand on your phone."
"Secondly, there will be more network-based value added services - this could be something called spam-call block. Right now, we are testing a beta version of the spam-call block. For instance, when you go abroad and you might not want to take all the calls - then you will be able to set a profile - and you can opt for only select calls to come in and the rest can go to voice mail or any other system."
The next generation applications that Vijay is looking at is fax applications, USSD (unstructured supplementary services data) applications and he plans to deploy his operations between national and global operators. Though he believes the volumes, profits and the learning opportunities will be more in the domestic market.
He also has plans to list in the future but before that, he wants to be worth it. So, he's partnering with a lot of retail firms like Pantaloon, Barista so that he's available to his customers first.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
----------Whether you like Bill Gates or not...this is pretty
cool. Here's some advice Bill Gates recently dished out
at a high school speech about 11 things they did not
learn in school. He talks about how feel-good,cool. Here's some advice Bill Gates recently dished out
at a high school speech about 11 things they did not
politically correct teaching has created a full
generation of kids with no concept of reality and how
this concept sets them up for failure in the real
world.
RULE 1
Life is not fair - get used to it.
RULE 2
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world
will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel
good about yourself.
RULE 3
You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out
of high school. You won't be a vice president with
car phone, until you earn both.
RULE 4
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a
boss. He doesn't have tenure.
RULE 5
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your
grandparents had a different word for burger flipping
they
called it Opportunity.
RULE 6
If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't
whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
RULE 7
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as
they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about
how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest
from the parasites of your parent's generation, try
delousing the closet in your own room.
RULE 8
Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
but life has not. In some schools they have abolished
failing grades and they'll give you as many times as
you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the
slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
RULE 9
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get
summers off and very few employers are interested in
helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
RULE 10
Television is NOT real life. In real life people
actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
RULE 11
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for
one.
generation of kids with no concept of reality and how
this concept sets them up for failure in the real
world.
RULE 1
Life is not fair - get used to it.
RULE 2
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world
will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel
good about yourself.
RULE 3
You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out
of high school. You won't be a vice president with
car phone, until you earn both.
RULE 4
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a
boss. He doesn't have tenure.
RULE 5
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your
grandparents had a different word for burger flipping
they
called it Opportunity.
RULE 6
If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't
whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
RULE 7
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as
they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about
how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest
from the parasites of your parent's generation, try
delousing the closet in your own room.
RULE 8
Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
but life has not. In some schools they have abolished
failing grades and they'll give you as many times as
you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the
slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
RULE 9
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get
summers off and very few employers are interested in
helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
RULE 10
Television is NOT real life. In real life people
actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
RULE 11
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for
one.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
WELCOME TE III
Hey!!
I have created a blog for te3.. Jus to hav some identity of our own class!!
I guess it would be fun to share our thoughts, information, assignments, papers(with solutions :P),or it can be even songs, bunking plans,etc!!
-Nupur
TE III
I have created a blog for te3.. Jus to hav some identity of our own class!!
I guess it would be fun to share our thoughts, information, assignments, papers(with solutions :P),or it can be even songs, bunking plans,etc!!
-Nupur
TE III
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