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Talent shortage haunts India Inc, says CIITalent shortage haunts India Inc, says CII India Inc, riding on a booming economy with 10-12 per cent annual growth, is suddenly grappling with the problem of finding the right talent to sustain the momentum in a competitive environment. A recent study conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has revealed that human resource (HR) is the biggest challenge faced by India Inc, especially at the managerial, production and marketing levels due to the widening demand-supply gap. At a time when Indian industry is on the upswing, talent scouting and retention have become a major challenge for stakeholders. In a globalised economy, India Inc is finding it difficult to get CEOs (chief executives) and domain experts to run businesses, a top CII official said. More : hindustantimes.com
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Friday, February 04, 2005 Students in the United States are nowadays thinking twice before applying for Computer Science majors as their job prospects are bleak due to outsourcing of IT jobs to countries like India and China, an IT professionals association has said. The scarcity of entry level jobs and low salaries have discouraged many and there seems to be no immediate end to the decline of students pursuing degrees in Computer Sciences, the IT Professionals Association of America inc, a non-profit corporation, says. Scott Kirwin, founder of the group, says that shortage concerns voiced by industry leaders such as Microsoft,
Changing Lanes Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has unveiled its latest initiative to enlarge and develop the suitable talent pool available to the IT industry. The Talent Transformation aims to transform science graduates into global software professionals. With a lack of trained talent identified as a key potential barrier to growth, the TCS science-to-software programme is designed to be a learning module that would trans form BSc/BCA degree holders into IT professionals.
IMT, Ghaziabad, organised a national HR seminar on Talent Management The driver of Organisational Success HR meet on talent management Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, organised a national HR seminar on Talent Management The driver of Organisational Success. The session was inaugurated by Dr. V.P. Bhide, President HR, J. K. Organisation, S. D. Tripathi, President HR, SRF, B. S. Sahay, Director IMT, Ghaziabad and Dr. Archana Tyagi, area chairperson of HRM and Business Communication.
HR management can shake it up for talent-starved cos With Indian companies aspiring to become global players, experts feel management of human resources will be the critical factor for success. At a time when India Inc supposedly faces a scarcity of talent, management experts feel the real source of competitive advantage for companies will be their quality of management. In this context, studies estimate that nearly 40% of Indian companies are likely to be under threat by 2015 for their inability to change management style. While labour skills are the same across economies like the US, China or India, the
The AICTE has as an interim measure, permtted the employment of teachers up to the age of 70 in institutions that have its approval. It has also permitted the relaxation in cadre ratio for specialized subjects like bio-technology, computer science and engineering, information technology, and electronics and communication engineering. It has sanctioned 211 new institutions for this academic year ,creating 23,651 additional seats in various disciplines across the country. The relaxation in the faculty age comes in the wake of bridging the gap between shortage of faculty and the increase of seats in various institution
The AICTE has as an interim measure, permtted the employment of teachers up to the age of 70 in institutions that have its approval. It has also permitted the relaxation in cadre ratio for specialized subjects like bio-technology, computer science and engineering, information technology, and electronics and communication engineering. It has sanctioned 211 new institutions for this academic year ,creating 23,651 additional seats in various disciplines across the country. The relaxation in the faculty age comes in the wake of bridging the gap between shortage of faculty and the increase of seats in various institution
DURBAN: After Britain and the US, now South Africa, faced with a shortage of mathematics and science teachers, is planning to recruit skilled tutors from India in these fields. Minister of Education in the Western Cape Province of the country, Cameron Dugmore, made the proposal in the wake of concerns that highly qualified mathematics and science teachers had left the profession over the past 11 years. Most of the teachers had either taken packages or had migrated to countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Canada, or the UK. Dugmore said among his plans were to recruit teachers from countries such
HR Summit at IMI International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi organised a two day Human Resource (HR) Summit on Managing talent for global competitiveness: issues and challenges. The Summit was organised by the first PGDM (HR) batch, which attracted a pool of eminent industry practitioners to share their experiences. The guest list comprised of senior corporate captains like Rachna Bhanot- Head (Strategic HR) IBM Daksh, Sunita Majumdar- Senior Manager (HR) ITC Welcomgroup Hotels, Rahul Taneja- Head (Talent Acquisition) Dell BPO and N. S. Iyer- Chief Manager HR and Central functions, Asian Paints
In the age of globalization & liberalization to spot and nurture a perfect talent is a best investment for every institution. By realizing this basic, Indias top educational institution JNU has set up a committee to look into new methods of recruitment for teaching. The committee will suggest a different selection method for recruitment of promising teaching talent for the university. But the selection procedure will not violate the official UGC norms. Currently the university follows the conventional methods of selection, where the university administration advertises the post in Media. Then the short-listed candidates are called and judged by a
Senior faculty members of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here have said that IITs were not getting enough tribal students and it was time the HRD Ministry looked at opening large number of schools to educate them and give them a chance to compete for higher education. It was not new that this year there was shortage of ST students for admissions. Every year there is a five to ten per cent shortage of ST students, they said. "Therefore, our humble request to the HRD Ministry is to open
Wills Lifestyle announced a first of its kind initiative for Indias talent in the fashion arena Wills Lifestyle Wills Lifestyle announced a first of its kind initiative for Indias talent in the fashion arena The Debut, which was open to students from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) across various disciplines of design fashion, leather, textile, knitwear and accessories. It spanned across the seven NIFT centres New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Cnennai, Hyderabad and Gandhinagar. An eminent panel judged Shiv-an Bhatia and Narresh Kukreja as first and second winner respectively
The All India Council for Technical Education is thinking in terms of letting engineering colleges in each region to form clusters. One of the colleges could then be designated as a nodal institution. The cluster colleges could invest money and send expert faculty to the nodal centre to train fresh teachers. Such an effort would address the problems of infrastructure and teacher shortage in engineering colleges, says AICTE Chairman Prof. Damodar Acharya. Explaining the AICTE's thinking, Prof. Acharya, told The Hindu here on Friday that the Council was aware of the situation where the number of colleges had grown and
FIITJEE talent test FIITJEE, has declared that the FIITJEE Talent Support Exam (FTSE) 2007 will be conducted on 14 October, 2007 in 33 test centers across India for all XII studying and XII pass students aspiring for IIT-JEE in 2008. Through this all-India level assessment exam, FIITJEE will help students in knowing their chances of success with probable ranks in securing a seat in the IITs. October 11,2007 is the last date to register for the exam.
FIITJEE, a leading private coaching institute for IIT-JEE and other top level engineering entrance examinations in India, has announced a FIITJEE Talent Reward Exam to be held in 54 test centers across the country on December 2. All students from Classes VII to XI are eligible to apply for the exam. Information regarding the registration process, test schedule, syllabus and the regular FIITJEE programmes are available on its website www.fiitjee.com. The last date for registration is November 28. The result will be announced on December 16. The test is being conducted to encourage aspirants of IIT-JEE and to offer them feedback
Source DECCAN HERALD Date 2005-07-04 Information Confidential Medical Council of India documents show a pathetic lack of even basic facilities in more medical colleges in the State. Deccan Herald had reported on Saturday the reasons cited by the Medical Council of India recently while turning down the proposals of five new government medical colleges in Karnataka citing inadequate infrastructure as the main reason. Hassan Medical College The MCI conducted inspections on June 8 and 9 to find 83.05 per cent shortage in teaching staff and an 84.2 per cent shortage in the number of resident doctors. There is
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