This was the phrase used by our Training&Placement head before the campus placement season started.True to his word India not only sneezed caught a high fever too.The company that paid the highest pay last year (11lpa)does not even exist.ECE 9 pointers frantically trying their luck with NTPC and C-DoT.These are stories unheard of here at NIT-T known for its quality placements and industry reputation.But info from other colleges suggest we are faring much better than other NIT’s.

All this calls for an introspection.With Wall Street in doldrums and no sign of recovery till next year why are people still mad to go to US?The sky rocketing salaries in the I-banks are a thing of past.With the asian markets stable experts believe the next decade will be that of Japan,China and India.With the majority of asian wing of Lehman bought by Nomura holdings,Japan we are goint witness a new era in world financial market.The Wall Street hegemony for over a decade has come to an end with the fall of Lehman Brothers a 158 year old company.

Hope the Indian banks ICICI,HDFC along with state owned public banks take note of the situation and start gearing up to play a more dominating role in the world financial market thus increasing the Indian presence in the global map and be a soft power.Maybe in a couple of years time we can see an ICICI or SBI in the NIT-T campus offering the highest pay..Good luck to our desi banks:)

So guys don miss out on this class movie.Hats off to naseer,Anupam and director Neeraj Pandey

How big can you dream? An overall market capitalization of around $380 billion, ranked No: 1 consistently among the Fortune 500 companies, one of the world’s most admired and respected corporate with a tradition of more than 125 years of extraordinary leadership having an employee base of over 300,000 spanning 100 countries. What started off as a humble beginning in the year 1876 with the invention of incandescent bulb by Thomas Alva Edison is today a huge conglomerate having interests in virtually every business in the world. No credits for guessing this mammoth organization, yes its none other than General Electric (GE).



Oil and gas, Wind turbines, Consumer and Industrial goods, Rail, Aviation, Water, Finance you name it, GE is sure to have a strong foot hold in each of these sectors. I am sure most of you would have heard of NBC Universal (Production house of Bourne Ultimatum), but many wouldn’t know that it’s an arm of GE. One of the world’s most powerful jet engines GenX is from GE. It’s a place where sharpest minds across the globe work in tandem to produce some of the best technical innovations that mankind has ever seen.



” Imagination at Work”, what a perfect tagline for this great corporate.



GE has 4 research hubs in the world viz. Niskayuna in New York, Munich, Bangalore and Shanghai. The Bangalore centre known as John F Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) is the largest research centre outside US.I was fortunate enough to get a summer internship at Global Research Cente, JFWTC. Global Research Centre (GRC) is a pure R&D wing that gives research backup for all GE businesses. Spread out in an area of more than 50 acres with lush green lawns and Japanese garden JFWTC is truly world class.



For all of you who would like to pursue a career in research, my sincere advice, do your masters and PhD, pack your bags and get ready to be a part of GE family. All said and done I realized one thing after successfully completing my internship, core research is not my cup of teaJ



PS: Absolutely no point joining GE after B.TechL

Indian education system is a huge tower with a very poor foundation. The government is making a mockery of themselves by broadening the top of the tower without even trying to lay the foundation straight. Six new IIT’s all supposedly to bring prosperity to the underdeveloped states. Prosperity to whom? To the millions of children deprived of even primary education or to those starving young minds that come to school just to have the “sumptuous” mid day meal. When the primary educational system in India is in a grave situation due to lack of funds and infrastructure government is pumping crores for the creation of IIT’s.



I happened to read a very interesting article in the Harvard Business Review. It was about a startup company called Gyan founded by 3 Indian students after passing out from Harvard Business School. The study they conducted in India revealed the fact that majority of children drop out or do not get access to primary education not due to cultural or social reasons but simply due the lack of access to credit. Their venture focuses in providing credit in a profitable way to these deprived souls. There are similar programs in other parts of the world such as Bangladesh’s Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC).



According to the standards set by UNESCO primary schooling is defined as completion of grades 1-5. The success levels are measured by three parameters. . The first is net enrollment ratios for all children, disaggregated for boys and girls; the second is the percentage of children entering Grade One who complete Grade Five, and the third is the literacy rate among 15- to 24-year-old boys and girls. In India the drop out numbers are very high and in effect these children remain functionally illiterate for the rest of their lives.



The gross neglect and lack of a clear policy to improve the primary educational system in India is a serious lapse on the side of the government. Setting up of IIT’s at this juncture is clearly a move eyeing the next elections. When will we come out of this cheap vote bank political tyranny? Or are we destined to be like this forever? It’s said change is the only thing constant in this world, but seems like Indian politics is an exception!!!!!