Challenges and Opportunities for UG Students Bharathiar University : Coimbatore

INDIA : A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES  Services – hub of the world with over 24% share of global IT & ITES market.  Workforce grown from 2.84 lac (99-00) to one million (04-05).  2.5 lac Engg. grads & Diplomas enter the workforce annually.  ITES Sector needs good English Communication Skills, High Speed Typing Skills & Basic Domain Knowledge

In Tamilnadu State  30 Universities (Including Deemed Universities)  260 Engineering Colleges  210 polytechnics  530 ITI  75,000 Engineering Graduates per year including 35,000 in IT Area coming out per year.

HR Potency of Bharathiar University 106 Affiliate Colleges spread over Coimbatore, Erode and Nilgiri Districts Arts, science and Commerce Disciplines 40,000 graduates 1300 MBAs, 1200 MCAs 8000 UG in Comp. Science 10,000 Commerce and Management Students

Chances for the UG Students Where can they be placed? ITES Retail Marketing Insurance Companies Private Banks Tourism Sectors Medical Transcription companies Print media and e - publishing

Post Graduate in Commerce / MIB / MBE/ MBA Business Management UTI HDFC ICICI Prudential ForexMarketing Mutual fund operating companies Competitive market analysis

MCA / M.Sc software Degrees Software Engineering Multimedia Animation IT and ITES Development Companies Medical Transcription companies Print media and e - publishing

Culture of ITES Bank, Employee, Company, Degree, Work - pre 1980’s Post Globalization Scenario Profit Centre, Performer, Revenue Generator, Skill Set, High performance, Multi tasking, Global Delivery model, Work without supervision, Project Completion and Compensation

FAVOURABLE INDIAN ITES SERVICE SECTOR ENVIRONMENT 20 million jobs in 2020 with 300 billion U.S. Dollars [Service provided remotely - IT & ITES] 40 million jobs in 2020 with 500 billion US Dollars customers services in India (Import of customers) health care, educational services, leisure tourism, nature tourism

OUR STUDENTS  Examination focused, textbook oriented, learning only at class rooms, teacher is the only source of information  lack of basic communication skills  Lack of exposure to real world situations.  Lack of Fundamentals  personal motivation for learning, experimentation & Innovation is very limited.  Seeks Traditional University Degree but not acquiring focused set of skills  No Foreign Language Skills

Companies Visited 1. MPhasis 2. Mobax 3. Advanced Ecom Solution 4. MeritTrac 5. E.P.Tech. 7. Citi financial 8. Jobsdb 9. Pantaloon 10. Solition Automation 11.ICICI Prudential 12.NOUS 13.TWWI 14.Infosys 15.Cognizant 16. Progeon 17. Trayee 18. Genpact 19. Spheris 20. B2K 21. oracle and SAP Labs 22. Timesjobs 22.Reliance 23.Sathyam Comp. Services Ltd 24.Wipro 25.TCS

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