What next? BE graduates find out THE MCCIA HELD A CAREER GUIDANCE SEMINAR FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS RECENTLY

Rajesh Rao

To enable the youth and teach-ers from all over the world toundertake and collaborate onprojects contributing to thehealth and welfare of the so-ciety, the International Edu-cation and Resources Network(iEARN) sponsored the 2009Youth Communicating andNetworking (YouthCan) con-ference.

The conference was held atthe American Museum ofNatural History, New YorkCity, US, between April 4-6,2009. The iEARN is a youthnon-governmental organisa-tion with regional headquar-ters all over the world.

Two standard X studentsfrom the city, Priyanka Mohitefrom Bal Shikshan Mandir,Kothrud and Ketan Rikamefrom Jnana Prabhodhini, Nig-di, accompanied with Pratib-ha Patke, science teacher fromJnana Prabhodhini, Nigdi andSunita Bhagwat, iEARN Indiaco-ordinator participated inthe YouthCan conference.

They gave a presentationon ‘Four rivers, one world’project, along with partici-pants from Nepal andBangladesh, showcasing theriver pollution in their re-spective countries and theirsolutions to them.

“Working since 2007 on theriver project, both the stu-dents were given the theoryand practical training aboutthe river pollution, varioustesting regarding water qual-ity, finding solutions and en-vironment-related practicalexperience on the four rivers,Mula, Mutha, Indrayani andPawana in Pune for theirpresentation,” said Bhagwat.

Looking after the iEARN,Pune office for the last 10years, Bhagwat said that thetour was funded by the USState Department of Educa-tion, Washington DC.

Priyanka and Ketan wereselected among studentsworking on the project fromvarious schools in Pune.“They both experienced forthe first time that the garbageproblem in NYC was incom-parably more than what wehave in Pune and that the riv-er pollution in Bangladeshand Nepal is worse than whatwe experience in our rivers,”said Bhagwat.

As part of a group of sixstudents from her school,Priyanka with others touredthe rivers in Pune and con-ducted water testing to check

its PH value (acidity or alka-linity indicator), dissolvedoxygen percentage and phos-phate and nitrate level. De-veloping an innovative solu-tion, ‘Flora Filter’, an experi-mental model to filter waterthrough the sand and gravelmethod, successfully filteredmost of the suspended parti-cles from the residentialdrainage waste water dis-charge. Priyanka suggested

applying the cost-effective fil-ter method at residential com-plexes and smaller commer-cial places. “Interacting withstudents from other countriesand sharing our thoughtsgave us an introspective andcomparative idea of pollutionproblems prevailing in our re-spective countries,” saidPriyanka.

Working for one-and-a-halfyears on the project under the

guidance of his scienceschool teacher, Ketan came upwith an indigenous method ofwater purification called‘Green Herb Method’ usingayurvedic medicinal leavesextracts of eucalyptus, Indianbasil, custard apple and mar-go. These brought the dis-solved oxidants level to nor-mal, neutralised the water’sPH value and largely effectedthe chemical composition ofthe water. “It was a good ex-perience for my future as Ilearnt a lot through the cul-tural interaction with stu-dents from other parts of theworld,” said Ketan.

City students take the plight of Pune rivers to New York City

Ankita Maru

Pune is one of the biggest educationhubs of the east and everyone wouldsecond this thought after looking atthe extent of college fests held hereyear after year.

Top personalities, company stal-warts, excellent competitions, greatparticipation and fun-filled activi-ties make these festivals a joyride foreveryone involved. What lies behindall this enjoyment is something thatdeserves praise.

It is not an easy task, feel organ-isers. The preparations, which in-clude fixing the date to declaring thewinners, hold many challenges.

The biggest concern is to get max-imum sponsors for events. “The re-cession made it even tougher for usto crack sponsorship deals with cor-porates,” said Mitin Chakraborty,president, student council, Symbio-sis Institute of Media and Commu-nication (SIMC).

In the last few years, collegeevents have become a good mode forcorporates to invest promotionalfunds. There is easy access to theirtarget audience. “Telecom services,sports accessory manufacturers andmany such companies seem keen onsponsoring these events,”Chakraborty said. But convincingthem was really difficult this time.They were unable to help even ifthey wanted to, he added.

Akshaya Satpute, event co-ordi-nator, Cummins College of Engi-neering for Women seconded this.

“Getting sponsors was really tough.But we were better off because wehad started planning way back inJune ’08. We fixed our sponsors byAugust ’08 for the event that was totake place in March ’09. So till then,recession had not hit Indian com-panies badly. The colleges that hadto fetch sponsors later in the yearand beginning of 2009 went through

difficult times,” she said.However, colleges came up with

ideas to reduce the burden. “Insteadof getting big sponsors for the wholefestival, we had different sponsorsfor each event. In this way, we gotmany and they were happy too,”said Chakraborty.

Another sponsorship committeemember Ambika Bahadur from Sin-

hgad Technical Education Society’sSmt Kashibai Navale College of En-gineering shared her story of con-vincing companies for sponsorship.“We started looking for sponsors inOctober 2008 though our event wasin January. Most of them agreed, butwere not ready to give money. Theyproposed giving vouchers instead.With great difficulty, some compa-

nies agreed to give money. But whenwe went back in December to takethe amount, they refused, saying itwas a bad period for them, finan-cially. So we had to repeat the wholeprocess of finding sponsors at thelast minute. In the end, we were ableto collect about Rs4 lakh in cash andRs70,000 in the form of vouchers.”

While getting sponsors seems likethe most difficult task, chasingcelebrities to add to the glam quo-tient at these events can be dauntingas well. There is also a team that hasto co-ordinate with the media andanother that has to ensure thesmooth running of the event.

Like Chakraborty said, “It is acomplete learning experience. Fromplanning to co-ordinating and effec-tively implementing plans, we haveto do everything. So we learn towork with the right team spirit.”Hopefully next year will spell goodnews for these students.

How recession hit college fests this time

Rajesh Rao

A big question before Bachelor of Engineer-ing (BE) students just out of college is what todo next.

So that these students make the rightchoice, the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce,Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune,had organised a guidance seminar on April 30in their auditorium.

Two eminent mentors from the educationfield, Hemant Abhyankar, director, Vish-wakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Puneand Shreeram Geet, career counsellor andwriter from Pune, addressed the audience onthe various opportunities and options available after completing BE.

“Earlier, nobody asked what engineers didas an engineer was supposed to know how toaddress a problem. The development stage weare in has brought us to more than 39 engi-neering sectors. Today’s engineers in the flatworld of globalisation must understand thatif they do not do what others are doing, oth-ers will do it before them,” said Abhyankar inthe opening address.

He said that students should assess whatthey have learnt in the four years of college;should be multifaceted and master a few in-terdisciplinary subjects for potential yield ofinventions and innovations. Suggesting stu-dents to be introverts to find out their abili-ties, Abhyankar also said, “Looking out for ajob, find out who you are, what are the strong

likes and dislikes within you.”“In the broad spectrum of engineering, ap-

plication of product design, manufacturingproducts, marketing products, and procur-ing manufacturing equipments, engineershave to work for the benefit of the society. In-

dian engineers should not only be working inthe maintenance and repairs level, but shouldalso look into development and innovation,”said Abhyankar. To gear up for global oppor-tunities, he stressed the freshers to not restrictthemselves to one branch of engineering.

They should acquire interdisciplinary skills,learn at least one foreign language, and un-derstand law pertaining to the field, he added.

Giving a bleak current scenario due to theglobal recession, Geet was less optimistic inhis following inclusive address. “With only 1.3lakh being employed out of the four lakh freshengineers pouring out of various institutes asper the company norms this year, obviouslythere is a overcrowding of engineers in India,” said Geet.

“The Information Technology sector is go-ing to boom for the next 25 years. Working onprojects, today’s techies concentrate only onwhat they have learnt and do not learn any-thing new. With new developments in the ITfield, continuous learning is necessary to keeponeself updated,” said Geet. A lively interac-tive question and answer session between stu-dents and speakers followed at the end of theseminar.

(From left) Shreeram Geet, Hemant Abhyankar and senior director, Mahratta Chamber ofCommerce, Industries and Agriculture, Shriniwas Rairikar.

DNA Correspondent

Equipped with state-of-the-art animation technology,BIG Animation Infotainmentand Media School — an edu-cation wing of BIG Anima-tion (I) Pvt Ltd, a RelianceBig Entertainment Pvt LtdCompany, Pune — is set to bethe next major player in thethriving animation educa-tion scenario in Pune.

While admissions have al-ready begun, the first batchwill start from June 1, saidAshish Kulkarni, CEO, BigAnimation.

“In the last three to fouryears, the animation, gamingand visual effects scene haschanged and it is not enoughfor animators to only possesssoftware know-how. It isabout learning to tell a storyin the digital format and alsoabout film-making. Our at-tempt is to help them go be-yond software and spe-cialise,” he said.

The centre will act both asa finishing school for ad-vanced learning in anima-tion and offer specialisedcourses as well. Starting with

AIMS-3D +, an advanceddiploma in 3D pipeline aswell as AIMS-D2D, which isan advanced diploma in Dig-ital 2D —professional, full-time one year courses, the ob-jective will be to impart acomplete understanding ofthe animation pipeline to thepupil. In this course, a stu-dent will get to learn the com-plete process from idea toscript and script to screen.

Apart from conceptual un-derstanding, students willalso gain real-time exposureto creative and business chal-lenges of animation. A fewshort-term courses are alsoon offer. The courses for spe-cialisation will range fromthree to six months.

No trials for clinicalresearch aspirants

BRIGHT MINDS: (From left) Sunita Bhagwat, PriyankaMohite, Ketan Rikame, and Pratibha Patke at the 2009YouthCan conference at the American Museum of NaturalHistory in New York City.

ABOUTYOUTHCAN

YouthCan is a youth-runorganisation that usestechnology to globallyconnect and educatepeople about environ-mental issues. Workingcollaboratively withiEARN, YouthCan is anumbrella network ofenvironmental studentsand educators, whodesign and present vari-ous workshops andactivities at theAmerican Museum ofNatural History in NYC,US. The museum pro-vides the space, fundingand staff support toYouthCan, NYC. Thethree YouthCan groupsof the planning commit-tee, member studentsand teachers communi-cate with each other,facilitated by the net-work structure of iEARN.

LARGEST NETWORK

The iEARN is the world’slargest non-profit, glob-al network of teachersand youth in more than125 countries, collabo-rating on educationaland learning projects.Through the medium ofthe Internet, it is aunique platform for stu-dents to globally show-case their projects. InIndia, iEARN, with itspresence in 18 states,works collaborativelywith the Department ofEducation and Researchand Indian Institute ofEducation known fortheir improvement programme in schooleducation.

Reliance BIG foraysinto animation

Ashish Kulkarni

Prachi Nayak

The Indian clinical researchindustry has grown fromRs20crore to Rs1,500crore inthe last three years.

In India, the sector has notseen any near-term impact ofthe economic downturn aslarge pharma companies con-tinue to send work to India, tobe conducted at 1/5th of the UScost. This has led to a large de-mand for qualified and trainedprofessionals in the industry.“There are more than 2,50,000positions vacant globally withannual salaries from $40,000 to$1,00,000 indicating that it is awell-paid career,” said Dr SKGupta, dean and director gen-eral, Institute of Clinical Re-search India (ICRI).

To match these industry de-mands, ICRI has just admitted3,000 students in its five cam-puses and will be opening newcampuses in Kolkata and Pune.To give students a global edge,the institute has also opened acampus in UK and is seekingformal tie-ups with three uni-versities in the US. “We have en-tered into an alliance with UK’s

Cranfield University to give stu-dents a global qualification andcareer opportunities.”

Clinical research is open toanyone; non-science graduatescan pursue courses like MBA inhealthcare management. Stu-dents with backgrounds in lifesciences, pharma, medicine,nursing, bioinformatics, are el-igible to opt for courses likeMSc in clinical research.

Unlike other sectors recruit-ment is seamless. “Almost 202MNCs like Pfizer, Novartis,Sanofi, Quintiles, Merck, andIndian companies have been re-cruiting students from our institute,” said Gupta.

With the cost of coursesranging from Rs1.5-5 lakh, eventhe return on investment in education is high.

Sector promisesover 2,50,000 jobs globally

www.dnaindia.com

epaper.dnaindia.com 5PUNE Pune, Monday, May 4, 2009ACADEMY

Shreeram Geetcareer counsellor

Today’s techies concentrateonly on what they have learnt

and do not learn anything new. Withnew developments in the IT field,continuous learning is necessary tokeep oneself updated.”

Mitin ChakrabortyPresident, student council,Symbiosis Institute of Media andCommunication (SIMC)

Instead of getting bigsponsors for the

festival as a whole, we gotdifferent ones for eachevent. In this way, we gotmany sponsors and theywere happy too.”

What next? BE graduates find out THE MCCIA HELD A CAREER GUIDANCE SEMINAR FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS RECENTLY

Rajesh Rao

To enable the youth and teach-ers from all over the world toundertake and collaborate onprojects contributing to thehealth and welfare of the so-ciety, the International Edu-cation and Resources Network(iEARN) sponsored the 2009Youth Communicating andNetworking (YouthCan) con-ference.

The conference was held atthe American Museum ofNatural History, New YorkCity, US, between April 4-6,2009. The iEARN is a youthnon-governmental organisa-tion with regional headquar-ters all over the world.

Two standard X studentsfrom the city, Priyanka Mohitefrom Bal Shikshan Mandir,Kothrud and Ketan Rikamefrom Jnana Prabhodhini, Nig-di, accompanied with Pratib-ha Patke, science teacher fromJnana Prabhodhini, Nigdi andSunita Bhagwat, iEARN Indiaco-ordinator participated inthe YouthCan conference.

They gave a presentationon ‘Four rivers, one world’project, along with partici-pants from Nepal andBangladesh, showcasing theriver pollution in their re-spective countries and theirsolutions to them.

“Working since 2007 on theriver project, both the stu-dents were given the theoryand practical training aboutthe river pollution, varioustesting regarding water qual-ity, finding solutions and en-vironment-related practicalexperience on the four rivers,Mula, Mutha, Indrayani andPawana in Pune for theirpresentation,” said Bhagwat.

Looking after the iEARN,Pune office for the last 10years, Bhagwat said that thetour was funded by the USState Department of Educa-tion, Washington DC.

Priyanka and Ketan wereselected among studentsworking on the project fromvarious schools in Pune.“They both experienced forthe first time that the garbageproblem in NYC was incom-parably more than what wehave in Pune and that the riv-er pollution in Bangladeshand Nepal is worse than whatwe experience in our rivers,”said Bhagwat.

As part of a group of sixstudents from her school,Priyanka with others touredthe rivers in Pune and con-ducted water testing to check

its PH value (acidity or alka-linity indicator), dissolvedoxygen percentage and phos-phate and nitrate level. De-veloping an innovative solu-tion, ‘Flora Filter’, an experi-mental model to filter waterthrough the sand and gravelmethod, successfully filteredmost of the suspended parti-cles from the residentialdrainage waste water dis-charge. Priyanka suggested

applying the cost-effective fil-ter method at residential com-plexes and smaller commer-cial places. “Interacting withstudents from other countriesand sharing our thoughtsgave us an introspective andcomparative idea of pollutionproblems prevailing in our re-spective countries,” saidPriyanka.

Working for one-and-a-halfyears on the project under the

guidance of his scienceschool teacher, Ketan came upwith an indigenous method ofwater purification called‘Green Herb Method’ usingayurvedic medicinal leavesextracts of eucalyptus, Indianbasil, custard apple and mar-go. These brought the dis-solved oxidants level to nor-mal, neutralised the water’sPH value and largely effectedthe chemical composition ofthe water. “It was a good ex-perience for my future as Ilearnt a lot through the cul-tural interaction with stu-dents from other parts of theworld,” said Ketan.

City students take the plight of Pune rivers to New York City

Ankita Maru

Pune is one of the biggest educationhubs of the east and everyone wouldsecond this thought after looking atthe extent of college fests held hereyear after year.

Top personalities, company stal-warts, excellent competitions, greatparticipation and fun-filled activi-ties make these festivals a joyride foreveryone involved. What lies behindall this enjoyment is something thatdeserves praise.

It is not an easy task, feel organ-isers. The preparations, which in-clude fixing the date to declaring thewinners, hold many challenges.

The biggest concern is to get max-imum sponsors for events. “The re-cession made it even tougher for usto crack sponsorship deals with cor-porates,” said Mitin Chakraborty,president, student council, Symbio-sis Institute of Media and Commu-nication (SIMC).

In the last few years, collegeevents have become a good mode forcorporates to invest promotionalfunds. There is easy access to theirtarget audience. “Telecom services,sports accessory manufacturers andmany such companies seem keen onsponsoring these events,”Chakraborty said. But convincingthem was really difficult this time.They were unable to help even ifthey wanted to, he added.

Akshaya Satpute, event co-ordi-nator, Cummins College of Engi-neering for Women seconded this.

“Getting sponsors was really tough.But we were better off because wehad started planning way back inJune ’08. We fixed our sponsors byAugust ’08 for the event that was totake place in March ’09. So till then,recession had not hit Indian com-panies badly. The colleges that hadto fetch sponsors later in the yearand beginning of 2009 went through

difficult times,” she said.However, colleges came up with

ideas to reduce the burden. “Insteadof getting big sponsors for the wholefestival, we had different sponsorsfor each event. In this way, we gotmany and they were happy too,”said Chakraborty.

Another sponsorship committeemember Ambika Bahadur from Sin-

hgad Technical Education Society’sSmt Kashibai Navale College of En-gineering shared her story of con-vincing companies for sponsorship.“We started looking for sponsors inOctober 2008 though our event wasin January. Most of them agreed, butwere not ready to give money. Theyproposed giving vouchers instead.With great difficulty, some compa-

nies agreed to give money. But whenwe went back in December to takethe amount, they refused, saying itwas a bad period for them, finan-cially. So we had to repeat the wholeprocess of finding sponsors at thelast minute. In the end, we were ableto collect about Rs4 lakh in cash andRs70,000 in the form of vouchers.”

While getting sponsors seems likethe most difficult task, chasingcelebrities to add to the glam quo-tient at these events can be dauntingas well. There is also a team that hasto co-ordinate with the media andanother that has to ensure thesmooth running of the event.

Like Chakraborty said, “It is acomplete learning experience. Fromplanning to co-ordinating and effec-tively implementing plans, we haveto do everything. So we learn towork with the right team spirit.”Hopefully next year will spell goodnews for these students.

How recession hit college fests this time

Rajesh Rao

A big question before Bachelor of Engineer-ing (BE) students just out of college is what todo next.

So that these students make the rightchoice, the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce,Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune,had organised a guidance seminar on April 30in their auditorium.

Two eminent mentors from the educationfield, Hemant Abhyankar, director, Vish-wakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Puneand Shreeram Geet, career counsellor andwriter from Pune, addressed the audience onthe various opportunities and options available after completing BE.

“Earlier, nobody asked what engineers didas an engineer was supposed to know how toaddress a problem. The development stage weare in has brought us to more than 39 engi-neering sectors. Today’s engineers in the flatworld of globalisation must understand thatif they do not do what others are doing, oth-ers will do it before them,” said Abhyankar inthe opening address.

He said that students should assess whatthey have learnt in the four years of college;should be multifaceted and master a few in-terdisciplinary subjects for potential yield ofinventions and innovations. Suggesting stu-dents to be introverts to find out their abili-ties, Abhyankar also said, “Looking out for ajob, find out who you are, what are the strong

likes and dislikes within you.”“In the broad spectrum of engineering, ap-

plication of product design, manufacturingproducts, marketing products, and procur-ing manufacturing equipments, engineershave to work for the benefit of the society. In-

dian engineers should not only be working inthe maintenance and repairs level, but shouldalso look into development and innovation,”said Abhyankar. To gear up for global oppor-tunities, he stressed the freshers to not restrictthemselves to one branch of engineering.

They should acquire interdisciplinary skills,learn at least one foreign language, and un-derstand law pertaining to the field, he added.

Giving a bleak current scenario due to theglobal recession, Geet was less optimistic inhis following inclusive address. “With only 1.3lakh being employed out of the four lakh freshengineers pouring out of various institutes asper the company norms this year, obviouslythere is a overcrowding of engineers in India,” said Geet.

“The Information Technology sector is go-ing to boom for the next 25 years. Working onprojects, today’s techies concentrate only onwhat they have learnt and do not learn any-thing new. With new developments in the ITfield, continuous learning is necessary to keeponeself updated,” said Geet. A lively interac-tive question and answer session between stu-dents and speakers followed at the end of theseminar.

(From left) Shreeram Geet, Hemant Abhyankar and senior director, Mahratta Chamber ofCommerce, Industries and Agriculture, Shriniwas Rairikar.

DNA Correspondent

Equipped with state-of-the-art animation technology,BIG Animation Infotainmentand Media School — an edu-cation wing of BIG Anima-tion (I) Pvt Ltd, a RelianceBig Entertainment Pvt LtdCompany, Pune — is set to bethe next major player in thethriving animation educa-tion scenario in Pune.

While admissions have al-ready begun, the first batchwill start from June 1, saidAshish Kulkarni, CEO, BigAnimation.

“In the last three to fouryears, the animation, gamingand visual effects scene haschanged and it is not enoughfor animators to only possesssoftware know-how. It isabout learning to tell a storyin the digital format and alsoabout film-making. Our at-tempt is to help them go be-yond software and spe-cialise,” he said.

The centre will act both asa finishing school for ad-vanced learning in anima-tion and offer specialisedcourses as well. Starting with

AIMS-3D +, an advanceddiploma in 3D pipeline aswell as AIMS-D2D, which isan advanced diploma in Dig-ital 2D —professional, full-time one year courses, the ob-jective will be to impart acomplete understanding ofthe animation pipeline to thepupil. In this course, a stu-dent will get to learn the com-plete process from idea toscript and script to screen.

Apart from conceptual un-derstanding, students willalso gain real-time exposureto creative and business chal-lenges of animation. A fewshort-term courses are alsoon offer. The courses for spe-cialisation will range fromthree to six months.

No trials for clinicalresearch aspirants

BRIGHT MINDS: (From left) Sunita Bhagwat, PriyankaMohite, Ketan Rikame, and Pratibha Patke at the 2009YouthCan conference at the American Museum of NaturalHistory in New York City.

ABOUTYOUTHCAN

YouthCan is a youth-runorganisation that usestechnology to globallyconnect and educatepeople about environ-mental issues. Workingcollaboratively withiEARN, YouthCan is anumbrella network ofenvironmental studentsand educators, whodesign and present vari-ous workshops andactivities at theAmerican Museum ofNatural History in NYC,US. The museum pro-vides the space, fundingand staff support toYouthCan, NYC. Thethree YouthCan groupsof the planning commit-tee, member studentsand teachers communi-cate with each other,facilitated by the net-work structure of iEARN.

LARGEST NETWORK

The iEARN is the world’slargest non-profit, glob-al network of teachersand youth in more than125 countries, collabo-rating on educationaland learning projects.Through the medium ofthe Internet, it is aunique platform for stu-dents to globally show-case their projects. InIndia, iEARN, with itspresence in 18 states,works collaborativelywith the Department ofEducation and Researchand Indian Institute ofEducation known fortheir improvement programme in schooleducation.

Reliance BIG foraysinto animation

Ashish Kulkarni

Prachi Nayak

The Indian clinical researchindustry has grown fromRs20crore to Rs1,500crore inthe last three years.

In India, the sector has notseen any near-term impact ofthe economic downturn aslarge pharma companies con-tinue to send work to India, tobe conducted at 1/5th of the UScost. This has led to a large de-mand for qualified and trainedprofessionals in the industry.“There are more than 2,50,000positions vacant globally withannual salaries from $40,000 to$1,00,000 indicating that it is awell-paid career,” said Dr SKGupta, dean and director gen-eral, Institute of Clinical Re-search India (ICRI).

To match these industry de-mands, ICRI has just admitted3,000 students in its five cam-puses and will be opening newcampuses in Kolkata and Pune.To give students a global edge,the institute has also opened acampus in UK and is seekingformal tie-ups with three uni-versities in the US. “We have en-tered into an alliance with UK’s

Cranfield University to give stu-dents a global qualification andcareer opportunities.”

Clinical research is open toanyone; non-science graduatescan pursue courses like MBA inhealthcare management. Stu-dents with backgrounds in lifesciences, pharma, medicine,nursing, bioinformatics, are el-igible to opt for courses likeMSc in clinical research.

Unlike other sectors recruit-ment is seamless. “Almost 202MNCs like Pfizer, Novartis,Sanofi, Quintiles, Merck, andIndian companies have been re-cruiting students from our institute,” said Gupta.

With the cost of coursesranging from Rs1.5-5 lakh, eventhe return on investment in education is high.

Sector promisesover 2,50,000 jobs globally

www.dnaindia.com

epaper.dnaindia.com 5PUNE Pune, Monday, May 4, 2009ACADEMY

Shreeram Geetcareer counsellor

Today’s techies concentrateonly on what they have learnt

and do not learn anything new. Withnew developments in the IT field,continuous learning is necessary tokeep oneself updated.”

Mitin ChakrabortyPresident, student council,Symbiosis Institute of Media andCommunication (SIMC)

Instead of getting bigsponsors for the

festival as a whole, we gotdifferent ones for eachevent. In this way, we gotmany sponsors and theywere happy too.”