Grads ! What's next?
- 1. Grads ! What’s next ? Nimish Joseph MTS, Oracle India Pvt. Ltd. nimishjoseph@gmail.com 13-08-2015
- 2. HIGHER STUDIES JOB nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 3. HIGHER STUDIES • In India GATE, CAT, MAT, SNAP, NET (JRF)… • Abroad GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, IELTS, … and even GATE nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 4. ABROAD • US • UK • Singapore • Germany • Canada • Australia nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 7. Test of English as a Foreign Language • 110 countries - 6000 institutes • Score valid for 2 years • US - Some universities TOEFL is not required. Not required for Post Doctoral Program • Education Testing Services - ETS conducts it via agencies. In India www.prometricindia.com • More opportunities in Bio technology, Bio informatics, Gametology, Microbiology, Communication, Information Technology, Robotics, Signal Processing. nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 8. International English Language Testing System • Europe, Australia, New Zealand, US - 200 universities • Cambridge University, British Council, IDP-IELTS Australia - together conducts • Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking • Result on 13th day • Marking(1-9) 6-8 good • www.ielts.org nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 9. More Exams on ENGLISH • Teach English as a Foreign Language – TEFL • Test of Spoken English – TSE • Business Language Testing Systems – BULATS • Business English Certificate - BEC nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 10. Graduate Record Examination - GRE • All US universities, some in UK and other European countries, Canada,… • Education Testing Services - Prometric India • GRE - General, Subject. 185 $ • Exam Date after 3 months can be opted. • General (Verbal- 130-170, Quantitative 130-170, Analytical Writing 0-6) • 5 year validity -3 hr 30/45 PBT/CBT nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 11. Graduate Management Aptitude Test - GMAT • MBA • 16 year of study or 4 year Degree • GMA Council - Pearson VUE • 3 hour 30 mins - Analytical Writing Assessment, Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative, Verbal • GMAT Total score 200 - 800, 400 - 600 avg nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 12. Things to remember • Course and Interest • Fee, other expenses and Scholarships • Part Time Job Feasibility • Minimum 2 Referees • STATEMENT OF PURPOSE • Accredited • Association of Indian Universities Approved nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 13. GATE • M Tech/ MS • IISc/ IITs/ NITs/ NITIE/ IIIT/ NUS/NTU • 100 Marks • Score 1000 • Direct PhD also possible • Notification –September/ October • Exam – Feb/March online nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 16. CAT • MBA, PGDM, PGPEM, PGP, PGPPM, EPGP, … • IIMs/ IITs/ NITs/… • 140 minutes • Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation (30), Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning (30) • Prometric India • Selection scheme changes from IIM to IIM nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 17. Other Management Tests • MAT • SNAP • XAT nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 18. Joint Entrance Screening Test - JEST • Physics, BioInformatics, Nuclear Science, Astrophysics, Theoretical Computer Science,.. • ARIES, Nainital • HBNI, Mumbai • HRI, Allahabad • ICTS, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (TIFR) Bangalore • IGCAR Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam • IIA, Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bangalore • IISc Bangalore • IISER Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Mohali • IPR Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar • PRL Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad • IMSc The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai • TIFR nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 19. IIIT Bangalore MS/ MTech/ Integrated PhD – GATE (EC/CS/EE) IIIT Hyderabad MTech/ MS/ PhD – PGEE (CS/EC Related) IIIT Allahabad Cyber Law & Information Security/ BioMedical – GATE BITS – Institute Entrance MANIPAL – Manipal University – Online Entrance Test DA – IICT GATE TANCA (GATE / Non GATE -TANCET) CUSAT/ KERALA (GATE) nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 20. JOBS • Employee • Entrepreneurship – HOT! Government Support nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 21. SAIL ISRO DRDO CSIR NET NTPC JTO Indian Railways Indian Post BEL BHEL DMRC IB Banking UPSC Engineering Services nimishjoseph@gmail.com
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- 23. Civil Services • Preliminary General Studies (1 & 2): Paper 2 is Aptitude • Mains - written 7 Papers (including 2 papers of a subject of your choice) • Interviews IAS, IRS, IPS, IFS, ICS, IES, … nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 24. Private Sector • IT • Non IT, but Technical • BPO • Banks • Journalism • HRs and other Administrative Jobs • Film, Art, and others nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 25. What can you do now ? • Coursera, npetl, mit • Internships • Self driven Projects • Puzzles • HackerEarth, HackerRank, ProjectEuler, Codechef , Google Summer of Code nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 26. Ready to be a professional • Resume • Linkedln • Interview • Preparation -Technical • HR • Teams • Project nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 27. Life at IT & Scope for Higher Studies • Service, BPO, Product, Research • Team Lunch, Corporate Dinner • Conferences, Meetings • Fun, Food, and Technology • MBA • MTech • MS • PhD nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 28. Do what you Like and Like what you Do nimishjoseph@gmail.com
- 29. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. nimishjoseph@gmail.com