ICICI PRU LIFE JOB OFFER FOR ARMED FORCES OFFICERS

ICICI is introducing a course for officers .details are ...at
pl visit http://www.tmifirst.com/armedforces/enrollment.htm

cheers

dilip nambiar


Enrollment Procedure
Visit our corporate website www.tmifirst.com/fasttrack and apply onlline or send an email or call for free e-prospectus.

Select the 2 day Orientation programme you wish to attend. (The first orientation program is in Delhi in NCC Auditorium & second in Pune)

ICICI Prudential life will provide insights into the insurance sector and the career tracks available.

Interested officers will be interviewed at the orientation programme against various positions in HR, Operations, Sales, Business Management etc.

Selected Officers will be given job offers with the provision that they should complete the course satisfactorily and join ICICI prudential Life.

Within 7 days, officers must confirm their interest in accepting the provisional job offer.

Officers, accepting the offer must submit their application for Premature Retirement ( in case of serving officers) and select the Business School they wish to attend, from the course calander.Courses will be offered at multiple centres across the country in partnership with several Business schools.

Officers can enroll for any of the courses commencing within 9 months from the date of offer

Course fee will be paid by ICICI Prudential. However officers must submit a legal undertaking that they will join ICICI Prudential at the end of the course.

Officers must complete course and join ICICI Prudential on due date.

Sponsored Course Fee:

We value your rich expirence, organizational capabilities and your management skills.The course fee is sponsered by ICICI Prudential Life baring a nominal amount of Rs. 2000/-. Our way of showing that we cherish you and the background you come from.

Job Placement:

All Officers, on successful completion of the Programme will be inducted into ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company. The officer will be profiled based on his competencies and will be considered for multiple positions in various functional areas across multiple locations in middle management positions.

VENTURE CAPITAL OUTLOOK

I came across this article about Venture capitalists being equally keen on investing in expansion stage funding of start ups as much as early stage funding. Pl visit http://www.inc.com/news/briefs/200707/0717vc.html?partner=rss

and pl do lead me to more such news in this arena.

Dilip Nambiar

MAKING A SUCCESS OF ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING SERVICES

While it is a settled practice for Electronic Manufacturing Companies to outsource to EMS contractors and free themselves to focus their energies on the core tasks,the EMS too needs to keep a track of latest manufacturing practices and trends in the industry.

An interesting article by Randy Littleson, Vice President, Kinaxis
Manufacturing.Net makes intersting reading at

http://www.manufacturing.net/article.aspx?id=141604

Retention of a competitive edge and providing value to the OEMs being critical to EMS there is a need to adopt standards of quality and the ability to react to the changing scenario is essential.

What then is the Indian EMS scenario?

As ELCINA says "The growing Indian market for electronic products is over US$25 bn and is growing at about 30% per annum ! At this rate it is projected to exceed US$ 70 bn by 2010 and US$158 Bn by 2015. This growth has attracted global players to India and leaders like Solectron, Flextronics, Jabil, Nokia, Elcoteq and many more have made large investments to access the Indian market."

So India being an attractive destination for OEMs sourcing EMS, while the top knotch Cos (which is about half a dozen) may find it easy those medium and small INDIAN Domestic EMS Cos need to adopt industry standards.To that end the article referred to above could be of immense value.

may i invite your views/comments please???

Dilip Nambiar

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

A recent article in Mckinsey Quarterly discusses about delivering Software as a "SERVICE"..Pl read at..
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=2006&L2=4

The logic being that instead of Cos spending money on purchasing and hosting/loading on own computers and servers it can subscribe to the service and hopefully the automatic(?) upgrades..

I wonder what its impact will be on Indian IT Cos who are into SW???For the Cos how does it help in profit generation?

IN India where the basic OS like Windows is still largely pirated esp in the SOHO and Individual segment. could we also expect some variant where in we can log on to an OS??? say like windows vista. I for one am waiting for availability of OS which i can carry in my pen drive or PDA /mobile communicator and plug in and use!

can some of you offer your views?
Dilip Nambiar

MEETING CLASSMATES AFTER 29 YEARS

On 02/03 December all of us classmates of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Golconda 1977 batch had a reunion after 29 years!!

out of 40, 31 made it including 7 from US/Canada. It was indeed a great feeling and we felt as if the gap of all those years have been bridged--FOREVER.We alsomanaged to get 14 of our teachers of that time to come too.some 74 years old.

This is usually forgotten in many Alumni meet .The function wasa organised at the school and the children of today put up a wonderful show too.Its a great feeling pretty difficult to describe.

We felt that the need to give back to our community something after all those years and made a humble beginning and resolved to do more as we move on.


It was a feeling of joy and happiness uniting with so many after all those years.Sad also that we did not realise this earlier.

If each one of us can do something by way of giving back to the schools, what a great difference it will make i leave it to you to judge...

there is an interesting post on chip manufacture and hiring in india ae pointed out to me by AK Menon at http://www.joboptions.blogspot.com/ which i reproduce...

FAB companies scouting abroad for managerial talent for India

Todays Economic Times has an article on this. Cant see an online link as yet!

The gist is as follows

-chip manufacuting in India is in the nascent stage with only Semindia having started some work. Couple of more companies are waiting got the Govts semiconductor policy to come out before setting up shop here.

-there is not much talent in wafer mfg space planned –and so recruiters are eyeing people from Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and even the US for hiring managers! It is estimated that 8000 openings are expected in 2007- of which about 2500 will be in managerial levels!
-companies that have evinced interest are NRI Rajendra Singh led consortium India Electronics manufacturing company (IEMC), Korean led consortium lead by June Min in Hyderabad and NRI Deven Vermas consortium Hindustan Semiconductor Company.
I was fortunate to attend the meeting earlier this year, when TiE Hyderabad announced a special interest group when the India Semiconductor Association launched its Hyderabad office . Ms Poornima Shenoy President ISA –feels that the first level of managers will have to come from other countries..or Indians coming back from abroad!!
While there have been hiccups regarding Semindias foray into Hyderabad since, I would like to believe its only a matter of time..before the scene HOTS up.
I shall be glad to connect with those desirous of knowing more

Options in India: Hiring in smaller Indian towns

You can also search for OPTIONSINDIA here

DUSSERA-TRIUMPH OVER EVIL

Vijayadashmi is the tenth day of aswin symbolising the triumph of Goddess Durga over Demon Mahishasura.All over India this festival is celebrated in different ways depending upon the local customs and traditions.It is also celebrated as the homecoming of Rama after killing Ravana.

Ayudha puja is also performed during this time.
This is also the day after Navratri.

Over the years many of us may have forgotten the various facets of Dussera. Why not try to rejig your memories. Pick up any word of your choice related to dussera (in BLUE)and place in the box below and search.You will get a wealth of information....

PLAYING BRIDGE ON LINE

In yester years to play bridge one had to find Physical partners, set up a meeting together and play. With internet playing brige on line has changed all that. From the various sites you can choose any one and log on at your time of convenience and find partners even amongst strangers..This is also a good place to strike friendships learn about diverse cultures.

one such site for playing bridge free or for money is bridge base online..do try it out.
infact you will find interesting links when you search " play bridge"at the search box given below.
HAPPY BRIDGING FRIENDS!!

ENGLISH IN INDIA'S SILICON VALLEY...

Bangalore, located in Karnataka in south india is popularly known as the silicon valley of india. It is here that the indian IT industry earned its worldwide reputation.
Karnataka is headed by Mr Kumaraswamy as Chief Minister. His father Mr Deve Gowda was the prime Minister of india many years back.

And now in a bizzare action the state govt has decided to derecognise and close down schools teaching in english medium but were sanctioned for kannada medium.Another story of delhi demolitions.where were they all these years...in the opposition!!right place i guess to send them back!!

MERA BHARAT MAHAN!!

LEBANON REVISITED

The recent bombings and devastation by Isreal with the support of Bush (not necessarily America) has deeply left a scar on our psyche. will this contain or foster terror??

I chanced upon an interesting article by Gurmeet Kanwal, a Senior fellow at the centre for Air power studies Delhi.With his permission i reproduce it here for your reading.

Learning from Lebanon
A nation can prevail in all tactical engagements and still lose at the strategic level
Gurmeet Kanwal,Indian Express,Monday, August 21, 2006 .

The Westphalian nation-state is fraying at the edges and Lebanon is a primary example of this. It has a regular army and it has the Hezbollah — a terrorist organisation that is officially tolerated if not recognised as the army of the south. The Hezbollah has taught the seasoned Israeli army several hard lessons.
The first and foremost lesson of the war in Lebanon is that no matter what the peaceniks may say, conventional war simply cannot be wished away. While sub-conventional warfare and low intensity conflict dominate the strategic scenario, any nation that neglects its preparation for conventional war does so at its peril. Terrorism is not a vague threat any more. It is a cohesive, organised threat with strategic depth and needs a carefully coordinated multi-disciplinary response.
The next major lesson is one that has been learnt before in all the recent conflicts. While surgically delivered modern air power can wreak immense havoc, no nation can win the war from the air. A corollary to this lesson is that modern technology can only facilitate combat, not help the technologically superior nation to win due to its asymmetric advantage. To achieve political and military objectives, air strikes must be combined with boots on the ground to physically eliminate enemy soldiers or terrorists from their bunkers and hideouts. Such a course of action naturally entails incurring casualties and this is a factor that must be carefully weighed before launching a major offensive. Any nation that is not prepared to suffer casualties can at best hope for a stalemate, not victory.
No matter how carefully the targets are selected, there will always be collateral damage and the media will continue to beam gory images almost in real-time into hundreds of millions of homes across the world. The media is now the third party in every conflict. It can no longer be relied upon to be neutral. It takes sides, based on the predilections of its owners. The media will also decide who will be declared the victor and who, the vanquished.
There is no such thing as a short and sharp low-cost conflict. The enemy is always far more resilient than military planners are ready to concede and while it may take initial losses, it always bounces back with a vengeance. Democracies will have to acquire the will to take a fight to its logical conclusion.
Finally, a nation can prevail in all tactical engagements, as the US and the coalition forces did in Iraq, and still lose at the strategic level. The Israeli Defence Force will eventually pull out from Lebanon without achieving its strategic objectives.
The writer is a senior fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi
(The above article was simultaneously published in SaharaTime, New Delhi)

INDIAN HEATH CARE

OVERVIEW OF INDIAN HEALTHCARE
1. India is one the second most populous nations of our world with a population of over a billion. The Indian economy over the recent past has started looking up and has now decidedly been acknowledged as likely to continue to sustain economic growth. The Indian healthcare Industry though still nascent in size and dynamics compared to other countries has also benefited from this economic boom. The country’s health infrastructure has seen an exponential growth in terms of quantum, quality and expanse due to a significant infusion of funds from Govt and non govt/corporates both in the urban and rural context. The primary driving force for an enhanced demand for quality healthcare standards are the 300 million middle class population. Their need of quality within acceptable costs is making corporate hospitals see reason in reducing tariffs with a view to attract volumes

2. Lets look at what India has- which is not modest:
• 15,000 hospitals, 875,000 hospital beds
• 500,000 doctors, 737,000 nurses
• 170 medical colleges,18,000 new doctors every year
• 350,000 retail chemist outlets
• 500000 clinics/nursing homes countrywide.

3. Healthcare spending. The estimated spending, according to a CII - McKinsey Report, would cross the Rs 2,00,000 crore(USD 50.1 Billion)-mark by 2012 from Rs 86,000 crore in 2001(USD 19Billion) . India now spends over Rs 1,03,000 crore on healthcare of which the delivery market gobbles up Rs 86,000 crore, while the rest goes to the pharma market.

4. Govt Health Policies. In India we have the Federal health ministry called The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare at New Delhi and at each state level a state health ministry. A National Health policy has been spelt out for implementation. Specifically interesting to us is the recognition by the Govt about the absence of a systematic and scientific health statistics data-base as a major deficiency in the current scenario.

5.The Indian Medical Insurance industry is growing at a fast pace both in size and numbers and there is a need to look at improving the delivery mechanism of the insurance players.Perhaps IRDA should also start a process in this direction. Technology and its intelligent use will help both hospitals and insurers to optimise spending.

Indian recruiters and Cos are also taking interest in Blogging. please read the recent article in economic times


You May find this interesting.desi blogs on to lure jobseekers
u might like to visit http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Feconomictimes%2Eindiatimes%2Ecom%2Farticleshow%2Fmsid%2D1988787%2Ccurpg%2D1%2Ecms&isImage=0&BlockImage=0


i also found the blog of Gautam Ghosh very rich in content and presentation.
Happy Reading

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Many established Companies at some point(s) of their growth face situations wherein a need is felt to usher in some changes in the management practices ,strategy and focus so as to enable the Co to forge ahead in a highly competitive world. The pressure to not just perform but infact outperform and catering to the shareholder interest calls for changes. This is a crucial stage and Companies often look for outsiders to bring in those changes. This is a delicate decision. Perhaps some who know the functioning of the Co from within may be better suited at the same time this has its obvious pit falls.

There is a web exclusive Mckinsey article available for those of you interested to read more at http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1648&L2=18&L3=27&srid=17&gp=0.

Happy Reading!

JOBS AND SKILLS

Every other day on the internet we see many an article espousing the need for skills for job seekers. At the Fresher level depending on the type of job profile there are a host of skills that a graduate is expected to master. This brings us to the moot question why are these skills not imparted at the basic education level upto graduation? why is there a complete disconnect from primary education to the collegiate level and the job market for freshers. If what is being taught at schools /colleges is of no use then why not teach these too?

While at the work place it is perfectly understandable that an employee wants to upgrade his skills and move up the ladder depending upon his competence, at the entry level perhaps today it is only the govt services where no such skills are required to get an entry!!

Even if we accept that these skills are a must and there are many institutes in cities that offer these as capsules, where does that leave the rural student? How difficult is it for him/her to overcome these obstacles?

Food for thought indeed….