Making the right choice
Be it IT or management, games designing or fashion merchandising, North India is increasingly becoming the mecca of education offering every education option or career choice imaginable
Moving around the northern belt of India, you will not only come across industries, agricultural farm land and the historical monuments but also the huge hoardings of educational institutes all over the place. New age educational institutions have sprung up in large number over the passage of time, while traditional educational institutions like Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh University, Allahabad University, Delhi University,
Kurukshetra University, Punjab University, Delhi and Kanpur IITs and Lucknow and Indore IIMs, etc., have paved an all new way for thousands of young minds to choose their career path.
An interesting thing to note about the new age institutions is that apart from offering regular courses like engineering, management and applied sciences; they also offer different courses all together pertaining to upcoming and budding sectors such as entertainment, travel, hospitality, aviation, advertising and mass communication. Moreover with the burgeoning of different industries in the northern belt, new age careers such as Actuarial Science, Retail management, Hospitality management, Animation, etc., are now taking the top seat as youngsters preferred choice, as these career options help you get a feel of self worth and self esteem, apart from facilitating your livelihood. Here’s a sneak peak at some of these emerging new age career options that various educational institutions in North India offer:
Hospitality Management
With the Indian government’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign having proved a major success, India has seen a steady flow of visitors not only looking out for leisure but also seeking health and with a curiosity about the heritage and spirituality of the country. With such a booming hospitality industry, the sky is now the limit for the youngsters who wish to become a part of this fascinating hospitality industry. The employment graph of this industry is continuously rising as career in hospitality sector opens up various opportunities related to the service industries like hotels, restaurants, health care, spa centers, café's bars, discotheques, various clubs and many more.
Retail Management
Today, the retail industry is considered amongst the largest in India. There are a number of retail marketing jobs out there, wherein one is not a sales executive, but one who creates and supervises sales strategies in the retail market. It is a challenging job, as marketing is far more difficult than actual selling. In marketing one is involved in brand building and brand maintaining.The work profile of a retail professional involves developing marketing gimmicks along with the marketing team. Whereas, one has to shoulder far greater responsibility if one is employed to look at the retail sales of all outlets stationed at the mall.
Actuarial Science
An actuary is a business professional who analyses the financial consequences of risk and Actuarial Science is the science of insurance. Being a multi-disciplinary field, it revolves around the study of uncertain future events, especially those of concern to insurance and pension programmes.
An actuary has several options to exercise his skills. Ranging from insurance companies, consulting firms, the government, employee benefits departments of large corporations, hospitals, banks and investment firms or, to a more general need for managing financial risk, an actuary can do it all.
Animation
If you have a passion for figures and a creative eye for detail, a career in animation could well be your ultimate destination. Though Animation' sounds simple but a lot of work goes into its preparation. It is the art of conceiving an action by drawing inanimate objects or characters, which are made suitable for filming.
There are ample career opportunities in the 3-D animation industry and a passion for the job can take aspirants to great heights. Though one need not be an artist to be a successful animator, he/she should have basic appreciation of art and the requisite skills can be honed at the college. You can be absorbed at various levels depending on your skill sets, as graphics designer, visual artist, supervisor, digital film animator, senior animator, content writer, clean up artist, web designer or web author. What's more, there is no age limit for learning and one can be successful even at a late age.
(Compiled by Suruchi Sharma)
Kurukshetra University, Punjab University, Delhi and Kanpur IITs and Lucknow and Indore IIMs, etc., have paved an all new way for thousands of young minds to choose their career path.
An interesting thing to note about the new age institutions is that apart from offering regular courses like engineering, management and applied sciences; they also offer different courses all together pertaining to upcoming and budding sectors such as entertainment, travel, hospitality, aviation, advertising and mass communication. Moreover with the burgeoning of different industries in the northern belt, new age careers such as Actuarial Science, Retail management, Hospitality management, Animation, etc., are now taking the top seat as youngsters preferred choice, as these career options help you get a feel of self worth and self esteem, apart from facilitating your livelihood. Here’s a sneak peak at some of these emerging new age career options that various educational institutions in North India offer:
Hospitality Management
With the Indian government’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign having proved a major success, India has seen a steady flow of visitors not only looking out for leisure but also seeking health and with a curiosity about the heritage and spirituality of the country. With such a booming hospitality industry, the sky is now the limit for the youngsters who wish to become a part of this fascinating hospitality industry. The employment graph of this industry is continuously rising as career in hospitality sector opens up various opportunities related to the service industries like hotels, restaurants, health care, spa centers, café's bars, discotheques, various clubs and many more.
Retail Management
Today, the retail industry is considered amongst the largest in India. There are a number of retail marketing jobs out there, wherein one is not a sales executive, but one who creates and supervises sales strategies in the retail market. It is a challenging job, as marketing is far more difficult than actual selling. In marketing one is involved in brand building and brand maintaining.The work profile of a retail professional involves developing marketing gimmicks along with the marketing team. Whereas, one has to shoulder far greater responsibility if one is employed to look at the retail sales of all outlets stationed at the mall.
Actuarial Science
An actuary is a business professional who analyses the financial consequences of risk and Actuarial Science is the science of insurance. Being a multi-disciplinary field, it revolves around the study of uncertain future events, especially those of concern to insurance and pension programmes.
An actuary has several options to exercise his skills. Ranging from insurance companies, consulting firms, the government, employee benefits departments of large corporations, hospitals, banks and investment firms or, to a more general need for managing financial risk, an actuary can do it all.
Animation
If you have a passion for figures and a creative eye for detail, a career in animation could well be your ultimate destination. Though Animation' sounds simple but a lot of work goes into its preparation. It is the art of conceiving an action by drawing inanimate objects or characters, which are made suitable for filming.
There are ample career opportunities in the 3-D animation industry and a passion for the job can take aspirants to great heights. Though one need not be an artist to be a successful animator, he/she should have basic appreciation of art and the requisite skills can be honed at the college. You can be absorbed at various levels depending on your skill sets, as graphics designer, visual artist, supervisor, digital film animator, senior animator, content writer, clean up artist, web designer or web author. What's more, there is no age limit for learning and one can be successful even at a late age.
(Compiled by Suruchi Sharma)
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