APEEJAY INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, NEW DELHI
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Are you itching to make it big in the fashion industry? Do you want to make a mark in multimedia or design? If you have not decided yet which institute to join, then the Apeejay Institute of Design (AID), New Delhi, would be a safe bet.
AID began its journey [...]

With German companies tying up with Indian firms, knowledge of German will give you an extra edge.
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Guten morgen. It is time to wake up to the myriad prospects of the German language. Nowadays, quite a few German companies are working with Indian firms. So a knowledge of the language will improve your job prospects. “We [...]

Six billion people share the planet’s resources and shape global society. Their life stories, in terms of vital events — births, deaths, marriage, divorce and migration — are what population studies is all about. Population trends and patterns — such as ageing, fertility, migration flows, spatial distribution and health differences — can be traced to [...]

There’s more to the economy than the slowdown, say the country’s best business brains
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Does a barber lose business during a depression? He may, if his clients are losing hair. But, by and large, barbers don’t have to take a haircut even in the worst of times.
Like hairdressing, there are certain professions that are immune [...]

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Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
Tucked away in the hills of Mussoorie is an old colonial building with sprawling lawns. Don’t be surprised if you find men and women there talking on subjects as varied as the Indian caste structure and the global economic crisis. For these very men and [...]

It takes an interviewer only a few seconds to form an opinion about a candidate
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According to a study, people evaluate one another using the three Vs: visual (appearance), vocal (voice) and verbal (what you say). About 93 per cent of a person’s communication effectiveness is determined by non-verbal communication.
Another study, conducted by a psychology [...]

Running a coaching centre for civil service aspirants is not easy in Calcutta — far from it. If anything, it reflects the apparent “disinterest” of students in Bengal in joining the bureaucracy.
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Ask Jyotirmoy Pal Chaudhuri, former vice-chancellor of Vidyasagar University who now runs the Institute for Civil Service Aspirants in Calcutta, and he’ll tell [...]

You begin by sailing through the prelims. Then, you ace the mains with equal ease. But before you can ensure that coveted future in India’s bureaucratic circles, there’s a final hurdle — the interview, which stands between all and nothing, marking out a leader from a follower. Clearly, it’s no cakewalk.
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Ordinarily, the number of [...]

Most civil service aspirants would tell you that attending coaching classes for the civil service examination (CSE) is important, for you need to know not just what to study but also what not to study.
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While choosing a coaching centre, ask yourself the purpose of joining an institute. Identify what kind of guidance you need [...]

The civil service doesn’t just mean the IFS, IAS or IPS. Rahul Jayaram reports that there is a whole bouquet of other challenging services :
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You’ve got through the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) civil service exam but have not ranked high enough to qualify for the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Administrative Service (IAS) [...]