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Sanjay Krishnamurthi of the United States bats during the T20 World Cup match against India at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. (Getty Images) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: The first memory Satya Krishnamurthi returns to is not of a net session, a trophy, or a highlight-reel clip. It is a day at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, sitting in…
Employability In Focus, More Pulp For Orange Eco Signalling a shift in employment strategy, the Budget, instead of announcing how many jobs will be created, focuses on building conditions for sustainable work, with skilling, services and sector-led ecosystems emerging as core pillars. A high-powered education-employment-enterprise standing committee will map skill gaps, identify high-employment service sub-sectors…
Rahila Firdous (Pic credit: Mumbai Indians) NEW DELHI: Rahila Firdous has already ticked off several milestones in her young career. From playing elegant cover drives inspired by Virat Kohli to studying MS Dhoni’s videos to sharpen her wicketkeeping skills, the Bhopal-born cricketer has shaped her game by learning from the very best.Go Beyond The Boundary…
General degree vs. Honours degree For decades, Indian students have been told that an honours degree is the safer, smarter choice. It sounds more rigorous, looks better on paper and often comes with higher cut-offs. A general degree, by comparison, is seen as a compromise—something you settle for if you don’t make the list.But the…
Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as the ‘Godfather of AI’ has once again shared an advice for engineers and students. Hinton has asked the students and engineers to not give up computer science degrees, despite the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence which is reshaping the coding industry. Speaking to Business Insider in an interview Hinton stressed…
Canadian millionaire and Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary has now shifted his stance. Leary recently gave an advice to students, walking back his view that engineering was the only graduate degree worth pursuing. Leary recently shared a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). In the post O’Leary mentioned that the biggest…
Sebi has opened the door for more professionals to enter the advisory space by allowing graduates from any discipline to register as investment advisers (IAs) and research analysts (RAs), widening the talent pool for the two regulated categories. The regulator made the changes through separate notifications issued on Tuesday.The move replaces the earlier requirement that…
Gen Z is cashing in on U.S. aviation careers paying $300K with no degree The US job market is grappling with a growing shortage in a crucial sector few young people know about. Aviation maintenance technicians, responsible for keeping aircraft safe and operational, are retiring at unprecedented rates. This has created opportunities for Gen Z…
Palantir is adding more people to choose from for its future hires. America’s largest defense technology software company is offering a months-long internship program to recent high school graduates. The company wants to position this internship program as an alternative to a traditional college education.The program is for 18-year-olds who have recently graduated from high…
India’s hiring shift: Experience matters; degrees alone won’t secure jobs For years, graduating college felt like stepping straight into a career. But India’s job market has changed gears, and the shift is too big to ignore. Recruiters scanning résumés are no longer asking where you studied — they are asking what you can do on…
