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— Nikhil Verma A Perhaps the best way to know about education in Japan would be to contact one of the organisations that organised the fair, Mombusho Scholars Association of India (MOSAI), an association of Indians who went to study in Japan on a prestigious scholarship. You can contact folks at MOSAI through its website, www.mosai.org.in which also has a hyperlink to a comprehensive website on studying in Japan, www.studyinjapan.org.my/04_study/04_study00.html . You will get answers to many of your questions there. Despite being a developed country, in the league of the US and UK, Japan is not really a very expensive destination for higher studies. Your total annual expenditure, including tuition and living expenses, should be in range of 5-6 lakh rupees. On an average, with partial scholarship, it may go down to 3-4 lakh rupees. You can get relevant information about Japanese government scholarships on www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/Education/japanese_government_scholarships.html The Japanese Language Professional Test is conducted twice a year. Although not mandatory, it’s useful for getting scholarships. Several institutes provide tuition-waivers and accommodation facilities for international students. You can work 28 hrs a week while pursuing certain academic programmes and full-time during vacation. Politically correct choice Q Can I join politics after doing an MBA? In what way can I help a political party as an MBA professional? — Gopal Dixit A Many B-school graduates have joined politics in the last decade or so, including Kumari Shailaja, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Naveen Jindal, Milind Deora and Sachin Pilot, but not as management professionals. But now graduates from top B-schools are increasingly being employed in politics as management professionals. IIM-Lucknow alumnus Ranjan Kumar, now a full-time Congress worker, gives strategic inputs to the party general secretary, Rahul Gandhi’s team. Prodyut Bora, a ‘99-batch IIM-A graduate, left his consultancy business to join the BJP as the national convenor for its IT cell. Sidharth Nath Singh, an alumnus of FMS, Delhi, has found the right mix of running a business and devoting time and energy for the BJP. Singh deftly balances three balls: an assignment with UK’s design and engineering consultancy firm WSP, while holding the post of party in-charge for Nagaland, besides being appointed as BJP’s publicity in-charge for the upcoming Gujarat elections. Young Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit, himself an alumnus of Institute of Rural Management Anand, has motivated a few other IRMA graduates to work full-time on a project. Interestingly, IIITM, Gwalior, offers an MBA in Public Services Mgmt & e-Governance. On the other end, many of our top B-schools including some of the IIMs, SP Jain Institute of Management, MDI Gurgaon, TERI School of Advanced Studies (Delhi) offer PG courses in Public Management & Policy, Political Governance. IT’s time to get armed Q I am an IT professional and I want to serve my country by joining the defence forces. Is it too late to join the Army? — Magandeep Chawla A IT professionals can join the Territorial Army (TA) and undergo two months’ training in a year so that in case of emergency they serve the country with their expertise in the IT sector. At present, there are 66 units in the TA of which 42 are Departmental Units. There are quite a few IT professionals who work as Commissioned Officers. They train their TA unit for eight hours every weekend while continuing with their regular jobs. In times of war or similar situations, TA officers and personnel are called in for active duty. All you need to do is train for 46 days in a year on weekends. The Mayor of Delhi has recently called upon citizens to join the TA to serve the nation. She announced that every Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officer and employee who joins the TA will be given two months’ leave with full pay to undergo training. Eligibility: Anyone between the age group of 18 to 42, who clears the Services Selection Board test and the medical exam can join the TA. Field wide open
— Minal Gupta A Most of India lives in villages. Rural Management programmes impart basic management skills necessary for managing a rural enterprise or co-operative. It therefore deals with all the functional areas such as marketing, managerial accounting, finance, rural behaviour, rural environment and production, rural research methodology, field studies of rural producers, human resources, integrated rural management, etc. Anyone with an agricultural background or leaning, who is interested in working in a rural set-up, is well suited for a career in rural management. You can find meaningful work in rural development projects with NGOs, the government and corporates in their rural initiatives and various agricultural or agri-business cooperatives and international/ national development agencies. With a rural management degree, you can work in banks (NABARD, ICICI, UTI), insurance companies (ICICI Lombard, LIC), retail giants (Future Group, Reliance Retail, Godrej Agrovat, Bharti, RPG, Spencers, big Apple, Subhiksha) and MNCs or rural consultancies (ITC e-choupal, the SCS group, Grossman & Associates). You can also join research agencies, including the UNO and its subsidiaries. The writer is a noted career consultant
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I missed the Japan Education Fair held in the capital earlier this
month. Can you give me some details about studying in Japan, the
likely costs and career prospects?
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I am a science graduate. I am keen on pursuing a career in Rural
Development and Management. Can you please tell me about the
postgraduate courses in this field?
