Thanks, for the the arguments on either side. My point of view is India has invested on westren education as well as technology all these years by creating IITs and IIMs. Some of the people stick with the country and others brain drained - for me both server the country. At first, the country produced doctors and thus our great grand parents aimed kids to become "doctors", later engineers and recently "computer engineers". Thus parents were understanding the demand of the profession. But I think now, there appears to be a huge gap, not so easy for the parents to catcup. New professions are being added and every day like "nano technology", "bio technology", "medical eletronics", "space sciences". What I see is the traditional sciences are being replaced. If India needs to become a super power with its young population, big industries needs to invest on building capabilies. Time has come for taking the leap and provide the exposure to the kids on leadership and technology.
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AKNR Chandra Sekhar, Manager-Release Management, ANZ Operations and Technology
| 04 17 2011 18:38:22 +0000
There are many young people who really don't know what they want out of life. But they are bright , only confused by the choices open to them.When they do drift into our organisations, it is imperative we recognise the potential and start building on it. God knows, we may hit upon a Steve Jobs!!
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Jayanti Ghosh, Freelancer, Advertising/PR/MR/Events
| 04 11 2011 07:30:10 +0000
Many organisations are investing in recruitment from premier institutions (IITs, IIMs, NITs etc..) during a pupils graduation or postgraduation.
I think time has come for these big organisations such as Infosys, WIPRO, IBM etc.. to start identifying potential next gen team right from age 10. It is easy for them to nurture and capture their accadamics, soft skills and leadership skills.
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AKNR Chandra Sekhar, Manager-Release Management, ANZ Operations and Technology
| 04 07 2011 17:51:54 +0000
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Profiling is apt only in the field of games and athletics where grooming at early stage helps to develop talented players. However in case of industry, this will only lead to demoralising other persons. Also choices and aptitude changes over the period of time. Even in the case of personnel from IIM and IITs, it has been found that they have become misfits when they have moved to senior positions very quickly. Also some of them lack the correct attitude which is more important to technical capability for growth in an organisation. I feel that the grooming can be best done after campus recruitment.
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Karthik Sai Sundaram, Senior Project Engineer, Qatar Petroleum
| 04 23 2011 05:40:38 +0000
Some companies have already started their own management degree programs and absorption after fair completion; but the demand and want for 'experience & skill ready' personnel will always be the priority. Besides with the CSR picking up it's doubtful how many companies will start investing separately in nurturing fresh talent.
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Koushik Chakroborty, ...., Actively searching for job openings in HR
| 04 11 2011 15:12:20 +0000
Thanks Dipika for the referral. I go with campus recruitment as it affords some insight into the candidates basic capabilities. The rest can be honed with induction, value-added in-house traning, mentoring and grooming. But the raw material should be from those who have indicated their career choice or proven their potential. Any other source of the next gen is fraught with individual percepts and seldom yields sufficient numbers to select from.
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Capt. V.S. Kartik, CEO/MD
| 04 09 2011 04:30:26 +0000
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