Re: Alumni ARticle
Ujjaval Verma
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dear all ,
Many of you must be pondering over the possibility of some exciting career options after passing out from IIIT-H.
We have come up with the idea of presenting you
various exciting dimensions and career options our alumni have pursued .
Civil Services:
Why should I pursue a career in Civil Services?
Ans : The job is recession free and thus, offers job security to the person. Moreover, it provides you a fixed career growth.
What can I possibly contribute through this job?
Ans: The scope of the contribution that can be made to the society through such a job is, in fact, one of the biggest reasons to opt for Civil services. Everyone contributes to country but a Civil Service has a relatively huge span of contribution. As compared to any private job which has a very limited contribution, your job will directly affect the lives of 2-5 lakh people minimum. This in turn offers a 'Social status' which most of us are aware of. In addition to all these plus points, there are new challenges everyday and you wont get bored.
Which Examination is required to be taken by an aspirant and what pattern does it follow ?
Ans: There is an exam called Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC every year. It has 3 stages viz Preliminary exam, Main exam and Interview(also called Personality test) held in May, Oct and Mar/Apr respectively. General studies is a compulsory subject and you have to choose an optional from the list of subjects given for pre-lims and 2 optionals in mains. Pre-lims is of qualifying nature but marks of mains (Max. 2000) and interview (Max. 300) added together makes the final merit.
Moreover there seems to be change in this pattern from next year which will be clear in due course of time.
How should I go about choosing the optional subjects?
As of now, Computer Science is not available as an optional subject.You must chose your optional subject on the basis of your interest. Some other noteworthy points while choosing your optional subjects are given:
1) Assuming one year of preparation and one year between prelims and interview its very difficult to sustain interest in a subject if your reasons for selection were 'less course syllabus', 'marking patterns' etc.
2)The questions asked are analytical(analysis based) in nature so you should have good understanding of the concepts.
Another possible reasons for subject selection includes its relatedness to General studies. For example, General Administration and Geography are more or less related to General Studies. So you may have to study somewhat less. Though the primary reason for your selection must be your interest.
Tarun was comfortable and interested in geography since school days so he opted for that.
Can you give some suggestions about the required Study Material and Coaching ?
Ans: Study material is widely available but always choose good ones and stick to them.
Coaching helps in figuring out 'Where to start' and 'How to start' as you are new to this field It stabilizes and gives momentum to studies. Coaching is given by experienced people and there are many things which are not in books but are known to them.
Over the time majority of good coaching centres have concentrated in Delhi. Selecting city and coaching also depends on what subject do you want to study. Hyderabad also has good coaching institutes for anthropology and political sciences.
How can I start my preparations in college?
Ans: You must be practical and know how to manage whatever time is available. You should develop a deep thinking about any current issue which you come across. Reading of Civil services oriented magazines can be done. If you don’t have a basic grasp of concepts then reading of NCERT is suggested. If you are comfortable with them, then NCERT need not be focussed upon.
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To: santanu <shanta...@gmail.com>dear all ,
Thinking about exciting career options after passing out from IIIT-H ??
We have come up with the idea of presenting you
various exciting dimensions and career options our alumni have pursued .
Civil Services:
resons
Growth : job security, recession free job and fixed career growth
Contribution in the job: biggest reason to opt for cs. Everyone contributes to country but a cs has a huge span of contribution .. can directly affect lives of 2-5 lakh people minimum
Pvt job à limited contribution.
cs can directly help people..
There are new challenges everyday and you wont get bored.Social status” Most of us are aware of it
Exams and pattern:
There is an exam called Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC every year. It has 3 stages viz Preliminary exam, Main exam and Interview(also called Personality test) held in May, Oct and Mar/Apr respectively. General studies is a compulsory subject and you have to choose an optional from the list of subjects given for prelims and 2 optionals in mains. Prelims is of qualifying nature but marks of mains (Max. 2000) and interview (Max. 300) added together makes the final merit.
Moreover there seems to be change in this pattern from next year which will be clear in due course of time.How to choose optional subject?
CS is not available as an optional subject. Chose optional on basis of interest.1) Assuming one year of preparation and one year between prelims and interview its very difficult to sustain interst in a subject if ur reasons for selections were less course, marking patterns ect.
2) Questions are analytical(analysis based) so you should have good understanding of the concept.
Another reason for subject selection is its relatedness to General studies. General Administration and geography are related to GS. So you have to study less. Though primary reason for selection should be interest.
Tarun was comfortable and interested in geography since school days so he opted for that.
Study Material and Coaching
Study material is widely available but always choose good ones and stick to them..
Coaching helps in figuring out where to start? how to start as you are new to this field It stablizaes and gives momentum to studies. Coaching is given by experienced person and there are many things which are not in books but are known to experienced people.Over the time majority of good coaching centres have concentrated in Delhi . Selecting city and coaching also depends on what subject do you want to study. Hyderabad also has good coaching institutes for anthropology and political sciences.
How to start in college?
You should be practical and have to manage in whatever time is available. You should develop a deep thinking about any current issue which you come across. Reading of Civil services oriented magazines can be done. If you don’t have a basic grasp of concepts then reading of NCERT is suggested . If you are comfortable with them NCERT should not be focussed.
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Ujjaval
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