Internship - First Step towards Career

By T.V. Devi PrasadPlacement Manager, IIIT, Hyderabad. Internship: A Symbiotic benefit Internship is a process of acquiring employable strengths by a student, which is benefited symbiotically for both academia and industry. During this metamorphosis stage, student will get a chance to prove his/her talent and will be privileged to work with other professionals and stalwarts in a corporate. During this period, he/she will acquire the qualities like adopting to the new system/environment, which is not experienced at his/her academia during his/her studies. Students also would get a chance to work in desired technologies, which will also expose them to get expertise in the field. Besides, the intern will also get a chance to work with subject experts at various verticals and understanding their hierarchy and coordination among them. This will give them an "eagle's view" about project operation. Majority of the Global top notches like Google, Microsoft R&D, Informatica, Altair Engineering, Computer Associates, GE health Care Technology, Synopsys, Mc.Afee and Motorola are encouraging good talent pool to work with their organizations as "Interns". Normally these organizations visit during penultimate semester or even take the students after completion of the engineering course. So, students should never look into the lucrative package but concentrate on the brand of the corporate, topic, area and demand of the technology in the market and employment conversion. These are the major factors to be studied carefully before accepting the internship. Even some companies do not surely offer "Employment conversion" even in that case, a previous experience in a corporate as "intern" will be of great advantage for getting full time employment in other corporates. Some corporates are more inclined to encourage the interns for full time employment, since they are polished and refined products. Types of Internships: Broadly Internships can be divided into two types namely Internship without employment and Internship with Employment. Normally medium size corporates offer ’5,000 to 8,000/- , whereas Higher scale organizations offer ’10,000/- to 20,000/- as stipend for Interns, It also varies for PG and UG students. Most of the Multi National Companies are showing interest to take the students as Interns with employment conversion. Unless, there is no requirement, they will not lose the good trained hands. Some corporates are allowing final year engineering students to do short time project works for 3 to 6 weeks for which they do not pay stipend, but issue certificate for the work, he/she did in the project. This certificate will be of great value during their campus placements and other off campus drives. Some of the corporates will make it very clear that, they would not give any surety of employment after internship. But the technology, in which the students excel, will be a "golden brick for construction of their career" in some other corporate. The same technology, that he/she learnt during internship can be showcased during interviews for full time employment. Though the stipend may not be that lucrative during internship, but once he/she is absorbed as Full time employment, sky is the limit for his/her growth in various dimensions. Branches- Internship in Corporates: Civil and Mechanical Engineering:In infra industry good number of corporates are showing interest to encourage the engineering folks as interns. Not only on site jobs, but also Computer Aided Design ( CAD) is the best choice to start their career as intern. Working in reputed organizations like Gamon India, Sew Infrastructure, IVRCL and JMC they will have an all round exposure in various technologies. Whereas students from Mechanical and Production Engineering will have a good scope in L&T group, Essar Steels, Mahindra and Mahindra, Jhon Deers, Infotech Enterprises,Ashok Leyland for doing internship. Particularly, Machine design, Automobile Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Simulation, CAD/CAM, Industrial Management will be the best areas for doing internship. ECE/EEE:Communication Engineering is an ever green field, where good number of corporates offer internship in various technologies. ECIL, NTPC,BDL,Texas Instruments, Semiconductor organizations like Vacose Chip Semiconductors, Cyprus Semiconductors,Mentor Graphics, Moschip Semiconductors etc., offer internship for students. BHEL ,BDL are good choices for EEE students to do the internship. Broadly, they will be allowed to do internship in various areas like Embedded Systems, Micro Controls, Networking, DSP Processors, Analog and Digital IC Designs, Power Electronics are the ever green fields for doing internship. In general, for EEE students Hydrolic and Thermal Electric Machine Maintanence, Power Electronics and Utilizations are the best areas for building their career. CSE/IT:During 2008 to 2009, the global market was drastically affected with recession, but now the market is sending good signs of bright future for IT professionals in the years to come. The global reputes viz: Google, Yahoo, DE Shaw, AMAZON, Nvidia, are encouraging talent pool for doing internship in the areas viz: Machine learning, Language Technologies, Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence etc., Right Approach to the Corporates: Normally corporates show interest to conduct Internship selections either on or off campus. Otherwise, individual students also can approach the corporate through Alumni, some other referrals, Training and Placement Officer etc. Interested students approach the Human Resources/ Head of Operations/Talent Acquisition/Staffing Head to know more about the prospects for internship. Most of the times, Alumni is one of the best source to know more about the prospects for internship in their organizations. Nowadays many social networking groups like orkut, face book, are available through which you can find out reliable information. Documents to be carried before approaching a corporate for Internship:   Latest Updated Resume Concerned HOD's permission letter for allowing to do internship Principal's Approval letter Letter from Training and Placement Officer Recommendation letter: In case you are approaching through alumni or some referral employee of the organization or Faculty or Scientists or TPO it is essential to carry a recommendation letter. Offer letter: In case, you get selected through campus drive either on/off campus, carry the initial offer letter with you along with TOPs recommendation letter, while meeting the Head of HR/ Techincal Head. Concerned Faculty details should be conveyed to the team. Commandments for Intern: When students get an opportunity to work as intern they should do the following home work:  Enquire the areas/ topic in which he/she does the internship Duration of Internship. Scope for R&D. Employment conversion. Duration, stipend during internship and after employment conversion. Researchers/Scientists/Faculty worked on the technology, in which he/she does the internship Approach to the corporate through campus recruitment (Placement Officer) /faculty/some other Corporate referrals. Once selection is done he/she should contact Team lead /HR /Talent Acquisitions /Staffing Head of the corporate for getting clarity on Internship and its terms and conditions. Once the selection is done, in case students need to get the "credits" in order to get the degree as a part of curriculum he/she should involve his/her faculty and introduce him/her to the concerned team lead. Student should act like a (conduit)? point between faculty and team lead of corporate for clarity of his/her work.

Software Job

NASSCOM survey finds booming job market in India. It said the Indian information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) industry would hire 150,000 people this year. Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems. It is frequently described as the systematic study of algorithmic processes that create, describe, and transform information. Areas of computer science:  The theory of computation, algorithms and data structures, programming methodology and languages, and computer elements and architecture are the areas considered crucial for the discipline of computer science. In addition to these four areas, some fields such as software engineering, artificial intelligence, computer networking and communication, database systems, parallel computation, distributed computation, computer-human interaction, computer graphics, operating systems, and numerical and symbolic computation as being important areas of computer science. NASSCOM survey finds booming job market in India. For the next financial year, 2010-11, Nasscom gave healthier projections for exports at 13-15 percent and 15-17 percent for the India market. It said the Indian information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) industry would hire 150,000 people this year. The findings of the association said that the industry would continue to be a net hirer with direct employment expected to grow by 4 percent and cross 2.3 million with over 90,000 jobs added in FY09-10. The 'Global Snapshot' from the international recruitment firm, Antal surveyed more than 6000 organisations in 30 countries on whether they were currently hiring and firing at professional and managerial level. The survey showed that Indian organizations plan on increasing their hiring activity even more, which indicates a strong employment market which is improving all the time. India favorite destination:  India is the hub of skilled software professionals, who are available in abundance. It helps the software companies to develop cost-effective business solutions for their clients. As a result, Indian software companies can place their products and services in the global market in the most competitive rate. This is the reason why India has been a favorite destination for outsourcing as well. Many multinational IT giants also have their offshore development centers in India. Most of the software companies in India are into varied types of business like Infrastructure Software: These include Operating Systems, middleware and databases. Enterprise Software: These automate business process in diverse verticals like finance, sales and marketing, production and logistics. Security Software Industry-specific Software Contract Programming Pay:  The pay in software companies is very good as compared to other industries. Salary package is calculated based on the Total Relevant Experience in most of the companies. In technologies, that are short of resources like higher end computing etc the salary packages match that of many developed countries. As a thumb rule, the salary will be around 1.5 lakh x experience in many companies. Skills required:  A scientific temperament Good mathematical skills Logical and Reasoning skills Abstract Thinking Ability to work hard and sit at a computer for long hours Domains in software industry:  Application Programming / Maintenance DBA / Dataware housing ERP / CRM Mainframe QA & Testing Systems / EDP / MIS Client Server E-Commerce / Internet Technologies Embedded / EDA / VLSI / ASIC / Chip Design Network Administration / Security System Programming T- Hardware / Telecom / Technical Staff / Support Job roles IN Software Industry:  Trainee Software Engineer/ Programmer Team Leader/ Technical Leader Project Leader/ Project Manager Program Manager ERP, CRM - Functional Consultant ERP, CRM - Technical Consultant Software Test Engineer Quality Assurance - Manager VP/ GM - Quality Technical Support Engineer Network Administrator Database Administrator (DBA) Database Architect/ Designer System Administrator System Analyst/ Tech Architect Graphic Designer/ Animator Pros:  It is one of the most well-paid professions Intellect driven job You get thrill of solving mathematical puzzles Cons:  long exposure to the computer screen can hurt eyesight long work hours mean less socializing and perhaps physical fitness issues Risk of quick burnout

India a preferred destination for VLSI design

With main emphasis on innovation, quality and cost reduction, many business houses and multinational companies of the developed countries are looking forward to associating themselves with the developing countries, where skilled and inexpensive human talent is abundantly available. With improved worldwide communication facilities and quality DATACOM services, the business houses have become highly global in their operations. For example, they carry out designs in one country, manufacture in a second country and promote sales and business from a third country with worldwide access to the market. India today is acclaimed for its brilliant software professionals and highly skilled innovative hardware engineers, who have made a mark in the global IT Industry. The growth of Software Industry is mainly due to the wonder - Silicon Chip, whose cost has come down because of improved technologies, and system performance has improved enormously because of the complex VLSI Designs possible with advanced design tools. India, with its vast network of engineering colleges and universities, with courses in the fields of Electronics & Communications Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computers, should orient the young graduates to the advanced hi-tech area of VLSI Technology and Design techniques through bridge courses and/ or Post Graduate programs. VLSI Business Houses have already adopted a global business methodology in which they look forward to India as the best place to carry out their design and development activities, to East Asia to establish their manufacturing units and to China, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, etc. to carry out the testing and packaging. India - Shortage for Manpower ResourcesIn India, there are not many Institutes which are imparting industry-oriented training in this advanced area of VLSI Engineering. Hence, there is a large gap between demand and availability of trained expertise in this hi-tech field. Bridge programs and post graduate programs in VLSI engineering evolved with University and Industry collaboration reduce the gap between university education and industry requirements, which in turn will also enable the students to exploit the existing world scenario to their best advantage for better employment opportunities. Hyderabad - Challenging OpportunityHyderabad has all the potential to emerge as the global hub of high-end training, since it is traditionally known for the people with strong academic background, analytical skills and training strengths.