OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD!

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G.S. PanikarG.S. Panikar

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Careers in Careers in Economics and Economics and

FinanceFinance

M.A. / M.Sc. in M.A. / M.Sc. in EconomicsEconomics

Best CollegesBest Colleges

Good books….

Principles of Economics – Gregory

Mankiw

Principles of Economics –

Samuelson

Freakonomics – Steven Levitt

The Undercover economist –

Tim Harford

M.B.A.

Key entrance tests CAT – Common Admission Test

JMET (Joint Management Entrance Tests)

MBA programme of IIT and IIS - Only for

students from Science stream

ATMA – AIMS Test for Management

Admissions

MAT – Management Aptitude Test

CET (for M.M.S.) – Maharashtra

When should you start preparation? Atleast eight months prior to the test! All Tests contain:

English Maths Logical Reasoning

Solve sample test papers Read newspapers (especially editorials) and

magazines regularly. Competition Success and a business

magazine

Preparation for Group Discussion and Personal Interview

Keep yourself updated!

Have answers ready to the following questions:

Why you want to do an MBA? What are your strengths and

weaknesses?What are your dreams and goals in life?

CAT – Common Admission Test

IIMs S.P. Jain Institute of Management M.D.I. (Gurgaon) T.A. Pai Management Institute (Manipal) Mudra Institute of Communication (Ahmedabad) I.M.T. - Ghaziabad K.J. Somaiya Institute Fore School of Management (New Delhi) Nirma Institute of Management (Ahmedabad) Welingkar Institute of Management Institute of Technology and Management National Institute of Bank Management - Pune

Best B-Schools in Mumbai

Through CET: JBIMS Sydenham Institute of Management K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Welingkar Institute of Management Chetna’s Institute of Management, N.L.

Dalmia Institute of Management, SIES College of Management Studies

I.E.S.

SNAP - Symbiosis National Aptitude Programme

Symbiosis Institute of Business (SIBM) SCMHRD Symbiosis Institute of International

Business (SIIB) Symbiosis of Mass Communication

(SIMC) Symbiosis Institute of Management

Studies (SIMS)

XAT

XLRI S.P. Jain XIM, Bhubaneshwar Goa Institute of Management Loyola Institute of Business Administration,

Chennai ITM, Navi Mumbai

Through own entrance tests or CAT scores: NMAT - N.M.I.M.S.

IRMA: Institute of Rural Management – IRMA, Anand Xavier Institute of Management -

Bhubaneshwar

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Maharashtra Institute of Labour Studies

Mass Communication CAREERS IN: Advertising Journalism Research

INSTITUTES: MICA, Ahmedabad SIMC, Pune AJK Mass Comminication Research Centre

Jamia Millia Islamia , Delhi Xavier's Institute of Communication Mass Communication course by Sophias

Management Management InstitutesInstitutes

International College of Financial Planning

http://www.collegefp.com/main/courses.php

Courses offered

Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning   (Full

Time) The candidates will be awarded the Post Graduate

Diploma in Financial Planning after successful completion

of the course. Graduates, MBA, CA and ICWA are eligible

for the course.

Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Education Program  

(Distance Learning) 

Plan to introduce PG Diploma courses in Personal

Insurance, Commercial Risk, Investment

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

BANK MANAGEMENT (PUNE)

http://www.nibmindia.org/

Actuarial Science

Deals with:

Calculation of insurance risks and premiums

Application of mathematical and economic analysis for decision-

making in insurance, investment, financial planning and

management

Opportunities in banking, pension, investment, project

management, health care, financial management and corporate

planning

Skills required:

Mathematical ability, communication skills, business sense

Professional qualification

The Actuarial Society of India conducts an examination leading

to the fellow membership (recognised as the professional

qualification by the insurance industry).

Those who have passed Plus Two examination and have

proficiency in mathematics eligible for appearing for Stage I

entrance test (Mathematics and English)

Graduates with first class and postgraduates with second

class in mathematics or statistics exempted from mathematics

After passing entrance test, apply for student membership and take examination leading to professional qualification as an actuary. Nine subjects - probability and statistics,

mathematics of finance, life contingencies, economics and accounts, applied statistics, mortality institutional investment, life assurance and retirement benefits

For more details contact: Actuarial Society of India, 9, Jeevan Udyog,

3rd floor 278, DN Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001.

Email: actsoc@vsnl.com Website:http://www.actuariesindia.org/

www.actuaries.org.uk

NMIMS – MBA NMIMS – MBA (Actuarial (Actuarial science)science)

Institute of Finance, Banking and Insurancehttp://74.86.19.212/

Post Graduate Diploma in Banking Operations (PGDBO)

ICICI Bank

Placements

GovernmentGovernment

RBI,RBI,Research Research

DepartmentsDepartments

Corporate SectorCorporate Sector

Economics Economics Departments,Departments,

Finance, Finance, ResearchResearch

Capital MarketCapital Market

Stock Exchanges Stock Exchanges Equity ResearchEquity ResearchMutual FundsMutual FundsMNCsMNCs

Journalism Journalism

Print Media,Print Media,Business Business ChannelsChannels

Teaching Teaching

Colleges,Colleges,Management Management

Institutes Institutes

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