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Career prospects are good and ever increasing.
You may find it difficult to find first job. It may take around 6months if your time to find a decent job as a fresher. Once you get through, there are many vacancies at upper level.
You may start looking for a job after clearing CT1,3,5,6.
You should be open to relocate as few cities have actuarial opportunities. Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, chennai, pune, gurgaon and harldy any other.
Conventionally people work in insurance after starting actuarial science but I prefer data analytics job as more convinient, preferable and well paid over insurance sector. Your ability to understand data will be much more as an actuary as compared to anyone else. It won't be much difficult to find a job in data analytics, business intelligence.
Minimum fresher package in India varies from 2.5-5lakhs per annum and that's goes to around 30-40 lakhs PA as u become and actuary. Further, with experience, it tends to get even better. (In insurance industry)
Packages are much better in data analytics. Around 4-7.5lakhs as fresher is normal.
Do not skip graduation plus do PG too if possible.
Get back to me if anything else you want to know. Do visit actuaries101.blogspot.in for some articles on the same.

Polytechnic is an AICTE approved 3 years Diploma course with state technical council authorisation which gives the basic and initial concepts of engineering with so many practical classes along with theory classes. One can apply for B.Tech or BE after that directly into 2nd year by lateral entry and also can change department for few streams. Like for civil they can choose architecture also.
You can admit in polytechnic through entrance or in few private colleges management quota. Engineering is a 4 years Under Graduate course also with AICTE approval and with state technical council authorisation. It gives technical knowledge with depth and a better concept of engineering. Computer Engineering is just a branch of Engineering.

Dear aspirant,
MIT-WPU and Fergusson, Pune are well-reputed institutes for pursuing a degree in FYBA. Both are top-notch institutes in Pune, Maharashtra. According to me, Both the colleges are good enough when it comes to quality education and placements. But, if you ask me I would prefer Fergusson to MIT-WPU. Because Most importantly, If you join any of these two college first thing that matter is the Return of Investment (ROI) of the college you will automatically get to know that it is worth spending your money and time in Fergusson Pune Fees structure is quite decent and affordable. On the other hand, MIT is quite expensive because it is a Deemed University! No doubt It provides the best exposure.
Hope it helps.

Colleges/Universities grant admission to the students on the basis of the marks obtained by the candidate in standards 10 and 12. Shortlisted candidates may have to attend Group Discussion/Personal Interview rounds (this depends on the selection process of the college/University).
Here is a list of a few colleges/Universities that grant admission through merit.
Acharya Bangalore B-School (ABBS)
1,54,000
AIMS Institutes (AIMS)
NA
Dinabandhu Andrews Institute of Technology and Management
1,74,000
EThames Degree College
2,75,000
Great India Degree College
NA
Galgotias University
2,31,000
Indian School of Business Management & Administration, Hyderabad
92,700
ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad
5,80,000
International Institute of Management and Technical Studies, Ahmedabad
37,700
International Management Centre (IMC DELHI)
2,00,000
Indian Institute of Management and Commerce (IIMC Hyderabad)
57,000
J.D. Birla Institute (Department of Management)
96,800
Jai Hind College
60,000
Loyola College
75,000
Marathwada Mitra Mandal's College of Commerce
93,380
Mount Carmel College
1,50,000
NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata
NA
National Academy of Event Management & Development
2,40,000
Poornima University
1,50,000
Presidency College
2,50,000
ROOTS - International School of Business & Management
NA
Reva University
1,80,000- 2,40,000
Sinhgad Institutes, Pune (Under Graduate Colleges)
54,000 per year
SUN International Institute for Technology and Management, Hyderabad
NA
SJES College of Management Studies, Microsoft IT Academy
3,60,000 to 4,50,000
Sikkim Manipal University Distance Education, Delhi
83,700
Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University
3,00,000
Thakur College of Science and Commerce
45,000
UEI Global, Pune
54,000- 72,000

Getting a job directly after B.Pharm is little troublesome, if you're not looking for job in sales and marketing and want a career in research or some other job then you'll have to pursue higher studies.
Students interested in academia and R&D take up M.Pharm or Ph.D. It will not only add a higher degree and greater career opportunity to your CV but also you can become a professor in Indian universities.
For this CSIR NET exam is held twice a year: CSIR NET Exam - Assistant professor
Other career options are:
Pharmacist
Drug Inspector
Drug squad in police department
Technician in college
Medical underwriter
CRO
Data validation associate
Pharmacy entrepreneur - like Norman Niven Employee or entrepreneur: what type of pharmacist are you?
Production & Quality Assurance in Pharmacy companies.
If you are familiar with C++, you can plan to learn Bio Suite software that is widely used in big Pharma companies.
Pharm MBA is another career option one can opt for
Overseas career:
Those who wish to settle in abroad with pharmacy career have to appear in GRE, TOEFL, IELTS etc entrances.