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Hi, It was instituted by the CFA Institute in USA, a global association of investment professionals. The course is open to graduates (with three years of education) and even those in their final year can enrol.
CFA Program is a self-study course that tests your knowledge in different areas over three levels of exams.
Level I is about learning investment applications.
Level II is about applying them.
Level III focuses on using different applications for defining investment strategy and performing portfolio management.
Program curriculum
It is based on a Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) that has a total of 10 topics grouped into four functional areas: Ethical and Professional Standards, Investment Tools, Asset Valuation, Portfolio Management & Wealth Planning. (see figure on next page). Passing these rigorous tests requires a comprehensive understanding of accounting, economics, and portfolio management, as well as successful demonstration of a high level of proficiency in the valuation and analysis of both equity and fixed-income securities.
Level I exams are conducted twice a year (in June and December).
Level II and Level III are conducted annually, only in June.
The openings available to CFA degree holders are in Banking, Insurance, Corporate Sectors and Finance, Leasing Companies. Even organisations like Railways, Reserve Bank of India and Financial Institutions like ICICI, IDBI, IFCI and UTI have given due recognition to the CFA programme. Most ICFAI graduates receive offers for challengimg professional positions with attractive emoluments. The career prospects are as bright as of any other in the field of finance. Fresh graduates with a degree from ICFAI generally start as executive trainees in the financial sector. After gaining experience, they can even go on to, head their departments.
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Hi, The travel industry in India is booming and needs young and enthusiastic minds which can work tirelessly as this is a field buzzing with work, deadlines and excitement.
Refer to the following link for list of institutes offering your desired course across India and further you may refine the search as per your location preference. You may visit respective websites in order to find details on fees, intake, eligibility criteria, admission process, entrance exams, learning mode options, etc.
tinyurl.com/34fbtvt (place the URL in the address bar)
A qualified professional can easily get employed with any travel agency, domestic and international airlines and at bus/railway stations and transit centres as ticket agents. After a gaining enough exposure and insights into the industry, one can always graduate to the level of a tour manager as well. Starting your own venture is also a viable option.
Initially you can start with Rs 7000 to Rs 9000. Within a couple of years this figure will increase to Rs18000- 20000. You can always equip themselves with added educational qualifications like a Masters in Business Administration or a course in Financial Management or certification courses from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This will hone your skills and help you grow further and faster in this field.
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Hi, Project management is an approach of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the prosperous achievement of specific project goals and objectives.
To successfully settle your aim of grooming yourself as an excellent project manager facilitating a project, you may take up below suggested Project management courses:-
Project Management Institute, Mumbai & Bangalore
E S I International, Mumbai & Bangalore
Learning Tree International, Online Courses
I I L India, Bangalore
SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
Indian Institute of Project Management & Research, Mumbai
I would suggest you to visit each one individually for details on fees, intake, eligibility, schedules, recognition, learning mode option, etc. Take a wise decision after thorough research.
After pursuing the program, you'll gain a sophisticated level of knowledge and skills on diverse aspects of project management, which includes strategic thinking and planning in a global competitive environment. It will definitely help you to obtain a challenging profession which would provide you with adequate career growth and good compensations packages.
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Hi,
Well Medical and Civil Services at one time is definitely a big deal. You need to balance the two. As far as your prior educational background is concerned, I am sure you would opt for Science subjects or Medical Sciences for UPSC.
There are some things that you should bear in mind before appearing for the exams. They are:
*Read your notes and practice writing it down everyday.
*First tackle the hard part and then get to the easy part. You will be able to cover all their portions this way.
*Studying sample papers of the preceding years will help you stay informed about the syllabus as well as the latest changes in the question pattern.
*Always be prepared to work hard and put up a systematic study plan
You may refer the books (medical) below:
Universal Self Scorer Biology for AIPMT, AIIMS, AFMC & Various Medical Entrance Exams
Oswaal Chapter Wise Solutions CPMT
Concepts of Physics by H.C.Verma
Dinesh A to Z in biology Class XI and XII
Concise Inorganic Chemistry byJ.D. Lee
Deepthi publications
Vijaya publications
Guikawad publication
N C E R T books
For Civils, I would suggest you to spend quality time everyday by reading journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. And you may consider the following books:-
Indian Politics by Lakshmikanth
Ancient History by D.D.Kausambi's
R.S.Agarwal [Arithmetic]
Essential of Grammar- Oxford Publications
Wren & Martin [English Grammar]
A Brief Introduction to Indian Constitution by Xaviers Pinto
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma
As far as preparing on GK is concerned, you can refer Competition Success Review for updates on current affairs. I would also suggest you to constantly check the UPSC site which gives previous years question papers which will help you in you preparation.Also find attached an article link tinyurl.com/yjr8dg8 to acknowledge you more on the same.
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