Engineering Services – ESE as a Career Option for B.Tech Graduates

Across generations and geographies throughout the nation, it is widely believed that career in Engineering is one of the most demanding option for bright students across the country. Mushrooming of hundreds engineering colleges and technical institutions in the recent past, along with presence of top ranked IITs, NITs and IIITs and reputed private colleges across the length and width of the country is a testimony to engineering being considered as the hottest career option. The filed has been on top among conventional and non conventional careers available to the students. This craving of students and their wards towards securing a seat in most celebrated engineering colleges indicates the popularity of post engineering career options. The same can be validated from the ever rising number of pre engineering test taking students aspiring to become future engineers.

Career Options available for Engineering Graduate:

Besides, the steep rise in number of engineering graduates churning out of these colleges there have been always plethora of career choices available for engineering graduates. There is no dearth of opportunities for aspirants after graduation in engineering. The career options (for engineers) can range from esteemed Indian Engineering Services (IES) or, jobs in Public Sector Units (PSU) offering diversified, challenging and stable career options, to research and development, teaching and Prestigious private sector lucrative jobs after Masters in respective discipline in engineering after qualifying Graduate aptitude test in engineering (GATE). Post engineering degree there are other options for engineers like Civil Services, State Engineering Services, MBA, Banking Sector, Defence Services, higher study abroad through GRE and GMAT. Other career options can be job in information technology sector. Among these choices Indian Engineering Services stands tall and distinguished.

Why IES a Distinguished Career Option For Bright Engineers:

Among all the career options available for engineers across domains, i.e. in private, public and government sectors still the best, prestigious and coveted career remains that of esteemed Indian Engineering Services (IES). Indian Engineering Services (IES) is undoubtedly the crème de la crème of all career options available for engineers. Out of approximately close to one Lakh of aspirant applying very year for prestigious engineering services exam, only a few hundreds of brightest, responsible, matured and capable engineers are recruited every year for these coveted positions.

Through Indian Engineering Services (IES) a candidate gets a career in most reputed government departments like Indian Railways, Military Engineering Services, Central Engineering Services, Telecommunication Department, Central Water Services and other esteemed departments.

In Indian Engineering Services (IES) services an Engineer gets an opportunity to handle technically challenging roles and tasks which have a direct bearing on the building up of infrastructure and services of our nation. The job is doubly- rewarding not only in terms of fulfillment and happiness achieved by serving one’s own people through technological innovations but also in terms of a high social status attached to Engineering Services. Briefly, Indian Engineering Services (IES) offers a highly satisfying career with a opportunity to make a technological impact on larger social strata, high social status and not to mention good compensation and benefits for family and dependents. These factors or parameters make it exclusive, distinguished and eminent career as compared to any private sector or information technology based jobs which are predominantly dependent on the volatile market conditions. Thus Indian Engineering Services (IES) remains incomparable, inimitable, unrivaled and unsurpassable in its scope of utilization of technical skills and creating a larger social impact thereby fulfilling the aspirations of the individual holistically.

CA all India Topper Roohi Agarwal interview

CA Topper Roohi AgarwalRoohi Agarwal is an all India topper in CA Final Examinations 2011 for which results were announced recently. She has shared her preparation strategy and experiences with www.indiavidya.com for the benefit of aspiring Chartered Accountants. Roohi Agarwal suggested CA candidates not to get disappointed with small mistakes in the preparation and in the examinations. Following is the interview of Roohi Agarwal:

1) Question: Congratulations Roohi ! Let us start with your education and family background..

Answer: My native place is Delhi. I completed my education till 12th in Delhi (CBSE syllabus). In 12th I was Delhi topper with 96.6 percent marks. My subjects in 10+2 were Economics, Maths, Accountancy and Business Studies. After that I gave my entrance exam for CA i.e in Delhi in June 2008 in which I got All India 5th Rank. I prepared for 2 months for CPT.

Then my family shifted to hyderabad and I joined for artilceship training in Hyderabad and simultaneously went for coaching for PCC Exam. My attempt for PCC exam was in May 2010 in which i secured all india 20th rank. after dat i started preparation for Final Exam and gave attempt in Nov 2011.

2) Question: How did you prepare for the CA examinations?

Answer: My preparation strategy was listening with full concentration in classes to the teacher and understanding the concepts instead of mugging up. When u study any subject by knowing what, when , how and specially “why” of a particular topic, it develops your interest in the subject. Try to apply whatever u study in real life. This nullifies the chances of forgetting and enables u to answer any type of question asked in the exam. I used to revise every day after comin from office whatever i studied in the class..so around 5-6 hrs of study including class time for around 8 – 10 months. Then during preparation leave, i focussed on regular revisions and following the same book. I made a proper plan to divide my time into difficult and easy topics and important and less important ones.

3) What is your suggestions to the aspirants of CA career?

Answer: The main mistakes are getting disappointed with a few things you are not able to do properly. I wud suggest that u shuld find out which things you are good at and practice them more and be perfect with that. After that with the available time, try to find out solutions for difficult topics. So dat gud marks in positive areas can cover up less marks in others. Studying can be done with articleship if u manage ur time properly.

4) How much time did you spend for the preparation at the time of exams?

Answer: During exam time, I used to study for 14-15 hours. I took coaching from spellbound at Malkajgiri (Hyderabad), Shastry sir and Wizard Coaching Center at Nallakunta (Hyderabad). Mostly I followed the coaching material itself. The major books are for Isca – ICAI study material, for DT – Vinod Kumar Gupta or Manoharan and for IDT – Bangar

5) What kind of attitude students should have to succeed in CA exams?

Answer: Interest in the subject, goal orientedness, conceptual learning, lot of motivation and passion for doing CA and all this resulting into Hard Work. CA as a career option is very good as you learn time management and self discipline, communication skills and most importantly the exposure you get in articleship training helps you to develop many qualities and knowledge about the corporate world and how various organisations are managed.

6) Your message to the CA candidates?

Answer: Dream it, Do it, Enjoy it !!!