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EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS: BRIDGING THE TALENT GAP

Employability skills can be understood as the transferable skills needed by an individual to make them ‘employable’. Along with good technical understanding and subject knowledge, employers often outline a set of skills that they want from an employee. The important issue is y ou have completed your degree, you have the technical skills associated with that role, but do you have the ‘soft skills' that can be transferred between different employment sectors and ensure you are successful at interview? These skills are what they believe will equip the employee to carry out their role to the best of their ability. Employability depends on your knowledge, skills and attitudes, how you use those assets, and how you present them to employers. Some of the employability skills that employer seek these days are commitment towards organization and job, effective communication skills, Interpersonal skills, leadership qualities, right attitude towards the profession, integrity, decision-...

Dematerialisation and Rematerialisation of Securities in India with reference to the Depositories Act 1996

Introduction Before the enactment of Depositories Act, 1996, in Indian security market transaction of securities i.e. allotment of securities and transfer of securities was based on paper based ownership. Movement of securities was possible only in physical form which resulted in delay in settlement and transfer of securities.   Some time it led to bad delivery, theft, forgery etc.   As a result investor was deprived liquidity in security. It was a major drawback of the Indian Securities market. To pave the way for smooth and free transfer of securities a law was needed for depositories. This Act was enacted to ensure the transferability of securities with speed, accuracy and security. It gives the option to an investor to choose holding of securities in physical form or hold the securities in a dematerialised from a depository. Parties to Dematerialisation of Securities Dematerialisation of Securities means conversion of physical securities certificates into di...

IMPACT OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR IN DIGITAL ERA

Digitization of products and processes has changed consumer behaviour in several ways.  Changes  can  be  found  not  only  in  human  actions  but  also  in  attitudes  and  ethics.  The music industry has been a pioneer in digitized societies.  In the  new  millennium it has also faced the downsides of the development: digital piracy and, as  a  consequence  of  it,  declining  revenues. These  threats  are  not  limited  to  the  music  industry  but  concern  many  other  sectors  whose  products  can  be  digitized.  The mainstream of previous and contemporary IS/IT research has been optimistic and emphasized the positive impacts of digitalization. Those who have considered the negative impacts, such as the consequences of digital piracy, have done it from a sin...

Airborne Internet

Airborne Internet is a peer-to-peer aircraft communications network which is private, secure, and reliable and uses the same technology as the present day Internet. It  connects aircraft to a On ground Internet access node, including any information or data which is passed across this communication link.  It has several uses like    flight planning, en route reservations, travel arrangement and is also useful in providing the information about weather,  and for aircraft-to-aircraft communications. The security applications of Airborne Internet (A.I.) include flight tracking/deviation monitoring, in-flight video monitoring, cockpit voice/video recording. A.I. began as an underlying technology for NASA’s Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) and now has found new uses in communication and transportation. At present, three different companies are working on this technology .  Angel Technologies  is setting up an airborne Internet networ...

E -Commerce: A Boon to Indian Economy

E-commerce stands for electronic commerce. It means dealing in goods & services through the electronic media & interne t. E-commerce has proved to be a boon  the way business is done in India. With the increase in awareness about the benefits of online trading, there has been a significant rise in investment in E-commerce business. Hand in hand with offline trading, many established businesses, e.g. Shoppers Stop  Lifestyle, have setup online transaction channels. E-commerce is increasingly attracting customers from Tier 2 and 3 cities, where people have limited access to brands but have high aspirations.  The E-commerce industry has been on an upward growth trajectory and is expected to overtake the US by 2034.Much growth of the industry has been triggered by increasing internet, smartphone penetration and the launch of 4G networks The ongoing digital transformation in the country is expected to increase India’s total internet user base to 829 million...

Bureau Affirms Revisions in FDI Strategy

The Union Bureau led by the Executive Shri Narendra Modi, has given its endorsement to various revisions in the FDI Strategy. These are planned to change and disentangle the FDI approach in order to give simplicity of working together in the nation. Thusly, it will prompt bigger FDI inflows adding to development of venture, salary and work. Outside Direct Venture (FDI) is a noteworthy driver of financial development and a wellspring of non-obligation fund for the monetary improvement of the nation. Government has set up a financial specialist well disposed arrangement on FDI, under which FDI up to 100%, is allowed on the programmed course in many divisions/exercises. In the current past, the Legislature has brought FDI approach changes in various parts viz. Safeguard, Development Advancement, Protection, Annuity, Other Money related Administrations, Resource recreation Organizations, Broadcasting, Common Avionics, Pharmaceuticals, Exchanging and so on. Measures attempted by the Leg...

Smart City Concept and Services

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According to Pike Research on Smart Cities, 2  the Smart City market is estimated at hundreds of billion dollars by 2020, with an annual spending reaching nearly 16 billions. This market springs from the synergic interconnection of key industry and service sectors, such as Smart Governance, Smart Mobility, Smart Utilities, Smart Buildings, and Smart Environment. These sectors have also been considered in the European Smart Citie to define a ranking criterion that can be used to assess the level of “smartness” of European cities. Nonetheless, the Smart City market has not really taken off yet, for a number of political, technical, and financial barriers . Under the political dimension, the primary obstacle is the attribution of decision-making power to the different stakeholders. A possible way to remove this roadblock is to institutionalize the entire decision and execution process, concentrating the strategic planning and management of the smart city aspects into a single...