Careers In Arts

Arts is one of the traditional and most popular streams, which offers a plethora of career prospects. The arts stream is broadly categorized into fine arts, humanities, visual arts, and performing arts. Arts encompass literature, history, philosophy, ancient and modern languages, visual and performing arts (including music), law, religion, and several more subjects The capability of good communication, precise writing, and understanding of the subject is always an advantage for individuals who want to make a career in the field of arts.  

Course Details
Most of the subjects of humanities are offered at graduate and postgraduate levels in colleges and universities. One can go for research programs after completing the relevant qualification. Most of the 10+2 students can get admission in arts course, except in some special arts course. A graduate is eligible for applying to postgraduate courses. Other than this certificate, undergraduate diploma, diploma, vocational, job-oriented courses are conducted in some fields related to performing arts at various leading institutes. Students are generally given theoretical knowledge in all arts programs. However, there are many subjects that demand practical exposure as well, such as performing arts.

Career Prospects
With a degree in arts, one can build a career in the following fields - writing, research, teaching, public relations, policy research and analysis, internal communications, program planning, administration, information, and management. Other career options are available in the field of  agriculture, anthropology, archaeology, , journalism,  NGO, geography, industrial relation, liberal arts, library science, philosophy, psychology, research assistance, social work, and many more. Recruitment can be explored in museums, galleries, advertising agencies, schools, magazines, newspapers, and movie studios.

Institutes Offering
Art’s courses are offered in almost all colleges and universities in India. Institutes that offer high quality of academic teaching in different subjects of languages, visual arts, and performing arts are: IASE University, Rajasthan; National Institute of Design and Development, New Delhi; MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh; Academy of Bharatanatyam, Bangalore; Government College of Art & Craft, Chandigarh; Adarsh Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Sagar - Madhya Pradesh; Academy of Arts of India, Chennai; Abhinaya Institute of Dance, Mumbai, Abhinaya Sudha, Chennai, Institute Of Music & Fine Arts, Jammu & Kashmir; Aavirbhaav School of Creative Arts, Ahmedabad, Seth Jaiprakash Mukundlal Women’s Polytechnic, Uttar Pradesh; and all degree colleges affiliated to Delhi University (DU).

Remuneration
Remuneration of arts graduates purely depends upon the nature of the work and the personal talent. The salary package can also vary according to the college/university from where they have graduated. However, in general, arts students can start earning anywhere between Rs. 12,000 - Rs. 15,000 at earlier stages.

Careers in Footwear Design

Footwear is an emerging career in the design industry. As the people are getting more conscious about what they wear, the selection of footwear becomes a status symbol in society. Increase in demand and choice for footwear has led to a spurt in the number of companies, including some international players dealing with footwear production and export trade in India. Footwear is created from various raw materials, such as leather, canvas, plastic, jute, rubber, and cloth as well. The heavy branding and use of sophisticated machinery and skilled manpower has further contributed to the recognition of high-end brands. In short, footwear designing technology, as of today, offers lucrative career options.

Course Details
Graduate, post graduate, certificate, diploma, and some advance courses are offered in footwear design/technology. The minimum qualification for undergraduate diploma or certificate programs in footwear design is 10+2 in any stream. For admission in a post graduate course in footwear design, one must be a graduate in any stream of education. Admission to most of these courses is done through entrance exams. However, footwear technology courses are offered as B.Tech/M.Tech programs, which are open only to science background students.

Career Prospects
Students, who are creative with good aesthetic sense, have a good career options open in the field of design, marketing, and manufacturing of footwear designing. They can join specialist footwear companies, designer labels, sportswear companies, at both junior and executive levels. After gaining adequate experience, one can set up his/her own exclusive footwear label or enter in the market as a footwear line builder, footwear technician, trade analyst, cost analyst, senior production co-coordinator or production manager, etc.

Institutes Offering
Some premier institutions that offer courses in footwear designing are: Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai; National Institutes of Fashion Technology (NIFTs) at New Delhi, Gandhinagar, and Chennai; Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) at Noida and Chennai; Central Footwear Training Centre (CFTC), Chennai; Central Footwear Training Institute, Agra; Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur; Dr. BR Ambedkar Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar; Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur; Government Leather Institute, Agra; AVI School of Fashion & Shoe Technology, Chandigarh; College of Leather Technology, Calcutta; Institute of Government Leather Working School, Mumbai; National Small Industries Corporation Ltd., Chennai.

Remuneration
The initial, starting salary in this field will be somewhere around Rs. 10,000 - 12,000 per month. International players offer higher pay packages to fresher’s which can range between Rs. 15,000 - 20,000 per month. Independent footwear designers can earn revenue depending upon the nature of their assignments.

Careers in Sports Management

The current hype of Indian Premier League (IPL) is catching so many eyeballs towards it. Many youngsters want to join the fun party of IPL directly or indirectly. Directly they can enter as a cricket player, indirectly as supporting person. As supporting person they can join sports management teams, which help in organising the whole sport event.   Today, sports is not just limited to cricket, tennis, or hockey in India, but encloses various other international and domestic sports, such as golf, athletics, football, badminton, archery, shooting, and other games. With ever increasing hype around sports, it become a glamorous field and many people want to work in this new industry.  The excitement, thrill, and passion that sports management includes are comparable to none of the umpteen career options available. But what exactly is sports management? Sports management includes the study of planning, supervising, and organizing different sporting activities. Sports managers are required at recreational sports, college sports, sports marketing, facility management, sports finance, front office system in professional sports, event management, sports economics, and sports information. If you have that passion for sports and love to mingle business with pleasure, pursuing a career in sports management would be perfect.
 
Course Details
As such there is no specific course required to enter sports management, but the increasing popularity of sports has triggered the launch of different courses at various study levels in colleges and universities. Management course are available in sports industry after completion of graduation, such as PGDM. Though a candidate from any stream can take up studies in sports management, but graduates in physical education are preferred.

Career Prospects
All the jobs are not glamorous in sports industry, but many are. To start off with, one can work as a sports and fitness centre, coach in gymnasium, sports club, schools, and colleges. With adequate experience, one can explore various other opportunities in sports management, such as trainer, recruiter athletic director, and scout. Some other available options in sports management include sports information director, compliance director, agent, and sports marketer. Organizations like Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are always in search of professionals with sponsorship leveraging, media planning, evaluation, merchandising, corporate event sponsorship management, finance, and infrastructure management.   

Institutes Offering
The institutes are offering degree, diploma and certificate courses in sports management. Some leading colleges and universities are: Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu; Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Science, New Delhi; Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata; Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala; Amity School of Physical Studies and Sports Sciences, Noida; International Institute of Sports Management, Mumbai; and Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education, Gwalior.

Remuneration
For a fresh graduates, remuneration ranges from Rs. 12,000 to Rs. 15,000 per month. As one gains experience, salaries can shoot up to as high as Rs. 5 to 6 lakhs per annum.

Careers in Event Management

An event manager is a person who visualizes, manages, and implements his/her ideas in order to organize an event within the budget of his/her client. Event managers, also referred to as party planners, work on behalf of the clients, keeping their requirements in mind. Their main function is to meet the client, know the type of party they want to organize, prepare a list of their needs, budget the party, and work accordingly. An event managers work involves deciding the venue or visits the pre-decided venue and prepares a floor plan. He/She is has to take care of each and every work related to the event, right from the decoration, menu designing, theme of the party, floral arrangement and entertainment (DJ, music, dance etc.), parking space, gifts, etc. In this profession success is totally dependent upon one’s creativity, design skills, communication skills, and the ability to negotiate and co-ordinate with the client.

Course Details
Any creative person, who is good at multi-tasking, can build career in the field of event management. One can also pursue a course in event management and become an event managers. Many business schools are running courses in event management that provide a detailed overview of the organization of an event. These programs are offered at graduate, post graduate degree and diploma levels. Minimum qualification for such programs is 10+2 in any field, from a recognized state board.

Career Prospects
An event manager can work as an event planner, convention assistant, public relations manager, wedding planner, communications specialist in events,  florist, event specialist, or manager in an event management company.

Institutes Offering
Event management is a good career option in India. One can pursue a course in event management and can choose a career in this field. Some renowned institutes offering courses in event management are: International Institute of Event Management, Maharashtra; Amity Institute of Event Management, New Delhi; Indian Institute of Event Management, Mumbai; and National Institute of Event Management, Mumbai.

Remuneration
An individual working for an organization can earn between Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 18,000 per month. After 3-4 years’ experience one can start their own event management company and can earn handsome money in this profession.

Careers in Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management means managing the complete function of supply from the point of origin to the point of consumption. It consists of work like design, planning, implementation, control and monitoring of supply chain activities. The main objective of supply chain management is to deliver the right quantity of the goods at right time.   Supply chain management consists of several components, such as, planning and control, organization structure, product facility structure, work structure, information structure, power and leadership structure, risk and reward structure, management methods etc. In the rapid changing world, many manufacturing firms want to have efficient supply chain system for the effective distribution of their goods and commodities. Therefore, such organizations are always look for skilled supply chain managers. Keeping in view of the ever increasing demand for professionals to work in supply management, many institutes in India are offering courses related to the field.

Course Details
Many management and technical institutes in India offers courses in supply chain management. The courses in supply chain management are mostly offered at PG and diploma levels. To be eligible, the students must be graduates with degree in retail management/finance/B.Com/B.E. /B. Tech/BBA or in any stream, from any recognized Institute or a University.

Career Prospects
The performance of supply chain can directly have an impact on the productivity of the company. Supply chain management as a career is a very promising as well as lucrative and challenging job. A supply chain management trained students can work in any big or small business organizations as supply planner, commodity Buyer, supplier manager, purchasing executives, implementation manager, procurement officer, inventory manager, material manager, head of supply and head of procurement.

Institutes Offering
A good number of institutes in India offers courses in supply chain management. Some of the prominent institutes are Centre for Supply Chain Management (Gurgaon), Indian Institute of Materials Management (Navi Mumbai), Indian Institute of Materials Management (Hyderabad), CII Institute of Logistics (CIL) (Chennai), Indian Institute of Management (IIMs), Supply Chain Management Institute (Mumbai), National Institute of Retail Management (Bangalore), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (for MBA in Logistics & Supply Chain Management), Dehradun, etc.

Remuneration
Freshers can earn between Rs 9000 and 15000 per month, in the field of supply management. A person with two or three year experience may get around Rs 20,000 - 25000 per month. The salary package for those, who are working at the higher level, can easily be Rs 7.00 - 12.00 lacs p.a.

Career as Financial Analyst

The career of a financial analyst is challenging as well as well rewarding. The work of financial analyst mainly involves to analyze and study the financial data and further guides their client about their investment decisions. A financial analyst critically analyze the details of the company, in which his/her client wishes to invest. To know about the financial status of the client he/she studies their financial reports by having direct, one to one conversation. Detailed report of the findings is prepared in order to draw a conclusion regarding the purchase and selling of the clients’s stock. An financial expert may even have to analyze a merger or take over of an organization. To become a financial analyst, one has to be dedicated, determined, focused and hard-working, because he/she can not afford to be wrong in the financial research work. Apart from this, patience, numerical skills, logical interpretation of facts and good communication skills also required to become a financial analyst. The occupation of a financial analyst demands long working hours and at times, pressuring situations. A good financial analyst should be able to do a complex task with ease.

Course Details
To become a financial analyst, one should join commerce course at graduate level. It may be a B.Com, CA, CS or accounting course. He/she should have studied accounts, mathematics, computers or social science as compulsory subject at the 10+2 level. The knowledge of preparing Hyperion Essbase, spread sheets, MS office or other analytical tools is necessary for those who aspire to become financial analysts. One good course for financial analyst is Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA program) is especially designed for financial analysts. All the above mentioned programs and awareness about the current business trends  would help to develop an aptitude towards the job.

Career Prospects
A career in financial analyst has very good prospects at junior as well as senior level. One can specialize and can expect a good career as any one of the following Credit Analysts, Investment Analysts, - Budget Analysts, Mergers and Acquisitions Analysts, Ratings Analysts, Risk Analysts, Money Market Analysts, Security Analysts, Tax Analysts, Chartered Accountant trainee and Wall Street Analysts. Job options in this field are good in India as well as bright future prospects are available overseas. Banks and investment firms are always in need of good financial analysts.

Institutes Offering
Many institutions all over the India offer specialized training and programs for financial analysts. Some of the reputed institutions are Narsee Monjee Institute of Management, (Mumbai), Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Rajasthan),International Management Institute (New Delhi), Xavier Institute of Management, (Bhubaneshwar), SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (Mumbai), ICFAI Business School (Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Mumbai), The ICFAI University (Hyderabad).

Remuneration
A beginner can expect a salary between Rs20000-Rs25000 per month. An experienced person can earn a lot more depending on his/her talent.