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Our Bahrain Correspondent

BAHRAIN has the worldssecond-highest density ofmillionaires, with 123 outof every 1,000 households holdingprivate wealth greater than $1million, according to a new study.The highest concentration of

millionaires in the world is inSwitzerland (135), found theBoston Consulting Groups(BCG) Global Wealth 2015: Win-ning the Growth Game. Qatar(116) was third, followed by Sin-gapore (107), Kuwait (99), andHong Kong (94).Qatar had the fifth-highest

density of ultra-high net worthindividuals, with 8.6 per 1,00,000households, behind Hong Kong(15.3), Singapore (14.3), Austria(12) and Switzerland (9).In 2013, Bahrain ranked sixth

in the world by proportion of mil-lionaire households, with 5.9 percent 59 out of every 1,000households holding privatewealth of at least $1 million. Pri-vate wealth in Bahrain grew by5.4 per cent last year, drivenmainly by equities and bonds.Between 2013 and 2014, theamount of wealth held in equitiesand bonds rose by 8.1 per centand 6.4 per cent, respectively,compared with 3.1 per cent forcash and deposits, the reportfound.Bahrain is poised for further

growth (6.8 per cent) in the nextfive years, with the wealth break-down expected to be 45 percent in cash and deposits, 9 percent in bonds, and 46 per centin equities. Over the next fiveyears, in Bahrain, private wealth

held in equities is expected toincrease at a compound annualgrowth rate of 9.8 per cent.In 2013, Kuwait ranked fifth

in the world by proportion of mil-lionaire households, with 9 percent 90 out of every 1,000households holding privatewealth of at least $1 million.Based on BCGs comprehensivestudy, private wealth in Kuwaitgrew by 3.1 per cent in 2014,driven by all asset classes.Kuwait is poised for further

growth (6.7 per cent) in the nextfive years, with the wealth break-down anticipated to be 48 percent in cash and deposits, 13per cent in bonds, and 39 percent in equities.BCG said, solid savings rates

and continued high GDP growthin oil-rich countries, such asSaudi Arabia, Kuwait and theUAE (all 11 per cent) contributedto the newly-created wealth,while existing asset performancewas solid, despite the regionspolitical instability.The Global Wealth 2015 re-

port, BCGs 15th annual study ofthe global wealth-managementindustry, addresses the currentand future size of the market.The report also examines thechoices that institutions face re-garding where to invest in theirown businesses in order toachieve profitable growth andoverall future excellence.Overall, the analysis found

that wealth managers must raisetheir games on numerous frontsand decide where to invest intheir own businesses if theyhope to ensure profitabilitythrough 2020.

Bahrain rankssecond in globalmillionaire density

Our UAE Correspondent

SEVERAL hotel chains inthe UAE are launchingnew hotels and thus, look-ing to add to their headcount,with vacancies being advertisedin virtually all the departments.Supply of hotel rooms in

Dubai is set to double by 2020,which may mean pressure onthe occupancy rates and lowerrevenue per available room, butwill mean more jobs up for grabs.Three large hotel chains have

listed a number of vacancies.Jumeirah Group: The hos-

pitality group is looking for can-didates across its departmentsand portfolio of properties andhas a total of 240 jobs listed onits website.The company is looking to

place professionals in itsJumeirah Beach Hotel, MadinatJumeirah Resort, Creekside Ho-tel, Emirates Towers, Etihad Tow-ers and Burj Al Arab in the UAE.Several vacancies have alsobeen posted for its internationalproperties as well.The company is in need of

professionals in its sales & mar-keting, human resources, trans-portation rooms division, sports& leisure, food & beverages,conference & events, executivemanagement, engineering, rev-enue management and manymore divisions.

Hilton Group: The hotelieris targetting expansion in the

UAE. The company has 67 ho-tels in the Middle East and Africapipeline, of which 7 are in theUAE, which are expected toopen within the next 18-24months, by 2017.The company is also con-

sidering bringing hotels to DubaiWorld Central, where the WorldExpo-2020 will take place.

The brands Hilton GardenInn Bur Dubai and Hampton byHilton Dubai Al Mina, expectedto open in early 2019, will add500 additional rooms in total toDubais mid-market inventory,requiring staff in all areas.Currently, over 150 jobs have

been advertised by the company.Positions have opened up in its

properties like DoubleTree, Hilton,Waldorf-Astoria, Hilton GardenInn and Conrad, among others.Professionals are needed in

their communications and publicrelations department; in sales;guest services/operations; food& beverages; housekeeping &laundry; spa, golf, health club &recreation; revenue manage-ment; culinary, human resources& training; procurement & pur-chasing; engineering, mainte-nance & facilities as well as sev-eral others.

Hyatt Group: The Hyattbrand also is looking to hire forits various hotels in the UAE.Over 40 jobs have been adver-tised for its properties in Dubaiand Abu Dhabi.Positions of income & cost

auditor, nail technician, bell at-tendant, events planning man-ager, spa therapist, events salesexecutive, operations trainee,outlet hostess, guest service of-ficer, sales manager, immigrationmanager, revenue manager,waiter/waitress, are among sev-eral other posts that need to befilled up.

Our Tpuram Correspondent

THOUGH India is thelargest recipient of remit-tance from migratory work-ers, the country doesnt possessreliable data on them. Accordingto World Bank figures, over $70billion was remitted by Indiansworking in foreign countries dur-ing 2004. China was a closesecond with $64 billion andPhilippines ranked third pullingin $28 billion from its migrantworkforce.In a recent article, S Irudaya

Rajan, who heads the Ministryof Overseas Indian Affairs(MOIA) Research Unit on Inter-national Migration said, althoughwe have data on the number ofshoes or cars exported from In-dia, we have no clear idea ofthe number of Indian migrants.The first holistic attempt to

estimate the number of migrantswas made during the tenure ofthe NDA-I government. Its high-level committee on the Indiandiaspora reported that there were16-million Indian migrant workers.But in the forward of the report,it was said that the number of

Indian diaspora was 20 million.Later, the UPA-1 government,which set up the Ministry of Over-seas Indian Affairs, estimatedthe number to be 25 million.But in the estimate of the

World Bank, the number of mi-

grant workers who remit to Indiais 14 million. A study conductedby the Centre for DevelopmentStudies based on the migrationto the Gulf region, put the numberof Indian migrant workers at 16million.

According to Mr Rajan, thecountry doesnt posses reliabledata on its migrant workers owingto lack of a migration policy.World Bank report shows thatremittances are massive andgovernment reports indicates

that migration is large-scale, yet,sadly, India lacks a good migra-tion policy. A policy is crucial togenerate solid data on the num-ber of migrants and their contri-bution to the economy, he said.

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UAE hotels to increase headcount

Strong national migrationpolicy is need of the hourAAT News Service

THEPrime Minister, Naren-dra Modi, has written tothe Prime Minister andVice-President of the United ArabEmirates (UAE) and Ruler ofDubai, Sheikh Mohammed binRashid Al Maktoum, condolingthe passing away of his son,Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammedbin Rashid Al Maktoum.I am deeply saddened to

learn about the sudden and un-

timely demise of your worthyson, His Highness SheikhRashid bin Mohammed Al-Mak-toum. With his passing away, apromising public career hasbeen tragically cut short. In thishour of personal grief, ourthoughts and prayers are withyou, your family and people ofUAE. The people of India jointheir UAE brothers and sistersin mourning this irreparableloss, wrote the Prime Ministerin his letter.

Modi condoles passingaway of Dubai rulers son

AAT News Service

INDIA and Kuwait discussedopportunities for joint invest-ment in oil & gas sector in In-dia and abroad. The venue ofthe discussion was the 4th meet-ing of the India-Kuwait JointWorking Group on Hydrocar-bons, in New Delhi.

The Kuwaiti side was headedby Ahmad Al-Qattan, represen-tative of the Kuwaiti Oil Sectorand the Indian side was headedby Ashutosh Jindal, Joint Sec-retary (International Co-opera-tion), Ministry of Petroleum &Natural Gas.Both sides discussed various

issues of bilateral engagementin the hydrocarbon sector andexpressed satisfaction at theprogress achieved on the deci-sions taken during the 3rd JointWorking Group, signed in 2014in Kuwait.

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AAT News Service

INDIAN economy as per therecently-released Q1 GDPdata of the current financialyear 2015-16, price-wise, ap-pears to be in or close to defla-tion territory.The Chief Economic Adviser,

Arvind Subramanian, in a state-ment with regards to the GDPdata said, at a time of sharp de-clines in the price of oil, whichled to sharp changes in indirecttax collections and subsidy pay-ments, national income datahave to be interpreted withcare.There are two measures of

aggregate economic activity:gross value added (GVA) at ba-sic prices and gross domesticproduct (GDP) at market prices.Essentially, GDP at marketprices is the value of goods andservices that are paid for by con-sumers which is allocated be-tween the factors of production(measured by GVA) and thegovernment. Hence, the basicnational income identity: GDP =GVA + net indirect taxes (NIT),which is equal to indirect taxesless subsidies.At a time of sharp declines

in the price of oil, which led tosharp changes in indirect taxcollections and subsidy pay-ments, national income datahave to be interpreted withcare, said Mr Subramanian.

The issue that arises is howto derive estimates of NIT atconstant prices, given that thedata are collected at currentprices. The procedure followedby the Central Statistics Office(CSO), which is entirely consis-tent with recommended interna-

tional practice for quarterly esti-mates, can be intuitively under-stood as follows:Under this procedure, indi-

rect taxes are assumed to growin line with the relevant tax base,which consists of the value ofimports, manufacturing andservices (in the case of subsi-dies, the CSO uses the GDP de-flator to arrive at constant priceestimates).Normally, this procedure

would appropriately capture the

reality. However, these are un-usual times, because indirecttaxes have been increasingsharply and subsidies havebeen declining dramatically.During such times, the rec-

ommended international prac-tice, by construction, will lead totax increases in excess of thegrowth in the tax base for ex-ample, due to increases in taxrates or improvements in collec-tion efficiency not being fullycaptured in measured GDP.Since NIT increased sub-

stantially by 40 per cent innominal terms in the latest quar-ter the GDP estimates willhave to be interpreted with par-ticular caution because of thecommensurate potential for un-derstating GDP growth.The most striking implication

of the latest GDP estimates re-lates to prices. Prices, meas-ured by the deflator for GVA,grew at 0.1 per cent. And prices,measured by the deflator forGDP, grew at 1.7 per cent ac-

cording to the latest estimates.Even this estimate for

growth of the GDP deflator couldbe overstated, if real GDPgrowth is potentially understatedfor reasons mentioned above.Price-wise, the economy ap-pears to be in or close to defla-tion territory.In the light of the above ex-

planation, GVA estimates, at thisstage, are perhaps a more reli-able indicator of underlying eco-nomic activity. Measured byGVA, growth increased to 7.1

per cent in Q1 FY 2016 from 6.1per cent in Q4 FY 2015. Direc-tionally, the latest data suggestthat economy is recovering,which is consistent with othermore high-frequency indicators,such as revenue collections,real credit growth, etc.This directional change, ie,

an improvement in growth fromQ4 FY 2015 to Q1 FY 2016 could also be indicated by theGDP estimates if they are ad-justed for the reasons men-tioned above in line with thepractices used for annual esti-mates.This is in contrast to current

estimates that suggest a declinefrom 7.5 per cent in Q4 FY 2015to 7 per cent in Q1 FY 2016. Inother words, the headline GDPgrowth number could also be in-dicating that the economy is re-covering and not slowing down.Growth has been spread

between manufacturing (7.2 percent in Q1 FY 2016) and serv-ices (8.9 per cent in Q1 FY2016). On the demand side,growth is being driven by pri-vate consumption (7.4 per centin Q1 FY 2016), but fixed capi-tal formation has also shownsigns of improvement, increas-ing from 4.1 per cent in the Q4FY 2015 to 4.9 per cent in Q1FY 2016.Overall, economic growth is

moving in the right direction, al-though its pace is still belowwhat the economy needs, but apace that is expected to pick upin response to the ongoing re-forms. And one real challengethat looms ahead appears notto be price inflation, but possiblyprice deflation, said Mr Subra-manian.

AAT News Service

THE forest and wildlife offi-cers need to focus on the4 Is image, innovation,initiative and interaction, saidPrakash Javadekar, the Ministerof State for Environment, Forests& Climate Change, while ad-dressing the all Principal ChiefConservators of Forests (PCCFs)and Wildlife Wardens Confer-ence, in New Delhi.Maintaining and improving

the quality of forests is a majorchallenge. We must ensure thatthe degraded forests must beconverted into moderately-denseforests in 10 years and moder-ately-dense forests must be con-verted into dense forests in 5years. To that end, water har-vesting and changing somespecies is a must. Forest re-search institutes must draw upa distinct plan of improving the

quality of each forest, taking theexisting flora and climate intoconsideration, said MrJavadekar.Peoples participation in

changing the quality of forestsneeds to be ensured. The officersshould provide solutions to var-ious challenges. A lot of goodwork is being done and suchsuccess stories and initiativesmust be highlighted prominently,he said.The minister released a re-

port, Management effectivenessevaluation of national parks andwildlife sanctuaries in India,2006-14. The agreement to es-tablish the worlds first centre ofWorld Natural Heritage & Train-ing at the Wildlife Institute ofIndia was also signed betweenthe Unesco and authorised Di-rector-General (Forests) & Spe-cial Secretary on behalf of Indiangovernment.

The Unesco has initiated aprocess of decentralisation andempowerment of the membercountries of the Unesco con-vention. As a part of this process,Unesco has identified nine coun-tries in the world for establish-ment of Category 2 centres forprotection of cultural heritage.There is a greater need to

adhere to the prescribed time-lines. Since last year, there hasbeen an increased transparencyin the functioning of the ministry,said Ashok Lavasa, Secretary,Ministry of Environment, Forests& Climate Change.The conference discussed

various issues related to forestsand wildlife, such as Forest Con-servation Act, eco-sensitivezones and minimising human-wildlife conflict. Around 75 PC-CFs and higher officials repre-senting all states participated inthe conference.

Overall economic growthmoving in right direction

Maintaining quality offorests, a big challenge

AAT News Service

OVER the last little lessthan a decade, around35,000 people havebeen died, highest being 6,423in West Bengal and 3,768 inAndhra Pradesh & Telangana.These are not figures of deathsin Naxal violence. These peoplehave died of acute respiratoryinfection (ARI). They can alsobe called deaths due to air pol-lution.The Central government has

admitted that 38,000 peoplehave died in the country overthe last 9 years due to causeslinked to air pollution. The capi-tal, which has notorious distinc-tion of being one of the most-polluted cities in the world, has1,557 deaths recorded becauseof air pollution.As per the data released by

the Ministry of Environment &Forests, as many as 3.48-crorecases of ARI were reported in2014, which means that 95,000Indians of all ages were report-ing ARI every day.Although, the international

studies have attributed far moredeaths due to air pollution in In-dia, there was rare official ad-mission that pollution could becausing deaths on a large scale.Asthma, chronic obstructive pul-monary disease and chronicbronchitis are some of the dis-eases caused by exposure toincreasing air pollution.When the US President,

Barack Obama, was in India asguest at its Republic Day paradethis year, Delhis worsening airquality made headlines in theworld media. Mr. President,worlds worst air is taking 6hours of your life, said a wireagency report.Delhi has worlds worst level

of particulate matter (PM)2.5,tiny toxic particles that lead torespiratory diseases, lung can-cer and heart attacks. The In-dian capital averaged 153 mi-crograms per cubic metre in2013, the President was warnedquoting the World Health Organ-ization (WHO).According to the WHO data,

India is home to 11 of the top 20most-polluted cities in the world.The worst US city comes 162 inthe list. A recent random survey

by a hospital found 25 per centof traffic policemen in Delhi suf-fering from breathing disorders.During the survey conducted

to mark the World Asthma Day,the hospital screened 160 menof Delhi Traffic Police. Some ofthe major pollutants that affectthe health are: carbon monox-

ide, sulphur oxide, carbon diox-ide, nitrogen oxide, ozone andPM.

What is PM2.5?

Particles less than or equal to10 micrometers in diameter

(thinner than a hair strand) areso small that they can gel intolungs, potentially causing seri-ous health problems. DuringObamas visit to Delhi, pollutionlevels of PM2.5 averaged be-tween 76 to 84 micrograms percubic metres, which expertssaid, was equivalent to smoking

eight cigarettes a day.Air pollution slashes life ex-

pectancy by 3.2 years for 660-million Indians who live in cities.A study by The Lancet in 2012ranked air pollution as one ofthe biggest killers in India. Be-sides, Delhi which topped air

pollution, other cities that wereranked as having high-pollutionlevels are: Amritsar, Ludhiana,Nashik and Mumbai.The National Green Tribunal

(NGT) has slammed the Centraland state governments on theissue of deteriorating air quality.Neither the Central nor the stategovernment (of Delhi) are own-ing up responsibility for growingpollution, the tribunal said, re-cently asking whether the gov-ernments had no responsibilitytowards children suffering fromthe menace.Even as the Indian capital

continues to be one of the mostpolluted in the world, there is acontroversy over what causespollution in Delhi. A study com-missioned by the Transport Min-istry and conducted by Delhi IIThad concluded that ban on

diesel vehicles of more than 10years (which formed only 7 percent of the capital vehicle fleet) as ordered by the NGT would lead to mere 1 per centreduction in PM2.5 air pollutionin Delhi.As the government contests

the ban ordered by the Tribunal,more and more studies point outto alarming levels of pollution inDelhi. Media reports quoted aBoston-based Health Effect In-stitute concluding that, as vehic-ular emissions takes place athuman breathing zones, thesehave severe health conse-quences in the long run.The Centre of Science and

Environment (CSE), a reputedNGO in a recent report said thatcongestion and pollution are pol-luting Delhis suburbs. The CSEcarried out a detailed study of

the South Delhi suburb sayingthat the areas suffered from con-gestion and parking pressure.Delhi suffers from air pollu-

tion also caused by dust and in-dustry. Unclean engines on roadcontribute to the pollution. Roaddust and industries contribute awhopping 50 per cent and 23per cent, respectively to air pol-lution although expert contestthe figures.An average adult takes 15

to 20 breaths a minute over20,000 breaths in a day. Whenone breathes, the respiratorysystems nose, throat, wind-pipe and lungs bring air intothe body. In the lungs, oxygenfrom each breath is transferredto the blood stream and sent toall the bodys cells as life-sus-taining fuel. Keeping the lungshealthy is essential for a healthy

body.According to American

Lungs Association, the quality ofair affects the body. Unhealthyair can threaten life itself. Air pol-lution continues to be a wide-spread problem in the US. Al-though natural defenses protectlungs from germs and large par-ticles, air pollution can harm thelung tissues directly.Air pollution can make eyes

water, irritate nose, mouth &throat and make one cough &wheeze. It can also worsen lungdiseases like asthma & bronchi-tis and in some cases it caneven kill one.If Delhis air pollution

grabbed headlines duringObamas visit, pollution in theChinese capital keeps hittingheadlines. The chocking smogin Beijing in the winters of 2012-13 drew attention of the world,forcing the Chinese governmentto take a serious note of air pol-lution.The government set up a na-

tional air reporting system. Thissystem pumps hourly reports ofsix important pollutants, includ-ing the particulate matter lessthan PM2.5 microns in diameter.Air pollution levels in China

have reached catastrophic lev-els. Berkeley Earth, a US-basedNGO working on climate sci-ence says, air pollution kills anaverage of 4,000 people everyday in China, which accounts for17 per cent of all China deaths.More than 12,200 coal-fired boil-ers and factories in polluting in-dustries suspended productionfrom August-end in a bid toprove air quality for the Army pa-rade of September 3, 2015.The restrictions which in-

clude vehicular traffic coveredBeijing and the surrounding ar-eas. With 2022 Winter Olympicsset to take place in Beijing, en-vironment is likely to stay in fo-cus.A recent AP report quoted a

WHO expert saying that thegovernment figures show thatthere is some improvement inBeijings air quality since lastOlympics.Back home, as governments

argue it out before the NGT, airquality in Delhi as also the pol-lution of river Yamuna continueto be at harmful levels.

POLLUTION,THE SILENTkiller stalkingIndian cities

According to the World Health Organization data,India is home to 11 of the top 20 most-pollutedcities in the world. Delhi suffers from air pollutionalso caused by dust and industry. Unclean engineson road contribute to the pollution. Road dust andindustries contribute a whopping 50 per cent and23 per cent, respectively to air pollution

The economy is recovering, which is consistent with other morehigh-frequency indicators, such as revenue collections, real credit growth,etc. One real challenge that looms ahead appears not to be price inflation,but possibly price deflation

The Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation andParliamentary Affairs, M Venkaiah Naidu, releasing a book at the 41st Skoch SummitTransformative Governance, in New Delhi. The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar LalKhattar and the Chairman of Skoch Group, Sameer Kochhar, are also seen

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ITs a tough world out there.The interview world I mean.And standing out in that com-petitive world is no easy task. Ifyou can ace the interview, youare already a star. But then howdo you do it?

In order to make your mark,you need to make yourself mem-orable and for the right rea-

sons. Being able to emphasiseand communicate your best andmost relevant skills is essentialto winning the job you want.

There are a few things youcan do before the interview. Taketime to research the company.Visit the corporate website re-

view their mission, look at theirannual report, read up on anynews or announcements. Youmay also want to look up thehiring manager, as well as anyother employees you anticipatebeing part of the interviewprocess.

Its also important to carefullyreview the job description anduse it to your advantage. Beingable to explain your skills and

experience in terms of how itrelates to the job requirementsis the secret sauce for makingyour interview a success.

Consider the following ques-tions: What interests you mostabout this position? What talentsand skills can you bring to this

role? Why should the companywant to hire you versus anothercandidate? Have you performedthese activities in the past? Howdid you do it? What key pointsdo you want to emphasise? Howdo they relate to the job?

Companies want to hire peo-ple that can make an immediateand fast contribution to their or-ganisation. Its up to you to con-vey that youve got what it takes whether its working as a tech-nologist, sales professional, ac-countant, or in any other func-tional role or management ca-pacity to confidently excel inthe role.

You also need to be able todemonstrate that you would fitwell within the culture of the or-

ganisation. Like it or not, buildingrapport and showing that youare likeable are just as important.The people who interview youwill be trying to imagine if youare someone they want to workwith and be part of their team.

Hiring organisations want to

know you are genuinely enthu-siastic and excited about theposition and the prospect of join-ing their company. Positive en-ergy is contagious and can havea big impact on your co-workers,managers and clients.

The following points will beof more useful to you:

Interviewers dont want tohear your weaknesses, theywant to see self-awareness

What are your weaknesses?This can be difficult to answer,but if you think about what therecruiter is looking to get out ofthe question, it can help you togive a response that makes youstand out. The interviewers do

not actually want you to startlisting all your weaknesses andfoibles. What they are lookingfor is for you to show self-aware-ness and an ability to learn anddevelop. So you need to pick aweakness that you know youhave a strategy to overcome.

For example, your weaknessmaybe that you struggle with at-tention to detail. Explain that forthese tasks you will build in extratime for proof-reading and at-tention to detail. Choose some-thing which is not essential tothe role, which is still a flaw anddescribe how you manage it.

If youre struggling toanswer competencyquestions, draw a mind map

It can often be difficult to describecore competencies when put onthe spot in an interview. However,there are innovative techniquesyou can use to prepare for thesetypes of questions.

Prepare two to threecompetency storiesbefore an interview

Competency questions are nowa standard part of the interviewprocess. The stories you tellabout your experiences candemonstrate your past and pre-dict future success. I encourageeveryone to prepare a story todemonstrate everything they say,then pull out the story from yourinterview tool kit when you thinkthe story will help, says Kather-ine Burik, founder of The Inter-view Doctor.

Competencies are charac-teristics that the company thinkswill make the person a successfulhire. Before the interview two tothree outcomes that will makethe job successful. Select storiesand experiences from your back-ground that demonstrate youcan deliver those characteristics.

Use all your contacts inthe industry to prepare

The most important thing to re-member for interviews is to pre-pare. Make sure you know therole and the company insideout. And if you know someonein the industry, take the chanceto grill them for information the more knowledge you haveof the sector, the more confidentyou will feel answering questions.

Dont ask your intervieweranything obvious

When asked if you have any

questions, steer clear of any-thing you should already knowthe answer to (for example,anything that is on their websiteor career page). Even thoughthis is the end of the interview,this question is still an oppor-tunity to sell yourself. I likequestions that demonstrate in-telligence or strategic thinking.For example: how is the current(insert relevant issue) impactingthe strategy of your business?How is the current economicclimate affecting your clientbase/revenue stre a ms/growthprospects?

Show interviewers youcan solve problems

You wont always be the mostqualified candidate, however,you can still ace an interviewby focussing on what skills youcan bring to the role. When upagainst individuals with moreexperience, focus on yourstrength and what you can bringto the role.

Potentially, this could be aninnovative way of approachinga difficult situation or fresh ideasyou have coming from a differentindustry or straight out ofu niversity. This, coupled withyour being able to discuss whatreally excites and motivates youabout the company, will be veryben eficial in helping you getthe job.

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NUCLEAR power is hotbecause it leaves radioac-tive waste in the form ofspent fuel for thousands of years.It is unsafe, as everyone is awareof the happenings in Three MileIsland, Chernobyl and Fukushi-ma! A leading nuclear promoteronce said that nuclear powerwill become too cheap to meter.But the nuclear power could notkeep the promise!

There are some elements oftruths in all these statements.

Truths need not prevail; percep-tion does. Anti-nuclear ideo-logues with strong communica-tion skills create and sustain theperception that nuclear poweris hot, unsafe and costly. Mem-bers of the public seldom get achance to verify the statementsrationally.

How do we know how costlynuclear power is? We may askthe elitist members of foreignthink tanks. But they complainthat though they have the need-ed skills, they do not have the

correct inputs for calculation.They argue that the Departmentof Atomic Energy (DAE) is toosecretive. DAE does not revealhow much heavy water or ura-nium it produces. So they makeassumptions. Some of themvery naive!

For instance, an author ofanti-nuclear articles and a bookon Indias nuclear power pro-gramme calculated the loss ofheavy water from a 540 MWpressurised heavy water reactor(PHWR) as 2.4545 x, where xis the annual loss in tonnes from

a 220 MW plant (2.4545 =540/220). To get the value of x,he read the speeches of formerchairmen and managing direc-tors of the Nuclear Power Cor-poration of India (NPCIL).

Special design features, suchas reducing the number valvesand improving the heavy waterrecovery procedures broughtdown the losses of heavy water.Anti-nuclear writers ignore suchimprovements. To assume thatleakage maybe, proportional tothe maximum power level is

rather naive. Rather than relyingon think tanks with no domainknowledge, public can get ac-curate values of the power tariffby reading the bills posted bypower-distributing companies.

A reliable source is govern-ments response to questionsin Parliament. On February 26,2015, the government stated inRajya Sabha that the tariffs ofelectricity generated throughnuclear power are comparableto those of the contemporaryconventional base load power-generating units like coal-based

thermal power located in thearea/region.

The tariff for nuclear powerfrom Tarapur Atomic Power Sta-tion (TAPS) 1&2, Indias first nu-clear power plant, varies from97 paise to 394 paise per kWhfor the first unit of the KudankulamNuclear Power Project. Tariff forpower based on liquid fuel rangesup to 1,367 paise per unit.

During 2013-14, India pro-duced 35,333-million units ofnuclear power at an averagerate of 271 paise per kWh. While

answering an identical questionon February 25, 2015, the gov-ernment assured the membersof the Lok Sabha that reducingcosts to retain the competitive-ness of nuclear power is an on-going effort.

In respect of indigenously-designed PHWRs, efforts in thisregard have included increasingunit size from 220 MW to 540MW and further to 700 MW togain from economies of scale,standardisation, improvement indesign and efficiency, and opti-misation of gestation period. Inrespect of projects to be set upwith foreign co-operation, themeasures include adopting ap-propriate business models to ar-rive at competitive cost, addedthe government.

The cost of electric powerin India varies from 79 paise to1,367 paise. NPCIL has beenselling from TAPS 1&2, the low-est non-hydel power in Indiafor many years. The cheapestpower comes from hydelsources. Exercising the powervested in the Central govern-ment under sub-section-1 ofSection 22 of the Atomic EnergyAct, 1962, the DAE fixes nuclearpower tariff based on the rec-ommendations of an ExpertCommittee set up by the de-partment itself.

The Gazette notification dat-ed December 13, 2010 specifiedfactors, such as the plant loadfactors for different types of re-actors, auxiliary power con-sumption, cost adjustments fornuclear fuel, heavy water, heavywater make up, operation andmaintenance charges, financialnorms, including provisions fortaxation among others to arriveat the tariff. The notification stat-ed that the tariff shall be revisedonce in five years. The nuclearcritics making their own calcu-lations are apparently not awareof the DAE notification on nu-clear tariffs.

Interestingly, the notificationsets apart 2 paise per unit to-wards decommissioning charges.With the auxiliary power con-sumption of 10 per cent (auxiliarypower is consumed at the station.It is not available at the grid)during 2013-14, NPCIL collected` 636 million for decommission-ing expenses.

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MANAGEMENT of urban-isation is the most com-plex problem facing Indiatoday. The challenges of provid-ing water, power, sanitation, ed-ucation and other facilities haveto be addressed in a short spanof time. Europe and the US tookcenturies to address these prob-lems, but people in India todayare impatient and ask how longshould the country wait.

The challenges of urbanisa-tion should be addressed jointlyby the people and their repre-sentatives. Responsibilitiesshould be shared between theelectors and elected. Only if bothelectors and elected do their jobsproperly, will the wheels of de-velopment move forward smooth-ly and unhindered, said the Pres-

ident, Pranab Mukherjee.While speaking at the 151st

celebrations of Nagpur Mahana-garpalika at Nagpur, he said,being the cosmopolitan city,people from all over India stayinghere after retirement reflects theopenness of the local populationtowards cultural assimilation.Nagpur as the centre of India

has been a catalytic agent ofpeaceful transformation. Thereis no room for intolerance, non-cooperation or hostility towardseach other in our cities. Everyoneshould live together, work to-gether and develop together toachieve our common objectives.This is the lesson from all majormetropolises.

Electors, elected shouldwork together to developcities, says Mukherjee

Nuclear power is hot,unsafe and costly!The tariff for nuclear power from TAPS 1&2 varies from97 paise to 394 paise per kWh for first unit of the KudankulamNuclear Power Project. In 2013-14, India produced 35,333-millionunits of nuclear power at an average rate of 271 paise per kWh

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IT is indeed appropriate thatthe Gandhi Peace Prize for2014 is being conferred onthe Indian Space Research Or-ganization (ISRO) in recognitionof its services in transformingIndia through the use of spacetechnology and space-basedservices, said the President,Pranab Mukherjee, on the oc-casion of conferment of the prize.

The following is excerptsfrom his speech:

The Indian government institutedthe Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995on the occasion of the 125th birthanniversary of Mahatma Gandhias a tribute to his ideals. ThePrize is awarded to individualsand institutions for their contri-butions towards social, economicand political transformationachieved through non-violenceand other Gandhian methods.

ISRO now joins the ranks ofother eminent institutions suchas the Rama Krishna Mission,the Grameen Bank ofBangladesh and the BhartiyaVidya Bhawan, which have beenconferred this prestigious awardin recent times.

ISRO has come a long waysince its inception in 1969. Therelevance of space research wasquestioned by many at that time.In words of the late APJ AbdulKalam, many individuals withmyopic vision questioned therelevance of space activities ina newly-independent nation,which was finding it difficult tofeed its population. Their visionwas clear if Indians were to playmeaningful role in the communityof nations, they must be secondto none in the application of ad-vanced technologies to their real-life problems.

Indias entry into the spacearena was led by the visionaryscientist, Vikram Sarabhai, whoforesaw the tremendous potentialof space technology and its ap-plications in addressing theneeds of our countrys develop-ment. Countering the challengesof scarce resources, limited tech-nical manpower and physical in-frastructure in the early years,ISRO has today established op-erational space systems andservices, attained self-reliancein development of indigenoustechnology and accomplishedexemplary feats in space explo-ration. It has, at the same time,remained true to its mission ofbringing space to the service ofthe common man.

From a humble beginning,launching small sounding rocketsfrom Thumba in Thiruvanantha-puram for atmospheric studies,ISRO is today one of the sixlargest space agencies of theworld. It has built an indigenousPolar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV), which is one of the mostsought-after launch vehicles inits class across the world. It has

achieved 29 successful flightsof the PSLV launching not onlyIndian satellites, but also 45satellites of 19 other countries.The recent launch of five satel-lites of the UK marked a newmilestone in demonstrating theperformance and reliability ofthe PSLV. ISRO has also suc-cessfully built the Geosynchro-nous Satellite Launch Vehiclewith an indigenous cryogenicengine.

Scripting space history onSeptember 24, 2014, India suc-cessfully placed the Mars Orbiteraround Mars. It is the only coun-try in the world to achieve thisfeat in its first attempt and thefourth space agency in the worldto reach Mars. It makes us evenmore proud that this missionwas achieved at a fraction ofthe cost incurred by other suc-

cessful nations. In 2008, the In-dian tricolour was planted onthe lunar surface by Chan-drayaan-1 on its maiden missionto the Moon, a mission whichalso led to the discovery of waterin the lunar atmosphere.

ISRO has similarly deployeda space-based augmentationsystem GAGAN for use by theaviation sector for precise posi-tion information services, safe-ty-of-life applications and betterair traffic management over In-dian airspace. India is the fourth

country in the world after US,Japan and the European Unionto offer such services.

India has today, throughISRO, established a well-knitendogenous space infrastructurewith adequate ground systemsand in-situ (on site) observationnetworks to support a multitudeof applications. These applica-tions address social, economicand cultural aspects of Indiansociety and provide inputs forinformed decision-making at var-ious levels.

ISROs people-centric spaceprogrammes are designed tosupport various national prioritiessuch as food & water security,sustainable environmental prac-tices, conservation of resources,livelihood support, poverty alle-viation, rural prosperity, education& healthcare and disaster man-

agement, amongst others. TheISRO initiatives have led to sig-nificant societal transformationin India, embodying a practicalrealisation of Gandhian goals.

Rural educationand health

ISROs Satellite InstructionalTelevision Experiment (SITE)launched in 1975 was a pioneerin making available informationaltelevision programmes to ruralIndia with the objective of edu-

cating the rural populace onvarious issues related to agri-cultural practices, occupationalskills, general health & hygiene,family planning etc. The SITEtransmissions had a significantimpact on Indian villages andpaved the path for use of ad-vanced satellite broadcastingtechnology to fulfil the socio-economic needs of the country.Our satellite-based networksare today playing a key role intaking education, healthcareand rural connectivity to the re-motest parts of our country.

Disaster management

India, on account of widely vary-ing geo-climatic conditions, hasalways been vulnerable to nat-ural disasters such as floods,earthquakes and cyclones.

ISROs Earth Observation, Me-teorological and Communicationsatellites are a core componentof the disaster management sce-nario of the country. Meteoro-logical satellites are used ex-tensively to monitor weatherevents and forecast weather,including the genesis of cy-clones, their track and landfallprediction. This helps minimisedamage to life and property.The value-added products gen-erated using satellite imageryhelp address information needs

of all phases of disaster man-agement such as preparedness,early warning, response, relief,rehabilitation, recovery and mit-igation.

Improving livelihoodof fishermen

Millions of people living alongthe 7,500-kms long coastline inIndia are dependent on fishingfor their livelihood. As fish stocks

dwindle and move further off-shore, search time, cost and ef-fort increase for fishermen. Satel-lite-based fishing zone advisoriesare made available in local lan-guages on a daily basis to thefishing community, resulting inenhanced fish catches, reducedsearch times and resultant sav-ings in fuel costs, thereby im-proving the well-being and qualityof life of our fishermen.

Conservationof resources

Speaking about the conservationof natural resources and protec-tion of our environment, MahatmaGandhi had said, the earth, theair, the land and the water arenot an inheritance from our fore-fathers, but on loan from ourchildren. So we have to handoverto them at least as it was handedover to us.

Space applications havebeen suitably adapted to respondto the needs of integrated wa-

tershed development in the coun-try, conservation of soil and waterresources, and protection of theenvironment. They have helpeddraw up developmental plansfor enhancing agricultural pro-duction in rain-fed areas, leadingto rural prosperity.

Developmental plans drawnup at micro-watershed level us-ing remote-sensing images haveresulted in increase in croppingintensity and crop yield, de-crease in fallow lands, recla-mation of waste lands, increase

in irrigated crops and livelihoodimprovements.

EmpowermentOf Panchayats

Mahatma Gandhi had advocateddemocratic decentralisation andPanchayati Raj, where each vil-lage was responsible for its ownaffairs. ISROs programme ofSpace-based Information Sup-port for Decentralised Planningis inspired by Gandhijis visionof Gram Swaraj or village self-governance. Under this pro-gramme, state-wise thematicdatabases on natural resourcesare being generated for the entirecountry. These spatial databasesintegrated with field-level infor-mation and traditional wisdomhelp in preparation of locale-specific action plans for landand water management withpeoples participation.

Preservation ofheritage sites

A database of heritage sitesand site management plansdrawn up using space technol-ogy helps policy planners takeinformed decisions regardingconservation & preservation andalso enables monitoring of ac-tivities onsite. A pilot study hasbeen carried out for the Hampiworld heritage site. Space-based technology tools are alsobeing planned for mapping andidentifying the vulnerability ofeach monument and for prepar-ing plans to track and mitigateenvironmental or weatherchanges that may have an ad-verse impact on fragile monu-ments.

Indigenisation

Self-reliance and developmentof indigenous technology is akey policy of ISRO and its suc-cess in this endeavour can beseen in the areas of launch ve-hicles, satellites, communication,meteorology, space science andestablishing of the requiredground infrastructure.

Science and technology isa key driver for shaping the des-tiny of nations and people acrossthe globe. Technology is builtnot so much by individuals, butby organisations. The charac-teristics of organisations theirleaders, their structures andtheir cultures have a great bear-ing on catalysing innovationsand putting them to use for thebenefit of society.

ISRO is one such Indian or-ganisation, which has nurtured,developed and demonstratedworld-class capabilities. Evenas it has sought to encompassthe globe and reach for thestars, it has remained rooted inits core mission of national re-generation and improving thelife of the common man, a goalset for the nation by MahatmaGandhi.

ISRO provesnaysayers wrong

Scripting space history on September24, 2014, India successfully placed theMars Orbiter around Mars. It is the onlycountry in the world to achieve this featin its first attempt and the fourth spaceagency in the world to reach Mars. Itmakes us even more proud that thismission was achieved at a fraction ofthe cost incurred by other successfulnations. In 2008, the Indian tricolourwas planted on the lunar surface byChandrayaan-1 on its maiden missionto the Moon, a mission which alsoled to the discovery of water in thelunar atmosphere

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WITH a sharp fall in fuelprices, the Indian avi-ation sector can takeoff to a phase of sustainablegrowth if restrictive rules like5/20 and First Right of Refusalto Air India in regard to inter-national routes are dispensedwith, an Assocham paper hassuggested.

There is a need toreplace/rework the 5/20 Rule inorder to equip Indian commercialairline operators with long-termfinancial security and internationalquality standards. Revisiting thisrule will provide incentive fornew players to enter the marketdue to advent of opportunity forenhancing revenues, yields andultimately, profits, says an As-socham-Yes Bank joint study onIndian Civil Aviation At theCusp of Taking Off.

For optimising bilateralagreements and internationaltraffic rights, the Ministry of CivilAviation, in co-ordination withthe Ministry of External Affairsshould undertake negotiating

higher number of routes, espe-cially in the lucrative marketssuch as the US and Europe.

Besides, Air Indias FirstRight of Refusal on new routesshould be relooked with the ob-jective of private airlines gettingfair opportunities to expand their

international routes, says thepaper.

Under the 5/20 Rule, carri-ers should have served at leastfive years in operation and mustalso have minimum 20 aircraft

before they are to fly abroad.We have situations where

fast-growing airlines have cer-tainly acquired a large fleet of-fering top service, but may nothave completed five years,says D S Rawat, SecretaryGeneral, Assocham.

The award of overseas op-erations license should be linkedto completion of certain numberof hours/kilometers on domesticroutes and subject to thoroughaudit of safety records, though.

Meanwhile, thanks to dropin the jet fuel prices, some ofthe operators have really turnedaround in terms of their financialperformance, for making thesector robust and sustainablefor further growth, an enablingenvironment must be created

for generation of non-aeronau-tical revenue stream, both atthe Airports Authority of India(AAI) and privately-managedairports.

There should be further in-

centivisation of domains like food& beverages, retail, concessions,advertising, car parking, carrental and duty-free outlets.

The paper also suggeststhird-party airport lounge con-cessions/development modelfor achieving wider customer

base. Utilisation of excessspace at major airports shouldbe encouraged for conventioncentres, entertainment centres,

hosting of events etc.For development of the car-

go sector, old & redundant andunutilised domestic passenger

terminals held by AAI shouldbe optimally utilised by convert-ing them into cargo facilities.Projects should also be initiated

for better road & rail connectivityto air cargo terminals to improvecost accosts and time efficiencyof the cargo operations.

Call to remove first rightof refusal to Air IndiaFor optimising bilateral agreements and internationaltraffic rights, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, in co-ordinationwith the Ministry of External Affairs should undertakenegotiating higher number of routes, especially in thelucrative markets such as the US and Europe

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THE society must changeits mindset towards im-proving womens safety,said Kiren Rijiju, Union Ministerof State for Home Affairs. Whileaddressing the representativesfrom India, Bangladesh, Nepal,the Philippines and Myanmar atthe South Asian Womens Peace& Security Conference in NewDelhi, Mr Rijiju said, the effortsof the government, judiciary and

the police alone will not be suf-ficient to curb the menace. Gen-der bias and inequality are verygrave in the country. I cannotimagine such atrocities still hap-pening to women in the 21st cen-tury, he said.

Pointing out that the regis-tration of crimes against womenhave reported an alarming risein the recent years, the ministersaid claiming that this spurt isdue to the tightening of the legalprovisions and the mandatory

registration of such crimes alonewill not help. The fact is thatsuch incidents are happeningand there is no change in situa-

tion on the ground. Observingthat crimes against women isresult of a deep-rooted socialproblem, the minister said acountry cannot claim to progresswhere women are not safe inthe society.

It is not a question of manor woman, it is a matter of hu-manity. The community and fam-ily members must be sensitised,the cause and the solution tothis issue is also within each ofus, he said.

Mentioning that India is asignatory to various regionaland global conventions onwomens equality, Mr Rijiju saidno country has such elaboratelegal provisions as we have onthe issue of womens safety andequality. India has a number oflegal provisions for the protectionof women, but the problem stilllies in the mindset of society.We need to come together andcollectively resolve this issue.

The minister received a draft

memorandum on the issue ofwomen and security in Indiafrom the organisers of the con-ference, Control Arms Founda-tion of India.

Assuring that the governmentwill seriously consider the rec-ommendations made by the con-ference to enhance womenssafety, Mr Rijiju remarked thatwomen are the first and worstsufferers in conflict zones world-wide and in the disturbed areas,whether in the North-east or

J&K. In contemporary conflicts,as much as 90 per cent of ca-sualties are among civilians,most of whom are women andchildren, he added.

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THE committee set up byMinistry of Overseas Indi-an Affairs submitted a draftmigration policy about five yearsago. But the Emigration Man-agement Bill is still waiting to beplaced in the public domain fordebate, said S Irudaya Rajan,who heads the MOIAs ResearchUnit on International Migration,in a recent article.

According to him, there arethree stages in a migrants life:the time before departure, thetime spent in the new country,and the rehabilitation processafter return. India is probablythe only country in the worldwhere migration is managed bythree different ministries: thepassport is issued by the Ministryof External Affairs, emigrationclearance comes from MOIA anddepartures are managed by Bu-reau of Migration of the Ministryof Home Affairs.

A major drawback of the ex-isting system is the applicationof the Emigration Act of 1983.The Act brought into force a newsystem of emigration clearance,

under which no Indian citizenwas permitted to emigrate with-out the governments authorisa-tion. Subsequently, subscribingto the logic of protection by ex-ception two kinds of passportshave been created: Emigrationcheck required and emigrationcheck not required.

Emigration clearance is man-

aged from just nine locationsacross India, with an approved1,439 recruitment agencies asof 2012. Of these, about 58 percent exist only on paper.

Equally bad is the cost ofmigration. According to the Ker-ala Migration Survey 2008, aperson migrating from Keralato Saudi Arabia spent ` 74,606

almost four times more thatthe Protector General of Emi-grants approved service chargeof ` 20,000 for unskilled workers.Nurses report that they payabout ` 3 lakh at the time of re-cruitment. As Indian workers,both skilled and unskilled, arein demand everywhere. Thecosts of migration should bebrought down to a minimum orto zero cost of migration, hesays.

Another problem is at thedestination where workers de-pend on the Indian Embassies.For instance, in both Saudi Ara-bia and the UAE, which hostsabout 20-lakh Indian migrantseach, the direct contact for mostworkers on any issue is thelabour attaches affiliated to theIndian Embassy. In both coun-tries, only two labour attachesare available in both embassies.Needless to say, this is totallyinadequate.

He argues that it is high timeIndia gave its migrant workerstheir share of rights in return forthe amount the country receivesin remittance. A strong migrationpolicy is the only way forward.

Shortage of labour attaches atIndian missions, a drawback

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Agood number of workingexecutives these daysweigh taking a break fromtheir career. The reasons maybevaried. But the fact remains thatmany of them are unable to takethe break due to various fears.

What exactly is a careerbreak? A career break is simplydedicated time away from yourjob. It maybe something that isplanned for or something thatis unforeseen. It can be fromone month to three years. Any-thing shorter than a month reallyfalls into the glorified vacationbucket. There are a few thingsthat make a career break unique;namely that you should have acareer that you are breakingaway from. This puts the typicalcareer break age range from27 to 57 years old.

Often career breaks can ben-efit you in many ways. Most im-portantly getting away is essentialfor effective thinking. Exposureto cultures that function differentlyfrom ones own from languageto social customs to public trans-port awakens the brain, alertingit to a much broader range ofpossibilities for being, living andcreating. You will come back tothe workforce with skills otherpeers wont have. And you willstand out in a positive way.

One of the myths associatedwith taking a career break is thatit will leave a gap in ones resumewhich can ruin ones career. Acareer break doesnt equal careersuicide. In fact, it will even helpyour career. You will build skillsyou can put on your resumesuch as confidence, patienceand smart risk-taking. And abreak will allow you the time toreflect on where your career isto date, how it may have gottenoff track, and how to refocus onwhat it is you really want to do.

When planning your careerbreak you need to decide if youare leaving your job permanentlyor whether you are planning toreturn. Before making any deci-sions work out how long youcan afford to take off withoutthis affecting your career and fi-nances, and also what type of

career break you want to take. If you are planning on re-

turning to work, you will need tonegotiate the time off and theconditions of your return. Ob-taining this agreement in writingshould guarantee that you canreturn to the same role.

TYPES OF CAREER BREAK:Mini career break A mini

career break, which tends tolast a month or less, can be analternative to a simple holiday or

a way of sampling a new role orcountry without having to fullycommit. Mini career breaks alsoallow you to keep your job, asthey tend to be easier tonegotiate. They can also beeasier and cheaper to organise.You may take a mini careerbreak for family reasons, totravel, to do voluntary or paidwork, or to learn new skills.

You may choose to use allyour annual leave at once totake a mini career break, or ne-gotiate unpaid days off, but youshould be prepared to discussalternatives with your manager.Explain how the break will benefitthem: you may learn a new skill

that will benefit the business orreturn to work with fresh enthu-siasm. You may need to planthis well in advance to allow forprovisions to be made to coveryour job while you are away.Mini career breaks can be moresecured than giving up workcompletely and you can still dosome of what you want withoutmissing out altogether.

Sabbatical The term sab-batical originally refers to takinga year out every seven years,

but can be tailored to meet yourneeds. Some companies mayoffer this in their benefits pack-age. As engineering can be astressful career choice, thesecompanies realise that offeringsome form of paid time out is agood way to give their employeesa break. However, you maychoose to take a sabbatical thatis unpaid if this is not offered byyour company.

Voluntary work Somepeople use a career break asan opportunity to do volunteerwork.

Unexpected breaks Sometimes life throws somethingat you that may lead to an un-

expected career break, such asillness, family commitments oreven redundancy. Although un-expected, they may provide apositive outcome by giving youthe chance to learn a new skillor revisit your career plans.

Now, how do you go aboutplanning your break? There area few steps suggested by Sum-itha Bhandarkar (who had takena break) you can consider forplanning a career break.

Plan your finances Lets

assume you want to make thishappen in a financially respon-sible way. The following ques-tions will help you decide whatyou need to cover. How youhandle these depends on yourpersonal financial constitution.As you address each question,see if your ideal start date andduration need tweaking.

Do you have any debt? Debtis like a sword hanging overyour head if possible, get ridof it before the break. If not, de-termine how to continue payingit off during the break. At thevery least, ensure that you wontadd any new debt because ofyour break.

How will you pay for every-day expenses? Consider the fol-lowing options:

Savings: Put away enoughto pay yourself a salary duringthe break.

Spouse: If you are a dual-income family, check if yourspouse can cover for you.

Side income: Establish astream of side income beforethe break rental property in-come, investment dividends,website revenue, etc.

Part-time job: Work part-time during the break baby/pet/house sitting, freelanc-ing, upscaling products; the pos-sibilities are limited only by yourimagination.

Emergency: How will yousurvive any unexpected emer-gencies/expenses? Determineyour comfort level, and build up

an appropriate emergency fund.Decide what you hope to do

during the break If all youwant to do is veg-out, sit back,and dammit-just-take-a-break,then what you need is a vacation,not an extended career break.Doing nothing for severalmonths/years can turn anyoneinto a depressed mess, so youbetter figure out something pro-ductive to do. For many of you,the reason why youre takingthe break may naturally deter-mine what to do during the break.For others, things may not beso straightforward. Here are afew ideas you could chew on:

Pursue your passion: Trav-el, gardening, reading, writing,volunteering, social work, etc.

Go back to school: Try anew career, entrepreneurship,freelancing, etc.

Pending stuff: Catch up onpending stuff, projects you start-ed on weekends but never fin-ished, personal situations thatneed closure, etc.

Benefits of takinga break from work

Taking a break fromwork brings with ita number ofbenefits. But makesure you spend thetime productively

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