Saturday, December 17, 2011

How to overcome shyness at social dos

Some people really lose their voice when they come face-to-face with a good-looking person. Read on and learn to leave your fears behindShyness is uncomfortable and if you find yourself tongue-tied in social occasions, it could take a toll on your overall self-esteem. But there's no need to lose all hope. It's perfectly natural to be nervous when meeting a good Comprehending body language Reading body language may often seem like voodoo, but it is not that difficult. What you should know is that your mind interprets body language sub-consciously and uses it to form impressions about anyone. Once you start paying attention to this, the signals are easy to read. It's a language that we speak everyday and it is extremely intuitive. You just need to become consciously receptive to it. Understanding your shyness You need to understand your brand of shyness and how it manifests your life. Try to comprehend what situation triggers this feeling and what it is that immediately puts you back in your shell. Find your strengths To prevent this from happening, you need to look for your strengths. We all have unique qualities and various ways to expressing ourselves. Focus on something you are good at. Though this might be a short term fix, it will give you immense confidence and help you break your self-imposed barrier of fear. Looking man or woman Since first impressions matter, if you keep away from the person completely out of shyness it may be misinterpreted as arrogance or plain bad manners. Learning to overcome shyness isn't difficult. What not to do -Be careful not to go overboard with your chatter and watch what you say. -Do not indulge in personal conversations when meeting someone for the first time. -Don't be aggressive, rude. -Refrain from using abusive language. -Try to respect the other person's opinions even if you do not agree with it. -If somebody is avoiding you, do not pile on.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Salman Khan Defeats Shah Rukh & Aamir In Fastest Rs. 100 Crore Race



While Sachin Tendulkar might have missed his 100th hundred, our movie stars are not much behind when it comes to emulating the Master Blaster. Here’s how: Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgan belong to the exclusive Rs. 100 crore club in Bollywood. Films of all the four stars have crossed the record-breaking Rs. 100 crore (net collections) mark at the Indian box-office. But which of their films have broken the Rs. 100 crore barrier in the least time? Which is the fastest Bollywood grosser in recent times? We dipped into our archives to bring you the statistics and the analysis:

Films Which Have Crossed Rs. 100 Crore (Net) Mark At Indian Box-Office Position Movie Number of days
1 Bodyguard 8 days
2 3 Idiots 9 days
3 Ra.One (Hindi version only) 10 days
4 Dabangg 10 days
5 Ready 12 days
6 Ghajini 16 days
7 Golmaal 3 17 days
8 Singham 37 days


Analysis
While Salman Khan’s Bodyguard raked in Rs. 100 crore in a matter of just 8 days, Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots did the same in one day more. Shah Rukh Khan entered the race a little later with Ra.One this year by raking in the moolah in 10 days. Then we have a couple of more Salman Khan starrers on the list, Dabangg and Ready, which took 10 and 12 days respectively to cross the mark. Ghajini comes in at number six. The film made Rs. 100 crore in 16 days. Ajay Devgan’s Golmaal 3 took a tad longer with 17 days. Singham lags at the last spot, with 37 days to reach the Rs. 100 crore mark.

Star Rankings
1. Salman Khan, with the fastest grosser (Bodyguard) in his kitty, as well as two other films in the list of fastest grossers, clearly leads the pack.

2. Aamir Khan comes a close number two, with 3 Idiots (number 2) and Ghajini (number 6) on our list.

3. Ajay Devgan, with two films on the list (Golmaal 3 and Singham), is at number three, after Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.

4. Shah Rukh Khan, with just Ra.One, comes in last, in spite of the fact that his dream film takes the number 3 spot on the list of fastest grossers.

What Next?
With a spate of movies lined up for release in the next few months, do you think any of them will make the mark and break records set by these films? Or will we have to wait for the biggies — Shah Rukh Khan’s Don 2, Aamir Khan’s Talaash, Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger and Hrithik Roshan’s Agneepath? Share your responses in the comments section below:


The Rs. 100 Crore Club

http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/salman-khan-defeats-shah-rukh-aamir-in-fastest-rs-100-crore-race/

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Mistry Will Replace Ratan Tata as Head of India’s Biggest Business Group

Tata Sons Ltd. said board member Cyrus P. Mistry will succeed Ratan Tata as chairman next year, a surprise choice that ends more than a year of speculation over who would run India’s biggest business group.
Mistry, 43, whose family is the single biggest shareholder of the group will assume the role of deputy chairman and take over as head of the group in December 2012, according to an e-mailed statement from the company yesterday. Tata in August 2010 set up a five-member panel to find a successor to Ratan, who will retire after two decades running the Mumbai-based company.
In Mistry, Tata has picked an insider who belongs to the same Parsi community as the founders and whose family owns 18 percent of the group holding company. Mistry, largely unknown outside his father’s construction business, will have a year to raise his profile under the guidance of Ratan Tata, the architect of the group’s emergence as a global company through his acquisitions of Corus Group and Jaguar Land Rover. (TTMT)
“He’s sort of an enigma,” said U.R. Bhat, managing director of Dalton Capital Advisors India Pvt. in Mumbai. “He has phenomenally big shoes to fill. We don’t know whether he has the right credentials.”
Mistry, who was part of the search panel, withdrew himself when he became a candidate, said group spokesman Debasis Ray.

Billionaire Father

Mistry, an engineer from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London, began working for the company Shapoorji Pallonji & Co., controlled by his father, billionaire Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry, in 1991. Cyrus, an Irish national, did his masters in management from the London Business School.
“I am aware that an enormous responsibility, with a great legacy, has been entrusted to me,” Mistry said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. “I will undertake to legally dissociate myself from the management of my family businesses to avoid any issue of conflict of interest.”
Mistry declined to comment for this report, according to spokesman Ray.
Tata makes cars from the $73,700 Jaguar XJ to the $2,800Nano, produces steel, salt and grows tea served at the Tata-owned Boston Ritz Carlton. The group accounts for almost 5 percent of India’s gross domestic product.
Tata Steel Ltd. (TATA), which acquired Corus Steel for $12.8 billion in India’s biggest overseas acquisition in 2007, added 0.8 percent to 385.60 rupees at the close of trading in Mumbai.Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS), the group’s biggest unit by market value, advanced 2.8 percent, the most since Oct. 24, to 1,091.80 rupees. Tata Motors Ltd., which owns the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, rose 2.8 percent.

Shapoorji Pallonji Shares

Forbes & Co. (FG), part of the Shapoorji Pallonji group, gained 6.7 percent, the most since August 2010, to 426.40 rupees at the close of trading in Mumbai. Gokak Textiles Ltd. (GTEX), a yarn maker also controlled by the group, surged 16 percent, its biggest gain since November 2010, to 56.3 rupees. India’s benchmark Sensitive Index advanced 1 percent.
“One of the main decisions they will have to communicate to the market is if they want to keep growing by buying other businesses,” said Walter Rossini, who helps manage 200 million euros ($267 million) in Indian equities at Aletti Gestielle SGR SpA. “I think they will focus more on efficiency and productivity.”
The Tata group has more than 100 operating companies with 31 listed on the Indian stock exchanges and total revenue of $83.3 billion in the year ended March 31, 2011, according to itswebsite. Overseas revenue accounted for 58 percent of the total, or $48.3 billion. The group companies together employ more than 425,000 people.

‘Astute Observations’

“I have been impressed with the quality and caliber of his participation, his astute observations and his humility,” Ratan Tata said about Mistry in the statement. “I will be committed to working with him over the next year to give him the exposure, the involvement and the operating experience to equip him to undertake the full responsibility of the group on my retirement.”
Ratan Tata’s step-brother Noel was among the likely candidates to take over as chairman, the Economic Times reportedon Nov. 11.

‘Jury Still Out’

“Obviously the jury is still very much out,” on Mistry’s abilities, said Andrea Goldstein, who studied the Tata Group as a senior economist at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. “He’s very young, which could be very good - so he’s being groomed to take this position. Let’s see if he’s ready to do that.”
Mistry and the Tatas follow the Zoroastrian religion and belong to the small Parsi community, which originated in Persia and found sanctuary centuries ago in India. The Tata group wasfounded by Ratan’s great grandfather Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, who started a textile-trading business in 1868 and then built the country’s first steel mill and hydroelectric plant. He also built The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Mumbai, which was damaged in the November 2008 terrorist attacks.
Ratan made his first purchase overseas in February 2000 when he paid $407 million for U.K.-based Tetley Group -- the biggest by an Indian company at that time. He followed with 65 more mergers or purchases in India and abroad, totaling more than $20 billion, the most by any Indian group, according to the group’s website.
Mistry will be the second person outside the Tatas to lead the group, according to the company’s website.
“I have known him since he was a baby,” Parmeshwar Godrej, a board member of Godrej Properties Ltd. and wife of billionaire Adi Godrej, said in a phone interview yesterday.“The whole family is very shy and reserved. I’m sure he will do a great job.”

To contact the reporters on this story: Rajhkumar K Shaaw in Mumbai at rshaaw@bloomberg.net; Siddharth Philip in Mumbai at sphilip3@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Arijit Ghosh at aghosh@bloomberg.net

Thursday, September 22, 2011

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

CC PAPERS - CC CERTIFICATE

What are Eligibility Tests?
Eligibility tests are examinations conducted by the institute for students who have taken up the compulsory oral/postal coaching.

They can be understood as an equivalent of the pre-public examination that colleges conduct.

Getting through the end exam (i.e. equivalent of pre-public) is compulsory for the institutes examination.

Oral Coaching
The coaching process involves conduct of examinations (eligibility tests) at the end of the coaching period.

A student will be made eligible to appear at the main examinations only if he qualifies in the end examinations conducted by the oral coaching center that he/she joins.

Postal Coaching
The student is supplied with a set of a set of question papers along with the study material in each subject. The total study material is divided into parts and the question papers would be such that a student would be able to answer the first set after studying a part of the material from the beginning.

The answers to the question papers provided with the study material are to be periodically submitted within the time limits prescribed. The submitted answer papers would be evaluated and returned to the students. A student has to qualify in the required number of papers within prescribed time limits, to be eligible for appearing at the main examination.

This amounts to doing a correspondence course, attending the pre-public examination at home and sending the answer papers for evaluation to the institute.

What is Coaching Completion Certificate (CC)
This is a certificate issued by the institute to the student on the successful completion of the compulsory oral/postal coaching i.e. on getting through the prescribed number of eligibility tests.

A student with a valid Coaching Completion Certificate (CC) only will be allowed to attend the main examinations.

Form of Certificate (CC)
The CC issued by the regional councils of ICSI is post card sized and contains the intimation regarding grant of eligibility by the regional council. The certificate issued has a number [CC - Number] which has to be mentioned at the time of making application for the examination. A copy of the CC may also be attached to the examination application.

Note
To be able to include the information relating to the CC in the examination application or to append a photo copy of it along with examination application you have to receive within such time that enables you to submit the examination application before the last date. For this reason, it would be in the interest of the students taking up postal coaching to submit the answer papers required to be submitted well in advance.

Oral Coaching - No. of Exams/Tests/Papers to be written
A written test will be conducted under stipulated examination conditions during the continuance or at the end of the course. The exact detail of the nature, duration, type of the examination etc., may vary from center to center. However they follow certain set guidelines in conducting these examinations.

The institute prescribes the number of tests per subject and the time frame of conduction of the exam which are to be followed as guidelines in conducting the end exams by the coaching centers.

Four tests in each subject. A subject is a paper at the main examination. A student has to get through with 40% in each paper in atleast 3 out of the 4 tests.

Exact details in this regard can be had only from the Oral Coaching Center the student is intending to get admitted to.

Postal Coaching - Number of Papers to be submitted
Along with the study material/notes a set of question papers would also be sent which have to answered and submitted to the institution for evaluation within the stipulated time. A student will have to submit answers to the specified number of papers and obtain qualifying marks to be eligible to get the certificate indicating the successful completion coaching.

Number of Papers to be Submitted
1 paper out of 2 papers provided in each subject. A total of 4 papers ( 1 x 4)

Where to Send
The wrappers supplied along with the study material and question papers for postal coaching students have the address printed on them (which generally is the relevant regional council). The papers are to be sent only to that address and no where else.

Oral Coaching : Eligibility Tests - Evaluation, Qualifying Marks, Re-exam

Passing - Qualifying Marks
The candidate should obtain atleast 40% in each paper and should pass in 3 out of the 4 tests held.

A student who has obtained the minimum qualifying marks in the prescribed number of papers only will be eligible for issue of a certificate of successful completion of the course i.e. the Coaching completion Certificate (CC).

Re-Examination
If a student does not qualify in a term by passing the requisite examinations conducted by the oral coaching center, then he/she has to re appear in the examination conducted by the center during the subsequent terms and qualify in them to be able to get the certificate of successful completion of coaching (CC).

The schedule for re - examinations would be decided by the center and such information can be obtained from the oral coaching center the student has attend

Postal Coaching - Eligibility Tests, Evaluation, Qualifying Marks, Resubmission
The papers submitted by the students are evaluated by examiners and marks allotted to them. The papers would be returned to the student by post after completion of evaluation so that the student may be able to assess his/her performance against the marks obtained and make any corrections needed in his study or approach.

Qualifying Marks
Qualifying Marks → 40% in each paper.

• Re-Submission
If the minimum qualifying marks are not obtained in a paper, it has to be answered again and sent for evaluation. This has to be done till that time the student obtains the minimum qualifying marks in that many papers which would make him/her eligible to be awarded the EC|CC.

Postal Coaching - Last Dates for Submission of Eligibility Test Papers

The answers for test papers should be submitted in such time so as to enable the timely issue of certificate of successful completion of coaching. To enable this cut off dates have been specified by the institutions for submission of test papers.

A student with a valid Coaching Completion certificate only will be allowed to attend an examination. Therefore, to obtain a certificate of successful completion of coaching which would enable you to attend a particular examination you have to submit the answer papers within the cut-off dates specified.

To Obtain CC for
The December Examination —

Submit answers to all the required test papers before 31st August
The June Examination —

Submit answers to all the required test papers before 28th/29th February

Postal Coaching - Is it Enough if I submit before the last dates?
Submitting the papers before the last dates would make you eligible for consideration of issue of EC/CC for the relevant examination provided you have qualified in the submitted papers.

If on evaluation it is found that you have not qualified in any of the papers then you would be needed to resubmit the papers. In such a case if you resubmit the papers it would amount to submitting beyond the cut off dates, therefore making you eligible for the subsequent examination only.

Submission and re-submission should also be within the cut off dates. Therefore it would be in a students own interest that he/she submit the papers at the earliest possible time not waiting till the cut off dates.

Last dates for Obtaining CC. Not received in time!!

The issue of CC is done throughout the year. There is no such date called the last date for obtaining CC. However, since the CC is to be obtained to be eligible to appear for the main/final examination, care should be taken to ensure its timely receipt (i.e. within such time so as to enable you to file the application for examination in time).

Not in Receipt of CC within time
A student should have submitted all the requisite papers within the last/cut off dates. In such a case if the student is not in receipt of the CC before the last date for submission of examination application, he/she may (can) submit the examination application (inspite of not being in receipt of the CC before the last date) mentioning the same along with the requisite examination fees.

It is in the students own interest that he/she pursues his/her case with the respective regional council (postal coaching students) or the center where he/she has undergone the oral coaching (oral coaching students) and obtains the CC and sends a photocopy of the same along with a letter explaining his case to the head office where the examination applications are dealt with.

This would amount to the student making a provisional application on the anticipation that his/her CC would be ultimately received. If the student fails to submit his/her CC within sufficient time subsequently, he/she may not be issued the hall ticket for the examination.

Submit Papers as Early as Possible
Failure to obtain the CC may be on account of the reason that the student has not qualified (i.e. got the minimum required marks) in one or more papers that had already been submitted.

To avoid being in such situations, a student is advised to submit the eligibility test papers as early as possible.
Who Issues the CC Whom to contact in case of a problem

The details of the student for all purposes are maintained and monitored by the respective regional councils of the Institute.

Postal Coaching
In case of students undergoing Postal Coaching, the CC is issued by the regional council itself. Therefore when there is a problem with regard to CC, you should contact the respective regional councils of the institute.

• Oral Coaching
In case of students undergoing Oral Coaching the CC is issued under the purview of coaching center run by the Institution/Branch/Regional Office/Chapter which conducted the oral coaching.

Therefore when there is a problem with regard to CC, a student should contact the coaching center where he/she has taken up oral coaching.

Validity Period of CC, Revalidation
Valid Forever
The Coaching Completion certificate (CC) for the Foundation Programme is valid for a period of three years i.e. the period of vaildity of registration.







Monday, September 5, 2011

Meet Mahima Kapoor, CS topper (Rank 1)

Meet Mahima Kapoor, CS topper (Rank 1)

MAHIMA achieved success in her first attempt in the Company Secteray final exam, and shares that self-study is “more than sufficient for success in this exam”.  She also urges students to choose their faculty wisely in case they consider coaching. Mahima’s father Mohan Kapoor is a manager with a construction company and her mother Usha Kapoor is a teacher, and her hobbies include painting, reading books and watching films.


FAST FACTS

Name: Mahima Kapoor

Exam: CS Professional Programme

Rank: All India First

Date of Birth: July 19, 1989

School: Christ Jyoti Hr. Secondary School, Satna (MP)

College: Shri Rama Krishna College, Satna (MP)
Course: BBA with specialisation in HR and marketing


Course review: Company Secretary Programme

Q. How did you feel when you got the good news?A. I got the news in office where my colleagues were very excited to know my rank. They all stood up and clapped for me, and that was an overwhelming moment for me.


Q. When did you decide to take up CS? And in how many attempts did you crack it?
A.I decided to pursue CS as my career when I was Class 10 as it is a reputed profession. After completing my graduation I started with my CS course.I have cleared the Executive programme (AIR 13) as well as Professional exams in my first attempt


Q. Please tell us about your life as a student…
A. My life as a student started from my home - my mother is my first teacher. I started my schooling from my hometown (Satna) and chose the commerce stream in Class 11. In my entire school life I have never taken any coaching or private coaching classes. After my schooling I joined graduation in my hometown and did a BBA, after which I joined CS in 2009. . from I cleared the executive level in June 2010 and professional level in June 2011.


Q.Tell us abour your articleship…     
A.I have started my Articleship after my exams in June 2011, with Prestige Group of Companies  in Indore.


Q. Is training important so as to become a competent CS?
A.Besides being a compulsory, this 15 months training is very important because in the class we only get to know about relevant laws and their provisions but how to implement these laws practically, this is part of our training. To become a competent CS we must have practical knowledge of all the procedures n their compliances.


Q. How do you spend your time when not studying ?

I usually spend my time chatting and hanging out with friends, watching TV, movies and reading books.

 Q.What would you like to do after CS – practice or higher studies?
A.I’ll go for a job in a company. But I would also like to do an LLB to support my career.


Q. Did you take any guidance for preparation?
A. I joined Nahata Professional Academy in Indore for CS coaching. I have not referred any other books other than the institute study material and the notes provided by my coaching Faculty.


Q.Your strategy at every level…

CS is a three level course - Foundation, Executive and Professional level. I skipped Foundation as I was already a graduate. My Strategy was to attend classes regularly and be attentive in classes. I gave myself one month’s time for self-study in the Executive and Professional level.

     Q. How good are coaching institutes and what to be cautious of if you choose one?
A. As there are no colleges for CS students these coaching institutes are very helpful as CS is a law field, and to get complete knowledge and understanding of our syllabus it is important to have good mentor. The most important subject is Company Law and I’m lucky enough that I got a mentor like Mr. Tanay Kasera who has a good command in this subject. While choosing any coaching we must be cautious about its faculty and regular classes. It is very important that they are referring study material for preparing for exams.


Q. Your message to the future CS aspirants…
A. Good luck, be attentive in classes and grasp laws properly.
CS Final topper:
Second rank holder:Geetika Bhatia
  • Published on: August 27, 2011

  • Regards,
    COMPANY SECRETARY GROUPAZAM (ADMIN) WIRC
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