List of Careers

Accounting If death and taxes are the two things everyone must face, guess who makes a business out of both.

Advertising People in this industry are expected to be clever -  with words and images. Advertising puts a premium on being persuasive and selling even intangibles like name and reputation.

Airlines Ah, taken in by all that glamour, we bet. Anyway, if you don't mind the hard work, there it is, good pay and all.

Anthropology Study various cultures, travel to interesting places at someone else's expense and then write your own books and papers about them.

Architecture Great opportunities to become a partner at a firm if you work hard, or strike out on your own. Beginning is tough.

Beautycare Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? Well, actually the hands that bring about all that beauty. Find out if you have such a pair of hands.

Biological Science Who knows, maybe the world has been waiting for you to show up and discover a cure for AIDS or develop a vaccine for cancer. Let's find out, shall we?

Ceramic Technology This is something that has a presence in almost every industry in the world. So, this could be a gateway to anything you want.

Chemical Science Everything in the environment, whether naturally occurring or of human design, is composed of chemicals. Careers in this field entail the search for and putting to use new knowledge about chemicals.

Civil Services Are you good at administration, organisation and order? A stickler for the rules and patriotic as well? Maybe the country needs your services.

Company Secretaryship It is as serious as it sounds. Lots of hard work, lots of poring over painstaking paperwork, lots of patience. But you stand to make good money at the end of it.

Electronics and Telecommunications If it weren't for electronics and telecommunications, you wouldn't be reading this page. Need we emphasise more the promise in this industry?

Engineering Read about the various branches, the IITs and other institutes and the programmes they offer. Aerospace Engineering Agricultural Engineering Automobile Engineering Biomedical Engineering Ceramic Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Environmental Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Energy Engineering Industrial Engineering Instrumentation and Production Engineering Marine Engineering Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mining Engineering Microelectronics Enginering Nuclear Engineering Telecommunication Engineering Specilal Courses M.Tech. Training IIT's Other Institutions. Requirements

Event Management Enter only if you can handle stress and last-minute glitches. And stay away if you don't like loud music.

Fashion Design Full scope for creativity to blossom and good money in a while, but don't look for instant glamour.

Film-Making Ambitious, aren't you? You could lead a quiet, happy life as a bank clerk, you know. But, okay, if this is what you want, here you are.

Foodcraft So, are you going to keep your excellent cooking only to yourself and your friends? Let the world know the wonders you are capable of with a rolling pin.

Geographical Information Systems This is a fast being-acquired taste in India. So if you have geographical acumen and are good at handing statistical date, get cracking. You might have the early bird's luck.

Geology Down to earth sort of a person, are you? Well, studying about the earth and hitting rock-bottom can't be such a bad option, then.

Homeopathy With more people moving away from traditional medicine, this is no longer a profession to be scoffed at, particularly now that it is pretty lucrative.

Hotel and Hospitality Great food at all times, great perks, nice lifestyle, but be prepared for perpetually griping guests.

Indian Air Force You're patriotic, you like flying high, you are healthy. Well, congratulations, you are a perfect match for a career in the Indian Air Force. Few careers are more exciting.

Indian Army Like the action movies, eh? But action is not all a career in the Indian Army is all about. It is about responsibility, the ability to take decisions quickly and a lot of courage.

Indian Navy Like the high seas, do you? Well, a big dollop of patriotism, technical know-how and the ability to work hard and you might be able to carve yourself a fulfilling career.

Information Technology Read about the various careers in today's most active field. Computer Networking Computer Programming Computer Systems Analysis Data Processing Enterprise Resource Planning Hardware Engineering Special Section: Careers in Dotcoms

Interior Design Imagine sitting down to dinner at a swanky restaurant and telling your friends you designed the place.

Jewellery Design Get a kick out of handling the expensive stuff, do you? Do it all you want, man.

Law Recent bad press notwithstanding, lawyers get respect. Law is viewed by the public as a profession, not just a job.

Library Science If you think this is a profession for staid bookworms who lift the occasional absent-minded eyebrow from a thick book to check the loud voice, you're mistaken. Some modern libraries look like spaceships.

Marketing Go on, admit it, you think you can sell ice to an Eskimo. So don't let bashfulness ruin the promise of a great career and start talking.

Management Like being the boss? Read about the many ways you can be one. Construction Management Export Management Finance Management Hospital and Health Services Management Human Resources Management Industrial Production Management Management Analysis Materials and Purchase Management Rural Management Sales and Marketing Management

Medicine No profession is nobler. Even Mother Teresa wouldn't have argued with that. Dentistry Medical Transcription Nursing Paediatrics Pharmacy Physician Speech Therapy and Audiology

Merchant Navy It's a life on the high seas, adventurous and lucrative. But you'll have to live away from terra firma and family for months at a time.

Meteorology Meteorologists, a.k.a. atmospheric scientists, study the Earth’s physical characteristics, motions, and processes, and the way it affects the rest of our environment. So, you always take the weather with you.

Mining and Petroleum Engineering The most interesting things you could do, if you like burrowing away, you dig?

Modelling Oh, come on, you know you have the look. So stop being modest and take a walk down that ramp. Show the world the stuff you're made of.

Music If you're even an inch better than having the neighbours complain about your bathroom singing, go for it. Lucrative, too.

Oceanography Ocean scientists experience the exhilaration and rigours of new discoveries made at sea, and then return to months of data analysis. Are you up to it?

Photography Tremendous excitement, good opportunities for travel, see the sights and hit the lights.

Physical Science Absent-minded professor is not what you are in this profession. Acute, focussed brilliance is more like it.

Physiotherapy Truly the profession with the healing touch. Sensitive, patient and astute is what you need to be.

Public Relations Have you been accused of being a smooth talker? Well, take it as a compliment and take a bow.

Psychology Psychologists aren't just confined to the study of the disturbed or other special cases. As behaviouralists, their work is applicable in every aspect of human life.

Publishing and Printing It's lucrative, it's noble work and it's deemed intellectual. And it's not a profession that is losing the race to the Internet. In fact, it's adapting quite well.

Radio Jockeying You have a voice, let's hear it, then. You have a passion for music, you are a factoid about anything from Floyd to Prince? Ever thought of RJ-ing?

Sales and Marketing Go on, admit it, you think you can sell ice to an Eskimo. So don't let bashfulness ruin the promise of a great career and start talking.

Secretaryship Believe us, this job definitely requires more than silk ties or lacquered nails. Gallons of patience and an eye for detail, for instance, are indispensible.

Social Work Do something about that philanthropic bug, then, instead of just feeling guilty about all those kids in Somalia.

Sports Would you like to live, eat and breathe sports and make money doing it? Read about various careers in the field - coaching, playing, adjudging, writing, managing.

Teaching Probably the most noble profession besides medicine. And don't forget, teaching also entails constant learning.

Textiles One of the best-known Indian product, textiles created, designed and manufactured in India are all the rage abroad. Check out the various avenues in the industry.

Translation and Interpretation Say it in French, say it in Latin, say it in German, say it in sign language, say it five different ways: you have the gift of the gab.

Travel and Tourism Okay, this is not a profession which will make you a millionaire unless you have an agency of your own. But think all the travelling and the millions of grateful faces back from happy holidays.

TV Production Creative, yet organised? Ah, that's a combination hard to come by. So, come on, make use of it. There aren't many people who can handle a budget sheet and a script at the same time.

Veterinary Science Animal lovers, look no further. Patient, sympathetic souls, this is your calling. One of the most satisfying jobs in the world.