While the devastating Japan earthquake and tsunami have passed, the recovery and mourning have just begun. The disaster could become the most expensive earthquake in history. The crisis could get even worse, depending on what happens next at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Now, more than ever, the Japanese people need our help and support to get through this crisis.

You don’t need to pack your bags and fly out to Japan to help, though. There are plenty of ways you can help online, whether it’s with your wallet or simply with your Twitter account. New technologies make it possible to lend a helping hand with your texts or even with virtual crops.

Every little bit counts. Here are a few ways you can help the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami:

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The recruitment spate in Indian IT industry seems to have just begun and there is much more to come.

The Indian IT industry will add over 2.25 lakh employees in 2011 and will clock revenues of USD 71.7 billion by the end of the year, consulting firm Deloitte has said.

The total number of working employees will grow to 22.3 lakh this year, which translates into addition of 2.26 lakh personnel, the consulting firm said.

Revenues from the information technology and business process outsourcing industry will reach USD 71.7 billion for 2011 and account for 5.8 per cent of the country's GDP , the firm said in its Technology, Media and Telecommunications Predictions for 2011.

The total number of employees working in the IT/ITeS (IT enabled services) sector will grow to 22.3 lakh this year, which translates into the addition of 2.26 lakh personnel, it said, adding that an additional 80 lakh people will get employment indirectly from the sector.

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Hello frnds,

I am very proud of conducting an Intra College Quiz Contest yesterday i.e. on Friday, 11/03/11 with the help of my friends. It was the 1st successful event in my college after selecting me as a CA in association with Freshersworld.com. I am thankful to the organizing members and the faculty members to make it a grand success.

The quiz was conducted in 2 rounds.

In the 1st round (an objective type test), more than 70 teams (2 students in each team) participated. And 9 teams were selected for the final round.

Winners:

1st: Babloo Kr. & Vishwanath Prasad

2nd: Prasenjit Paul & Toufique

3rd: Abhishek Kr. & Deepak Mishra

I am thankful to Freshersworld.com for giving such a plateform for me to show my leadership ability and team work.

Here are photographs taken on the event.

1st Round:

Students attending the 1st round

2nd Round:

Vishwanath & Babloo recieving the 1st prize

Prasenjit & Toufique recieving 2nd prize

Me(closed eyes, sitting) with other organizing members

Once again thanks a lot to Freshersworld.com

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Tata Consultancy Service (TCS), India's top software services exporter, is seeing good demand for outsourcing services across sectors and expects client spends to be better in fiscal 2012, its chief executive said.

N Chandrasekaran, who is also the managing director of TCS, said IT outsourcing demand in Europe was recovering but was "slightly behind the curve", while outlook for North America, its largest exports market, remained strong.

"What I see on the ground is the spend is increasing. Fiscal 2012 will be a better year...better for growth," Chandrasekaran told reporters on Monday, adding he expected pricing to move up as demand for outsourcing increases.

TCS, whose clients include Citigroup and General Electric, has not seen any business impact from the unrest in Middle East and North Africa, he said.

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Indian corporate salaries are set to grow by nearly 13 per cent this year, the fastest pace in the world, and will keep rising at this level for up to five years, a consultancy forecast.

The country's salaries will grow by 12.9 per cent in 2011, ahead of China's which will see nine percent growth, global human resource consultancy Aon Hewitt said.

"Indian companies have been doing pretty well with growth picking up, and there is an extra pool of cash," Nitin Sethi, India compensation specialist for Aon Hewitt, said.

"These findings mirror the optimism of the country with GDP poised to grow (at about nine percent)" and a "war for talent," Sethi said.

Hewitt sees a stable outlook for the Indian IT and outsourcing sectors, since these sectors are mostly reliant on global economic revival. Sethi, said, "The outsourcing and technology sectors have had a big positive swing from the recessionary period of 2009.

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Hello friends, this is Subhra Jyoti Bhuyan, a CA of GGSCET, going to conduct an Intra College Quiz Contest on 11th March, 2011. It'll be a one day event.

The brief description of the contest:

1) In each team, there will be a max. 2 participants.

2) The Quiz will be in two phases :-

1st Round: There will be an objective type test. From which few teams will be selected for final round.

2nd/Final Round: It will be an oral round which include the following rounds:

i) Technical Round

ii) G.K. Round

iii) Picture Round

iv)  Choice Round

v)  Music Round

We are expecting 40-60 teams to participate in the quiz contest.

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I Mr. Subhra Jyoti Bhuyan, CA of GGSCET, had given a seminar on "Emloyability Skills" and also given an "Introduction to Freshersworld.com" to the students of my college on Friday. In the seminar, I focused mainly on the skills which must be present in freshers so that he/she could get placed on a reputed company. Many students attended the seminar. I am really thankful to Freshersworld.com for inspiring me to conduct such a event in my college. And it was my first seminar in my college in this field. I hope I can do better for my friends in future.

Here are few photographs..

Thank you once again Freshersworld.com

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Cognizant's Combined Campus Freshers Recruitment Drive

Openings for IT (2010 batch), ITIS (2009 & 2010 batch) and BPO (2009 & 2010 batch) in Cognizant. 2011 batch students can also register now for off-campus drives to be scheduled after May 2011

Eligibility Criteria for IT:

1. Open only to the students with following degrees
   • Category 1: BE / B Tech / ME / M Tech / MCA / M Sc (Computer Science / IT / Software Engg)
   • Category 2: B Sc / BCA / M Sc (except Computer Science / IT / Software Engg)
2. Year of graduation: 2010 batch only
3. Consistent First Class (over 60%) in X, XII, UG and PG (if applicable)
4. No outstanding arrears
5. Candidates with degrees through correspondence/ part-time courses are not eligible to apply
6. Good interpersonal, analytical and communication skills

Eligibility Criteria for IT IS:

1. Open only to the students with following degrees
   • BSC - Computer Science/Computer Technology/ IT /Maths/Statistics/Electronics and BCA
   • MSC - Maths/Statistics/Electronics
2. Year of graduation: 2009  or 2010  batch only
3. Consistent First Class (over 60%) in X, XII, and UG
4. Candidates holding correspondence or part time degrees are not eligible to apply
5. Good interpersonal and excellent communication skills
6. Willingness to work in shifts (including night shifts)
7. Willing to work at any Cognizant location across India

Eligibility Criteria for BPO:

1. Any Arts & Science graduate except BSC – IT/CS, Electronics, Maths & Statistics
2. Hotel Management & MBA graduates are also eligible
3. Year of Graduation: 2009  or 2010  batch only
4. Consistency of 50% in X, XII, and UG
5. Good verbal and excellent communication skills
6. Willingness to work in shifts (including night shifts)

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1995
Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford University.

1998
Google files for incorporation in California on September 4.

1999
Google's first press release announces a $25 million round of investment from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.

2000
Google launches keyword advertising sales system AdWords with 350 customers.

2001
Schmidt is named chief executive and chairman of the board of directors.

2004
Initial public offering of roughly 19.6 million shares at an opening price of $85 per share.

2006
Google buys online video service YouTube.

2008
Indexing system for processing links indicates Google searches 1 trillion unique URLs.

2010
First Google Super Bowl ad.

2011
Page becomes CEO, Schmidt stays as executive chairman.

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