British Council’s UK-India Career Summit in Mumbai Receives Tremendous Response

The British Council today successfully concluded its one-day job fair, ‘UK-India Career Summit’ in Mumbai in partnership with Sannam S4. The summit witnessed participation from 500 UK graduates from India, across varied sectors who utilised this opportunity to interview and network with key corporations in India.

The daylong event saw an overwhelming response from UK graduates and alumni not only from Mumbai but across different cities in India. Reputed Corporates including AXA Business Services Pvt. Ltd, Ernst & Young LLP, Mahindra, Alstom India Limited, British Council and Sannam S4 amongst others presented the participants with exciting and challenging career opportunities across sectors including Consulting; Banking and Financial Services; Engineering; manufacturing and human resources. In addition, the summit saw participation from companies such as Gozoop, the Centrum Group, Michael Page, Knight Frank, Datum Group, Sterlite Technologies and the Dalberg Global Development Advisors.

The summit proved to be an ideal platform for leading companies from India and the UK, looking to engage with prospective employees through one-on-one interviews and networking opportunities with talented UK graduates, eager to build their careers in India. The companies were looking for candidates with a background in Finance with a particular focus in Investment Banking; Engineering; Metallurgy; Political Science and Conflict Resolution; Public Administration, PhD in Geophysics/Physics/Applied Mathematics/Computer Science; Metallurgy, Optical Fiber; Telecom Networks Technologies and Glass Technologies.

Hiring foreign-university graduates is an integral part of the talent strategy for a large percentage of companies. British Council’s ‘India Employability Survey 2014’ highlighted that foreign university graduates score favourably on several parameters. For instance, they are found to be better prepared for a job, require lesser training, and stronger communication and critical thinking skills.

The UK enjoys a global reputation for excellence in the field of education and skills. Four of the world’s top six universities are in the UK and it is home to 30 of the world’s top 200 universities. A recent QS global survey of 27,000 graduate employers showed that UK degrees are highly valued by employers worldwide. Graduates from Oxford and Cambridge were rated the most employable in the world, while London School of Economics, Imperial College London and the University of Manchester all made the top ten.

In an endeavor to attract talent from India, the British Council has announced the GREAT Britain Scholarships – India 2015 worth almost 1.51 million pounds (approx. 151 million rupees) to further empower students to pursue their ambitions of studying in the UK.

Online resources

Education UK website

A comprehensive website aimed solely at the Indian students –with a searchable course database of more than 450,000 courses, information on visa procedures, stories from alumni, scholarship information and lots of advice for potential students and their families - http://www.educationuk.org/india/

For advice about the quality of teaching and research in UK higher education institutions students should consult the following official resources - for subject and institution reviews visit www.unistats.ac.uk and for research ratings visit www.rae.ac.uk

The UK is very competitive — both for tuition fees and living costs — according to a study by the UK Higher Education International Unit published recently. Eight out of 10 higher education students in UK also give their courses top marks, finds a survey published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in August 2011. You can find out more on www.hefce.ac.uk/

International students with a recognised degree from a UK Institution may also be able to apply for visa to work in the UK as per the announcement on ‘Exceptional talent route’ and ‘New student entrepreneurs’ scheme. You can find more on www.gov.uk/browse/working

The ‘GREAT Britain’ Campaign

The ‘GREAT Britain’ campaign (“GREAT”) is a strategic international marketing programme designed to promote the UK to business, tourism and student markets worldwide in order to enhance the country’s global reputation and deliver long-term economic benefits. GREAT was officially launched in February 2012.

• For world class education and training, with more than 30 of the world’s top 200 universities, choose the UK

• International graduates of British Universities significantly improve their career prospects and earning potential. Study in the UK and enjoy the rewards

• For a world class teaching experience, with graduate and post graduate satisfaction at 90%, study in the UK

• For the highest number of top MBA courses in Europe and one of the best places to study business, choose the UK

The British Council:

The British Council is recognised across India for its network of 9 libraries and cultural centres. We offer a range of specialised projects in arts, education, exams, English language and society to audiences across India and more than 100,000 members. We also provide access to English language training and learning for both students and teachers, offer UK qualifications in India and enable opportunities to study in the UK.

We also manage prestigious scholarships and training awards, including the Jubilee scholarships, the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan and the Charles Wallace India Trust awards. Our English language centres in Chennai, Delhi and provide a range of general and business English classes, specialised skills based programmes and young learner courses. We work with a wide range of Indian partners in cities all over India enabling British and Indian experts to meet and collaborate and to nurture mutually beneficial relationships.

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Sannam S4

Sannam S4 is a specialist, single window service provider supporting the market entry and ongoing successful business development of international organizations in India, Brazil and China. Sannam S4 works with its clients, through every step of their journey, acting as their local, on-the-ground support partner in the country. We combine sector expertise and technical resources with practical local advice to deliver low risk and cost effective solutions, enabling organisations to reach their full potential in India, Brazil and China.