The latest technology combined with the brilliant imagination of architects and the skill of civil engineers have allowed the world to witness infrastructural projects of unprecedented scale and complexity that leave the viewers in awe! Listed below are some of the most notable and magnificent engineering marvels of the modern times:

• Bailong Elevator, Zhangjiajie, China – This is the world’s largest exterior elevator and is over 1000 feet tall! This glass elevator goes upto a cliff overlooking a valley far below thus providing its passengers with amazing views of the depths below.

• Millau Viaduct, Millau, France – Known as the highest bridge in the world at almost 1000 feet (taller than even the Eiffel Tower), it is over 8000 feet long and can be viewed from above the cloud line at times. And in true French fashion, the design of the bridge is astoundingly beautiful and very eye catching. 

• The Burj Khalifa, Dubai – The tallest building in the world, it stands at an astounding height of 2,717 feet! It holds more than 15 world records which includes the fastest elevator at 40 MPH and the world’s highest occupied floor!

• The Langeled Pipeline, from More, Norway to Easington, Britain – The longest underwater pipeline in the world, it connects England to the largest gas field in Europe and will ultimately supply Britain with 20% of its gas needs!

• The Toshka Project, Mubarak, Egypt – This is an attempt to convert half a million acres of desert landscape into arable land! The pumping station at the center of this effort will ultimately redirect 10% of the country’s water from the Nile and is supposed to be increasing the inhabitable land in Egypt by almost 25%!

• International Space Station – One of the grandest human endeavors, this was a joint project among eleven European countries, USA, Canada, Japan and Russia! Creating such a huge structure in outer space was extremely challenging and is one of the most magnificent tributes to human will and skill!

• Bird’s Nest, Beijing, China – This grand and unique stadium is the world’s largest steel structure! Now synonymous with the Olympic Games, this stadium is also known for its intricate and hypnotic design.

• Karakoram Highway – The highest paved international road in the world, it connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range. Also known as the friendship highway, this road is sometimes referred to as one of the wonders of the world due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed. 

• Euro Tunnel – The longest undersea rail tunnel, this was one of the most challenging civil engineering projects of the 20th century! Connecting England and France, it is 50km long, of which 39km is underwater!

• Three Gorges Dam, China – The largest hydroelectric power plant, it is projected to provide almost 10% of China’s electrical energy!

• The Panama Canal – A 77km long international waterway, this allows ships to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean saving around 13,000km from a journey around the southern tip of South America – Cape Horn!

Human Resource Management basically means the management of an organization’s employees. One of the most integral parts of a company, the HR professionals have to deal with a wide range of responsibilities that include hiring, dealing with labour disputes, payroll management, grievance handling, union and labour relations and also with the training and development of the employees.  Therefore, HRM is all about developing and managing harmonious relationships at the workplace and striking a balance between organizational and individual goals. 

In the JRE Group of Institutions, Human Resource (HR) is offered as one of the three majors (the other two being Marketing and Finance). This AICTE approved PGDM course has been specially designed in order to empower students through quality education that focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship. JRE Group aims at creating such an environment in which every student undergoes a process of experiential learning through exposure to a range of real world practical problems and utilizing opportunities in using these learned skills in various business situations. The academic programs that are included in the curriculum ensure that the students who graduate from this institute turn out to be highly attractive to the recruiter’s in today’s competitive market. 

An MBA in this field teaches a person how to build foundations of people in an organization by keeping them in harmony, properly managing them and by delegating their appropriate duties to them. Apart from the required training, an MBA in HR also inculcates in a student good communication skills, people management skills, a positive attitude and a logical approach in solving problems. 

HR professionals and managers are in great demand and highly required in public as well as private sector organizations. They can also seek employment in financial institutions, in corporate houses and multinational companies. Thus, the scope of doing an MBA in Human Resource is quite huge as almost every company, irrespective of their size needs HR professionals in order to handle the man power of that organization. 

Electrical Engineering is that branch of engineering which deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. It covers the traditional areas like distribution and transmission of electricity as well as the new age applications in electronics ranging from telecommunications to micro processors. This discipline is thought to be one of the most rewarding fields of study as it offers plenty of job opportunities to students. Electrical engineers are required to design, manufacture, test, evaluate and manage electrical and electronic systems and appliances. This is an exploding field and the need for electrical engineers is continuously on the rise with the development of newer technologies and also due to the rapidly evolving fields of information and communication technology. 

There are four different branches of engineering:

• Power – This deals with the generation of power, its transmission and distribution from such sources as nuclear, water and solar energy. 

• Communications – This specialization involves aspects of communications such as circuit transmissions, acoustical engineering, etc. This branch of engineering is responsible for designing systems that can receive, transmit and deliver information into audio and video forms. 

• Electronics – Those dealing with electronics are involved with the design and testing of electronic circuits that use the properties of diodes, resistors, inductors and transistors in order to achieve a particular function. Before the Second World War, this branch was more commonly known as radio engineering and dealt only with aspects of communications and the commercial radio. It was in the late 1950s, after consumer goods started to develop and lead to the manufacture of modern televisions and computers that, the term radio engineering slowly gave way to the name electronic engineering. 

• Control systems – Those with a specialization in this field design such products as automatic regulators, guidance systems and robotic controls. 

Graduates with a BTech degree in this field can find jobs both in the private as well as the public sector. Among the largest employers are those companies that deal in the manufacturing of computers and consumer electronics. They can also find employment in atomic power plants, hydroelectric power plants and thermal power plants. One can also opt for doing research in this field and join research labs and other similar institutes. And if one wants to remain in the academic field, that option is also available as he or she can join a college or university as a lecturer or professor.

At the JRE Group of Institutes, students are guaranteed of a global experience with JRE’s partnership with one of the largest educational companies of Singapore – Raffles. The main aim of this college lies in creating such an environment where the students are challenged and motivated to maximize their potentials by focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship and benchmarked management techniques. The institute has been developed keeping in mind the highest international standards and has the latest state-of-the-art architecture so that the best of all the facilities can be provided to the students. Therefore, the JRE Group promises to make your college experience a truly memorable one.

JRE Group of Institutions in academic partnership with Raffles Education Limited, Singapore and Educomp Solutions Limited, is hosting the 2011 HR CONCLAVE for the country’s leading HR professionals. The main aim of the conclave is to enlighten students on how to develop a stronger workforce.

Many of the country’s top HR professionals will share their own professional experiences and situations which will help the students understand in depth how the corporate world works. The conclave is going to be divided into two sessions. The first one will largely involve a debate on whether Social Networking during office hours is a boon or bane. This session will be presided over by Mr Adi Malia –Group President of the HR, Essar Group. The second session will be a discussion on Expectations of the Corporates from MBA Students. The chairman for the second session will be Mr. SY Siddiqui – Managing Executive Officer HR, Maruti Udyog Ltd.

The first session will be directed by some of the country’s most prominent people – Mr Kamlesh Dangi -the Religare Group Head, Mr Hari V Krishnan – Country Head, LinkedIN and HR Head, Orange Telecom –Mr Sandeep Luthra.

The second session will be lead by speakers like Mr Anand Pillai – Senior VP, HCL Technologies Ltd., Ms. Madhavi Lall – Group Head, Standard Chartered Bank (Asia), India Head – HR, Apollo Tyres – Mr Biju Sebastian and Mr M.S Venkatesh – Head HR, Educomp Solutions.

JRE Group of Institutions helps provide their students an environment in which they are challenged to develop their intellectual, practical and social skills as a whole and emerge as thorough thought leaders.

One of the fastest growing fields of engineering, Electronics Engineering is that branch which deals with the applications that make our life so much more easy and comfortable such as, the computer, telephone, television, radio and other similar telecommunication systems. These electronic engineers work with fiber optics and microprocessors and are responsible for supervising the manufacturing process, the production and installation of the above mentioned devices. Sometimes they also work in teams to set up electronic equipments for hospitals, mines, computer industries and the like. 

Electronic Engineering is a field that is constantly changing and widening and being one of the most labour intensive fields, has the power to provide career and job opportunities to plenty of qualified and skilled candidates. After a degree in this particular branch of engineering, a person can get easily find employment in the telephone industries, the aviation departments, in factories that deal with electronic consumer goods, in the radio services, in manufacturing companies and even in governmental sectors like MTNL, AIR, etc. In fact, Electronic Engineers are also needed in the defense and in plenty of research laboratories.  And if they want, these engineers can also start their own business by manufacturing electronic goods, their parts and other components. Therefore, one can evidently see that the scope of a degree in Electronic Engineering is indeed quite huge!

At the JRE Group of Institutes, the students are guaranteed of a truly global experience through JRE’s partnership with two of the largest educational companies – Raffles, Singapore and Educomp, India. Students who choose to pursue a BTech degree in Electronic Engineering from here will get to experience the best quality education with focus on innovation, entrepreneurship and in solving real-world practical problems. The institute has been developed keeping in mind the highest international standards and has the latest state-of-art infrastructure so as to ensure that their technological capabilities meet the cutting edge requirements of the industry in order to promote learning. And finally the JRE Group sees to it that every student always remain motivated and challenged by being part of a lively, enjoyable and active community of learning. 

JRE Group of Insitutions recently held the ‘Welcome ceremony’ for the pioneer batch of Engineering students at their Greater Noida campus. Prof S.K Kak, Vice-Chancellor, Mahamaya Technical University was the Chief Guest at the welcome ceremony. The institution with a state of the art infrastructure, spread across 45 acres, offers courses in Management and Engineering by a team of renowned global faculty members, with academic support from Educomp Solutions Limited. 

The AICTE approved B.Tech course from JRE Group of Institutions, has specialisation options in Computer Science Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering and Electrical Engineering. JRE is pioneering a 24/7 Interactive Learning System for a 2 way learning for our students and faculty.

“The JRE Engineering course is designed to empower the students through quality education, focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship and benchmarked Engineering techniques. Professional certifications are offered to our students by a number of multinational companies including Oracle, Microsoft etc”, said Mr.Shantanu Prakash, Managing Director, Educomp Solutions. 

The engineering students along with their studies will also be undergoing holistic education that incorporates aspects of educational, social, physical, emotional and spiritual development .This includes sessions on stress management, time management, art of living, interview facing skills, placement workshops etc which will foster an overall balanced learning and development of an individual. “We are focusing on result oriented pedagogy, as Engineering is an applied science, the emphasis is on understanding the technical concepts and applying it in a real life environment with the help of various tools like case studies, industry interactions, visits and promoting entrepreneurship in students through the incubation cell, as much our students will undergo sessions on Ethics and Corporate Governance”, added Mr.Harpreet Singh,President-JRE Group of Institutions.The academic session starting August end 2011, got tremendous response from students for admissions across the country.

“We were glad to receive applications from students across India with high academic grades, this definitely helped us to select the finest students with Engineering aptitude”, said Prof Steve Rawlinson, Academic President-JRE Group of Institutions. The engineering faculty at JRE is a team of highly qualified professionals of technical educators and practitioners from industry and reputed institutes who will share and teach engineering education, skills, expertise and the best global practices. “The Academic advisory team works to ensure the course content and pedagogy is most contemporary as required in today’s dynamic and ever-changing technological environment”, added Mr.Harpreet Singh. 

So, you have finished your class 12 exams and have decided on a career in engineering? If so, then you should keep in mind that just scoring well in AIEEE is not enough. You need to be able to choose the right engineering college too because a lot depend upon the college that you study from. So, listed below are a few things that you should definitely keep in mind while selecting the best engineering college for yourself:

• Affiliation – There are been plenty of cases when a college has been made to shut down because of false accreditation. Therefore it is imperative that you check out whether the college is affiliated to a proper technical university or not. And also be sure to check out its accreditation.

• Infrastructure – A good infrastructure is an absolute necessity. Give special importance to the laboratories because half the work of an engineering student is done in labs. Therefore, the labs MUST be well equipped with the proper instruments and should have adequate lab assistants too. You might want to check up on the classrooms, the lecture halls and the library too.  At times, the pamphlets that one gets from the colleges are altered graphically in order to give a better impression to the prospective students. So, the best way to get the correct information would be to interact with the ex-students.

• Faculty – It is the teaching staff that makes a college, so make sure that the teachers have proper degrees and are experienced. In many new colleges, due to shortage of good candidates, they are even employing BTech pass outs as teachers which they CANNOT according to the AICTE rules. Any basic lecturer MUST have at least an MTech degree. You should get all this information on the institute’s website. In case it isn’t so, I would suggest you call up the authorities and ask for information.

• Pre-placement training and placements – Usually engineering colleges provide the students with proper training and prepare them for the exams and interviews that they will have to face. The recruiters who come for campus interviews are equally important. You need to check out the previous years’ records to get an idea of the companies that have come and the packages that were offered. It is better if you could directly talk to some ex-students regarding this matter because generally the college websites tend to give inflated details.

• Fees and others – Many colleges are not very transparent about the fee structure, specially the lesser known private ones. You should clarify all your doubts beforehand.  And lastly don’t forget to check out the hostel facilities, the extra-curricular activities and the location of the college. 

Many colleges nowadays have their own pages on social networking sites like Facebook. I would advise you to check those out too, because you are likely to get correct information from there. 

And finally, college life is probably the best and the most exciting time of one’s life, so choose carefully and make a wise decision. 

John Calvin Maxwell is an author who has written more than 50 books, most of which focus on leadership. An internationally recognized leadership expert and speaker, his books have sold more than 12 million copies! The beauty of his books is that you will feel as if Maxwell himself is talking with you and explaining things lucidly and is at the same time, challenging you to be better person. Here, we have made a list of the 10 most important insights that one can gain from the books of John Maxwell and would like to share them:

1. True leadership is a simple and effective way of influencing people. “Leadership is influence.”, says Maxwell

2. Leadership isn’t a position that can be bought. It’s a process of showing leadership skills that will inspire and influence people to be better versions of them.  According to Maxwell, “It’s the leader’s ability to say it, plan it, and do it in such a way that others know that you know how – and know that they want to follow you.”

3. Its never too late to achieve something. Don’t wait for motivation to come. “The whole idea of motivation is a trap”, says Maxwell. Instead, just do it!

4. Leadership is actually a collection of skills, all of which can be learned and improved. Though it is of course true, that some people are naturally more skilled to lead, yet it is a wrong assumption that leaders are born. Anyone with the desire can become a leader.

5. As a leader, you have to build trust. You simply cannot follow someone unless you trust him. 

6. Success is more like a journey, a path where one should learn to take one day at a time. Maxwell says, “If you can handle today correctly, tomorrow will take of itself.”

7. Maxwell shares a few steps that will help one to succeed everyday – you should make a commitment to grow daily, don’t simply wait for inspiration to come but go and do it, be ready to sacrifice pleasure, plan out your priorities and finally, dream big.

8. Don’t get stymied by failure. It is only the unsuccessful people who are scared of taking risks to try in order to avoid failure. The ones who are successful know the art of using failure to inspire them even further. They never dwell on the negative consequences of failure; instead they focus on the rewards of learning from their mistakes. Maxwell says, “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”

9. Try improving your personal growth continuously and Maxwell shares a few principles as to how can one do so – choose a life of growth and start growing today itself, always be focused on self development, never be satisfied with your current accomplishments, always be ready to learn and finally, make a plan for growth and find a way of making that plan successful.

10. Lastly, don’t take yourself too seriously and never equate success with happiness.

Steve Jobs is perhaps the greatest presenter’s of all times! It is not unusual for him to receive a standing ovation after every presentation he makes! They are simply phenomenal – beautifully executed and visually striking. He turns every presentation into a magnificent event that is not only easy to follow but that also entertains and inspires people at the same time. 

Listed below are a few tips taken from Steve Job’s presentations on how to be a great presenter:

• Build Tension and Sell the Benefit – Jobs, like a good novelist does not tell the entire story right on the first page, rather he constructs his presentation like a symphony, with buildups and unexpected climaxes; which not only leaves the crowd/audience curious but also excited to know more! Unlike others, Jobs focuses more on the benefits of the product that he is launching rather than going into the statistics. His focus is more on what technology can do for you and less on the technology itself. For example, when he was launching the 30 GB iPod, instead of focusing on the revolutionary technology that it makes use of and mind-numbing statistics, Jobs clearly explained to the audience how exactly will they benefit from it – they would be able to carry 7500 songs, 25000 photos or 75 hours of video!

• Keep it visual – Every slide of his presentation is highly visual. He uses less bullet points and less data and more images in order to keep the audience interested. For example, if he is talking about a new revolutionary chip inside the Mac notebook, a slide in the background will actually show the chip along with the MacBook. Therefore, you should focus more on keeping the slides simple and focused on the key point. 

• Practice and practice more – Jobs is known to rehearse his presentation for hours. He takes nothing for granted and reviews each and every slide plenty of time before finally presenting it to the public. You should do the same too. Rehearse your presentation loudly until you are comfortable and confident about presenting it. 

• Be honest, exude passion and enthusiasm – If you believe your product is likely to change the world, then say so! Steve Jobs’ never fails to say so! His enthusiasm is infectious! Being a terrific speaker of course helps. But then, Jobs very effectively makes the audience share the same passion that he has for the product he is launching by being enthusiastic, by using plenty of adjectives, like ‘remarkable’, ‘cool’ and finally by being honest. 

Steve Jobs never speaks as if he is delivering a lecture, but as if he is telling a proper story, with an introduction and a happy ending. With proper planning and hours of practice, he creates an experience that stays with the audience for a long time. One cannot really be Steve Jobs while giving a presentation; that will only comes with plenty of experience. Probably, he too wasn’t as engaging as he is now a few years back. However, you can try and emulate him. And with time, you too will definitely grow and improve. 

After plenty of research, we have come to the conclusion that successful people are always able to reach their targets and accomplish their goals simply because of the different manner in which they do things! Listed below are 5 of the things that they do differently and because of which, they are able to achieve success:

1. Get Specific and Know Exactly How Far You Have Left to Go – Be honest with yourself and set yourself specific goals. Instead of making vague promises like you will sleep less, be clear with yourself and make precise targets, like- you will definitely go to sleep by 12 and wake up by 6 in the morning. Measure your progress regularly. It will give you a good idea of what you have already achieved and what is still left. 

2. Be Realistic and Act on your Goals – Set yourself achievable targets. Its no use really, in failing while trying to achieve an impossible target. Instead chalk out a plan from before as most goals, that are worth achieving require time and effort and persistence and of course, most importantly, belief in your ability. And try and achieve the small targets that you set yourself everyday. Don’t keep postponing things. If there was something that had to be done on a Thursday, do it on that day itself instead of thinking that you will finish it on Friday.

3. Always Aim at Getting Better – Try and improve yourself with every target. People tend to think that one’s mental abilities are fixed, but research has shown otherwise. The brain is a muscle which is bound to improve with training and exercise. So, instead of trying to achieve goals that are only about proving yourself, do something where you can develop your skills further and acquire other new skills too.  

4. Don’t Give in to Failure and Don’t Tempt Fate – Failures are bound to happen. There probably isn’t a single successful person who hasn’t faced failure at one point of time. However, the ultimately successful person has the strength and willingness to persist in the face of difficulty. Proper planning, good strategies, plenty of effort and persistence are really all it takes to succeed in life. And remember, in trying to achieve success, don’t overdo things. You should have the ability to resist temptation. 

5. Strengthen Your Will Power and Focus More on What You Want to Achieve – Lastly, successful people have immense will-power – they have terrific control over their minds. This is something which every person should try and inculcate within themselves. And to do so, take up a challenge that you would rather not do! Or give up something that you like. If may be very difficult in the beginning, but with regular practice and time, there will come a day when doing certain things or resisting them will be much easier for you. And only then will you be able to focus more and ultimately be able to achieve your goals.