Indian dress for Degree Distribution Ceremony

Source: https://epaper.loksatta.com/c/37269844

Now, companies are deploying robots to decode CVs

As robots tread their way into every industry from hotels to healthcare, how could human resources (HR) and recruitment remain far behind?

With automation gradually seeping into various levels within organisations, resumes are getting increasingly scanned by robots, or rather specialised applicant tracking systems (ATS).

According to TopResume.com, a leading global resume service provider, about 95% of Fortune 500 companies today use ATS software in their recruitment process, with Greenhouse and Bullhorn being some of the most popular ATS that are used. The global industrial robotics market is predicted to reach $41.23 billion by 2020, as per a report by Grand View Research, and robotics in resume scanning is expected to gain greater credence.

In India, however, the usage of ATS by HR departments is rising at a gradual pace. “ATS is not used thoroughly in India as yet. We observe large organisations who undergo recruitment volumes of over 300-500 candidates in a year for junior level positions utilising ATS. Advanced recruitment companies who use technology as a differentiation factor have adopted these platforms too,’’ says Nicolas Dumoulin, managing director, Michael Page India.

“Resumes are being read by tools using natural language processing techniques and software tools,’’ says Aditya Narayan Mishra, CEO, CIEL HR Services.

Experts believe as ATS seeps into the recruitment process, it is becoming vital for job seekers to make their resumes ATS=complaint. According to Nida Shahid, associate director – advisory, SHRM India, resumes in India are often not well optimised for ATS as they weigh low in grammar and formatting.

“Even a LinkedIn profile that is not recently updated may not support an ATS to make the correct decisions. The algorithm works basis the data it is fed and analysed in a format that is readable by the software,” adds Shahid. Experts say ATS is designed to pick out keywords in the resume and analyse if the keywords match with the job description. “Earlier, we would advise candidates to highlight important points, niche skills, experience and education. Now, as a machine will scan through the data, candidates should use keywords that match with the job description,” explains Shahid.  

For example, if the job description says “time management’’, the same keyword should reflect in the resume, instead of something like “managing time’’. 

Moreover, job titles should match those in the job description. If the job requirement reads as “Brand Manager’’, then a resume using the fancier “Brand Evangelist’’ might find no favour with the ATS.

Secondly, the resume should be clear and simple while quantifying the work, as the algorithm gets confused by the use of jargon, says Shahid.

Moreover, candidates should include key information in a concise manner and avoid long narratives, adds Dumoulin. Experts add that neither do the tools undervalue a concise resume that uses keywords sparingly but intelligently, nor do they give more importance to resumes that overuse keywords.

ATS carries a host of benefits for HR teams and organisations. “On an average, one job posting receives about 250 resumes. It’s impossible for an HR person to go through and vet each resume minutely. 

In fact, almost 75-88% of resumes that are received do not qualify for the job that is available. ATS reduces human intervention and thus cuts down the cost to the company. We weave in AI and human insights to predict absolute quality in recruits,” says Umasanker Kandaswamy, joint director and chief operating officer, Bruhat Insights Global.

Kandaswamy explains that ATS optimises the turnaround time for recruiters. He says that companies invest up to Rs 50,000 per hire, which also includes 23 working hours taken to thoroughly screen each resume. 

“The biggest shocker is that a candidate stays up in the market for only 10 days, as they are gulped down by other hungry recruiters.”

Besides optimising the cost of hiring and the time taken, ATS enhances recruiter efficiency by as much as 20%, says Mishra. 

FINDING A MATCH

·         Large organisations who recruit over 300-500 candidates in a year for junior level positions utilising ATS  

·         Resumes in India not well optimised for ATS as they weigh low in grammar and formatting

Source: Daily News and Analysis dated 28 February 2019
URL: https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-now-companies-are-deploying-robots-to-decode-cvs-2724840 (Accessed on March 4, 2019)

New Arrivals of Periodicals: February 2019

Name	Vol. No.	Iss. No.	Issue Date
ABHIGYAN: QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE	36	3	Oct-Dec 2018
BUSINESS TODAY	28	4	18/2/2019 - 5/3/2019   [SOPONOMICS]
COORDINATES	XV	2	Feb 2019   [Real Time Kinematic relative positioning accuracy in Brazil]
CURRENT SCIENCE	116	3	31/1/2019 - 15/2/2019   [Experiments in skill building for science communication Transfer of research centres in information science Recovery of precious metals from e-waste]
DATAQUEST	XXXVII	1	1/1/2019   [Digital Leadership Conclave and Awards: Recognising CIOs and Industry Excellence IT Person of the year 2018: Ritesh Agarwal, Founder, Oyo Rooms Taking Cybersecurity to the next level The Future is here Delivering learning outcomes at scale: Re-skilling imperatives for creating the next generation of digital talent Top 5 Cybersecurity predictions for 2019]
DIGIT FAST TRACK	14	2	Feb 2019   [Photoediting 101]
DIGIT: YOUR TECHNOLOGY NAVIGATOR	19	2	Feb 2019   [PC Power 70+tips and tricks to make you a power user Recruitment startups are making hiring an easy experience for recruiters and candidates True wireless IEMs compared: picking the best of the IoT, sans wires Introducing flutter: Google's new mobile application development SDK FOreign satellites launched by India]
ELECTRONICS FOR YOU	50	14	Feb 2019   [The IoT, an explosion of connectivity and possiblities AI for industries: using intelligence in real time AI and the IoT: leveraging digital disruption Internet of Things: a guide to the essential protocols for the IoT]
EXAMINER,THE	63	8	19/2/2019
FORBES INDIA	11	4	7/3/2019 - 22/3/2019   [The class of 2018]
FRONTLINE	36	2	4/2/2019 - 19/2/2019
IETE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH	64	1	Jan-Feb 2018
IETE TECHNICAL REVIEW	35	2	Mar-Apr 2018
IUP JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCES,THE	XII	1	Jan-Apr 2019
IUP JOURNAL OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS,THE	XI	1	Jan 2019
OPEN SOURCE FOR YOU (LINUX FOR YOU)	7	5	Feb 2019   [Top Open Source Tools for AI and ML Top open source tools for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning The ten best open source tools for librarians Ten trending open source projects of 2018 A quick look at open source tools and services for IoT The best Machine Learning Libraries in Julia]
PC QUEST	32	2	Feb 2019   [Setting a trend: IoT machines dispense chai AI based face recognition aids billing AI speaks: a call with the disruptor As we say BYE to 2018, BAI (Blockchain, AI and IoT) says hello! Implementations of AI in 2019 Industrial Automation, AI must to transform India into A $1 trillion economy by 2025 How is Machine Learning used in Stock Market Hurdles on the IoT highway Finance yet to embrace AI #AI for all]
RESONANCE: JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION	24	2	Feb 2019   [The life and work of E C G Sudarshan Reversing Climate Change The Tree TRavelogues Brachistochrone-the path of quickest descent The fundamental theorem of Algebra Rubber as an aid to teach thermodynamics]
SMALL MEDIUM ENTREPRENEUR			Feb 2019   [IS AI the future of everything?]
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS	27	1	Jan 2019   [Composite structures]
UNIVERSITY NEWS	57	4	28/1/2019   [Quality and excellence concerns in higher education Problem of plagiarism in India: review of recent University Grants Commission Regulation Gujarati Bhavai as Performing Arts: Folk Theatre Drama Effect of guidance in lesson preparation and presentation on performance of student teachers To make quality healthcare affordable: an urgent need of the country]
VOICE AND DATA	25	13	Jan 2019   [The road to Right of Way (RoW): The time is now to fast track and regularize telecom infrastructure roll-outin states which need to align with RoW guidelines]

New Arrivals of Books: February 2019

Department: Computer Engineering

Machine Learning / Anuradha Srinivasaraghavan and Vincy Joseph / Wiley India

Acc. Nos.: 26720 to 26721

Enterprise Resource Planning / Jyotindra Jhaveri / Himalaya

Acc. Nos.: 26722 to 26731

Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques – 3^rd ed. / Jiawei Han and Micheline Kamber / Elsevier

Acc. Nos.: 26732 to 26741

Department: Information Technology

Computer Networks: a top-down approach / Behrouz A. Forouzan / McGraw-Hill Education

Acc. Nos.: 26742 to 26746

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Mechanics of Structures (Strength of Materials) – 32^nd ed., Vol 1 /H. J. Shah and S.B. Junnarkar

Acc. Nos.: 26747 to 26748

Strength of Materials / S.S. Rattan / McGraw-Hill Education

Acc. Nos.: 26749 to 26751

Introduction to Solid Mechanics – 3^rd ed. / Irving H. Shames and James M. Pitarresi / Pearson India

Acc. No.: 26752

Strength of Materials – 4^th ed. / W.A. Nash and Nilanjan Mallik / McGraw-Hill Education

Acc. No.: 26753

A Textbook of Production Technology (Manufacturing Processes) – 8^th ed. / P.C.Sharma / S. Chand

Acc. No. 26754

Material Science and Metallurgy for Engineers – 43^rd ed. / Sushil V. Kodgire and V.D. Kodgire / Everest

Acc. Nos.: 26755 to 26774

CAD/CAM: Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing / Mikell P. Groover and Emory W. Zimmers / Pearson

Acc. Nos.: 26775 to 26779

Machine Drawing-6^th ed. / K.L. Narayana and K. Venkata Reddy / New Age

Acc. No.: 26780

A Textbook of Engineering Drawing / P.J. Shah / S. Chand

Acc. No.: 26781

Department: All

Faculty Induction Programme: 2017-2018 / Deepa Panakkal and Bysani Malakondaiah / St. Francis Institute of Technology

Acc. No.: 26782

Faculty Induction Programme: 2018-2019 / Vipin Kallingal and Rekha Ajikumar / St. Francis Institute of Technology

Acc. No.: 26783

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Advanced Engineering Mathematics – 10^th ed. / Erwin Kreyszig / Wiley India

Acc. No. 26784

Numerical Methods / P. Kandasamy, K. Thilagavathy and K. Gunavathi / S. Chand

Acc. No. 26785

Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics / S.C. Gupta and V.K. Kapoor / Sultan Chand

Acc. No.: 26786

Applied Mathematics III: Mechanical, Automobile, Production and Civil – 2^nd ed./ G.V. Kumbhojkar / Jamnadas

Acc. Nos.: 26787 to 26806

Department: Electrical Engineering

A Course in Thermal Engineering – 6^th ed. / C.P. Kothandaraman, S. Domkundwar and Anand Domkundwar / Dhanpat Rai

Acc. Nos.: 26807 to 26808

Thermodynamics / C.P. Arora / McGRaw-Hill India

Acc. No. 26809

Engineering Thermodynamics – 6^th ed. / P.K. Nag / McGraw-Hill India

Acc. Nos.: 26810 to 26819

A Textbook of Engineering Thermodynamics – 5^th ed. / R.K. Rajput / Laxmi

Acc. Nos.: 26820 to 26829

Strength of Materials – 3^rd ed./ G.H. Ryder / Macmillan

Acc. No.: 26830

Special Electrical Machines / K. Venkataratnam / Universities Press

Acc. No.: 26831

Electric Machinery – 6^th ed. / A.E. Fitzgerald, Charles Kingsley and Stephen D. Umans / McGraw-Hill Education

Acc. Nos.: 26832 to 26835

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC- FEBRUARY 2019

All the below Active Users are eligible for one extra library card for the month of 

March 2019

Sr. No.	Member	No's. of Transaction
1	SABLE SNEHA JAYWANT MEENA	30
2	MASCARENHAS RACHEL NOEL JACINTA	30
3	CHAVAN ANKITA JEEVAN SARITA	29
4	BHAGAT SIDDHI PREMCHAND ARUNA	27
5	JAIN DHRUVI MAHENDRA PRIYANKA	26
6	JOSHI NEHA MUKUND RADHIKA JOSHI	26
7	DESAI SHRADDHA SANJAY ALKA SANJAY DESAI	26
8	BHUWAD JYOTSNA SURESH SARITA	26
9	MESTRY JANHAVI ARUN APARNA	26
10	JAYBHAY SHEETAL SHANTILAL MANISHA	25
11	MORAES ROSHAL SURESH LILLY	25
12	LOBO ANDREA KARLTON ALICE	25

33 honoured with India’s most-coveted science prize

Dr Aditi Sen De of Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, is the only woman among the 33 scientists who were awarded for the year 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave away the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize — India’s most coveted science and technology award — to 33 winners of past three years on the occasion of National Science Day in Delhi on Thursday.(ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave away the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize — India’s most coveted science and technology award — to 33 winners of past three years on the occasion of National Science Day in Delhi on Thursday.

Dr Aditi Sen De of Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, is the only woman among the 33 scientists who were awarded for the year 2016, 2017 and 2018.

De was given the award in the “physical sciences” category for her contributions in quantum communication. She is the only woman to receive the award in this category.The last woman scientist to receive the award was Dr Vidita Vaidya, a neuroscientist from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. She received the prize in 2015 in the “medical sciences” category.

So far, the award has gone to 16 women and 519 men.

The award was instituted in 1958 in the honour of eminent scientist Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, who was also the founder director and chief architect of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a government-funded research and development organisation, which now runs several laboratories and institutes across the country.

The prize comprising a citation and Rs 5 lakh in cash is given each year to outstanding researchers in seven disciplines.

“I feel that the science can be global but the technology should be local, suited to the needs of the people of the country. Our scientists and science organisations should not work in silos, rather they should work together to build a brighter future,” said Modi.

“If this is done, the farmer and the soldier will benefit from science and research,” he added referring to the phrase by Lal Bahadur Shastri “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” to which former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had added “Jai Vigyan” and in January this year PM Modi added “Jai Anusandhan” during the Indian Science Congress, an annual event.

Addressing the scientists, Modi said, “You all live your lives in laboratories and you have a tradition of pilot projects. After the pilot, a project is made scalable. So, recently there was a pilot project, now we need to do the real thing. Earlier, it was a practice. And the real thing is: today’s winners need a standing ovation.”

The PM went on to say that scientists and scientific institutes should come together to work for India’s future. Speaking at the event, Union science minister Dr Harsh Vardhan commended CSIR for improving its global ranking. “Over the last few years, under the guidance of our prime minister, our scientists have achieved a lot, especially CSIR that was ranked number nine on a list of 1,207 institutes of the world,” he said.

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/33-honoured-with-india-s-most-coveted-science-prize/story-dPSaAkYdVxw2qmXiGA439H.html ((Accessed on March 1, 2019)