and catering students are getting 100 placementarmed with good degrees muslim youth are now knocking on the doors of public sector enterprises such as the indian railways and banks salim alware member of the standing committee on national monitoring committee for minority education an hrd wing sees a definite surge in muslim interest in public sector jobs the underworld used to fascinate muslim youth three decades ago then came the gulf boom and many muslims went to the gulf but now as the charm of the gulf has waned many muslims have turned to opportunities in the railways banks and bureaucracy says alware who writes a column on careers for the urdu daily inquilabas education becomes a priority for young muslims more and more doors are opening to them shezan ali hemani 18 cracked the iit joint entrance exam as well as mbbs entrance test this year i chose the latter as i always wanted to become a doctor says hemani whose father runs a successful shipping business he wants to follow his own dreams my father turned stone into silver i am trying to turn it into gold he saysthese individual success stories are good news for the entire community salil bubere an international student counsellor who holds a degree in computer science from the university of wales chose to counsel students rather than becoming a computer engineer because i love to help others find avenues of knowledge about his nonmuslim sounding first name bubere 25 says my father named me salil a common name among hindus and muslims because he was worried about the discrimination in indian society he was needlessly worried our society has changed the job market evaluates you on the basis of your qualification not your religionthis monsoon its raining opportunities and muslims too are grabbing them if they need just a little push career camps and sessions such as leap talk are steps in the right direction