professional alternatives an informative seminar on career options after class xii was held on april 6 2003 at sapru house barakhamba road new delhia seminar on what after xii professional alternatives was recently held in the capital which was jointly cohosted by education times in association with career launcher the seminar saw a packed house of teenagers many of whom had come along with their parents to listen to the suggestions of the team of experts from career launcherthere was never a a dull moment in the twoandahalf hour seminar with the speakers cracking jokes and using a lot of metaphorical language to lighten up the serious atmosphere so that the experience could be fun too career launchers arjun said a lot of career choices that are made by students or their parents after 102 depend largely upon the environment and the surrounding in which they live it depends to a large extent on what is being followed in the homes of their close associates relatives and neighbours there is the fact that peer pressure plays a role in determining careers to a large extent he addedarjun said a career is not about following rules its about making them not about taking the beaten track but is about defining a new track a right career choice would involve charting your own course of action rather than letting anyone else chart it for youanother faculty member from career launcher sandeep said after doing their 102 students often face the dilemma of what course to do which college to go to and whether to study in india or abroad the students ask themselves the question whether they would like to do what their friends are doing added sandeepthe speakers informed the gathering that in the present time students usually opted for a regular or a computer course or a combination of correspondence and a parttime job and a computer course besides going for several other combinationsaccording to arjun every student who did a 102 must set a goal first and ask himself or herself why he or she wanted to follow a particular stream of study or career he said enjoying doing a particular work is fine but one must have a knack and aptitude for it as well he pointed out to the gathering that it was important to have big dreams in life if one ever wanted to achieve anythingthe speakers provided a whole list of various courses of study that students could opt for after 102 these courses of study started from engineering medical law and accountancy to fashion mass communication and many other streams of study some of the premier institutes they focussed on were namely iits dce and aieee for engineering nift for fashion design and technology and national institute of design for the study of design and nls bangalore for the study of lawsandeep said while choosing any professional stream of study a student would do well to keep in mind the existing market requirements of