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An internationally certified career coach, Praseeja Nambiar works as a counsellor at the Stonehill International School, Bengaluru.
In the last nine years, she has helped over 1,000 students with their admissions into Indian and international universities.
Nambiar received her training from Global Career Counselling and the University of California, LA (UCLA) Extension and is certified as a career coach by Certified Career Services Provider.
She contributes to the International Career and College Counselling institute by training other counsellors across the globe.
Nambiar is also an evaluator for the Council of International Schools and will soon be leading the IB careers-related programme at Stonehill International School.... more
Sidhartha Question by Sidhartha on May 16, 2023Hindi
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My daughter has scored 85.6% in commerce stream in class 12th and is wanting to drop the year to pursue CLAT preparation. Is it a wise decision please and how can I otherwise ensure that in the event of she being unsucessful, she atleaset does not waste one year of college...Regards

Ans: First of all, one year of gap after high school, in the grand scheme of things does not matter at all. And in fact, it is the most fruitful time in adolescence. I would suggest you support her for CLAT so that she cracks the best college. In any case, if she does not get a high rank in CLAT, she can always come back to other top universities for commerce. In the mean time, I would strongly recommend that she upskills herself in accounting tools, reading and other co- curricular areas. These will help her crack interviews in the top universities in India and abroad.
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Hello sir, I am 33years old and like to have a stable life with a good retirement corpus along with children education. I have 2 sons both are of 1 and 3years old respectively and my wife is a housewife. I am having FD of 16L, 10L in gold, bought a flat paying housing loan EMI of 25K, having term insurance for 1cr and health insurance for 4L. I am making investments in mutual funds SIP of 30k since last 1 year. Hdfc dividend yeild fund 1000 Icici bluechip fund 8000 Quant small cap fund 1000 Canara robecco small cap fund 1000 Uti nifty index fund 5000 Icici balanced advantage fund 5000 Jm flexicap fund 2000 Quant elss fund 5000 Parag pareekh flexicap fund 2000 Lumsum Investments Sbi healthcare fund 20K Quant infrastruture fund 10k Sbi magnum gilt fund 20k Plz advice....am i really doing good with these investments or shall i replan my investments....
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Having 12 funds(9 sip+3 lumpsum) in portfolio is not required.

You need to just 4 funds for your sip of 30 K(divided equally):
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Also keep a target to step up sip amount every year by 7-10% atleast.

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For your retirement planning you may consider NPS and start with a decent amount(~30 K pm) as regular investment since time is on your side(27 years to hit 60 age).[3.45 Cr in 27 years without any step up consideration. 8% returns assumed].

Consider buying home loan insurance and super top-up health cover.

Happy Investing;
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