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Pradeep Pramanik is a career coach, placement consultant and director at Fast Track Career Consultants, which provides career counselling, soft skills training and placement consultancy services.
Pradeep, who hails from Bhagalpur in Bihar, has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 15 years in sales, marketing, training and product management roles in companies like Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Elder Pharmaceuticals and Ranbaxy Laboratories.
During his tenure in the pharma industry, he has worked in different states including Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
In 1998, he launched Fast Track Career Consultants with the aim of helping youngsters find jobs through the right career counselling, training and placement services.
They also offer HR analysis and appraisal services.
Over the years, he has been invited by management and engineering institutions to discuss education and employment policies, entrepreneurship, soft skills and emerging careers in India.
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Gopi Question by Gopi on Jul 05, 2024Hindi
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Namaste Ji, My son persuing CBSE 10th standard and he National Player. He has 70% academics till now. Can you please suggest suitable carreer path for him.

Ans: Dear Gopi , You are lucky that your son is a national player ( game not mentioned) and Sports & Games are more rewarding than any other career options. So let he become a sport person to represent India .
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