I am writing to you on behalf of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) – a platform for all Muslim professionals and willing volunteers to share their knowledge, intellect, experience and skills for the overall development of Muslim Community and further empowering Muslims in the educational, social, political and economical front of life.

We, Anjuman -i- Islam and Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) are organizing a two-day Career Fair – Career Fest 2011 in collaboration with Urdu Markaz, Leap India Foundation, Urdu Head Masters Association and All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) (Media Partners: Urdu Times, Twocircles.net, Win TV) on Sat 15th & Sun 16th January 2011 at Saboo Siddik Engineering College Campus, Mumbai.


The Fair is targeted towards providing the right direction and guidance of teachers, professionals and other experienced counselors, to both parents and students regarding the unlimited career prospects available after SSC and HSC.


We want the Career Fest – 2011 to be a one-stop shop for all education needs with  Seminar on Latest Topics, Participation of Professional Counselors and guidance from Experienced Professionals providing directions on various career options, information on various government schemes through workshops and interactive discussions.

New Delhi: Prestigious IITs today got a thumbs up from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer who hailed contributions of the students of these institutes and wanted to see some of the "finest and brightest" Indian minds with him at his office.

Ballmer also hailed the research work being done by the students and faculty and interacted with professors of the institute. On a visit to the IIT-Delhi campus, the Micrsoft CEO closeted with faculty of the Computer Science department of the IIT and got to know from them the research works being done on computers and other technologies. "Before coming here I met with the faculty of the Computer Science department. I got to know the kind of research being done...I have been hearing about IIT for many many years and we have a lot of IIT chaps at Microsoft," he told 1,000-odd budding engineers.

The Microsoft CEO was all praise for the students of the IIT, especially the one in Delhi, and said he wants to see "some of the "finest and brightest minds" among the audience to be with him. In his 40-minute speech, Ballmer referred to the faculty of the IIT-Delhi twice when he mentioned his interaction with them and the research being done by the students. On the first day of his job at Microsoft, Ballmer was asked to read some 70 letters written by a "crazy" IIT-Delhi guy to Bill Gates on why he should be recruited by the company. "I read the letters...That was my first job at the Microsoft...The letters were full of passion and the guy talked about why should be at Microsoft. After reading that, I decided he should be the guy whom I should recruit first," he said.