Succeeding with Philosophy Ahmedabad: Philosophy is a vast and interesting subject which has about 150 bran ches.

Human rights, logics, environment, legal, bio-ethics, and business are som e of the branches which offer wide scope to students. Those who want to study ph ilosophy should have a philosophical bent of mind, conceptual knowledge, ability to analyse, good observation skills and curiosity to know in-dept about a conce pt.

Earlier, students of philosophy opted for teaching or went for higher studies. H owever, it has been proven that no matter how technical or specialised your care er field may be knowledge of philosophy can give you the basic skills needed for analysing, understanding, and solving problems. Philosophy graduates today are discovering that a wide range of non-academic careers are opening for them. Students of professional philosophy can work as computer analyst, consultant, te chnical writer, or developmental manager in hotels and MNCs, and also as manpowe r service coordinators. It is mandatory for every hospital, big or small, to have one consultant who can handle the doctor-patient relationship. Students who have studied master's in b io-ethics are mostly recruited and given preference for the above post. Legal ph ilosophy students can work as legal researcher. There is a demand of philosophers in NGOs working for human rights. Internationa l Peace Organisation, Canadian Peace Organisation etc select philosophy students across the world. Department of education, Government of India, also recruits p hilosophy professionals in the UPSC committee. Philosophy is a scoring subject if opted in competitive examinations. In Indian Administrative Services (IAS), aspirants opt for philosophy as their optional su bject because the course is well defined, easier to grasp and comprehensible for students of every stream.