| e the days of pot bellied, pan chewing, smooth | | | | who want to make a career in this field. Gauging |
| talking, museum like mobile carrying, wholesale | | | | the opportunity and also by the fact that the |
| safari-suit clad army. They are changing with the | | | | industry does not have enough of trained |
| times. Indian real estate agents or (locally called) | | | | manpower, couple of renowned real estate |
| Dalal are sporting a radical new makeover these | | | | developers have smartly launched business |
| days. A boom in real estate in India has given | | | | management program on the area. There are |
| birth to the next generation of professional | | | | also short term studies which will give candidates |
| property agents. You will find them flaunting | | | | a formal orientation and industry insights into this |
| foreign degrees. You will discover they are | | | | not so conventional industry vertical. |
| completely in tune with the latest jargons that | | | | According to a conservative estimate by FICCI |
| have hit the business magazines only the last | | | | real estate industry in India is estimated at around |
| week. Contentedly they are discussing floor to | | | | $12 billion. The industry is growing at the rate of |
| area ratio, vastu-feng shui merits-demerits, Italian | | | | 30% per year. Industry analysts feel that the |
| marbles, decorated flooring, real estate gimmicks | | | | scorching growth is credited to demands created |
| and substances with their offshore foreign clients | | | | by offshore and outsourcing business sectors |
| via video conferencing. | | | | which include IT and ITES, high end software and |
| It seems the order of the day, anyway. Gone | | | | technology consulting, contact centers, call |
| are the days of shabby looking unprofessional | | | | centers, software houses, design firms and other |
| Indian real estate agents. The burgeoning Indian | | | | process outsourcing companies. No wonder an |
| real estate industry needs professional new age | | | | opportunity galore has explored to the real estate |
| real estate specialists who have knowledge in | | | | agents in India in a never before way. |
| world business, outsourcing, finance, architecture, | | | | Ernst & Young, the leading consulting house |
| investment and what not. | | | | reports FDI in India is expected to touch $15 billion |
| What’s more, there are youngsters also | | | | this year. That’s triple the 2004 figure. |