Career in Politics

<p style="text-align: justify;">Politician is a person who is well versed or experienced in the science of government and practices politics.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The Job:</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />It is quite difficult to specify as what are the precise parameters that need to be worked out by a politician. This is because a <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: left;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1268134048phplyoX6h.jpeg" alt="">politician has to ideally aim to use his authority, as a people&rsquo;s leader to find effective solutions to the numerous problems that arise among the common people of the country. The politician mostly attaches himself with a particular party with which he/she thinks their ideology matches the most. Therefore, strengthening one&rsquo;s party also becomes one of the main responsibilities of any politician.&nbsp; Politicians with the central government or at the headquarters are delegated duties by their party head while one&rsquo;s responsible for a particular state or constituency have to restrict their focus on looking after all the necessary needs of the people belonging to that particular state or constituency.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Personality Traits:</strong></span></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Unassuming personality</li> <li>Knowledgeable</li> <li>Believe in team work</li> <li>Long term views</li> <li>Outspoken &amp; righteous</li> <li>Respects all cultures and religion</li> <li>Mentally a very strong and stable person</li> <li>Selfless attitude</li> <li>Focused</li> <li>Good at dialogues with other leaders of the world</li> <li>Patriotic</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Salary:</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />There is no salary definition for a politician initially. Money with politicians&rsquo; is very unpredictable. Some have none and some have too much.</p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>One starting, as party earns not much may be Rs.1000- 5000 per month where as one at a good post with their party earn quite well or at a designated post with the ruling party earn as per the scale set by the Government of India.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Job Prospects:</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Work, as a politician cannot be defined. It is absolutely based on the party policies that one joins. One&rsquo;s responsibility is defined according to the position and work delegated by the respective party.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Study Route:</strong></span><br /><br />Class XII in any stream preferably political science and social science</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />After Class XII You can complete your graduation in any discipline.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />A person of any field can join politics. It is however good to keep in mind though that it will help ones&rsquo; who are interested in <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1268134183phpcTxOy2.jpeg" alt="" width="156" height="125">economics and social science subjects. Again at a graduate level one can undertake one&rsquo;s own choice of degree. This is so because a politician be it an expert in any field or area would be helpful in contributing to the country. After finishing a graduate degree, one can either go for the chosen field at a post graduate level or could join as a party worker in the party of their choice. The rest of the journey as a politician solely depends on the individual and the kind of work they do within their party.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Best Places to Study</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />All leading universities in the country and abroad offer undergraduate degrees in political science. Undergraduate colleges within universities should be selected on the basis of the general college standing.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><strong>Undergraduate courses</strong></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>University of Delhi</li> <li>Daulat Ram College</li> <li>Gargi College</li> <li>Indraprastha College for Women</li> <li>&nbsp;Janki Devi Memorial College</li> <li>Kamla Nehru College</li> <li>Kirori Mal College</li> <li>Lady Shri Ram College for Women</li> <li>Lakshmi Bai College</li> <li>Mata Sundri College for Women</li> <li>Miranda House College</li> <li>Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College</li> <li>St. Stephen&rsquo;s College</li> <li>Zakir Husain College</li> <li>Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai</li> <li>Pachaiyappa's college, Chennai</li> <li>Madras Christian College, Chennai</li> <li>A.M. Jain College, Chennai</li> <li>Vignana Nilayam Degree College, Affiliated with Andhra University</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Postgraduate courses</strong></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>University of Delhi</li> <li>University of Mumbai</li> <li>University of Kolkata</li> <li>Unviersity of Pune</li> <li>Punjab University, Chandigarh</li> <li>Mahatma Gandhi Philosophy Mandir, Dhule, Maharashtra</li> <li>Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi </li> <li>University of Hyderabad </li> <li>Center Institute of English &amp; Foreign Languages, Hyderabad</li> <li>Centre Distance Education, Osmania University, Hyderabad </li> <li>The Maharaja Sayajirao University Of Baroda </li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Colleges Overseas</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>USA</strong></span></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>American InterContinental University <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1268134013php3DWC2b.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="110"></li> <li>University of Tennessee</li> <li>California State University</li> <li>University of Nevada</li> <li>Suffolk University</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>UK</strong></span></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>University of Westminster</li> <li>London Metropolitan University</li> <li>European School of Economics</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Australia</strong></span></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>University of Canberra</li> <li>Central Queensland University</li> <li>Edith Cowan University</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Source: Compass One</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Date: 6th Nov., 2009</strong></p> <hr /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For further details about related courses and colleges please click below:</strong></span></p> <p><a title="Related courses and colleges" href="https://arts.shiksha.com/">Related courses and colleges</a></p>