Philosophy is a vast and interesting subject which has about 150 branches. Human rights, logics, environment, legal, bio-ethics, and business are some of the branches which offer wide scope to students. Those who want to study philosophy should have a philosophical bent of mind, conceptual knowledge, ability to analyse, good observation skills and curiosity to know in-dept about a concept.
Earlier, students of philosophy opted for teaching or went for higher studies. However, it has been proven that no matter how technical or specialised your career 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, technical writer, or developmental manager in hotels and MNCs, and also as manpower 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 bio-ethics are mostly recruited and given preference for the above post. Legal philosophy students can work as legal researcher.
There is a demand of philosophers in NGOs working for human rights. International Peace Organisation, Canadian Peace Organisation etc select philosophy students across the world. Department of education, Government of India, also recruits philosophy 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 subject because the course is well defined, easier to grasp and comprehensible for students of every stream.
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