Word's spreading about the NASSCOM test to be madatorily taken by those aspiring for jobs in TCS, Wipro, CTS, Infosys, HCL etc. I do hope the kids start their preparation earlier to have a headstart.
Looks like reading comprehension is going to be given a lot of importance in the verbal section. Maybe it's time for me to think of making atleast 10-15 GRE/IELTS/TOEFL reading passages compulsory in the third year CSL lab, next semester. 
It's that time of the year when placement looms large in the horizon...student placement co-ordinators want to invite the company that will recruit large numbers in the first slot given to it, instead of promises, disappointments and heart burns, when even the best students are not recognised in the flurry of the one day,one stop recruitment processes followed. 
I feel if the NASSCOM tests are successful, students will call the shots, instead of the companies. But, for that to happen, students will have to prove their calibre and mettle in all aspects.
Also, we have not yet learnt the art of advertising the skills of our students...we take things in a very simple, unhyped fashion, when sometimes 'simplicity' is mistaken for 'simplistic'.
Give the kids a break. 
As a post script, I should add, Prof.Jayadev, I heard, has assured the student placement co-ordinators of all possible help in  the smooth conduct of the placement drive. He has asked students to make sure that there were no complaints about shoddy hospitality on any account and to go that extra mile to ensure comfort and pleasantness of ambience in hosting the companies. He has urged students to start their preparation in earnestness to get the best job offers. Student co-ordinators are all smiles and full of hope.