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MA in Tribal Studies
MA in Tribal Studies
North Orissa University has invited applications for the course MA in Tribal Studies.
Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline How To Apply: Request for application form, by post, can be sent to The Chairman, PG Council, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada -757003 and Orissa. The cost of application form and prospectus is Rs 200 by hand and Rs 250 by post. The application form can also be downloaded from the University Website http://www.nou.nic.in and be submitted to the University with a Bank Draft of Rs 200. All amounts should be paid through Bank Draft in favour of Comptroller of Finance, North Orissa University, payable at any Nationalised Bank at Baripada. A self addressed A-4 size envelope should be submitted for the purpose.
Completed application forms may be submitted directly in the office of the Chairman, PG Council, North Orissa University, Baripada by hand or by registered post/speed post.
Closing Date: July 29, 2008 To know more details about this course, contact North Orissa University, Sriram Chandra Vihar, Takatpur, Baripada Mayurbhanj, Orissa.
Ph: 06792-255127 /278275 /256906 Website: http://www.nou.nic.in
Masters in Occupational Therapy
Masters in Occupational Therapy
All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AIIPMR), affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences has invited applications for Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) course.
Eligibility: Candidates who have passed Bachelor Degree in Physical Therapy or Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy with completion of compulsory six months Internship on or before July 31, 2008 from the University outside Maharashtra State Reservation: As per Prevailing Provisions at Government of India Institutes and as amended from time to time.
How To Apply: Application forms can be obtained between 9.00 am to 1 pm Monday to Friday from the Academic Section of the Institute against Demand Draft of Rs 100.
If required by the Registered post; enclose Demand Draft of Rs 100 and self addressed envelop of size 23 cm x 11.5 cm fixing postage stamp of Rs 32, super scribed as “Application: BPO or MOTh / MPTh or M Sc (P&O) of course – 2008 – 2009.
Forms can also be downloaded from the institute website http://www.aiipmr.gov.in and forwarded to Institute along with Demand Draft of Rs 100. Demand Draft to be drawn in favour of “Director, All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mumbai–34” Payable at Mumbai.
For more details, contact All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Haji Ali, K Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Ph: 91-22-24964331/ 32/ 40/ 41, 91-22-24935035. Email: aiipmr@vsnl.com, bd.athani@nic.in. Website: http://www.aiipmr.gov.in.
Last Date: 30-06-2008
Career opportunities in Genetic Engineering
Career opportunities in Genetic Engineering
Monday June 23 2008 16:47 IST Kalavathi Amarachelvam for EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
I am a BE (ECE) student from Chennai. I am interested in studying Nanotechnology course and wanted to pursue a career in nanotechnology. Please help me with the name and details of training centres in Chennai. —Ramesh, Chennai
Nanotechnology, which is at a nascent stage now, has created a lot of ripples in the recent years. This is one of the most exciting research areas at present, which may lead to many great scientific and technological advances.
According to Nasscom, the worldwide need for Nanotechnology workers is expected to reach two million by 2015. Since you want to pursue a career in this field, you must be aware that you could get into the actual course on Nanotechnology only in your PG. So, you are on the right track with your BE degree. Anna University offers M Tech in Nanotechnology from this year. IIT, Chennai also offers course in Nanotechnology. Aappin Knowledge Solutions has a center in Chennai which offers certificate course in Nanotechnology through e-learning.
I have just completed my 12th standard and I would like to take up B Tech Biotechnology for higher studies. What course should I take up later to become a Genetic Engineer? What are the career prospects of genetic engineering and which are the institutes offering this course? What exactly does genetic engineering comprise of ? What will be the starting salary in the field?
—Rachana
Genetic Engineering means the deliberate modification of the characters of an organism by the manipulation of its genetic material.
Genetic Engineering (GE) is a highly complicated and advanced branch of science which involves a wide range of techniques used in changing the genetic material in the DNA code in a living organism. Genetic engineering comes under the broad heading of Biotechnology There is a great scope in .
this field as the demand for genetic engineers are growing in India as well as abroad.
In certain developed countries, there are openings for genetic counselors, but in India the concept of genetic counseling is not so widely known and most of the genetic counseling where necessary is being done by medical doctors themselves.
Genetics, like other fields of Biotechnology, is a field where you can’t expect a job immediately after your graduation or even at the PG level. So if you are prepared for long years of academic pursuit, have high analytical and mathematical skills and have a lot of patience and commitment to do prolonged research work, then this can be the career for you.
Some of the universities which offer genetic Engineering courses at postgraduate and doctorate levels are the Bio-Informatics Centre of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur and Delhi), Delhi University, University of Calcutta, MKUCoimbatore, Birla Institute of Technology (Pilani Rajasthan), University of Lucknow, Jadavpur University (Kolkata, West Bengal) etc.
As regards the salary at the entry level you may get anywhere between Rs 8000 to 20,000. But once you have gathered experience you will be much sought after.
PG Programme in Management
PG Programme in Management
Monday June 23 2008 16:47 IST
SMOT, the academy for management and business education has SMOT has announced admissions for its 16 month PGPM, a regular course starting in Sep 2008. Graduate students with a good track record are eligible to apply. The nationwide entrance test and interview will be held on 5, July Aspiring students can register for the test online at http://www.smot.edu.in.
SMOT offers PGPM in Management Consulting Practice leading to highly rewarding careers in Finance, Marketing, HR and IT. Specialisations offered at SMOT are unique as students prepare themselves for a specific career in their chosen area.
SMOT, the academy for management and business education, is sending a delegation of six highly acclaimed professors to Canada on a six day industry visit. Scheduled to happen between June 13th and 20th, the delegation will visit some of the top companies, and consulting firms. The delegation is also scheduled to interact with the officials of some of the business schools for exchange of faculty and students. Research in Motion (RIM), headquartered in Toronto, is partnering with SMOT in offering BlackBerry Solutions to the students of SMOT. The delegation will also meet Canadian Association of Management Consultants, SMOT’s professional partners.
SMOT offers a wide range of in demand career tracks relevant to industries such as IT, Manufacturing, Services, Healthcare and Retail. The major focus in this program will be specialisation in career verticals. Many companies have already booked slots for campus placement program and the current students are expected to close the year with an impressive average CTC.
The teaching faculty consists of a good mix of professors from some of the top universities in the US and Canada, professors from well known business schools in India (Including IIMs), leaders in the industry with a passion to teach, private consulting professionals and our own permanent faculty .
Visit http://www.smot.edu.in or mail info@smot.edu.in for more information.
Advanced Diploma in Software Testing
Advanced Diploma in Software Testing
Monday June 23 2008 16:47 IST
The Chennai-based Softsmith Infotech, a software services provider, specialising in independent third party testing and quality assurance services, has launched an advanced diploma programme in Software Testing.
The diploma programme encompasses a rigorous course work in the areas of functionality testing, automation testing using software such as Win-runner, Load runner, Test director, QTP and Rational Robot with multiple real time projects that would give a hands-on-experience in executing testing in real time situations.
The duration of the programme is for one year and the course fee is Rs 79,000.
The admission to the ADST programme is only through written test in aptitude and English. Students who have completed BE / MCA / M Tech are eligible for the programme.
For registrations and enquiries Call 2433 3312 / 99406 72338 / hrd@softsmith.com or walk into the office at # 170, Sundaram Complex, 2nd Floor, Usman Road (Near Siva Vishnu Temple), T Nagar, Chennai – 17.
Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi – Educational Opportunities
Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi – Educational Opportunities
Opportunities galore in hospitality management
Opportunities galore in hospitality management
We explore more options for further study after Plus Two and turn to course choices that do not hinge on the student’s optional subject combinations.
We had earlier discussed in these columns the possibilities for further studies for those who have done the higher secondary programmes with either the mathematics-physics–chemistry or the biology-physics–chemistry combination of optional subjects. Let us now focus on the common avenues of higher education available for candidates who have finished the higher secondary course, irrespective of their optional subjects. There are various programmes that admit cand idates who have passed the Plus Two examination, without considering whether they have come through the science, humanities, commerce or vocational stream. What we aim to provide are indications of the diverse possibilities, and not a comprehensive discussion on each one of these avenues.
Hotel management
Since the focus of hotel management is primarily on catering to the needs of guests the term ‘hospitality industry’ has become popular. The industry is growing rapidly, thanks to the unprecedented advances in tourism and international business, and consequent travel. Those who have the right temperament and aptitude to meet the personal requirements of guests, and the strength of technical training in the diverse aspects of hotel management have fine professional prospects in India and abroad.
It may be noted that India’s share of the global tourism industry is less than one per cent. This reveals the great potential for development of tourism in India. Both business and leisure travel by domestic and foreign tourists demands hotels managed by competent professionals.
Not only hotels but motels, restaurants, rest houses, guest houses, hostels, hospitals, industrial canteens, ships and airlines offer jobs to those trained in the art and science of hotel management. Fine communication skills, pleasing behaviour, politeness, ability to remain composed even under tension, willingness to work anytime during the day or the night and expertise in the different aspects of the industry are necessary for success.
The main areas where skills have to be developed include food production; food and beverages service; accommodation operation; front office; bakery and confectionery; preservation; hotel accountancy; business communication; hotel engineering; computer operation; and sales and marketing. The course will also cover topics such as hotel laws; general principles of management, including human resources and marketing; nutrition; health and hygiene; hotel machinery; and French language.
Institutes
The National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Noida (web site: www. nchmct.org) holds an entrance test for admission to the 3-year B.Sc. Hospitality and Hotel Administration programme, offered jointly by the Council and the Indira Gandhi National Open University. Selection to more than 30 institutes of Hotel Management and Catering Technology in different parts of the country, from Thiruvananthapuram to Srinagar, is made based on the ranks in this entrance test.
The 3-hour test comprises 200 objective questions drawn from the areas of numerical ability and scientific aptitude; reasoning and logical deduction; general knowledge and current affairs; English language; and aptitude for service sector. One should prepare specially for the test, using the previous question papers in order to get an idea on the nature and standard of possible questions.
The programme equips students with all the required skills, knowledge and attitude to discharge efficiently the supervisory responsibilities in the hospitality sector. It also involves in-depth laboratory work that enables students to acquire the knowledge and skills in the operational areas of food production; food and beverage service; front office operation; and house keeping. Further, it provides managerial inputs in hotel accountancy; food safety and quality; human resource management; facility planning; financial management; strategic management; tourism marketing; and tourism management.
There are other institutions offering degree and diploma programmes in this discipline, some of which are indicated below. The duration may be three or four years.
•Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal – 576 119 (Four-year Bachelor degree)
•Oberoi Centre for Learning and Development, Sham Nath Marg, New Delhi – 110 054 (Three- year programme with stipend and other facilities)
•Indian Institute of Hotel Management, Rouza Bagh, Aurangabad – 431 001
•Srinivas College of Hotel Management, GHS Road, Mangalaore – 575 001
•Oriental School of Hotel Management, Valley View, Lakkidi, Wayanad – 673 576
•Saptagiri College of Hotel Management, Kavoor, Mangalore – 575 015
•Army Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Bangalore -560 077 (for children of army personnel)
•SRM Institute of Hotel Management, 2-Veeraswamy Street, West Mambalam, Chennai – 600 033
•Munnar Catering College, Sooryanelli, Munnar-685 618
•Merit Swiss Asian School of Hotel Management, Ooty
•Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Hotel Management, Nerul, Navi Mumbai-400 706
•IHTTI School of Management, Neuchatel, Switzerland
•Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Switzerland
(The list is only indicative)
One advantage of jobs in quality hotels is that food, accommodation and uniforms will be provided by the employer, free of cost.
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B.S. WARRIER for THE HINDU
Advantage top rank-holders
Advantage top rank-holders
J.S. BABLU for THE HINDU
A change has been made in the seat allocation pattern for courses to the National Institutes of Technology from this year. What could it mean for students from Kerala?
As students appear for counselling at the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT-C) from July 4, they would notice a major change in the admissions to NITs. From this academic year, the seats reserved for students from States other than the State in which the NIT is located will be filled based on the all-India merit.
According to a clarification put up on the web site http://www.ccb.nic.in of the Central Counselling Board (CCB) constituted to organise centralised counselling and allocation of seats at the NITs and other participating institutes, 50 per cent of the seats will be filled from students from the State in which the particular NIT is located, while the remaining 50 per cent will be filled on an all-India basis based on the rank in the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE).
There is confusion as to whether these 50 per cent seats is for students from all States other than the State in which the particular NIT is located; or whether the students of all States in the country, including the students from that particular State where the NIT is located, are eligible for counselling to these seats.
It is learnt that CCB has clarified till the time of this report going to the press that students from all States, including the students from the State where the NIT is located, are eligible for counselling to these seats. However, a clear picture will emerge only after the trial allotment of seats starts after the completion of the off-campus on-line counselling.
Impact on Kerala students
There were nearly 200 seats reserved for students who passed their Plus Two from Kerala in NITs other than NIT-C last year. But the change in admission pattern will mean that the Kerala students will now have to compete with students from all over the country to get a seat in the all-India seat category in NITs other than NIT-C.
Definitely, students from all states who have secured high ranks will benefit, but students with lower ranks who otherwise could have got the advantage of State-specific seats will lose out this time. On the positive side, however, Kerala students, provided they have higher ranks than students from other States, can get a branch of his or her choice in other NITs under the all-India seats, which they might not have got last year unless that branch was reserved for students from Kerala.
Another advantage for Kerala students, if they have higher ranks, will be that they could claim a large number of seats in NIT-C itself under the all-India seats category. (Provided CCB is going with the idea of allowing students from all states, including students from Kerala, to compete for all-India seats in NIT-C). This coupled with the 50 per cent reservation for Kerala students in NIT-C could push up the percentage of Kerala students in NIT-C to more than 50. (But an analysis of the previous years’ AIEEE rank list shows that Kerala students having higher ranks were very few compared to students from some other States.)
Another problem that may crop up in the NIT admission scenario would be that students of eight States which do not have an NIT (there are 20 NITs in 20 different States with eight States not having NITs) will not get adequate representation in NITs, unless they garner high ranks in AIEEE. Also, States having the largest number of candidates among the high ranking candidates would bag the maximum number of seats in NITs located in their States.
Courses at NIT-C
NIT-C has begun implementing the Other Backward Castes reservation as per the instructions of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) from this academic year.
A total of 703 seats are available at NIT-C currently. The branch-wise seats for courses in NIT-C: (Number of seats reserved for students from Kerala is given in brackets.)
Civil engineering –106 seats (53); computer science and engineering –106(53); electronics and communication engineering – 106 (53); electrical and electronics engineering –106 (53); mechanical engineering – 106 (54); production engineering – 36 (18); chemical engineering – 71 (34); biotechnology – 30 (15) and B.Arch. – 36 (19).
(Information available as of now and subject to change depending on the instructions of MHRD.)
The details of courses and seat availability at NIT-C are available on the web site http://www.ccb.nic.in.
Counselling
The counselling consists of two phases: Off-campus on-line counselling conducted from June 23 to 29. The second phase on-campus online counselling will be conducted from July 4 to 13.
Placement
NIT-C web site says that the average salary of B.Tech. students during the placement session of 2007-08 was Rs.4.75 lakh a year and the average IT salary was Rs.5.5 lakh a year. The average salary and highest salary had grown substantially in 2007-08 compared to the previous year.
One-year Hindi diploma courses
One-year Hindi diploma courses
Wednesday June 25 2008 11:16 IST EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE KOCHI
HINDI Prachara Kendra College of Teacher Education has invited applications from SSLC and Plus-II students for one-year Hindi Certificate and Hindi Diploma courses (Distance Learning).
Rashtrabasha Visharad is the qualifying course for the appointment of teachers in Govt/Aided upper primary schools.
For details, call 0480-2802145.
Continous Education programmes destinations in UAE
Continous Education programmes destinations in UAE
There are a few additional institutions / programmes that I know of which are good. Giving you the contact details and links:
INDIRA GANDHI OPEN UNIVERSITY (IGNOU)
Contact:
Universal Empire Institute of Technology (UEIT)
Dubai
Phone: 04 3672121/22
e-mail: contact@ueitonline.com
All major post graduate and management courses are covered by IGNOU and good study materials are provided added with contact classes by UEIT teachers. Economical too compared to other university study programmes and IGNOU programmes are gaining programmes all over.IGNOU operates through a well organized network of Regional Centers and study centers that cater to the diverse needs of about 1.5 million students all over the world. Website: http://www.ignou.ac.in
ICFAI Professional programmes:
Contact:
The Admissions Officer
ICFAI
Block No. 19, Office 202/203
Dubai Knowledge Village
P.O. Box 502 913.
Dubai, UAE.
Tel: +9714-3694625,
Fax: +9714-3678420.
website: http://www.icfaidubai.org
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Dubai
Contact:
P.O. Box: 500689
Dubai
Tel: 04 366 4577
website: http://www.mahedubai.com/
Mahatma Gandhi University Off Campus Centre Dubai
Contact:
MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY OFF-CAMPUS CENTER #4
Block #3
Dubai Knowledge Village
Tel : 04-390 2981 / 82
Fax : 04-366 4661
E-mail : contact@ueitonline.com
website: Welcome to http://www.mgudxboc.com/
And if you want to look for rigorous programmes, do visit the BITS PILANI Off-Campus Work integrated programmes site:
http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/dlp-home/
Excellent and the Semester exams are regularly conducted at their Academic City premises.
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Hope the above are just a few amongst the many we have now as sources for continuing education.
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