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PREFACE

Young people at the threshold of choosing their professional careers look to

various sources of information. The Hindu believes newspapers can and ought to

play an important role in this matter, and help students achieve their potential. We

believe the pre-counselling guidance sessions for professional courses aspirants,

conducted by us in Coimbatore, one of Indias nest education centres, offers an

effective means to help students.

This handbook, brought out by The Hindu Education Plus, our content-rich

supplement, is for students who attend the guidance sessions organized by us.

Along with the presentations made by the panel of experts, this hand book will

provide snapshots of some of the major professional courses available to students

about to make their career choices.

As in the previous years, we are organizing these pre-counselling guidance

programmes in several other education centres in all the southern States.

The Hindu wishes its young readers and participants in the Coimbatore programme

success in realizing their educational aspirations and a very bright future.

N. RAM

Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu

May 6, 2011


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CONTENTS

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Choosing your career ............................ 4

Engineering & Technology courses ............................ 6

New Courses ............................ 16

Hot New Courses ............................ 18

Contents in this booklet are contributed by

Jayaprakash A. GandhiCareer Consultant & Analyst

Turning Point India, Shreeji Complex,

New Bus-Stand West, Salem - 4


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Handbook for aspiring students - 2011

Choosing your career

Choosing your career is an

important step because your

future is at stake. It is generally

observed that a large section ofstudents are unaware of what

they want to achieve in life.

This amounts to a situation like

boarding a train without knowing

ones destination. Undoubtedly it

may result in waste of precious

time as well as money.

This underscores the need

for setting a meaningful and

attainable goal. In taking such a

decision one must keep in mindones qualication, interests,

knowledge, experience, if any,

attitude, potentialities, and

existing trends in the job market.

Knowing your weakness and

strength enables you to set a

meaningful and attainable goal.

The following guidelines

may prove useful in making your

career a success.

u While academicmerit is generally pivotal

in making an entry into anycareer an individuals level of

understanding, his application

of knowledge and professional

training are necessary. Personality

and even ones outlook towards

life is general and career, in

particular, plays a signicant role

in ensuring continuous progress.

uSuccess in your career in thenew millennium nacessitates rm

commitment, vision, managerialability to solve problem at your

place of work and continuous

upgradation of professional skills

in your eld. This is besides

competitive score in examination

results and hard work.

u To think and act big isindispensable to rise rapidly in

your career.

u Whatever be your choice,it is necessary to identify andexplore the opportunities that are

available.

u To innovate and createopportunities for your career

enhancement is also necessary

With regard to the selection

of carrer, it is claried that the

careers included here may not

be the last word on being the top

ten ones. We have been primarily

guided bt the criteria of popularityof the careers, views of career

counselors.

Success in realizing your

career dream to a large extent

depends on own attitude which

includes your sincerity and

strong will to vigorously pursue

your goal. First of all, you need

to have a clear understanding of

what you want to be. It must be

your determination to full therequirements that are needed to

enable you achieve your goal. It

means you have to acquire the

required academic qualication

followed by professional

qualication and training in

your particular eld. Once you

have these you will be able to

compete.

Success also requires you to be

self-disciplined, making optimumuse of your time, being self-

condent and having qualities of

a professional. To rise rapidly on

the career graph, there is a need

not only to keep yourself abreast

with what goes on around you nad

in the outside world today but also

to have the ability to visualize the

likely future developments.


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A proper appreciation of the contents and

prospects of the various professional programmes

will help each candidate to make the best choice

of his/her course of study. If you plan and prepare

well, you can make a wise decision at the time of

counselling for admission.

Owing to space constraint, the information given

below is indicative and not exhaustive.

Engineering and Technology

disciplines

Candidates have to rst decide on what discipline

to choose from the various courses offered inengineering. What suits me the best is the critical

question each one should ask. The choice should

be made taking into account all relevant factors

including the candidates aptitude. One should be

carried by the labels of the discipline.

One should remember that the curricula and

syllabi of any B. Tech. programme dwells on the

theoretical background, involves diverse aspects

with an analytical approach and focuses not only

on construction, operation and performance, but on

design as well.

Higher order intellectual activities in design

are among the important objectives of graduate

level education in engineering and technology.

The duration of the engineering and technology

programmes is four years. Architecture, however,

is a ve-year programme. Graduates in engineering,

technology, or architecture have ample scope for

further studies. Those who prove their merit in the

GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) can

pursue postgraduate programmes with scholarships

from the Central government.

Aeronautical Engineering

Sky is the limit is perhaps literally true of

this discipline. In modern terminology aerospace

engineering is more popular, since it embraces

both aeronautical and astronautical areas. The

professional demands would touch both aircraft

and spacecraft. You may work on machines ranging

from gliders to space shuttles.

Often considered a challenging eld in

engineering, the discipline deals with the design,

construction, testing, operation and maintenance of

both commercial and military aircraft. Manufacture

of aircraft is yet another domain. Research and

development is an integral part of the discipline,

especially when one works in space exploration or

defence systems. For pursing this discipline, one

must have an innovative mind, an eye for detail and

a willingness to take up challenges.

There are opportunities for higher education

and specialisation in areas such as aerodynamics,

structural design, ight propulsion, navigational

guidance and control systems, avionics,

instrumentation, radar and radio communication,

aerospace management, and space technology. Job

opportunities are mostly in the public sector. DRDO

(Defence Research and Development Organisation),

HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) or NAL

(National Aeronautical Laboratories) and the

defence forces are some of the examples.

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is dened variously. It may

involve any technological application that uses

biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives

thereof, to make or modify products or processes

for specic use. The impact of biotechnology

will be felt in every sphere of human activity

Engineering & Technology Courses


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including agriculture, industry, medical treatment,

and environment. New species of plants, new

dimensions in preventive medicine and medical

treatment, pharmaceutics, insecticides, hormones,

manure, animal husbandry, cloning, transplantationof embryos, pisciculture, immunology, genetics,

and many other areas will be inuenced by this

interdisciplinary eld of study and research.

The growth in biotechnology is closely linked

to the development in genetic engineering that

involves the directed alteration of genetic material.

Substances like human insulin, growth hormone

and human interferon (a natural virus-ghting

substance) have been produced this way.

Before jumping into a programme inbiotechnology, we should realise that this is

primarily an area of research work and innovation.

It does not suit those who always want to keep

themselves to the beaten track. R&D departments

in universities and research units under CSIR,

ICMR, ICAR, Department of Science and

Technology, Department of Atomic Energy and

large private industrial groups offer opportunities

for the right persons. The possible emergence of

KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) in a big

way would open new opportunities.

Automobile Engineering

This involves the activities of design,

development, manufacture, and maintenance of

automobiles. The rise in the number of vehicles

necessitates the services of qualied professionals

in large numbers. Modern technology including

electronics and computer application in automobiles

makes automobile engineering a highly specialisedarea. Even though this branch is often considered

as a specialisation in mechanical engineering, the

content and texture of the auto discipline makes it

distinctive. The curriculum touches varied areas

such as classication of vehicles (on the basis of

body, load, wheels, nal drive, fuel used, axles,

position of engine and steering transmission),

thermodynamics, two stroke and four stroke petrol

and diesel engines, auto lubrication, strength of

materials, auto electrical engineering, vehicle

dynamics, automotive chassis and suspension,

instrumentation and control systems, tribology,

product design and assembly, automation, auto

air conditioning, alternative energy sources for

automobiles, heat transfer and instrumentation,

vehicle transport management, automotive pollution

and control, vehicle body engineering and safety,

automation in manufacturing, micro processors

and micro controllers, and computer graphics. Job

opportunities are in automobile manufacturing

plants, auto workshops, design ofces, defenceservices, and marketing organisations.

Chemical Engineering

It deals with the design, construction, and

operation of plants and machinery for making

such products as acids, dyes, paints, varnishes,

soap, drugs, plastics, fertilizers, processed food,

and synthetic rubber by adapting the chemical

reactions discovered by laboratory chemists tolarge-scale commercial manufacture. The chemical

engineer must be familiar with both chemistry and

mechanical engineering. Control of environmental

pollution and maintenance of dairies are some of the

other areas where the services of chemical engineers

would be used. Job opportunities are available in

petroleum reneries, pharmaceutical industry, as

well as various other industries manufacturing the

products indicated above.


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Biomedical Engineering

It involves the application of electronics and

other engineering subjects in medicine. Techniques

like ECG, EEG, ultrasound test, scanning,

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), ultraviolet

radiation and laser represent the useful application

of this interesting interface. Clinical physiology,

biomedical uid dynamics, transport operations

in living systems, linear systems modelling

in physiology, digital techniques in analysisand modelling, circuits and instrumentation,

computers in medicine, medical physics, medical

instrumentation, biorheology, biomedical materials,

lasers in biomedical sciences, and biostatistics are

some of the subjects.

There are only a few colleges that handle this

subject even at the national level. Biomedical

engineers usually work in research laboratories,

medical centres and manufacturing plants. Those

with an innovative mind have opportunities in

evolving new styles in instruments. Maintenance

of equipment supplied to medical institutions is

another important area.

Computer Science & Engineering

Computers have entered the everyday life

of people in a big way even in underdeveloped

countries. This discipline deals with the design and

construction of computers, and computer-based

systems. It involves the study of hardware, software,

and communication. The curriculum focuses on thetheories, principles, and practices of relevant areas of

traditional electrical engineering and mathematics,

and applies them to the problems of designing

computers and the many kinds of computer-based

devices. It also deals with software development

in general and development of devices that have

software components embedded in hardware.

Programming, networking, databases, and the

Internet form elements in the curriculum. It spans

a wide range, from its theoretical and algorithmic


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foundations to cutting-edge developments in

robotics, and intelligent systems. The graduates

can choose the software or the hardware area to suit

their individual tastes.

Electronics And CommunicationEngineering

This is one of the disciplines which grows

at a very fast pace. Right from the elements of

electronic components and circuits, the curriculum

covers areas such as solid state devices, network

theory, communication engineering, telephone and

fax, pulse circuits, linear integrated circuits, digital

electronics, VLSI, computer organisation and

architecture, control and guidance, microprocessor

based system design, radio and televisionengineering, electronic instrumentation, microwave

integrated circuits, optical communication, radar

and navigation aids, process instrumentation, and

consumer electronics.

Electronics & Communication Engineering

represents the mainstream Electronics branch in

our educational system. Some candidates may

get confused in identifying the right branch from

the list of branches provided in the prospectus.

Electrical & Electronics Engineering stresses on

electrical engineering generation, transmission,distribution, and utilization of electrical power.

Applied Electronics and Instrumentation

emphasises on instrumentation as well.

Job opportunities are available in various

industries where electronic devices are used.

Radio broadcasting and televising units,

telephone exchanges, manufacture of electronic

equipment, telephone departments and companies,

computerised organisations, computer hardware,

entertainment industry, satellite communication

facilities, and research & development are a fewexamples.

Information Technology

Information technology may be dened as

the convergence of computer, communication,

information, intelligence, Internet, and technical

administration. It integrates data, equipment,

personnel, and problem-solving methods in

planning and controlling business activities.

Information technology provides the means for

collecting, storing, encoding, processing, analysing,

transmitting, receiving, and printing text, audio, or

video information.

The term IT encompasses the methods and

techniques used in information handling andretrieval by automatic means. The emphasis is

more on technology than on information. IT

experts play a key role in selecting hardware and

software products appropriate for an organisation,

and integrating those products with organisational

requirements. The responsibility of installing,

customising and maintaining the products for the

organisations computer users also vests with the

IT professionals. Installation of networks, network

administration and security, design of web pages

and e-mail facilities, development of multimediaresources, and timely upgradation of the system

come in the domain of the IT professional.

Job opportunities are available in various

organisations including multinational companies.

Database administrators, system analysts, system

programmers, software developers, information

system managers, electronic data processing

managers, software consultants, software

engineers, web designers, web masters, web

marketing executives, e-commerce/infomediary

administrators, call centre managers, multimediadesigners, networking experts, chip designers, and

marketing advisers are some of the job options.

Production Plant Engineering

This is an offshoot of mechanical engineering.

The emphasis is on practical knowledge and

skills that are essential for the efcient running of

manufacturing industries. In modern manufacturing

environment, production machinery is closely

integrated with the control system.

Essentials of management, and elements ofelectrical and electronics engineering are also

incorporated in the curriculum of production

engineering. The subjects dealt with include

machine tools, foundry, production management,

manufacturing systems, plant design, tool and

die making, computer applications, design of

mechanical equipment, machinery, components,

and plant and systems, developing specications

for manufacture, selection of materials, equipment,

piping, material ows, capacities and layout of


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plant or systems, coordination of manufacturing

activities, quality control, robotics, maintenance

of plant buildings and equipment, preparation

of maintenance schedules. Graduates have

opportunities in a wide variety of manufacturing

industries, process control units and design

organisations. They can also work as mechanical

engineers, production engineers, and technical

managers.

Printing Technology

The invention of printing marked a great leap

in the history of human civilisation. Printmaking

is a process for producing multiple original pieces

of a text or work of art. Printing is science, art,

and industry at the same time. The induction of

electronics, computer application, and information

technology has revolutionised the printing industry

in recent times. There is tremendous growth in

the industry, and it is likely to grow further in the

coming years.

Printing materials, print design and products,

typography and design principles, different kinds of

presses, plate making, operation of offset presses,

computer hardware and software, computerised

typesetting, desktop publishing, photography,

darkroom techniques, papers, boards and their

characteristics, printing inks, bindery equipment,

scanners, image editing, colour correction, colour

management, laser printer, dye sublimation screen-

printing, warehouse operation, productivity and

quality control are some of the areas of study.

There are ample opportunities in printing presses

attached to newspapers, magazines, publishing

houses. Major presses meet the needs of industrial

houses, ofces, advertising, cinema, and packaging

as well as those of individuals. Self-employment is

another prospective area for the graduates.


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VIT University Vellore campus offers

courses in B.Tech Mechanical (Spec. inAutomotive Engg.), B.Tech Mechanical

(Spec. in Chemical Process Engg.),

B.Tech Mechanical (Spec. in Energy

Engg.)

Fluid Control Research Institute Palghat

- Post Graduate Programme in Fluid

Flow Measurement & Instrumentation

Engineering.

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore -

4 years Bachelor of Science Programme

(BS) for students who have completed

with Maths, Physics, Chemistry in +2.

Programs offered in SRM University

in Chennai Main Campus - B. Tech

Architectural Engg., B.Tech Information

& Telecommunication Engg., B. Tech

Nuclear Engg., B. Tech Software Engg.M.Tech: Database Systems., Information

Security & Computer Forensics.,

Knowledge Engg., Multimedia

Technology, Remote Sensing & GIS,

Solar Energy.

M.Sc In Bio Statistics and Epidemiology,

MBA M. P. H Master of Public Health,

MBA in Pharma

Indian Institute of Information

Technology & Management offers course

in Post Graduate Diploma Programme in

Agricultural Informatics

Gitam University Vizag offers course in

MBA- International Banking & Finance.

Global Logistics & Supply Chain

Management.

Institute of Management & Technology

Ghaziabad offers course MS in CyberLaw & Security

ICICI Bank offers 2 years Residential

Programme Advance Programme in MBA

( Finanace & Banking)

Masters in Medical Science & Technology

(MMST) IIT Kharagpur

Indian Statistical Institute Kolkataoffers 2 years Master of Science (MS) in

Quantitative Economics

Tamilnadu MGR University offers

B.Sc. in Orthotics & Prosthotics, B.Sc. in

Cardiac Technology, B.Sc. in Critical Care

Technology, M.Sc. in Hospital Informatic

System Telemedicine, Post Graduate

Diploma in Diabetes Education.

Institute of Bioinformatics And Applied

Biotechnology - Announces to its unique

programme M.Sc.in Bioinformatics &

Biotechnology.

Institute of Mathematics & Application

Bhubaneswar offers M.Sc. in

Computational Finance.

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Pune announces advance programme for

Post Graduate students in Earth System

and Climate Sciences.

PSG Institute of Advance Studies

Coimbatore offers M.Sc. in Molecular

Biotechnology

IFMR Institute for Financial Management

& Research Chennai offers New

Programme PGDM in Development &Sustainable Finance.

Bombay Stock Exchange Training

Institute Ltd offers 2 years Programme in

MBA Financial Markets.

University of Delhi offers Masters of

Business Economics.

Indian Institute of Tourism & TravelManagement offers Post Graduate

Programme in Tourism & Logistics, Post

Graduate programme in International

Tourism Business & Services.

National Institute of Design (NID)

Bangalore offers Post Graduate

Programme in Design Digital Experience,

Design for Retail Experience, Information

& Interface Design.

NID Ahemdabad Gandhinagar offers

Post Graduate programme in New Media

Design, Game Design, Strategic Design

Management

Cresent University offers M.Tech. in Opto

Electronic & Laser Technology, M.Sc.

Applied Chemistry with Specialization in

Nano Chemistry, M.Sc. Electro Chemistry

& Corrosion

Shardha University Delhi offers M.Tech

in Info & Data Storage., M.Tech in

Microwave Technology

SCMS Institute of Biotechnology

Cochin offers M.Sc. Programme in

Genetic Engg. & Molecular Biology.

M.Sc. in Biomaterial & Tissue Engg.

New Courses


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Hot New CoursesAs the marketplace for human resources

becomes more exciting, demanding customizedskills for every industry and job t, a new breed of

courses that deliver these goods with much ease is

emerging. General management degrees have been

discarded for industry specic programmes like

retail management, automobile design and tax and

regulatory management. Engineering and technical

education has been fused with the pure streams to

give courses like Earth Sciences, Pharmacovigilance

and Fire Technology. Humanities are being

rediscovered with renewed interest to develop

communication abilities in the form of social work.Also, what was once considered mere play is now

entering the classroom if only to teach students that

creativity could be harnessed for loftier goals a la

Game Design and DJing.

What follows is a comprehensive list of the latest

courses being offered by some prominent institutes

across the country for you to choose from, whether

it is for professional advancement or mere resume

enhancement.

Over the past ve decades, healthcare delivery

has increasingly become technology driven be it

the development of new drugs, vaccines or medical

devices and even diagnostic techniques. A modern

age hospital offering modern medical care involves

the extensive use of a variety of equipments and

technologies be used efciently and managed

properly by well trained clinical engineers.

Thus, the primary role of a clinical engineer is tocarry out activities related to equipment management

such as review of equipment specications before

purchase, installation and testing new equipment,

routine safety testing as well as preventive and

break down maintenance and many other related

activities, Furthermore, since clinical engineers are

directly placed in the clinical environment, they get

to know the technological problems faced in clinical

situations, and hence can also have an important

role in initiating the development of new medical

technologies and evaluating them. M.Tech. (ClinicalEngineering) programme has an innovative approach

of combining formal engineering training with hands-

on clinical exposure. It is a unique undertaking and

will exploit the innate strengths and facilities of the

three institutes namely Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute

for Medical Sciences& Technology (SCTIMST),

IIT-Madras and Christian Medical College (CMC),

Vellore. Selection of candidates will be of two and-

a-half years duration. The students will study and

train at all the three participating institutes.

The program trains engineers to manage and

ensure safe and effective use of technology in heath

care delivery points. A unique feature of the course

is clinical attachment which exposes the students

to the clinical environment as they undertake an

exercise aimed at identifying 25 problems faced in a

typical clinical environment and propose innovative

solutions to these. One or more clinicians would be

assigned to the students as mentors, who would meetthem on a regular basis to carry out their continuous

assessment.

Students focus on identication of problems

typical to clinical engineering practice such as

equipment management, safety evaluation and

preventive maintenance and come up with possible

solutions. After the programme, you could be be

placed in a hospital or with the medical devices

industry. The career path, comprises of supervised

management of clinical engineering duties at the

entry level, followed by continuous upgradation(this could be facilitated by a higher degree such as

a Ph.D), to training and research level jobs in the

hospital\. He healthcare delivery at the benchmarked

quality standards are a given and this will be the

driving factor for such professionals.

Eligibility: BE/B.Tech, a valid GATE score.

Course Fee: Rs 45-50,000. Starting Salary: Rs 7-

12 lacs per annum. Institute: IIT Madras, CMC

Vellore and SCTIMST have jointly initiated the

programme.

Clinical Engineering


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India has become a major hub for clinical trials.

Despite this several problems related to availability

of drugs, distribution, accessibility and consumption

still remain at large. Pharmacovigilance is the

discipline which takes care of such aspects and is

concerned with identifying, validating, qualifying

and evaluating adverse reactions associated with

the use of drugs thereby improving the safety ofmedicines in use.

The Institute of Clinical Research, India, offers

a one year weekend post graduate diploma in

Pharmacovigilance. It deals with all aspects right

from the basic principles of Pharmacovigilance to

Pharmacovigilance in clinical research, setting up a

Pharmacovigilance centre in industry, management

of Pharmacovigilance data, risk management in

Pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemilogy. The

objective is to develop candidates who are experts

at monitoring the adverse effects of the drugs which

have been released in the market. Their goal is to

establish safety of the drug and oversee the well-

being of the consumers. The course is spread over

one year and the fee is Rs 1.3 lakh.

Symogen, a niche KPO, has come up with another

comprehensive course which includes all areas of

Pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemilogy.

It aims to give the candidates an ability to learn

practical things that are needed for day to dayfunctioning in a Pharmacovigilance department.

The certicate course in Pharmacovigilance and

Pharmacoepidemilogy is for 16 weeks.

For benet of working professionals and full time

students, the course is conducted every Saturday.

The total strength of each batch is 30 so that each

student is given individual care and support during

the training course. The course runs in New Delhi

from September to December and in Mumbai

from January to April. The course fee for working professionals is Rs 85000 whereas the students

pursuing higher studies have to pay Rs 50,000. The

course is taught by a pool of expert international

faculty and well known national faculty who have

several years of Pharmacovigilance experience

who impact practical and theoretical training

for this course. Doctors from all disciplines,

graduates in pharmacy and bio-sciences and Junior

professionals in Pharmaceutical and IT Industry,

Clinical Research Organizations are eligible for the

course.

Pharmacovigilance is still in its infancy in India,

therefore higher standards of Pharmacovigilance

are warranted to be at par with the rest of the world

in terms of not only compliance to regulations

but also to implement quality systems in all

pharmaceutical companies which manufacture bulk

drugs that are marketed in India and the Western

countries. There is no dearth of jobs in this eld asgood Pharmacovigilance practice makes for good

business sense. Students of this eld can get jobs

in various pharmaceutical companies and expect

attractive salaries with robust increments.

Eligibility: Graduates in Pharmacy and Bio-

Sciences, Medical Professionals, Course Fee:

Rs 0.5-1.5 lakh, Starting Salary: Rs 3.5 lakh-Rs

8 lakh per annum, Institutes: Institute of Clinical

Research, Symogen.

Pharmacovigilance


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Cueing, chop mixing, beat matching, live

looping extended breaks, beat juggling andscratching-if youre wondering about the bizarre

lineup of words here, theres more coming your

way in the CD Turntable course offered for aspiring

DJs. DJing is no longer a career your parents will

frown upon. In fact, it is an extremely lucrative and

a secure career option for all the musically inclined

souls. With DJs acquiring cult gure status, it

is indeed fashionable to make people groove to

your tunes and creative twists. The unprecedented

increase in the number of nightclubs, pubs, bars,

music vents, private parties and discotheques acrossthe country is only going to create bigger and better

opportunities for aspirants.

The Cd turntable certicate course is a one

month course provided by Delhi-based institute

Spingurus. Students get acquainted with the

industry and with the necessary equipments and

tune structure. The course also prepares students to

record their rst demo track which is essential for

anyone to get a decent break. the best part about

CD Turntable course is that you dont have to buy

expensive vinyl to spin& scratch while playing

the music. With the invention of Pioneer CDJ1000 Mk3 (Digital Vinyl Turntable), the turntable

artform can now be expressed in a digital realm.

We can now DJ at the speed of thought, says DJ

Jitesh Dang of Spingurus.

Using CD Turntable is also a part of professional

DJ courses run by DJ Jazzy Joes DJ Workshop,

New Delhi and DJ Sunny Sarids Sound of Music,

New Delhi. All these are short term courses which

charge you anywhere between Rs 20,000-Rs 30,000

and are of a 24-100 hour duration. Says DJ Sunny

Sarid. Well begun is half done, and a good courseensures that your foundations in this career are set

up rmly. Its a well-known fact that many DJs

have attained a superstar status these days. Now this

could be music to your ears, especially if youve

always dreamt of a career as a DJ. Eligibility: 10+2

and an ear for music, Course Fee: Rs 20,000-30,000,

Starting Salary: Rs 1.2-2.5 Lakh. Institutes: Spin

Gurus Academy (www.spingurus.com), Sound of

Music (www.soundofmusicindia.com), Jazzy Joes

DJ Workshop.

The DJ special CD turntable


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In order to address the dearth of tax professionalin the country. Welingkar Institute of Management

has partnered with KPMG, a rm which provides

audit, tax and advisory services, to launch a taxation

programme. The 6-month part time technical

course blends knowledge with practical skills.

The rst batch is likely to be rolled out in July

2008. The course is mainly targeting the working

professional who needs further specialisation in

tax. The classes would be held in the evening,

six times a week. Some of the modules covered by the course are-aspects of direct and indirect

taxation, NRI taxation, corporate tax planning,

scal planning, taxation of foreign companies and

international taxation. The minimum qualication

required for students is graduation with a rst class.

The total cost of the course is Rs 50,000.

Eligibility: Graduation with rst class. Course

Fee: Rs 50,000. Starting Salary: No estimates

available.

Tax regulatory management

Indias burgeoning healthcare

sector is estimated to be

worth US$ 40 billion by 2012

contributing close to 5.2 per cent

of the countrys GDP, making it

the third largest growth segment

in India.

Domestic healthcare

infrastructure is growing at an

average rate of 35 per cent. With

such robust investments in the

countrys health infrastructure,

India is being portrayed as the

most favoured health destination

with its unique advantage of low

cost and high quality health care

facilities. This is resulting in a

huge boom in medical- tourism.

S.R Dugal, chairman, boardof directors at thee Institute of

Clinical Research, India that has

started a masters programme in

medical tourism-a rst for the

country- believes that this will

be a trendsting educationa

effort to train students in the

diverse skill sets required for

a specialized service industry.

Graduates from the eld of

science pharma and medicine

are eligible to apply for the

course. They would receive, after

clearing the common entrance

test and personal interview, two-

year intensive training in the

various aspects of hospitality,

operations and healthcare. A host

of employment opportunities

await these professionals right

after completion of the two-

year programme-from customer

relation, medical support

services sales and business

development, international

business development and even

nance and administration.

Eligibility: UG in science/

pharma/medicine plus entrancetest and interview, Course Fee:

Rs 3.1 lakh, Starting Salary:

Rs 4 lakh per annum, Institute:

lnstitute of Clinical Research,

India.

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With private players setting up jewellery shops

in malls and posh markets, the world of jewellery

retail is no longer the bastion of family jewelles.

This has opened up a range of opportunities for

people who are looking for a career in jewellery

retail. A course in jewellery retail prepares you to

develop communication skills, understand customer

reguirements, knowledge of gems and jewellery

and study market trends. Jewellery (JDTI), Noida,

offers a six weeks certicate programme in

jewellery retailing.

With a total number of 20 seats available, thecourse covers essential areas like basic product

knowledge, types of jewellery products, aspects

of design, weight calculation, hallmarking and

testing methods, communication skills, study of

consumer behaviour,how to deal with customers,

personality development, visual merchandising,

store management, billing and pricing. Says BK

Narula, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD),

JDTI, The course has been designed for those who

aspire to enter the jewellery

retail business as well as

those retail professional

who want to sharpen their

skills. It helps them develop

an understanding of how to

give the customer what he

wants through personalized

training provided by highly

qualied faculty.

Indian Institute of

Jewellery (IIJ), Mumbai,offers a one month retail

programme in Organized

Retail (JOR) with a capacity

of 15 seats. There is a

marked difference between

trained and untrained sales

professional. The JOR

programme thus empowers

its trained students to walk

into a store with the knowledge of a professional

jeweler. Renu Kapoor, director, IIJ, says, Victory

belongs to specialists in todays time. Customer

is the king and a deal can be sealed only when

the salesperson knows the nuances of customer

relationship management, understands the concept

of service, transparency in transaction and knows

the product that he or she is employed to sell.

This is what the course prepares you for. Mock

sales demonstrations are held to help the students

identify and understand consumer behaviour.

After completing the course, students canbecome store managers, oor managers, assistant

merchandisers and handle counter sales. With such

bright prospects, you might just strike gold with an

irresistible job offer.

Eligibility: Class 10/10+2, good at languages

and ability to close a sale. Fee: Rs 25,000-35,000.

Starting Salary: Rs 1.5 lakh-Rs 7.5 lakh pa. Institute:

Jewellery Design &Technology lnstitute, Noida;

Indian lnstitute of Jewellery, Mumbai.

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A recent high prole murder in Delhis NCR

region has more or less ripped apart the reputation

of Indian Police and peoples faith in them is at an all

time low. The urgent need of the hour is to reinstall

this faith and infuse competence and efciency in

this crucial arm of the state. Keeping this agenda

in mind, doing a course in police administration

makes sense. It trains one with the competency and

ethics required to join Indian police or paramilitary

services.

Panjab University has launched a masters

degree in police administration. The programme

was conceived with a view to expose the participants

to the recent changes in the global, national and

local environments and their implications for police

administration, explains

B.S Ghuman, Dean,Faculty of Arts, Panjab

University. It also aims to

provide knowledge about

universal developments

in the theoretical and

practical aspects of police

administration: to enable

the students to understand

and appreciate police

administration from a

citizens perspective: to

acquaint the participants

with latest technology

in the eld of police

administration: and to

provide an opportunity to

make use of information

technology, quantitative

research methods and

computer applications

in this area. The studentswould be trained in

disciplines such as public

administration, police

psychology, sociolog

research methodology, law, criminology, forensic

science, police procedures and investigation

techniques.

The course will provide trained and professionally

qualied candidates a direct recruitment in the

Police Departments of various States and unionTerritories as well as various paramilitary forces

viz., BSF, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),

Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP), Central

Industrial Security Force (CISF),The course will

also provide promotional avenues for in-service

police personnel. Post graduate could also choose

to join reputed private security agencies/security

personnel for autonomous bodies like banks

universities or hospitals.

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Fund raising was best left to the directors of the

company or the management, once upon a time.

However, in an increasingly competitive world

where non prot organizations are becoming more

active, maintaining fund ow is even more critical

to survival. To bring some semblance of discipline

and consistency to the critical

task of fund resourcing, SP

Jain has started a four-monthcerticate programme in

Resource mobilization. Its

about moving from a haphazard

way of collecting funds to a

more organized way of doing

so that is more aligned to the

purpose of the organization,

explains Nirja Mattoo, head

of the programme at SPJIMR.

Traditionally, on governmentalorganizations would resort to

need based events, programmes

or then individuals to raise funds

every time they would exhaust

their exiting kitty. This is

obviously not a very sustainable

arrangement and the large

organizations especially are

now relying on professionally

trained individuals to do the important job of

resource generation. The idea is to convert what

was hitherto, an unorganized and sporadic activity

to a more organized activity, Regular donors,

international agencies and fund mobilization

through regular programmes are taught.

The eligibility criteria are-a masters degree or

45 per cent marks in bachelors in any of the Social

Science disciplines. Bachelors degree in any

discipline with at least 50 percent marks. Nominated

candidate should be regular employees of policedepartment/paramilitary forces and possessing the

above academic qualications. There are a total of

46 seats. The fee for open students is Rs.10, 000 per

semester plus other charges as per University rules.

For nominated/in service police personnel the fee is

Rs 15,000 per semester.

For those who do not want a regular course,

several universities also offer a distance learning

course in police administration. A two year

masters degree in police Administration is offered

by Annamalai University, TamilNadu. The medium

of instruction is both English and Tamil. One canbe a graduate in any subject, in order to meet the

eligibility criterion.

Eligibility: Graduate in any subject (for distance

courses), Graduation (PU). Course Fee: Rs 20,000

pa. Starting Salary: No estimates available.

Institutes: Panjab University, Annamalai Univ.,

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.

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There are ve modules in the programme,

fundamentals of resource mobilization,

communication skills building relationship ad

income for individuals and enterprise and nally,

strategy and planning. Students get to learn throughassignments, project work, team based activites,

simulations and there si a lot of peer learning

that takes place through simulation games and

peer-leading sessions. The course has received

enthusiastic response wmong the employers who

are ready to snap up any trained personnel. Most of

the candidates are sponsored by their organization

although there is hesitation on their part owing

to the risk of losing this newly trained Perons.

Ironically, that is exactly what happens when these

professionals come out of the training, they land

up multiple job offers and often move, always to

a better position, prole and pay. Although, the

course was pioneered by SP Jain, it is now being

offered by a number of prominent B-schoolssuch As the Mudra Institute for Communication,

Ahmedabad, Xaviers Institute of Management,

Bhubaneshwar and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. A

change in the attitudes of NGOs and the social

sector at large means a rush of opportunities for

these new professionals.

Eligibility: Graduation in any discipline with

relevant work experience. Course Fee: Rs 15,000.

Starting Salary: Rs 3 lakh per annum. Institutes:

MICA, SPJIMR, XIMB, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

Great dialogue is a window into the soul of

your character. It sounds real, conversational.

The audience should feel as if it is prying on a

very natural interplay between the characters.

Therefore, the screenplay outlines every aural,

visual, behavioural, and lingual element required

to tell a story.

Whistling Woods International, Mumbai, offers

a one-year programme in screenwriting. The course

kicks off in July this year. In the rst semester,

close to 35 hours would be devoted to foundation

training in six other disciplines (direction, editing,

cinematography, sound, acting and production) will

be given. The rest of the semester will be devoted

to specialized instruction in screenwriting, during

which students will nalise a premise for a story,

and submit a 15-page treatment for a screenplay.Students are expected to begin the second semester

with the revised draft of the 15-page treatment

which they have worked on during the one-month

break. During this semester, this will be developed

through several drafts of the step-outline into a full-

edged screenplay. The one-year programme will

concentrate on compact in depth training in feature-

lm screenwriting lead by in-house faculty, with

additional inputs from eminent guest lecturers.

Film and Television Institute of India. Pune also

offers a one-year PG Certicate course in Feature

Film Screenwriting Play, There is an entrance

examination and interview held for admission into

the course.

After completing the course, professionals

will have the knowledge of both the art and graft

and will be prepared to write their own original

concepts. Media channels, production houses will

be the starting point. This course is addressing

groups from the same background; hence it could

also mean a desired parallel shift in the career path

or enhancement of skills thereby leading to a growth

in designation. The exact starting salary cannot be

quoted and varies greatly from one individual to

another, However, as a freelancer, a good script

commands between Rs 4-8 lakhs. Most people tendto opt for a production house where salaries are in

the range of Rs 6-8 lakhs per script and there is a

constant ow of work as well instead of venturing

out on their own.

Eligibility: Graduate in any subject. Course Fee:

Rs 3 lakh (WWI). Starting Salary: Rs 4 lakh-Rs 8

lakh. Institutes: Whistling Woods International,

Mumbai; Film and Television Institute of India,

Pune

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Indian retail is expanding at a rapid pace and the

variety of course on retail in the market bear testimony

to this fact. The latest to jump onto the bandwagon is

IP university who has tied up with NIS Academy to

offer a three month certicate programme for graduate

and working professional and the Indian retail School

that has tied up with the Ministry of Defence for its

retail Management programme.

A retail management course combines theoretical

training with practical experience in a range of retail for

mats right from apparel, food and groceries to gadgets

down small stores to big malls and international chains.

Even through the nomenclature of this course does not

change; different schools would offer a different mix

of modules. IP Universitys weekend course will train

students in retail selling skills. Customer service, soft

skills basics of retail store SOPs (Standard Operational

Procedures), Birla Institute of Management and

Technology, Noida offers special modules in e-tailing

and non-store retailing, retail economics, retail credit,

quality certication and quality benchmarking and

even retail strategy, risk and loss management.

Students are also trained in analytical and research

skills to formulate strategies in various industries. The

Indian Retail School, on the other hand, is catering

to defence personnel in retail management and store

operations. The retail market currently valued at $300

billion a year is seeing unprecedented investments

by business houses such as Reliance, Bharti, Future

group etc. Pradeep Malhotra, head, special projects

and HR solutions says, these employment assistance

linked programme are designed to create retail ready

defence people for immediate deployment in booming

retail industry. There is no dearth of opportunities for

these professional.

Eligibility: Graduation or relevant experience

for working professionals. Course Fee: Rs 50,000.

Starting Salary: As per relevant industry. Institutes:

GGSIPU with NIS academy: BIMTECH: Indian

Retail School with Ministry of Defense

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Exploring the mysteries of the earth is not just

interesting; it is also lucrative, opening up a whole

range of career opportunities for you. IIT-Bombays

Department of Earth Sciences, offers a two-year

M.Tech course in Petroleum Geosciences. The

course has 11 seats and covers all practical aspects

of earth sciences.

Students who have done M.Sc in geology, applied

geology or geophysics and have a valid GATE

score are eligible to apply. Subjects like reservoir

sedimentology, well-logging and geology, remotesensing, GIS and global positioning systems (GPS),

basin analysis, seismic data processing and seismic

stratigraphy, petroleum geochemistry, oil well

drilling technology, wellsite geology and formation

evaluation and petroleum geostatistics are taught in

details with maximum practical exposure possible.

While the M.Sc programmes cover theoretical

aspects, the M.Tech programmes cover practical

aspects like exploration of petroleum, metal and

non-metallic minerals and ground water. The earthsciences programme not only helps in nding the raw

materials for industrial growth but it also provides

knowledge on fundamental aspects of the earth like

its composition, tectonics and evolution. Climatic

changes like global warming and environmental

hazards like atmospheric pollution and groundwater

contamination are dealt with extensively under this

course. Natural disasters like volcanoes, earthquakes

and tsunami are also studied in depth and methods

devised to reduce the loss of like and property. Says

Tapaskumar Biswal, head earth sciences department,

IIT-Bombay,In the age of increasing demand for

energy. The M.Tech programme in earth sciences

provides a change to explore the once unknown

and difcult sources for coal and petroleum, atomic

minerals and geothermal energy.

IIT-Bombay earth sciences also offer a course

in M.tech (Geoexploration) which deals with

groundwater/mineral/petroleum, explration. IIT-

Rookies earth sciences department offers three-

year course in M.tech (Applied Geology) and

M.Tech (applied Geophysics), IIT-Kharagpurs

department of geology and geophysics offers a two

year M.Tech course in applied geology.

Students can opt for jobs in the oil sector, mining

sector, remote sensing and petroleum sector. The

starting salary ranges from Rs 3 lakh per annum to

Rs 6 lakh per annum, depending on the sector you

join. Biswal adds, There is a talent crunch in the

petroleum, oil and gas sector. Students are prepared

for the challenges of the industry and get ready

placements, says Biswal.

With a multitude of options to choose fromand the big players eagerly waiting for eligible

candidates to enter the market, a course in earth

sciences is surely your ticket to success.

Eligibility: M.Sc (Geology)/M.Sc (Geophysics),

and a valid GATE score. Course Fee: Rs 46,000.

Starting Salary: Rs 3 lakh-Rs 7 lakh. Institutes:

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay/

Roorkee/Kharagpur.

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An ever changing global

environment with a thrust on

innovations, best practices and the

need for maintaining competitive

edge of organizations has resulted

in the creation of a demand for a

new breed of professionals. It is

no longer enough to know your

fundamentals, professionals

operating in a very cut-throat

environment should know not

only how to survive but also

compete.

The Indianinstitute of Capital

Markets, Navi

Mumbai offers a short

six-month certicate

programme Financial

Engineering and

Risk Management

for middle and senior

executives working

in banks, primary

dealers, mutual funds,nancial institutions,

equity research rms,

Investment banks,

corporate nancial

risk managers,

brokerage houses

and other nancial

services industry

so that they can be

equipped with the

modern products,

processes, practices

and techniques in

the nancial services

industry. You could

hope to pick up

some quantitative

techniques, equity

valuation and

pricing, derivatives

valuation and pricing, portfolio

management, xed income

securities analysis, credit riskmodeling and econometric

package and risk management.

The case study method of

teaching is followed that makes

students well equipped at

analyzing real life situations.

Eligible applications should

have a bachelors degree from

a recognized Indian University

with relevant work experience.

A quantitative back ground is

preferred.In addition to IICM, the

Hyderabad based Indian Institute

of Risk Management (IIRM)

offers a one-year post-graduate

diploma programme in Risk

Management. This programme

is again open to graduate of any

discipline including engineers.

The courses risks, treasury risk

management and corporate

governance.The course is based on

the syllabus and curriculum

standards of the Chartered

Insurance Institute (CII),

London. Regulatory aspects of

insurance in the Indian context

are also taught as part of the4

course. Vepa Kamesam, MD,

IIRM reveals that the course

dwells on three main aspects,

life insurance, general insuranceand risk management. The IIRM

course prepares students in the

core technicalities of the eld

by nurturing core competencies.

Executives are groomed to hold

technical posts of the insurance

industry. You could be placed

as a technical management

executive and move into

positions in underwriting and

claim settlement. Many have alsobeen absorbed in the operations

and marketing sides as well.

Eligibility: graduate in any

stream. Course Fee: Rs 55,000

(IICM), Rs 1, 8 lakh (IIRM).

Starting Salary: Rs 5.4-14 lakh

per annum. Institutes: IICM

Navi Mumbai, Institute

Insurance and Risk Management,

Hyderabad

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