‘Portable’ MBA programme
By Gauri Arora
ENGINEERING, science and technology are key areas for achieving increased productivity and international competitiveness. However, to compete globally, professionals require skills in the areas of business and management relevant to their work.

Parroting is not learning
By I.M. Soni
A major drawback of our educational system is that it lays excessive stress on cultivation of memory. The ability to think, explore and innovate is discouraged. Students who reproduce classroom lectures in the examination are generously rewarded.

Students’ dilemma
From Chander Prakash
TALWANDI SABO: As many as 80 students, who passed their diploma in pharmacy from Guru Kashi College here in 1992-1993, are running from pillar to post to get their course recognised by the Pharmacy Council of India.

‘Portable’ MBA programme
By Gauri Arora

ENGINEERING, science and technology are key areas for achieving increased productivity and international competitiveness. However, to compete globally, professionals require skills in the areas of business and management relevant to their work.

To facilitate this professional development process, the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA), jointly with Deakin University, have launched a unique distance education management programme.

Currently available at four levels, MBA (Technology Management), Graduate Diploma of Management, Graduate Certificate of Management, and Certificate, the programmes are designed to provide professionals working in a technology environment with the opportunity to undertake formal management studies, which take into account their employment, family and, in some cases, geographic circumstances.

The APESMA/Deakin University MBA programme is the largest programme of its kind in the world, delivering world class management education at the participant’s door. This programme has more than 25 per cent of the MBA market in Australia. The hallmark of the management programme is innovation and development.

In India, to suit the demand of Indian industry, the APESMA/Deakin University management programmes has been redeveloped and customised by leading academics from IIM, Ahmedabad and Calcutta, FMS and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. This makes these the first international management programmes to be modified to suit the unique conditions of Indian industry and the only international management programme to offer the right blend of global management practices and concepts relevant to the Indian market.

The redevelopment of the programme has been coordinated by Educational Consultants India, a Government of India enterprise.

The programme is self-paced and flexible and delivered through proven distance education techniques. Participants receive extensive learning materials and are not required to attend formal lectures or tutorials. However, facilitated study groups with relevant faculty members are organised on a regular basis in select cities for students requiring a face-to-face communication. The materials include study guides, reference readings, assignments and sample examinations. Some units are provided with audio-visual aids to complement the print material. One of the units also offers a CD from the Harvard Business School.

The APESMA/Deakin University programmes are fully portable, can be studied anywhere in the world and are administratively supported by the University. Therefore, participants can enrol without any career interruptions and can continue the programme even if they change their employment or move overseas.

The APESMA/Deakin University programme also has an Internet site which keeps the students updated on the developments in each of the study areas and students are encouraged to participate in e-mail discussion groups. If the students require any further assistance with specific problems, these can be solved through a one-on-one interaction with the faculty members via fax, e-mail or telephone. Participants are, however, encouraged to form organisational or neighbourhood-based study groups.

Internationally accredited and professionally recognised, the APESMA/Deakin University management programmes are truly a cross-cultural and global effort, employing the latest technologies to produce distance education material of a world class standard for the Indian market.

In India, the programme has more than 350 enrolments from more than 250 leading companies, making it the largest and most successful international MBA currently available in the country.

The programme has linkages with universities in the UK, Canada, Hong Kong and New Zealand. An international study option is also available, providing facility for students to elect to study up to one-quarter of the MBA at an overseas university.

Some of the units offered by APESMA/Deakin University are International Telecommunications Management, Engineering Risk Management, Strategic Management in Services, Management of Innovation, IT for managers. Quality Management, International Business Strategy and Asia-Pacific International Market-ing.

Some companies which have their employees participating in the MBA programme in India are Cox & Kings (India) Ltd, Oracle, American Express, Hewlett-Packard, Pfizer, SAIL, General Motors, IOC, IndusInd Bank, Apollo Tyres, Thermax, and Telstra. The programmes have also gained popularity with the Indian Armed Forces.

The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA) is one of Australia’s largest professional employee organisations. The association was formed in 1946 and now has a membership of over 25,000 professionals. Representing professional engineers, the association is actively involved in management reviews of technology organisations throughout Australia and provides a wide range of services to the professions.

The Association has a significant role to play in that it provides a critical industry perspective to MBA and associated programmes.

Parroting is not learning
By I.M. Soni

A major drawback of our educational system is that it lays excessive stress on cultivation of memory. The ability to think, explore and innovate is discouraged. Students who reproduce classroom lectures in the examination are generously rewarded. They know that “parroting” pays in the long as well as the short run.

Two things which education today lacks are: vision of the nation’s rich heritage and creativity. Most teachers pass smatterings of information (not knowledge) from their moth-eaten notebooks to students. Teachers who attempt to teach without inspiring the pupils with a desire to learn are hammering on cold iron.

Creativity is the capacity to recombine, with unusual sensitivity and spontaneity, components of experience into new forms. It is not mere acquisition of information. This is a far cry for students whose sole purpose of going to university is to get a piece of paper called degree.

Creativity sees beyond the tasks which it is called upon to perform. It forges new connections, develops novel and unique relationship and creates synthesis.

It enhances many other values, too. Happiness is one, it is only in creative work that joy is found. Robert Schumann wrote, “If ever I was happy, it was when I was composing.”

There are utilitarian functions. It provides answers to tangled problems. It leads individuals to new and rewarding territories.

In the present rapidly changing world, more and more young people must be prepared to meet the new and the unfamiliar.

What are the hallmarks of a creative person? He possesses certain traits in greater degree than others. These include open-mindedness, independence and freedom from conventional restrictions.

Look out for the boy who plunges into work from the school and sweeps the office floor. He is the likely dark horse to win the race of life in a democracy. The idea that all people have and should be creative is the need of the hour. It should dominate our educational thought. Sadly, it does not. Moreso, it stifles thought.

Creativity is the hallmark of an advanced society. Look at the Americans. In the past, the leisured classes performed this function. Now, the leisured masses has to render this service. Progress lies in helping people to grow creative as individuals rather than as passive spectators of the drama of life. Only education can provide this help.

We want our people to reach out into unknown realms of space, sciences, mind and spirit. Education has a vital role to play in this direction. “Education is the apprenticeship of life”, says Wilmott.

There are many traps. An ideal pursued too vigorously results in quite the opposite effect. For example, if a teacher wants his pupils to be moral and is always preaching morality, he may actually encourage immorality.

Creative work requires discipline and skill. Education in the real sense implies self-control, the habit of holding passion and prejudice under an upright and reasoning will. That’s why universities are called “citadels of rationality”.

The first essential for a potter is to have a close experience of clay, to get to know and love its texture and its varying responses to his hands. Educationists must have a first-hand knowledge of life. The concept of university as an ivory tower is increasingly irrelevant to democracies.

Students’ dilemma
From Chander Prakash

TALWANDI SABO: As many as 80 students, who passed their diploma in pharmacy from Guru Kashi College here in 1992-1993, are running from pillar to post to get their course recognised by the Pharmacy Council of India.

These students are finding it difficult getting jobs or opening their chemist shops on the basis of degrees awarded to them by Punjabi University, Patiala, as their course not been recognised so far by the Pharmacy Council of India.

After having spending lakhs of rupees on the three-year diploma and subsequent 750 hours training in hospitals, the students were shocked to learn they were not eligible for a job as their course was not recognised.

Said Jaswinder Singh: “We have been approaching all authorities to get recognition for the diploma in pharmacy, but nobody has helped us. With degrees in our hands, we are jobless.”

Mr Maggar Singh, Principal, Guru Kashi College, when contacted, said that the diploma in pharmacy was started in the college by Punjab University in 1992 as part of a plan to promote job oriented courses in rural colleges. He said Punjabi University gave a grant of Rs 50,000 when the course was started. He said after the course was initiated, nobody bothered to recognition from the Pharmacy Council of India.

Official sources said when the students approached the college authorities on the matter, they were told that since the college management had been taken over by Punjabi University, they should approach the latter with their grievance.

Students have also approached the Lok Pal, Punjab, for help. The Punjab State Human Rights Commission has also asked the Principal Secretary, Medical Education, Punjab, for sympathetic consideration and appropriate action.

Does one need to take coaching in order to become a cartoonist? Could you please tell me the prospects in this field.

Deepak Soni, Patiala

Cartoonists are usually hired by newspaper and publishing houses and various magazines. However, most of the newspapers already have a lead cartoonist with many years of experience (e.g. R.K. Laxman of Times of India who has become a house-hold name). It may be somewhat easier to start off doing illustrations and cartoons for the inside pages and gradually work your way up. Animation is another related offshoot. CDROM publishing and designing web pages on the internet also require cartoonists to liven up the text.

Coaching is not required if you have an inborn talent for sketching or caricaturing.

However, if you are keen on formal training, a diploma or a degree in Fine/Commercial Art will equip you with the necessary skills.

After dabbling in various styles, you will in time evolve your own ‘trademark’ style. A brief course in computer animation and graphics would be invaluable.

You could also do a diploma in Fine Arts from any of local art colleges and polytechnic institutes.

I am a final-year BSc student keen on pursuing a career in interior designing. Could you tell me about the interior designing courses offered by premier institutions along with the addresses.

Shobana Arya, Chandigarh.

An interior designer’s work is fairly complex. Besides decorating the area assigned to you, you may be called upon to reorganise the space to suit specific requirements which may involve drastic remodelling of the existing arrangement, or even shifting of walls, re-routing of electrical wiring, plumbing, etc. As interior designing requires considerable knowledge of the technical and structural aspects involved in architecture, the training generally consists of both theoretical as well as practical elements of the work.

One of the best courses is the 5-year course in Interior Designing at the School of Interior Design, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), University Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009. This course is open to students who have completed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Maths and have secured a minimum of 65% in Class X and 50% in Class XII. Selection is through a written test and an interview.

There are many private and government-run institutes and polytechnics that offer courses in this subject. The JJ School of Arts, Mumbai 400001, offers a 3-year specialisation in interior decoration within its 5-year BFA course.

The other short-term courses being:

*Exterior-Interiors Pvt. Ltd., with branches at Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Kochi, offers a 1-year course.

* Apeejay Institute of Design, 54, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, M.B. Road, Near Batra Hospital, New Delhi 110062, offers a 4-year advanced diploma in interior design to school-leavers and a 1-year diploma for graduates.

* South Delhi Polytechnic for Women, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi 110024, offers diploma courses for both graduates and those with a pass in Class XII.

You could also avail of the following diploma courses at various universities:

* University of Mumbai, Mumbai 400032. Duration: 3 years. Eligibility: Class XII. Interior decoration is also offered as a subject in BA.

* Shremati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women’s University, Mumbai 400020. Duration: 3 years. Eligibility: Class XII.

* Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore 641043. duration: 1-year. Eligibility: Graduation.

* University of Madras, Chennai 600005... Duration: 1-year. Eligibility: Graduation.

I am interested in becoming a fashion designer and a musician. Can I pursue both careers simultaneously? Please advise.

Anil Kumar, Ludhiana

Although both careers demand a high degree of creativity and aes- thetics, fashion designing and music are entirely different fields. Ultimately, you’ll have to choose between them as there’s little synergy between the two. Each has its own intricacies and ‘grammar’ which require patience, practice and dedication to achieve any measurable level of success. However, if you still wish to have your cake and eat it too, you can opt for a career in Fashion Designing and settle for Music as a hobby on the side, or vice versa. Believe me, unless you are exceptionally talented, you may find it impossible to do equal justice and devote adequate time and energy to both simultaneously. That said, as a multi-dimensional human being, you don’t have to confine you interests or limit them to your bread-and-butter profession. By all means dabble in whatever catches your fancy. Who knows given sufficient talent and interest, your hobby may well develop into a rewarding full blown activity in the future!

I am in Class X and wish to do a course in astronomy. Could you please tell me about the institutions offering this course and also the minimum educational qualifications required for the same.

Ashish Kumar, Chandigarh

Astronomy is offered as a subject at the BSc-level at the following universities. Eligibility is Class XII in the Science stream:

* Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431004, Maharashtra.

* University of Lucknow, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow 226007, U.P. The university also offers Astronomy as a subject in BA.

* University of Madras, Centenary Buildings Chepauk, Triplicane PO, Chennai 600005 T.N. The Birla Institute of Astronomy and Planetarium Sciences (BIAPS), Calcutta, conducts a six-month postgraduate diploma course in astronomy and planetarium sciences. Eligibility is graduation with honours or postgraduation with at least two subjects from the following: physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics or geology. Selection is through an entrance test and interview.

Job prospects: Employment opportunities exist in organisations such as the U.P. State Observatory at Nainital, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and Indian Space Research Organisation at Bangalore, the Udaipur Solar Observatory and the Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedadad.

I wish to become a film director. Could you please suggest some courses in film direction that are offered in northern India.

Balbir Singh, Mohali.

Creativity an the ability to think in perspective are essential attributes required of a Director. Equally important is an in-depth knowledge of the medium which should be honed to perfection not only in terms of handling people and equipment but also in the deft handling of the script, music and setting. The responsibilities include managing and coordinating the unit and shooting schedules.

Since film-making is a complex art and science which involves huge amounts of money, logistics and technical expertise, it is best learnt at a good film school.

While several courses are offered in TV direction, courses in film direction are limited. As you are keen on taking up a course only in the north, you could opt for the 2-year postgraduate (MA) course in Mass Communication offered by the Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025. Eligibility is graduation and the upper age limit is 30 years. Selection is through a written test.

However, if you are talented and in a terrible hurry, you could pick up the skills on-the-job by apprenticing with a Director or even an Assistant Director who is willing to take you on. At least that’s how many of the world’s finest directors picked up their skills until the advent of formal professional education in this field.

On the other hand, with formal training, you would start off straightaway as an Assistant Director. Gaining practical hands-on experience is as necessary as acquiring knowledge of cinematography, but above all, creativity is sthe fundamental quality you must possess.

Alternatively, you could also try television. It is relatively easier to break into and can serve as a springboard to Bollywood. Also, if you are serious about a career in this industry, you’ve got to be in one of the major film and TV centres in the country, preferably Mumbai, Chennai, or Delhi.

Agriculture

Jul 06 Punjabi University, Patiala 147002, Punjab.

*BSc (Agriculture)

Elig: 10+2 (Science) with 50% (45% for SC/ST) agg.

Selection Procedure: Entrance test on 17 July.

Appln Form: Send Rs. 175/- by DD in favour of “Registrar, Punjabi University” payable at Patiala along with a self-addressed envelope (25x15 cm) to Publication Bureau or Rs. 125/- in cash at counter.

Architecture

Jul 12 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab

* M Tech (Urban Planning)

Elig: BTech (Planning)/BArch/BE (Civil) Master of City and Regional Planning with 50% agg.

Selection Procedure: Entrance test on 13 July for those who have not qualified GATE.

Appln Form: Send Rs. 160/- by DD in favour of “Registrar, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar” payable at Amritsar, or Rs 130/- in cash at counter.

Cement technology

Jul 15 National Council for Cement and Building Materials, 34 Km Stone, Delhi-Mathura Road (NH-2), Ballabgarh 121004, Haryana.

*Postgraduate Diploma in Cement Technology (I-yr)

Elig: BE/Btech or MSc with PCM at graduate-level.

Appln Form: Sponsored candidates should submit the applications through their employers; others can send bio-data including copies of marksheets/certificate, names and addresses of two references and a recent passport-size photograph, to the Director-in-Charge (HRC).

Crafts design

July 15 Indian Institute of Crafts & Design, B-16/A, Bhawani Singh Road, Opp, Nehru Sahakar Bhawan, C-Scheme, Jaipur 302005, Rajasthan.

*Postgraduate Diploma in Crafts Design Major (3-yrs).

Elig: Graduation or 3-year, full -time diploma in any discipline.

* Exceptional candidates with 3-5 years experience in crafts or related field with 10+2 are also eligible.

Appln Form: Send Rs. 250/- by DD in favour of “Indian Institute of Crafts & Design” payable at Jaipur, to the Director, or in cash at counter.

Engineering

Jul 08 Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh 160014.

*Engineering and Architectural Courses.

Selection Procedure: Common Entrance Test conducted on May 22 & 23.

Appln Form: Send Rs. 110/- by DD in favour of “Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh’ drawn on and payable at a scheduled Commercial Bank at Chandigarh, to the Manager, Publication Bureau, or Rs 75/- in cash at counter.

Jul 13 Delhi College of Engineering (Govt. of NCT of Delhi), Bawana Road, Delhi 110042.

*MSc (Applied Physics)

ME in:

Civil Engg, Electrical Engg/Electronics & Comm Engg, Mech Engg, Applied Chemistry, Computer Engg.

Appln Form: Forms are available on payment of Rs. 150/- in cash at counter.

Jul 15 Vishweshraiya College of Engineering & Technology (V.C.E.T.), CB-152, Main Road, Naraina, New Delhi 110028.

*Automobile engg (1-yr)

*Refrigeration & A.C. Engg (1-yr)

*Radio & T.V. Engg (1-yr)

Elig: Class X.

Appln Form: Send Rs. 125/- by DD in favour of “V.C.E.T.” payable at New Delhi or Rs. 100/- in cash at counter.

Jul 23 Delhi College of Engineering (Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi), Bawana Road, Delhi 110042.

*PhD in

Civil/Electrical/Electronics & Comm/Mech/Production/Polymer Tech/Applied Mathematics (3-yrs, F/T).

Elig: For Engg Disciplines: ME/MTech in the appropriate branch.

*For Applied Science: MSc in the appropriate branch.

*UGC-CSIR-sponsored candidates are also eligible.

Selection Procedure: Interview.

Appln Form: Send Rs. 200/- by IPO in favour of “Principal, Delhi College of Engineering” payable at GPO, Delhi, along with three self-addressed slips (10x5cm) mentioning the course, till 9 July to the Dy. Administrative Officer or Rs. 150/- in cash at counter.

Vishweshraiya College of Engineering & Technology (V.C.E.T.) CB-152, Ring Road, Naraina, New Delhi 110028.

*(1) Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

*(2) Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Duration & Elig: *For (1):

3 years for those with a pass in Class X.

2 years for those with a pass in Class XII.

*For (2):

5 years for those with a pass in Class X.

4 years for those with a pass in Class XII.

2½ years for diploma-holders.

Selection Procedure: Direct admission for those with 60% marks.

Appln Form: Send Rs. 125/- by DD in favour of “V.C.E.T.” payable at New Delhi or Rs. 100/- in cash at counter.

Finance

Jul 7 College of Business Studies (University of Delhi), Vivek Vihar, Phase-II, Delhi 110095.

*Bachelor of Financial & Investment Analysis (BFIA) (3-yrs, F/T).

Elig” 10+2 with 60% agg. (55% for reserved categories) in four papers including English and Mathematics.

Selection Procedure: Entrance test on July 18.

Appln Form: Forms available at counter on production of DD for Rs. 310/- (Rs. 185/- for reserved categories) drawn in favour of “Principal, College of Business Studies, Delhi”.

Food technology

Jul 09 Food Craft Institute, Badkhal Lake Chowk, Faridabad 121001, Haryana.

*(1) PG Diploma in Accom-modation Operation & Manage-ment (1½-yrs).

*(2) Craftsmanship Course in Food Production (1½-yrs).

*3 (3) Craftsmanship Course in Food & Beverage (Service (1½-yrs).

Elig: for (1): Graduate with English. Age limit: 28-yrs (31-yrs for SC/ST as on 9.7.99.

For (2) & (3): 10+2 with knowledge of English.

Age limit: 22 yrs-(25 yrs for SC/ST).

Appln Form: Send Rs 60/- by DD payable to the Food Craft Institute at Faridabad or by DD at counter.

Footwear technology

Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India), A-10A, Sector-24, Noida 201301, U.P.

* (1) Management in Footwear Technology (MFT) ( 1½-yrs.)

*(2) Higher Diploma in Footwear Technology (HDFT) (1½-yrs.)

*(3) Diploma in Footwear Designing (DFD) (1½-yrs).

Elig: For (1): Postgraduation in any discipline or BE.B Tech.

For (2): Graduation in any descipline or diploma in engineering.

For (3): Graduation in any discipline or Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Appln Form: Send Rs. 400/- by DD in favour of “FDDI” payable at Noida/Delhi to the Course Coordinator.

Leather technology & design

Jul 16 Regional Centre for Extension & Development (Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai), Nakodar Road, Jalandhar 144003.

*(1) Certificate in Assembling & Stitching of Leather Garments (6 months).

*(2) Certificate in Pattern Making of Leather Garments ( 6 months).

*(3) Diploma in Leather Garments Design & Construction (40 weeks).

Elig: For (1) & (2) Matriculation.

*For (3): 10+2).

Appln Form: Send Rs 50/- by DD in favour of “Central Leather Research Institute” payable at Chennai along with a self-addressed, stamped (Rs 3/-) envelope (30x15 cm) or by DD at counter.

Mass communication

Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS), C-1/9, West Enclave, Pitampura, Delhi 110034.

*Master’s in Mass Communica-tion (2-yrs).

Elig: Graduation in any discipline.

*Those with a Bachelor’s/ Diploma in Journalism or Mass Communication can apply directly for admission in second year.

Appln Form: Send Rs 150/- by DD in favour of “JIMS” or Rs 100/- in cash at counter.

July 15 A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025.

*M.A. in Mass Communication (2-yrs).

Elig: Graduation (under 10+2+3) system) in any discipline with 50% agg. Age limit: 30 yrs as on 1.8.99.

Appln Form: Send Rs 70/- by DD or IPO in favour of “Mass Communication Research Centre, New Delhi” along with a self-addressed envelope (7x10) or Rs 50/- in cash at counter.

Medicine

Jul 6 Nehru Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 & Dr B.R. Sur Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Nanak Pura, Moti Bagh, New Delhi 110024.

*BHMS ( Bachelor of Homoeopathic System of Medicine and Surgery) (5½-yrs).

Elig: 10+2 with PCB.

Appln Form: Forms are available on payment of Rs 50/- (Rs. 20/- for SC/ST) in cash at counter.

Nursing

Jul 31 School of Nursing, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi 110001.

*Entrance exam for admission to 3-year Diploma in General Nursing & Midwifery.

Elig: 10+2 with 50% agg. Age. 17-22 years as on 1.10.99. Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for OBC.

Appl Form: Apply along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope and copy of Class XII marksheet with proof of age, to the Principal, Forms can be obtained at the counter by producing XII original marksheet.

Last date of issue of Forms: 15 July.

Scholarships

Jul 15 Department of Education (M/o Human Resource Development, Govt. of India), A.1/W.3, C.R. Barracks, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001.

*Japanese Govt. Scholarships for postgraduate study/research in: Microprocessor Applications/ Technology; Opto-electronics; Fiber Optics; Quality & Reliability Engg; Robotics; Laser Technology; Biotechnology; Ship-building; Biological Oceanogra-phy; Fine Arts; Japanese Language & Litt.; Japanese Studies; Fisheries; Earthquake Engg; Management Studies; Remote Sensing.

Duration: 1½-years.

Elig: * Age Limit: Below 35 years as on 1 Apr. 2000.

*For Ship-building and Japanese language, Bachelor’s degree in these subject fields.

*For Fine Arts, a Bachelor’s degree or Diploma (equivalent to Bachelor’s degree) in Fine Arts.

*For other subjects, postgraduation in the concerned subject or related field.

* Candidate must secure 60% agg. at the level of prescribed eligibility qualification.

* Except for Fine Arts, Japanese Language and Japanese Studies, candidates should possess at least two consecutive years of practical research/ teaching/work experience as on 30.6.99 after obtaining the prescribed qualification. MPhil will be treated as equivalent to 1-year research experience.

Appln Form: See the advertisement published in leading national dailies.

Sports

Jul 09 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab.

*Master’s in Sports Physiotherapy (2-yrs).

Selection Procedure: Entrance Test.

Appl Form: Send Rs 160 by DD in favour of “The Registrar, Guru Nanak Dev University” payable at Amritsar or Rs. 130/- in cash at counter.

Textile Technology

Jul 12 The Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences (affiliated to Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak), Birla Colony, Bhiwani 127021.

*MTech (Textile Technology) 3 semesters)

Elig: GATE

Appln Form: Send Rs. 325/- by M.O. to the Director or Rs 300/- in cash at counter.

Unless otherwise specified, the dates mentioned above are deadlines for receipt of completed application forms.

CARING (Career Information & Guidance), New Delhi.