A large number of foreign scholars and teachers are keen to join the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar as its faculty members, an official said on Thursday. The process of appointing faculty for the varsity has begun and 500 applications have been received for the 20 posts that will initially be filled. “Around 22 percent of the applicants for faculty posts, including professors, assistant professors, are foreign scholars and teachers,” Vice Chancellor Gopa Sabharwal said.

The university plans to start with two schools – School of Historical Sciences and the School of Environment and Ecology – by August-September. “The recruitment is for 20 faculty members posts – 10 in each school,” she said. Sabharwal said the recruitment process will be complete by March-end or early April. The university will then advertise for student enrolments. “Initially, only 15 to 20 students will be enrolled in each school,” she said. The university is set to come up on 446 acres in Rajgir, 10 km from the site of the ancient university in Nalanda, about 100 km southeast of Patna.

The university will be fully residential, like the ancient Nalanda university. It will offer courses in science, philosophy and spiritualism and social sciences.

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So, here is the time when many school pass outs are looking for admissions in various disciplines, based on their aggregate scoring in the high school examination!

And that is one of the toughest phases of education, seemingly so, for all aspiring students.

But, are the marks alone enough for promising education and a sound career?

Are parents also looking at the placement statistics of the institution where the child is opting for higher education?

Is there anything else that the admission seeking students and their parents need to know, beyond their scores and their preferred courses & subjects?

Well, since ancient times, the great Indian thinkers have always looked at education as the means for enlightenment through intellectual and moral development.  Interestingly,  even the greatest western  thinkers of higher education like  John Henry Newman (1850’s), Franklin Bobbit (1940’s), and Martha Nussbaum (contemporary) have consistently emphasized that university education is primarily aimed at developing individual’s intellect and raise the intellectual tone of society

Peripheral factors like scoring and immediate placements, etc., cannot continue to be its prime motivators for long. The admission seekers and their parents have to look at higher education as training for life and for the last job rather than the first job. 

We are hereby proposing 11 cumulative questions that can help the parents and students need to know the thing before seeking College Admission to get clarifications about the core factors related the program of study and the institute they are opting for.

1. What are the goals and distinguishing characteristics of the curriculum? How does the curriculum address the need of broad based multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary education? How are industry internship and service learning (e.g., social internship, etc.) incorporated in the curriculum? What kind of flexibility and choices are offered to the students in deciding the specific courses (subjects)?
2. How does the curriculum aim to engage the student with larger and deeper questions related to life, society, profession, business ecosystem, and sustainable development?
3. What is the process of curriculum revision? When was the curriculum revised last time? What is the process of revising the syllabus of specific courses listed in the curriculum? How many specific courses listed in the curriculum have been revised in the last three years? How many new courses have been added to the curriculum in the last three years? How does the education help for next 10 years.
4. What kind of text and reference books are used in courses? Are students necessarily engaged with world class books by internationally reputed authors or some low quality local books dominate student racks?
5. How many faculty members are there in the core discipline of the program? What is the student-faculty ratio in the core discipline? What is the typical class size? What is the average weekly teaching load of faculty? Do they have sufficient time to interact with individual students?
6. What are the qualification, teaching experience, non-teaching professional experience, and interdisciplinary exposure of the faculty members of core discipline? Where did they study and work before? What kind of participation do they have in professional and alumni networks? What kind of professional, research, writing, consultancy, or social interests do they pursue?
7. What faculty and student exchange programs are effectively operational in the institution? What is duration and nature of these programs? What fraction of faculty and students have benefitted from such programs in last three years?
8. In the last three years, how many students from the institution have won some international or national awards related to the core discipline?
9. In the last three years, how many students have gone for further studies at world’s top 200 universities/institutes with respect to the core discipline they are opting?
10. What kinds of opportunities are available to students for extra-curricular engagement? Do these engagements expand their aesthetic sensitiveness, creativity, self expression, social responsibility, and leadership abilities? How are extra-curricular activities integrated with their core discipline?
11. What kind of ecosystem, encouragement, and support are provided to students for creation their own startups? How many students and alumni have created their own startups in the last 3 years?

In the last decade, scoring and placement seem to have  become the most popular criteria and sometimes even the sole factor for assessing the quality of education. When  it comes to reporting educational news, a large section of popular media  finds placement related news to be the most  worthy positive aspect of campuses.

A large number of  institutes have started paying over-attention to the placement activity.  In our view, the present highly skewed trend is even more harmful than those days when the campus placement was of no or very little concern to the educational institutes, till 1980’s.    With the growing economy and opening avenues, there is no dearth of  jobs in some sectors.

Employers’   entry level manpower needs are so large that do not even bother to look at the quality of education and mark-sheets of the prospective young brigade.   And this is perfectly fine with respect to the nature of the work  assigned to most freshers at many companies. It is not intellectually very demanding or challenging and hence it does not require deep technical knowledge and high scoring.

Often an overall pleasing personality with potential to remain disciplined and learn on the job are  sufficient criteria for selection.    For example, for the last several years, each of the major IT service company is  recruiting  tens of thousands of freshers with or without distinctions. Obviously their needs cannot be fulfilled by few colleges.

Hence, they have to recruit  in large numbers at  hundreds of colleges all over the country. Much better quality jobs are available in smaller companies.

The admission seeking students and their parents should not consider campus  placement and scoring  as the only and a  very reliable/sustainable measures of the quality of education.  They need to look at the core factors to reliably assess the quality of education for a  long run, which help to sustain a lifetime.

We are sure that asking some of the above listed questions will help the admission seeking students and their parents to focus on the core factors at the time of such a crucial decision making.

Demanding and inquisitive students and parents will also create the required stimulus for the education community to reflect and respond with required improvements in our system.

All the very best to each one of you, seeking higher education and good jobs there of!

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So finally you are out of school and there are so many emotions running through your mind.

You are sad because now you have to bid adieu to your school friends, you are also happy and excited to start a new journey in your life- The college life!

I agree it’s a new journey for you, but always remember it is also the time you will meet new people who will either teach you important lessons or those who will completely shake your belief in human race.

So today I am going to share the types of people you need to stay away from in your college life if you want those 4 years to be stress free!

‘Chalaak Chatur’ types!

If you have seen 3 Idiots, you definitely know why you need to avoid characters like ‘Chatur’. They are the one who are jealous of you and would do all it takes to distract you or try to be ahead of you by hook or by crook. Stay away from them and make your life easier.

‘The Butter’ types!

They may be the teacher’s favourite student, but there is a reason you need to avoid them. They are the chamchas every class has, and you don’t want all your secrets to be leaked out to your college professor right? So better just avoid them.

The attention seekers!

Ok lets just admit these are the terrible lot you will meet a lot in your college. They are the one craving your attention all the time and will do any damn thing just to grab attention. The best way to deal with them is to compliment them “Yeh le bhai, aadha kilo bhav, khush?” and just RUN!

The wannabe gang leaders!

They may be a localite and they seem to know MLA or have jugaad in XYZ place, they may seem to be strong and influential people to hang out with. But remember although they might bail you out from situations, they might be the reason you are stuck in that situation. So the best thing is? Yes avoid them!

The energy suckers!

You need to save energy to attend those long boring lectures right? So you also need to stay away from people who just take away all your energies when they are around. They might try to irritate you so much that you will just want to run away from your college. But they say better be safe than sorry, so avoid them beforehand only and save yourself from the horror.

The ‘Bunkers’

Remember your parents have paid high fees so that you can have a secure future. You are there for a reason and that is solely studies! You surely need to avoid someone who has this trait.

Negative thinkers!

Vibes matter, trust me! You need to have positive people around you. Negative people will always cringe about everything, they will take away even your positivity. So beware who you stay around with.

Well these were some of the types you need to avoid in your college life.

Don’t forget to share in case you think I missed any in the comments below.

All the best for your college life. Have fun, make friends but ensure you don’t forget to study well 😉 

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Talk about a school and most of us either recall our fun-filled childhood or the dreadful education system that made us rote and study something that is of no use in today’s world.

However, there are some schools in the world that will shock you and make you rethink about the education!

Here are these:

1) The Boat Schools of Bangladesh

It might sound fun to study in a boat, but these boat schools are made out of necessity due to excessive floods in the country. Started by a non-profit organization called, Shidulai Swanirvar Sangstha, these schools boast of solar power, internet connectivity and libraries! As many as 100 boat schools are floating in Bangladesh empowering the country’s children and helping them make a great future!

2) The Witch School of Salem

Want to study the Witchcraft of Sorcery, Paganism, Wicca, and Divinatory Arts? Look no further! Enrol yourself amongst 40,000 other students in this school based in Salem giving special physical classes to teach you witchcraft. It is based on the same site which was a witness to 200 witch trials from the year 1692 to 1693!

3) Dongzhong Cave School in China

Your village doesn’t have enough resources to make a school? Well, find a cave nearby and start giving education! That’s what the villagers of a poor place in China did so that their children can get educated, even if in a dark and dingy cave. However, the government shut its gates in 2001!

4) River Plate School, Argentina

The students of this school have to manage their studies in a world famous soccer stadium in Buenos Aires. It is a world class stadium and home to famous soccer team Club Atletico while also holding the crown to teach as many as 2000 pupils! Imagine something like this in our own backyard in Wankhede Stadium? Or at Eden Garden?

5) School Of The Future, Philadelphia

Trust Microsoft to do everything differently and on a grand scale. This school is designed by Microsoft for the poor section of society selected through a lottery process and at a cost of $63 million since 2006 is home to so many students carving out a decent future for them. Best part: every kid is given a laptop and education is totally paperless!

6) Burgess Hill School, England

While schools are all about education, some give a different meaning to it by introducing certain aspects to it in the name of social experiment. This school in the 1960’s did exactly that by mirroring the rebellious attitude of the youth of that generation. Hence, taking lessons was voluntary, smoking was allowed, listening to music and wearing sunglasses wasn’t taboo and you could have even taken your pet with you in the class! Sounds fun? Well, the society didn’t consider it fun and hence it closed down! Good experiment though!

7) Gulu Elementary School, China

To reach this school is like making a herculean effort on a daily basis! The kids have to pass through the Luoma Way with sharp turns, narrow rocky passages and risky bridges to reach this school based in Sichuan Province in China. It started in 1980’s to empower a village and as improvement in its basic facilities, boasts of a proper toilet and a basketball court!

8) Harvey Milk High School, New York

This is a school dedicated to the needs of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders who otherwise feel humiliated and cornered in other institutions. Despite being attacked by society, the school survives till date and makes sure it’s students are treated like human beings and are no discriminated for their sexuality.

9) The Train Platform Schools Of India

Inderjit Khurana use to watch children begging while on her way to work on trains. This gave her an idea to start teaching these students on railway platforms between stations. What started as just one school now boasts of teaching 4000 needy children and even taking care of their food and medical needs of their family!

10) Forest Kindergartens, Across Europe   

Studying amidst nature is dream come true for many. Enabling students aged 3-6 years are taught in outdoor classrooms helping them learn about nature in the most natural way. Just that kids need to be bit careful as the schools function in summers, winters and every other possible season!

Education has to be fun if it has to generate interest among students. These schools do provide an interesting way to study. Let’s hope more such alternative ways of studying come up to help many of our illiterate brethren come out of the darkness and see the light!

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India is making efforts to think, behave and make plans that are innovative, creative and are on the upsurge.

Chennai schools and colleges introducing unique courses and career options such as bag designing, footwear making in colleges or even legal and theatre studies in schools bears a testimony to this fact.

Bag designing

Could you have ever imagined that you can get a degree in performing arts and crafts or niche courses in humanities could also be a part of the education system in India wherefore, you can make great careers out of it? No, right?

But, now with unpredictable off-beat courses offered by Chennai educational institutes such as Kalakshetra and Dakshin Chitra and integrated courses on arts by IIT, Madras and colleges affiliated to the universities in Chennai, it is a possibility to pursue your career in a completely different direction, and yes, it is a welcome change keeping in mind the current trends and times.

Many students have been interested in enrolling themselves for visual communication in Madras Christian College, stressing the relevance of ad agencies, presentations and more interactive methods of communications in all fields.

The state universities in the past few years, have come up with fascinating and interesting courses in food processing, footwear making, bag designing, computer mathematics and even insurance subjects.

Food processing

It is of even greater importance that schools in Chennai too have decided to make their mark in this field, with many offering film-making courses, cinematography and photography. However, these courses, more than film- making have mostly been based on designing ad campaigns for films, video-making and giving lessons on the state of extended media and the innovative techniques of collating videos for storytelling purposes.

Footwear making

Chennai colleges are too emphasizing much on revamping their course infrastructure by introducing plant biotechnology, food service and nutrition management replacing those traditional, conventional subjects such as home science and botany.

Not only do these colleges introduce unique courses but they also cater to vocational, placement-based education especially for degrees in BBA, B.Sc. and BCA as apparently, most students choose to pursue them. However, the speciality now is that the B.Com. Cost Accounting course would now offer students with a professional degree and coaching from the institute itself, and would not require you to wait for a year after graduation to finally get placed.

In the field of Engineering however, the interests for instrumentation and mechatronics have not gained much warmth and popularity from the students. People mostly prefer courses in Computer Science or Electronic Engineering or even for that matter Civil and Mechanical Engineering. The students, it seems like to have it specific and clear before they even enrol themselves.

There are less of students now who are purely and genuinely interested in science subjects such as botany, zoology and physics. Maybe this is the reason why Chennai schools and colleges have come up with such multi-faceted courses and unique subjects as Legal Studies and Theatre Studies for its Class 11^th students.

However, it seems that India has not warmed up to the idea of opting for such subjects as not even 20 per cent of the students have chosen these subjects, thus making these courses as good as non-viable and even forcing closure upon them. CBSE schools had faced much difficulty in shutting down these courses as after they had appointed faculty it was not possible to end their employment just as the interest for these courses had been rare.

The Chennai school authorities had mentioned that these off-beat courses are more popular in the northern part of the country and South India is still not open to the idea of non-conservative courses and are still living in the era of engineering and medicine.

While CBSE came up with 186 different courses ranging from Radiation Physics to Bakery Science for class 11^th and 12^th students, schools in the state have mostly witnessed children still opting for science and commerce streams.

Even schools that had introduced these unconventional courses have had to see close-down because of lack of the number of students applying for them.

This lack of patronage among students and their parents for these courses even led a course on Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India in The Vel’s Vidyashram Senior Secondary School to be shut down, that had once seen much fan following, especially as the CBSE Chairman was the one to launch the course in the city.

The city had also come up with interesting course combinations such as Economics, Maths, Science and Physics or Business Studies instead of Maths replacing the traditional choice of Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English or Computer Science instead of Maths or Biology for the State Board stream.

However, courses like Photography and Home Science have not done well and this has made it doubtful whether these off-beat courses are doing any good to the city’s schools and colleges, given the smattering of students.

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Getting ahead of your competition in this ever-competitive environment is critical in landing you with your dream job and a lucrative salary package.

This edge can only be achieved if you put in some extra effort to be apart from the rest in a different sort of way.

Diplomas and PG Certifications seem to be slowly becoming the current choice of students in India over traditional degree education. We take a look at this phenomenon below:

Why Are They So Popular Over Traditional Degrees?

In today’s world, niche specializations during your post-graduation years are more in vogue compared to the traditional degree which tends to eat up two or more years of your time.  Niche PG specializations offer you these benefits over traditional degrees:

1. More or less the same course material is covered in a considerably shorter duration
2. The time that you save by studying your course material faster helps you get work more faster than people doing a full-time degree
3. Many employers today look for that extra spark in your resume’, which specialization courses give you
4. In some fields, such as media and marketing, specialization courses sometimes get more weightage than traditional degrees because they are done under the guidance of specialized and highly trained instructors which some degree colleges may lack.

Overview of Courses Available In India

PG specialization courses are available in almost all fields of learning, technical and non-technical. A few specialization courses by some famous colleges in India are mentioned below according to their niche.

Management

Indian Institute of Management offers various PG specialization courses in Corporate Strategy & Policy, Economics & Social Sciences, Finance & Control, Marketing and Production\Operations Management.

Management

Medical

Safdurjung Hospital in New Delhi offers PG specialization courses in specialized medical procedures such as: Diploma in Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Diploma in Anaesthesia, Diploma in Child Health, M.Ch – Plastic Surgery, MD – Anaesthesiology, MD – Microbiology to name a few.

Medical

Engineering

College of Engineering & Technology in Bikaner offers varied trainings in the following sub-fields of engineering: Aeronautical Engineering, Building and Construction, Computer, Electrical and Electronics, Information Technology, Mechanical, Petroleum engineering, etc.

Engineering

Media Studies\Journalism

Amity University\ MV Media Institute, Lucknow \ SIMC, Pune, all offer specialized courses in journalism that cater various journalism genres such as reporting, editing, correspondence, video editing, analysis generation and many more.

Media study

Computer Programming

SSDN Technologies in Delhi NCR, offers varied specializations in courses required for mobile and application development. They also offer specialized vocational trainings required by current employers to ensure quality of work and efficiency in their employees, for e.g. ITIL, PMP, Six Sigma and TQM.

Computer programming

Hospitality Management

IGNOU offers a horde of courses in hospitality management for specific industry requirements such as:

Hotel management, Air ticketing, Hospital management, Tourism development and more

Hospitality

Arts

National School of Drama offers specialized certifications in acting, presentation, direction and editing. Global DJ institute in Mumbai offers DJ training and Electronic Music Production.

Arts

3D Design and CAD Architecture

Institutes like Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics, Arena Animation, Frameboxx, and Animaster offer specialized courses in 3D modelling, texturing, lighting and compositing. They also have separate courses for VFX training and CAD architecture management.

3D Design

Are These Meant For You?

• This is a very tiny list compiled here to illustrate to you the changing mindset of India’s youth, they want quality education at a faster pace in order to soar in their career of choice.
• Almost every field of learning now has one or the other specialized courses to support students who are unable to take up regular degree courses.
• These courses are available in part-time or long distance learning format to help you overcome the constraints of time, especially if you have other work at hand or are unable to attend a regular college due to some circumstances or health concerns.

Whether you go the specialization way or the degree way, you end up learning the same course material but in a different style of presentation.

Specialization courses are currently becoming a trending choice amongst India’s youth since they are easier to do, do not require any cut-off marks to take admissions into and give you a feel of your intended industry even before you become a part of it.

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Delhi has popularly become the rape capital and the number of road rage and violent activities have been increasing day by day in the state, with 36 such incidents encountered on Delhi streets in 2013 and by August 2014, more than 20 such cases being registered. Some of the cases have also been of drunken driving where reckless aggressive driving has taken a toll on some innocent lives.

One of Delhi University’s renowned colleges, St. Stephen’s has planned to take a valid basic action against such violence and inhumanity in the wake of the recent incidents of gang-rape and violent acts in the city.

The action is that St.Stephen’s is set to introduce is a course for ‘Citizens of Delhi’ aimed at making them better citizens of the country and shaping their attitudes and lives for the betterment.

St. Stephen College, Delhi

The enrollment for St. Stephen’s new course to shape better citizens would neither require an interview for selection of candidates nor does it need cut-off marks for a Class 12^th pass out to compete. The admissions for this course are open for all candidates above the age of 18 who have completed their schooling. However, if you want to enrol yourself for this course, you have to apply fast as the first two hundred applicants will be chosen for the first batch.

The candidate’s only eligible criteria is his/her age as minimum 18 years of age is required for him/her to be capable enough of understanding various issues related to the grooming of an individual into a better citizen of the country.

The course according to the Principal, Valson Thampu will be all comprehensive with aspects of political science, culture studies, economics, history, law, economics, sociology, current affairs, management, science and philosophy included in the course curriculum.

Dr. Valson Thampu – St. Stephen College Delhi

The principal strongly believes that the course curriculum is so designed to help students better understand the value of culture and humanity and has been launched only to create an environment that would foster cultural richness, intellectual vibrancy and increase in the sense of sensitivity among citizens.

The registration needs a minimal amount of only Rupees 1000 (DD) to be submitted at the time of registration in favour of the Principal. The applicant would need to log on to the college website’s admissions page before February 20 as this is the last date for application. The list for selected candidates will be up on the site on February 22 while the course will begin from March 7 this year.

The Principal and faculties of English, Political Science and Physics as well as some other eminent professors will be the mentor for this course and the classes would be conducted from 4 to 6 p.m. each Saturday.

The course will also be opening the window to the promotion and understanding of our rich cultural heritage and increasing intellectual prowess and overall awareness about the country so that students are better equipped for a lifelong learning that will connect the citizens of Delhi to the culture of the college that is promoting a world-class education in the city.

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If finding out the online secrets of your friends and family interests you and you can easily spot the loopholes in a network system as well as the keys to a locked computer system, you can choose to get paid for the same!

Even a few years back, what used to be a crime and was considered unlawful and unethical, Hacking is growing as a big industry in itself where hackers are all the more needed and appraised by corporate and legal bodies alike for their smart techie moves, inquisitive nature and obsession to find out details.

Even fields like Mass Media and the Crime Investigation bodies needs good ethical hackers or coders who can figure out codes, breach the cyber security and crack passwords to find out information about an individual or group and protect computers and thus individuals and nations from horrendous cyber- crime.

There are various colleges and coaching institutes that can let you in on the different hacking tools and coding in different programming languages.

Some of the Ethical Hacking Colleges In India are enlisted here:

Indian School of Ethical Hacking, Kolkata

Indian School of Ethical hacking, Kolkatta

This institute offers a course on Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures that will enable you to introduce, educate and showcase hacking tools on penetration testing. However, the educational institute requires you to sign an agreement before joining the course, stating that the skills learnt in the process will not be used or rather misused for malicious intents and if done, the institute will not be held responsible for the same.

The duration for the course is 10 days and 4 hours each with 2 classes every week and evening classes on weekends.

Eligibility

The institute needs you to have an elementary knowledge of Database, Severside Programming such as PHP, JSP or ASP.net as well as the basic know-how of Networking. If however, you are not able to fulfil this criteria, you can complete the ‘industry ready’ course from the institute itself that will include a job-oriented training on C Programming, Data Structure, Database and Networking concepts, HTML and Java scripts, Core Java and Advanced Java as well as Application Development using VB.net.

Course Curriculum

The course on Ethical Hacking will lead you to understand Proxy Server and Packet Filtering, Linux Hacking, Trojans and Backdoors, Social Engineering, Session Hijacking, Reverse Engineering, Hacking Database servers, Wireless Network Hacking and Countermeasures, Vulnerability Assessment and many other such concepts in different modules. This is an all-comprehensive course on Hacking tools and techniques, teaching all from Hacking Routers and Firewalls to Buffer Overflows to Cryptography, Computer Forensics to Incident Handling and the like.

Institute of Information Security, Mumbai/Pune/Delhi/Chandigarh/Thane

Institute of Information Security

This institute offers a certification course on Ethical Hacking to make you a Certified Information Security Consultant (CISC) within six months of training. This is more of a vocational course that gives an edge over basic undergraduate students of Networking.  The CISC training will not only arm you with the technical knowledge but also train you with consulting skills, compliance standards, forensics and also cyber-crime investigations. Both the basic fundamentals and the advanced concepts are taught during this course. This course would comprise of more than 45 sessions divided into four quarters and 15-20 modules. The faculty provides with informative notes and study materials as well as practical training on live projects.

This institute now also offers EC –Council CEH (Ethical Hacking) Certification along with CISC training.

Eligibility

This institute offers courses on Ethical Hacking for both amateurs and professionals so if you are a fresh graduate in Networking and Administration or a professional with 5-6 years of experience in the IT industry, the course is well suited for you.

Course Curriculum

The course content is elaborate and industry-oriented with modules on Fundamentals, Coding, Network, Server and Application Security as well as Digital Forensics and Compliance. The fundamentals are based on Network Fundamentals such as understanding protocols, IP addressing, packet analysis and subnet, super-net, et al, as well as OS Fundamentals on Windows Server Architecture, Linux Server Architecture and File Artifacts, etc.  While the Network Security focuses on manual test cases, packet crafting, vulnerability discovery, wireless security and the like, Digital Forensics teaches you about live and dead forensics, thump rules of investigation, detection of incidents and preserving chain of custody.

Arizona Infotech, Pune

Arizona Infotech

The course on Ethical Hacking in Arizona Infotech would emphasize on hacking and counter-measuring techniques for duration of 15 days.

Eligibility

Anyone with an interest in penetration testing for finding and operating on computer security vulnerabilities has the eligibility to apply for this course in Arizona Infotech. However a basic computer networking knowledge helps in better understanding of the concepts.

Course Curriculum

This training is based on Google or Bing Hacking, Trace Route Target IP Address, Password attacks, MySQL server enumerating, UDP Sweeping and Probing, Advanced OS Fingerprinting, Uptime Info Hunting, Advanced File Handling Attacks, Sniffing Facebook Cookies, Session Hijacking Attacks and so on and so forth. The course gives a fair idea on CSRF attacks, attacking DHCP servers, Social Engineering Attacks, Writing Virus Codes, etc.

Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad

Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad

If you are from the software industry or have studied computer sciences, you must have heard the name of renowned self-proclaimed ethical hacker, Ankit Fadia. Well, this institute has tied up with Fadia to provide a distance learning course on Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security.

Eligibility

The eligibility criterion for this course is being a graduate in any field. You would also not have to appear for an admission test.

Course Curriculum

The one-year course would entitle you to provide customized cyber security solutions to clients just like Ankit Fadia who has conducted more than 1000 training sessions on cyber security for 25 countries including an audience ranging from the top-level executives to management, to defence personnel, entrepreneurs and students. His clients range from Google and Citibank to Bank of Thailand, Jumeirah International and Infosys.

Innobuzz Knowledge Solutions

Innobuzz Knowledge Solutions

This institute based in many states in India like Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur offers an international certification in Information Security and Ethical Hacking, Certified Information Security Expert (CISE) Certification. It would enable you to become an Information Security Expert. The training duration is for 40 hours.

Eligibility

If you have the basic knowledge in computer systems and internet networks, you are eligible for this course.

Course Curriculum

The training programme in its various chapters teaches you everything in computer security solutions ranging from understanding Malware, SQL injection to Firewalls and Honeypots, Wireless Hacking, Physical Security, Exploit Writing and Buffer Overflow, et al. The Incident Handling and Computer Forensics as well as Security Compliance and Auditing are useful lessons in IT security and hacking services.

The Cyber Security Experts are going to be more and more in demand worldwide as suggested by NASSCOM. An internship with an IT organization or a corporate house as an Ethical Hacker can pave the way for you to get absorbed and earn a handsome salary of Rupees 10-12 lakhs annually, depending on the experience, skills and enthusiasm to learn more and work better.

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Earlier there was a thin line demarcating business or professional activities from leisure ones, which has now completely vanished, making people opt for careers in fields that are highly recreational, leisurely or just involves lazing around or even working with basic sense organs. For instance, can you imagine eating, sleeping or tasting beverages like tea could ever fetch you money, if not for the present day scenario?

Today the job market has come up with such diversity in career options that are the most unconventional and still relatively new like the field of tea management, especially for people living in Asia, from where the tea drinking habit originated and spread far across the world.

Tea leaves serve the taste buds as much as they serve India’s economy and its export revenue, where several people get jobs in the tea plantation industry.

Well, if you are a tea lover, you too can earn a good sum, especially with a degree or diploma course in tea management.

Tea tasting as a career

There are people working at all different levels in the tea industry whether it is related with the production, finance, sales and marketing, processing or tea tasting. There are courses in several institutes providing for courses in all these different aspects of the tea industry. However, these courses would not need you to be having a master’s or Ph.D., a simple graduate or a student who has passed class 12^th can work as a tea sommelier after pursuing these courses and earn a handsome pay package! After the completion of this course, you surely would be able to tell one tea leaf from the other!

All being said and done, graduates of botany, agricultural science, food science, horticulture and related subjects would stand a better chance in understanding the procedures behind tea production and processing of tea leaves much better. If, however, you want to work in the marketing field of tea industry, a course in marketing and management would be advantageous. The industry offers for a job in tea brokering, auctioning, branding, marketing, processing, consulting, research, plantation management, et al.

The Department of Tea Husbandry and Technology in Assam Agricultural University, Indian Institute of Plantation Management, The Tea Research Association (TRA), Calcutta, Dipras Institute of Professional Studies, Darjeeling Tea Research and Management Association, NITM, Assam Darjeeling Tea Research Centre, Dipras Institute of Professional Studies, UPASI Tea Research Institute, The Tea Tasters Academy, Birla Institute of Futuristic Studies and Department of Tea Management, University of North Bengal are some colleges that offer both degree and diploma courses in tea management. Out of these, Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore is also known to offer two certificate courses in Tea Tasting and Marketing. For the professional certificate programme in tea tasting and marketing, the course duration is only for 45 days, while for a certificate course on Tea Estate Management is only for a month.

Tea tasting courses

Dipras Institute also offers a certificate course in Tea Management with course duration for a year; however, its Tea Tasting course would be complete within 2 months. The Post Graduate Diploma Course (PGDT) in NITM lasts for 9 months while at the Birla Institute, the Tea Tasting course is only for duration of 3 months. The University of North Bengal also offers a post-graduate diploma in Tea Management (PGDTM) for tenure of a year.

NITM has various modules for the PGDT course that includes Tea Culture and Agronomy, Tea Processing, Tea Management and General work in Tea Plantations covering surveys of land and nature and project works.

Most of these colleges offer courses in tea management for a short term, where processing, finance, marketing and tea tasting are all a part of the curriculum. Tea tasting, though needs you to be an avid tea lover, a quality which should be inherent or inculcated and not taught or that can be learnt over a period of time. However, during the training, one learns to spot the missing ingredient in a certain type of tea, and grade its quality by an understanding of the colour, brightness, the density and the texture or strength of the beverage. A tea prepared in Assam will be easily distinguishable for you from the one made in Kerala, after this course. A cup of tea that has more of water and less of tea leaves and a cup where all ingredients are in the right proportion to one another are something you will easily be able to make out by just sniffing the tea and inhaling its aroma, examining how even is the texture to calculate and figure out the innate, minute differences and the strength of the cup of tea.

After the course, you will be equipped with managing tea plantations, estates, agricultural requirements, finances, the storage and marketing needs as well as the labour management processes. But to pursue the course, you will first need to take a general aptitude test that will be a check on your skills, market knowledge about the leading beverage industries globally and your awareness on the prerequisites for tea production like the type of area, soil and equipment required.

The tea industry in India is a market that is flourishing and has a promising future and many organizations in the country employ individuals offering them attractive incentives like The Tea Board of India, Tea Plantations and Associations or broking houses where you can be employed as research personnel and tea consultants.

If you are interested in the finance aspect of the industry, working as the Financial Head, Consultant, Estate manager or in the marketing department can be a viable option and you can be paid generously as well with trainees earning INR 7000-10,000 and senior professionals around INR 25,000 a month. However, if you specialise in a certain aspect of the industry, you may even go on to earn a whopping 50,000 rupees a month and may even get the chance to work in a five-star hotel.

So what are you waiting for? Pick up the cup of tea and start examining its taste, colour and aroma!

Who knows it might just lead Tea Tasting As A Career.

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While school studies in India is crammed with texts that need to be mugged up, and people believe that art education is not a prerequisite, there are evidences that show participating and studying fine arts have improved learning skills.

The art education comprises of learning music, dance, theatre and visual arts.

It has also been found that art education reduces student dropouts, develops better team players, increases student attendance in classes and promotes an innate love for learning, not to mention enhancing student creativity and preparing students as better citizens of the country.

As a study by the Columbia University claims, “the arts enhance the process of learning. The systems they nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attentional, cognitive, emotional and motor capacities, are, in fact, the driving forces behind all other learning.” (Jensen, 2001)

Have you ever noticed how paintings and museums used to attract our attention while as a kid? Art and its various forms exactly do that to people – it captures their focus and attention. It also connects and binds people socially and in a community.

While many schools are incorporating and introducing arts as a learning tool gradually and eventually, there are some colleges that we know of which are experts in offering guidance and mentorship in Fine Arts:

Shanti Niketan’s Kala Bhavan (Institute of Fine Arts), Kolkata

A well-established and distinguished centre for learning, researching and practicing Visual Arts, this institute introduces programmes based on teaching different art methodologies and art forms and also how art has evolved throughout our history. There are practice sessions, lectures, exhibitions and forum discussions that help maintain an environment that is art-friendly and students can come to know their specific areas of interest in the arts and also plan and improve their career goals and future prospects.

Started by Bengali laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, the educational institute is known to foster individual creativity and caters to five major streams of studies, viz. Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts, Design and Art History.

Eligibility: For Bachelors in Fine Arts (BFA) course or Diploma in Painting, 55% aggregate marks or its equivalent is the minimum required criteria for admission, while Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) candidates or students wanting to be enrolled for the Advanced Diploma course should have secured a first division in painting, sculpture, graphic art or design (ceramic, glass and textile) in their BFA in each specialized subject from each department of Kala Bhavan. However, diploma holders have to appear for the admission test for Advanced Diploma course.

The UG course includes four year BFA (Hons.), diploma courses in painting, sculpture, graphic art, design and History of Art.

There is also a two-year Certificate Course in Design and one-year Casual Course for Indian Nationals in Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Art, Design and History of Art.

The PG course incorporates two-year MFA and advanced Diploma Courses in painting, mural, sculpture, graphic art, design and History of Art.

Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, University of Delhi

This institute has had fifty long years in collaborating classical music with the Gurukul music system and the university system. With courses at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, students are exposed to both forms of Visual art, i.e. Creative and Applied art. The four-year BFA course includes programmes in Applied Art, Art History, Printmaking, Painting, Sculpture and Visual Communication with special focus on outdoor practicals, studio practical sessions, research in particular fields and other theory subjects. At present there are B.A. (Hons)., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Diploma Course, One Year Certificate Course and short-term courses, apart from Hindustani and Karnatak music that have grown as parallel schools of music in this particular department.

Eligibility: For a BFA course in Painting, Sculpture, Art History, Printmaking or Visual Communications the basic eligibility criteria is clearing Class 12th boards, while for B.A.(Hons). (Hindustani Music), if you have secured aggregate 50%marks in DU exam or exam by any other recognized university, you are eligible. Same goes for the eligibility criteria for B.A. (Hons). (Karnatak Music) and for M.A. courses in Music.

The subjects studied in the 3-year Fine Arts course range from drawing, painting, figure drawing, portraiture, and water colour to art-making concept development and art history critique.

J J School Of Arts, Mumbai

Started in 1935, this institute started functioning independently only in 1961, away from the umbrella of J.J. School of Art and affiliated with the University of Mumbai. This college believes in evolving with time and providing education both contemporary and relevant.

Eligibility: The candidate requires 50% aggregate marks (for general category) and 45% marks for other backward classes in 12^th standard, either from the Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education or a recognized board for admission in the 4-year BFA course. The candidate also requires to have cleared the Intermediate Drawing Grade Examination of Directorate of Art, Maharashtra. Thirdly, the candidate also needs to have passed the Entrance Aptitude Test hosted by the institute that is also prescribed by the University of Mumbai. For MFA course, candidate is deemed eligible for admission to the Master of Fine Arts (Painting) degree course only if s/he has passed the examination of this University or an examination of another university recognised by Mumbai University. The candidates seeking admission to the diploma course must have passed the SSC Examination (Class 10^th boards) conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary Education or an examination with English as one of the subjects. Diploma/Degree in Drawing and Painting or Sculpture and Modelling or applied Art students will be admitted for Diploma in Art Education Course.

The students get professional and specific trainings in visual communication. Several subjects such as Photography, Illustration, Computer Graphics, Lettering-Typography and Exhibition Display Design are taught here in these trainings.  The first year is referred to as the “Foundation” course in Bachelors, while the later three are called “Specialization” years. You will need to choose from among the above mentioned subjects if you are a student here.

Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

One of the leading and renowned institutions of Fine Arts, this offers both UG and PG courses in Fine Arts as well as research programmes in specific areas of study. You can learn Applied arts, Plastic Arts and Painting here. Many foreign students too get lured to study here. The programmes here are focussed on standard art activities across the country and organize art fairs and exhibitions much often. Both the BFA and MFA courses focus on Painting, Plastic Arts, Applied Arts, Ceramic Pottery & Textile Design as specific subjects of study. While the bachelor’s course extends to 4 years, the total duration of the Masters course is two years.

Eligibility: You would need an aggregate of 50% marks in class 12^th and the same percentage in the concerned subject in graduation for an admission into the BFA and MFA courses respectively.

The admission to MFA course is through BHU post-graduate entrance test (P.E.T.) and it consists of one theory paper of 60 minutes that carries 150 marks.

The course structure is decided into theory and practical, where the student can choose his/her supervisor for the practical subjects (Pottery Ceramics, Painting, Plastic Arts, Applied Arts, Textile Design) and has to select the choice of subject in consultation with the supervisor.

The theory paper is divided into paper I and II for 1^st year and paper I, II and III for the 2^nd year. Paper I and II teach you about Aesthetics & Principles of Art Appreciation and History & Technical Theory (of the subject concerned) while Paper III is the dissertation and viva voce.

College of Art, Delhi

Established in 1942, this college provides for an advanced training in Visual Art, both creative and applied, in BFA and MFA courses. The college is held in high prestige for its holistic and all-comprehensive approach towards industry specific courses, like those of Painting, Sketching, Applied Art, Sculpture, art teaching and Photography.

Eligibility: The candidates looking for admission in the BFA course are required to have cleared Class 12^th boards, CBSE, ICSE or Intermediate exam with all subjects of the Indian University/Board recognized by the University of Delhi with aggregate 50 % or more marks.

The eligibility criteria for MFA is to pass the BFA course with 50 % total marks and a concession of 5% is allowed for people belonging to SC, ST and OBC classes as well as widows and/or children of the defence and the physically handicapped.

The first year of BFA is an intensive one-year study termed as the Foundation Year that provides basic training in art and design. It introduces to subjects such as drawing, clay modelling, printing, geometry and perspective, materials and tools and exercises in form, aesthetics and concepts, etc.

You can, in the next three years choose to specialize in Painting, Sculpture, Art History, Applied Art or Printmaking or even Visual Communication. MFA courses further enhance the skills and knowledge in your specific fields by providing with expertise in directing an ad campaign and concepts of Cell animation in Applied Art, exploring opportunities in high level content based projects and sculptural work in sculpture specialisation. In the Printmaking specialized course in Masters, you will be trained to understand the Art industry better through professional examples on the usage of apt visual media, including freehand and drawing and computer technology so that creating art forms digitally. The visual communication specialization course looks to use professional examples from freehand and drawing to digital technology to make you understand the industry needs and procedures.

Some other colleges and educational institutions such as LS Raheja School of Art, Mumbai, Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Kurukshetra University, University College of Fine Arts, Mysore, Departrment of Fine Arts, Aligarh University and Amity School of Fine Arts, NOIDA, also provide with extensive course structures and details in the Fine Arts study.

After studying liberal arts and foundation art, student is exposed to different media where s/he can choose from different specific areas of study such as the use of colour, perception, advanced aesthetics or a specific medium like water colour, sculpture or printmaking. By the time you graduate or post-graduate you will be an expert in design techniques, supervising individual projects, hosting art seminars and portfolio development.

It is high time we change the public sense and understanding that art education is not essential and shift our focus towards a careful analysis of the deeper forms of beauty, if we want to grow up as learned and academically trained individuals and good citizens of the country.

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Have you completed B.Com. and are working in a firm in the accounts sector but want to resume your education for a better pay package or want to pursue a career in sales and marketing without the usual MBA as you cannot leave your current job for the degree?

Now some Indian states offer various options where you can know about marketing, banking, healthcare, arts, insurance, finance analysis, retail industry, hospitality industry, radio services or the real estate market, all in a span of few months!

Where on the one hand, some undergraduate programmes have an extended duration from three to four years now, especially in Delhi University (DU) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), we have short-term diploma courses in several institutes and colleges that you can pursue along with your jobs or even if you are undergoing a financial crunch at present.

These diplomas are available both at UG and PG levels and will make you both knowledgeable and skilled in the respective areas.

You will be better suited for entry-level positions after your graduation or schooling with these diploma courses, especially as there are very few job-oriented programmes at the graduate level.

The CBSE board had earlier introduced financial Market Management and Mass Media courses in 2010-11 but since these electives in certain affiliated schools have not been accepted in prime colleges and universities such as DU, students find the situation dismaying and unfortunate. However, now that professional studies and job-oriented courses are coming up in the market and subjects such as Visual Communication, TV News Reading, Radio Jockeying, Retail Management, Hospitality, et al are being pursued as certified courses, varied job opportunities have opened up and the job market is growing exponentially day by day.

Some of the vocational programmes that were earlier not a part of the academic stream of Indian education and empower the students with skills applicable and easily marketable in jobs are listed below:

Diploma in Marketing Management/Banking and Finance by We School, Welingkar Education

DMKM: This is a marketing programme that is a specialized course on market management, focusing on the market place realities, consumer behaviour, market research and fundamentals of marketing and sales management. The one-year academic programme caters to the needs of both the fresher and the working professional.

Type I option requires you to pay Rs. 25,000 for the course, the lectures for which take place at Podar/Ruia college, Mumbai while Type II classes take place each Sunday there. Type III is limited to prescheduled personal contact programmes that are held from time to time in Borivali, Matunga, Dombivli and Pune.

The first semester teaches you Principles of Management, Marketing Management, Consumer Buyer Behaviour, Market Research and Business Communication while the second semester is based on Information Technology for Management, Sales Force Management, Advertising and Sales Promotion, Sales Force Management, Strategic Management and International Marketing.

Banking Diploma: This six- months diploma course is designed to provide you with video lectures, e-learning toolkits, industry visits, movie learning sessions and one-day workshops and requires you to have a graduation degree from a recognized university or having a full-time work experience for two years after 12^th. Diploma holders from recognized universities are equally eligible for this course.

The first Trimester gives lessons on banking fundamentals, customer-centric organization, negotiable instruments and retail banking while Trimester II is all about Corporate Banking, Foreign Exchange Management, Trade Finance and Marketing of Financial Services. Study material is given to students for all subjects right at the beginning of the programme. Video lectures are uploaded on the website as a supplementary to the course material, power point presentations and practice tests are also a part of the curriculum and trimester exams are conducted in between for which the study material is sent to the correspondence address. The game-based learning workshops held during weekends at the institute and the one day workshops on Business Simulation, Sales Management, Presentation Skills, et al are additional privileges with the course.

Yuvodaya course offered by Met Life Insurance and Delhi University  

DU has tied up with Met Life India Insurance for more employment opportunities in Insurance sector. The nine-week programme costing Rs. 5000, followed by one month of on-the-job training will train you in insurance sales practices, legal matters and insurance products and services. The eligibility criterion is for you to either be a graduate in any field or an Insurance agent. Not only will you be groomed according to the corporate industry needs and win a joint DU-MetLife certificate after successfully completing the course, but students who are evaluated at the end of the course and found to have performed well may even get placed with MetLife.

Acharya Narendra Dev College is currently the only college that offers this course module.

Finance and Accounts Certification by NIIT Uniqua in Association with Genpact

This is a 4-week programme with a tuition fee of Rupees 10,150 and the simple eligibility criteria of B.Com. and lets students have an integrated knowledge of business processes, basic voice training, with a specialization in advanced voice training and basic finance. At the end of the course, students are provided with a certification in Finance and Accounting. (CFA)

If you want to understand the terminologies, nitty-gritties and the functioning of finance and accounts outsourced services, this is just the right course for you. The lectures will be given by an Instructor who will enable you to understand the specific requirements and tools for the whole process of financing. Application-based demos, ERP simulations, practice and exercise sessions will help you bag a specialization in finance and accounts, making you more suitable for the job requirements.

Diploma in Education Technology (DET)/Chemo Informatics (PGDCI) by Bhoj University, Madhya Pradesh

DET: In this era of advancing technology, even teachers and professors need to be better equipped with multimedia and other information technologies and should know how to integrate them in teaching practices.

You will be introduced to integrating multimedia in educational settings in this 1-year course costing Rs. 6,900 that includes MS-Office suite training, lessons on how to use Multimedia and Graphic tools so that communication technologies can be used to impart education. This course will also involve a project work for a time span of minimum one year and maximum three years.

PGDCI: Knowledge and skills in both Chemistry and Computer Technology is much required if you want to pursue a career in Agrochemical, Pharmachemical and Biotechnology industry. The one-year programme costing Rs. 11000 will teach you basics of Chemo-Informatics, Chemo-Informatics Database Design and Management and Data Sequencing, only if you are a graduate in Bio or Maths. You will not only get study notes in print format, but also audio and video files on study material, written assignments, library consultation and contact classes. Though the course spans around a year, you can complete the programme in three years after registration.

PG Diploma in Instructional Design (PGDID)/ Diploma in teaching English (DTE) from Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

PGDID: This one year programme with a fee of Rs. 18000 provides with professional qualification in designing, delivering and assessing courseware. The course entails studying e-learning modules and practical applications and reading theories of Instructional Design including management principles, educational psychology and effective communication skills. It also includes a project work and you are eligible for this course if you are a graduate in any discipline.

DTE: This programme was launched by the Faculty of Education in Symbiosis in July 2011 and aims at making people proficient in teaching English at primary and secondary school levels. It develops reading and writing skills as well as instruction methods for English language and teaching English at primary, secondary, higher secondary and undergraduate levels.The fee for this course is Rs. 7000 and the course duration is for a year.

Retail Management Programme offered by IIJT, Kolkata

If you have passed class 12^th with 60%, and want to work in the supply chain or retail finance, etc. This one year course costing Rs. 35000 will train you in retail store operation concepts, retail finance, logistics, soft skills and customer interface positions and back-end operations. IIJT started this programme in Retail Management for preparing for human resources in one of the largest emerging retail sectors.

Diploma in Food and Beverage Services Management from Maharshi Dayanand University

The one-year course in Rohtak is for those of you who have passed class 12^th and are looking to know more about food services, this course is a great deal for you. You will be trained on Food and Beverage services, equipment for the same, training on personal grooming, practical techniques on how to work with the equipment, food service methods and the terminologies therein.

The marks secured in class 12^th (at least 45% marks), a group discussion and interview sessions respectively weighing 70%, 20% and 10% is what will make your selection for this course and the fee for this course is Rs. 21,900.

Course in Radio Jockeying and TV News Reading from R.K. Films and Media Academy

Delhi University has partnered with R.K. Films and Media Academy for a part-time certificate course in Radio Jockeying and TV News Reading for DU students. The trainers are from the radio and TV industry who give practical insights on the real day-to-day working in these fields. With the media industry on the rise globally, this vocational course is much of an added benefit as it gives a first-hand exposure apart from the theoretical knowledge. The fee is Rs. 15000 and the eligibility is passing class 12^th exam.

Real Estate Practices and Principles from Indian Institute of Real Estate

The three-month course costing Rs. 12,500 teaches the practices and principles of real estate and can be pursued either online or through distance education by both working professionals and fresh graduates. Economic concepts that are applicable in the real estate decision-making process and management ideas are also taught to the students. The course is outlined over 7 modules. After each module, a case study or test takes place that requires a minimum of 65% passing grade for the student to get to the next module. Some brokerage houses, finance companies and developers can employ you if you complete the course successfully.

PG Diploma in Preventive and Promotive Healthcare from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University

This course is the solution to all modern-day stress related diseases such as obesity, cardiac arrests, depression and cancer and qualifies doctors and health professionals to be employed in clinics and hospitals for lifestyle modification programmes.

The programme entails Health and Disease Management, Cardiac Care, Cancer Risk Factors Management, Health, Psychology and Stress Management, Nutrition and Dietetics, Exercise Health and Lifestyle Assessment. You are eligible for this course if you are a graduate in any of these fields, viz. medicine, psychology, bio-sciences, nutrition, alternative medicine or physiotherapy.

As several students are looking forward to pursue skill-based and practical vocational courses not only for getting an entry-level job with certification, but also for understanding their field of interest. The education scenario in India is definitely changing with the introduction of some job-oriented degree courses such as Bachelor in co-operative management, B.Sc. in Networking and Digital Communication and Master of Science in Counselling and Family Therapy. Certification courses in Power distribution Management, systematic training and education, archives keeping, creating handicrafts and modern garments, et al have also emerged as courses that can fetch you a good job as well as train you in a specialized field.

So figure out your interests and take up a diploma course in any of these fields to secure that high paying job! Do tell us if you have been able to land a better job profile or higher pay package with any of these diploma courses.

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Today, we share a meaningful story of a team of young students, who are trying to bring a difference, when most of the stories that we read today are revolving around crooked sensibilities and bizarre actions.

The story that we are going to narrate is also of similar breed that belongs to colleges and campuses.

Yet, it has nothing to with the prevailing destruction and negativities of the world. All it inspires is positivism and a HOPE FOR LIFE. 

This young NIT Durgapur student Harsh Vardhan Singh made a short film with the help of local slum children around his college for Microsoft Imagine Cup in Education category, and he felt as if he used the kids for his entry into the competition, and did not pay back. The guilt didn’t let him sleep. He had shot a movie,  which showed the use of VOIP technology to educate underprivileged children, while the ones who acted in the film were themselves uneducated and alienated from the concept of education!

Harsh Vardhan says, “In 2009, I made a short film with my friends for Microsoft Imagine Cup casting the local slum children of a location called ‘Bihari More’, next to the Campus of National Institute of Technology, Durgapur. The film theme was the use of technology & innovation in educating remote & underprivileged children. But the children themselves being underprivileged provoked us to stand up for the children cause. This led us to conducting weekend teaching sessions for these kids at the local Hanuman Mandir. Gradually & unconsciously the project developed in an organised way, which is reflected in the performance & activities carried on by the children & volunteers in the project. Thus the project got its name, Bihari More Education Project a.k.a. BMEP.”

Soon after looking at their dedication, the management at NIT Durgapur allowed them to use their classrooms to teach the children and the alumni also donated to the cause. They started teaching the kids with standard textbooks, distributed stationeries and uniforms.

Apart from usual teaching sessions, The BMEP Volunteers team conducts quiz, drawing competitions, science fair trips, sanitation awareness campaign and many innovative fun learning methods. With a large influx of volunteers, BMEP also expanded to nearby locations of NIT Campus, touching the child labour issue too at college hangout eateries with their “Caring For Jhoops Kids” Campaign.

In 2012, two years after Harsh had passed out from the college, One of his juniors Jigme Lama along with his friends Aneesha Murty, Eshna Ekka and Nikhil Bara started talking to kids involved in child labour and convinced their owners to allow them  to study after working hours. It took over six months of convincing before they were allowed to study under BMEP. “It was a great achievement for us”, Harsh recounts. During his final year, Harsh made another short film, “The Uncaptured Passion”, which was selected for the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, France, and had a world premiere on May 21, 2010, at the Palaise de festival, Cannes. His talent was noticed by filmmaker R Balki who called him to Mumbai to work with him. Harsh gave up his placements for his passion and went to Mumbai and started working.

However, his heart lay with the kids in BMEP.

At present, Harsh has his own company Paper Weight Entertainment India, which undertakes independent projects and the money he earns from it is used for BMEP. They had also done a fundraiser in 2012 for the same. At BMEP, they have expanded to a lot of activities to improve the life of underprivileged kids, including Annual Medical Checkups, Basic Awareness about hygiene, Teaching kids to talk and speak in English apart from soft skills, They are taken on trips to science fairs. Everything is volunteer driven at BMEP, who are selflessly  working towards giving a better life to these children by educating them.

BMEP mentors around 76 slum children in the area and has been featured on UNICEF and many more publications. Yet, the BMEP Volunteers Team still believe they have a long way to go.

” We Target to make NIT Durgapur into a 100% Child Literacy and Welfare Zone “- Says the BMEP Team

So this is yet another CAMPUS STORY, that moved us, did it move you?

Inspired? Are You?

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If you have always believed in having a positive outlook towards life and guiding others to the path of better relationship assessment, setting goals, et al and have been looking for pursuing a specialized course that would help you in understanding human problems or working for the society, we just have the right solution for you.

Well, you can enrol yourself for a specialized PG diploma course in Counselling Psychology in one of the renowned institutes of India, St. Xavier’s Institute, Mumbai that provides you with a practical training to deal with cases related to domestic violence, alcohol and drug addiction, family crisis, rapes, student suicides and child abuse and others.

The corporate jobs and the fast-paced life in metropolitan cities leads to a lot of distressed minds and much anxiety which further can turn into severe depression problems with many others.

You can be the saviour for people by addressing such critical situations.

How Will A Course in Counselling Psychology Help You?

This course will enable you to address the psychological and behavioural issues by interacting with clients during the course and discussing their cases in class in the presence and supervision of the faculty, and going through personal counselling sessions yourself. You will also be required to work in an old age home or Geriatric Care Home.

Eligibility

A Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work or Human Development will qualify you for applying to this course. Only 25 seats are available for the course.

Course Curriculum

The course starts off from July where three credit courses from CPP 01-07 are included in three trimesters each covered in duration of 3-4 months. The classes are held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5-8 p.m.

CPP 01 deals with Micro-Counselling lectures including counselling principles, philosophy and practice, where basic counselling skills are taught using role plays and audio/video copies of counselling interviews.

CPP 02 course consists of principles and techniques of the counselling process. This helps to further develop and improvise upon the micro-skills and aids in learning about the four major stages of counselling process viz. relationship, assessment or goal-setting, strategy selection and implementation, as well as evaluation and termination.

CPP 03 emphasizes on the development across life span which imbibes in students the understanding of the nature and application of different developmental theories throughout a person’s life span, right from the theory behind behaviours starting at infancy till death. This course module is based on both theoretical lectures as well as practical lessons from real life situations.

CPP 04 is a course module that gives an insight into various character disorders and neurotic, psychotic and developmental problems in a person and brings into view the practical and theoretical perspectives for such conditions as well as the research associated with it.

CPP 05 examines personality psychology and contemporary psychotherapies as it covers important personality theories and is based on the evaluation of major concepts and practices of current psychotherapies which will help you choose from these therapies and concepts so that you can develop and customize your own counselling style.

CPP 06 uses career development theories to give a basic idea of the psychology and sociology of work and career choice where you can learn to use counselling strategies, career planning resources and disseminate career information during the career counselling practicum that lasts for five weeks.

CPP 07 introduces you to theory, selection and usage of aptitude, achievement, ability and interest and includes personality tests in the counselling process. The analysis of strengths, weaknesses and biases of various testing instruments, laboratory experience in administration, scoring and interpreting psychological tests are all a part of the 5-week career counselling practicum.

CPP 08 is all about the practicum in counselling which is conducted in April continuing for four weeks and held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This module includes career and psychometric tests that are conducted on two days and the result comes out on the third day. Attendance for the practicum is compulsory.

All these course modules require you to have 85% attendance while also participating during classes, submitting all assignments and reading course material.

Now is your chance to make your mark not only for a career in counselling but also in people’s minds, people who would need you to help them deal with life’s crisis situations. Now is your chance to give it back to the society.

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India’s Human Resource Development Minister, Smriti Irani, has announced to launch Skill Assessment Matrix For Vocational Advancement Of Youth (SAMVAY).

The feature aims to integrate vocational and conventional education to the students, in the current education system.

A credit framework is in operations, which will allow lateral and vertical mobility within the vocational educational system and between the current education systems.

The SAMVAY defines the rule for credit allotment and follows the National Skills Qualification Framework.

Under the National Skills Qualification Framework, skill providers will be registered under AICTE or other authorized bodies. When the students completes the skills modules they require for certification, they acquire it from the skill provide or trainer, and can submit the credits to the concerned institute.

The institute would then transfer them to a technical board or university. Once the certification is awarded by the board or university after assembling together the vocational skill and formal education credits, the student might use it for further purposes.

The Skill Assessment Matrix for Vocational Advancement of Youth was announced on National Education day, which is observed on November 11^th every year. The scheme shall be implemented from next year, by all the colleges/institute belonging to central board, so that people who wish to resume their studies can go ahead with it, said HRD Minister Ms. Smriti Irani.

On the same day, President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee came forward to launch another portal that specifically targets the students going for higher studies, known as Know Your College.

The portal aims at increasing awareness about the opportunities that a particular programme of a particular university provides.

A scholarship named Pragati was also launched on the same occasion to encourage technical education of girls at undergraduate level.

We hope that these new schemes, portals, and scholarships encourages the required change that has to be brought necessarily in the education system.

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A national sample survey conducted by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan that estimated the number of children that attend school for primary education, showed that about 1.45 lakh children in the age group six to thirteen in Maharashtra never got to attend school.

The official portal of the programme recently posted the reports of the survey they conducted across the nation. The findings are based on the data collected from a sample of 99,929 households within 5005 PSUs (villages and urban wards), states the report. The estimated total number of children in the age group 6-13 years is 20.41 crores, out of which an approximate number of 60.47 lakhs drop out of school.

While Odisha is said to have the highest proportion of out of school children in India (6.10%), Maharashtra has seen a considerable amount of drop outs in the recent years. The RTE Act was launched about five years ago to ensure that every child in the age group of 6 to 14 attains free basic primary education, compulsorily.

While there has been a reduction in drop outs in many areas, a good percentage of increase has been observed in the drop-outs in the urban regions of the country. The report by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan also says that the drop out percentage of girls or female candidates is most than that of boys.

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a programme launched by Government of India for achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time bound manner, as mandated by 86^th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to the children of 6.14 years age group. The programme seeks to open new schools and provide all basic facilities and other necessities to schools with poor infrastructure or no financial support.

(Figures as stated by SSA official portal)

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The Indian government is going to implement its New Education Policy (NEP) from the coming academic year, said the Human Resource Development Minister Smt. Smriti Irani.

“We will start a new educational policy soon. Educational policy takes from around seven months to three years, and politicians, bureaucrats and experts to draw it up. I say this not only as an HRD minister, but also as a mother of two CBSE school going kids”, added Irani who was present at a valedictory function of the 21^st Annual Shahodaya conference of CBSE at Nedumbassery. The NEP is expected to help the educational institutes meet various challenges that arise out of deficiency in quality, innovation and research.

The implementation will take place after extensive deliberations, which will begin next year. The need of the hour is to engage students, teachers, and other officials in creating an educational policy that benefits the overall literacy rate of the country. Decision making rights for education had been restricted to politicians until recently. However, due to changing face of education in India in recent years, it has become imperative that people from all walks of life share their experiences and contribute in the betterment of the system.

Suggestions regarding the way the policies should function would be invited from people of all states in the country. The role of print and online media will be an important step in this regard, as the government will utilize them to involve the general public in the policy formulation procedure.

The past two decades have seen significant changes in the education system in India. Inclusion of different models at elementary level, technological means in classrooms, revision of higher education system and a number of other changes. We hope the NEP brings all prosperity in the education category in India.

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Once again in news regarding the Four Year Undergraduate Program (FYUP), the Delhi University has been slammed for creating a mess of admissions for the academic year 2014, by the Delhi High Court.

The University that was earlier going to continue with the implemented FYUP, but finally had to roll back to the three-year discipline, was blamed by a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw, regarding the first round of admissions. The situation came into account when a student, though eligible to get admission in any college in DU under sports quota of FYUP, could not be admitted. The reason being, Maths as a mandatory subject in HSC, to take admission in three=year program.

The Court on the same ground ordered Delhi University’s Maharaja Agrasen College to admit the student under sports quota. The order given by single judge bench dismissed the order from the college which did not accept the plea for the student’s admission, as he did not have maths as a subject.

The applicant is left without admission to any of the colleges in DU, in spite of securing high marks making him eligible for admission in the sports quota in colleges that consider the same.

Due to change in policy, strong protest from the applicants, and as per the directions of the UGC, DU scrapped the FYUP program, introduced with effect from 2013-14, during the current academic year, and reverted to the previous three-year programme.  

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It was a sultry afternoon.

I was sulking at my workplace after having a lip smacking lunch with my colleagues, when surfing through the internet I came across an article that talked about the Ministry of Human Resource Development writing to the Directors of all 16 Indian Institutes of Technology over an issue that concerned consumption of non vegetarian food in messes of the institutions.

Though the students may not have asked for it, the Human Resources Development Ministry has asked the Indian Institutes of Technology to explore the possibility of having separate canteens for its vegetarian students based on the possibility that non-vegetarian food continues to create tamas (dark thoughts) in students.

Apparently, a letter was written to the HRD ministry by a group of concerned citizens, most of whom belonged to the RSS, which expressed their dismay at the influence non-vegetarian food is causing in the life of students belonging to the most prestigious institutions in the country.

The only thing that I could think of at that very moment was Are we really taking this seriously? The letter deceives the insignificant intolerance that is ridiculously creeping and intensifying its foundations all across the nation. The claims of non-vegetarian food being a symbol of western culture, is taken into consideration by a body who stands for the welfare of the nation.

Well, even if that was true, let’s see, all of our vegetarian folks would be highly tolerant and respectful, because they have always consumed Sattvic food.

The disturbing thing about the news is not that few “concerned” citizens thought about the future of the country, but that the HRD ministry approved of it, and is taking into account the necessary changes that needs to be made.

Though a decision is yet to be concluded, we hope that the Ministry ponders over how few caste-ist and communal choices are being made in explicit ways, and forced upon students who belong to the largest democracy in the world.

We also hope that they work over other relevant issues that’s affecting the overall growth of the country.

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Few days back when the Supreme Court of India ordered the University Grants Commission (UGC) to carry out physical verification of 41 deemed universities, claimed unfit to regard themselves as ‘deemed’ universities, hardly did anyone know that the accreditation body would itself dilute the rules.

The committee that was formed to inspect the colleges was headed by the UGC secretary JS Sandhu and other members which includes OP Kalra of University College of Medical Sciences, Ramesh Dadhich of ICSSR, SP Goyal- Joint Secretary of HRD Ministry, and Sunita Siwach, a UGC official.

The thing to be noted here is that the committee included two officials (from HRD Ministry and the UGC) who did not fall into any of the categories mentioned in the rule book formed by UGC.

Back in 2009, the UGC set up specific norms to constitute an investigation committee to ascertain financial needs of a college/university/equivalent body that practices the same standard of teaching, examination and research or both. One of the rules stated that the committee for verification of any such mentioned financial matters should consist of two serving or retired VCs of any central or state university; three to five members from amongst professors having special knowledge of the courses being conducted in the university; one member from each of the councils with jurisdiction over the courses in the university; and one from the National Academic and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

While the HRD Ministry sources admit that the committee was formed on the ground that it is not a regular inspection committee, they could not justify how HRD and UGC officials could be a part of it. It is believed that though the ministry wanted to have some say in physical verification of the universities, once the committee was set, it would be hard for the HRD to intervene.

The UGC report mentioned that among the 41 universities only 7 should be stripped off from their deemed status, while the remaining can continue to keep their status for time being. However, the ministry had decided to scrutinize all the 41 universities as they were found to be unfit for ‘deemed’ status by the Tandon Committee in 2009.

Though the UGC was the only body to decide the setting up and members of the committee, no regulation stated that a member or more from the HRD Ministry could be a part of the investigation panel. We wonder why did they include the two members.

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Delhi High Court has sought the response of Delhi University, on a appeal by a lawyer who has alleged that the admission process for M. Phil and Ph.d courses in the University, is inconsistent.

The plea filed by advocate Jamshed Ansari, who has alleged that DU violated University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines to ‘arbitrarily’ precede the inclusion of students into its Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.d) courses.

Justice Manmohan issued the notice to DU and has asked it to send an appropriate reply by March 16^th, 2015, which is also the next date of hearing in the case.

The petition quoted, “As per the UGC regulation, 2009, DU is bound to admit M. Phil/ Ph. D students through an entrance test followed by an interview. After admission these students are required to undertake course work for a minimum period of one semester.” Apart from that, the petition also talks about the disregarded regulations by the varsity, to admit students based on interviews only and not undertaking the minimum one semester coursework.

The advocate has also claimed that DU helped those candidates take admission in the courses, who were known to the staff.

Ansari says in his plea that he has applied for the Ph.D programme under DU’s Faculty of Law against the notification for the same issued on January 8^th. He claimed that though he had appeared for the interview on February 18^th, he did not qualify for the program due to the alleged arbitrary admission procedure.

Of late, DU has been involved in a number of controversies, latest being the order of de-recognition of its Law faculty from Delhi High Court. 

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