I am preparing for the CAT examination of 2011. However, my peers and friends have been advising me to take up MBA overseas. I am confident that I will make the grade in CAT and qualify for the MBA programme in some of the leading institutions. Which one should I opt for?
Pramila
The world today looks at India to set many a benchmark. Today, we find that most of the renowned universities/institutes in the world want to come to India and set up shop. The Indian economy has demonstrated its endurance to the world and most investors eye India as the ideal destination. If the overseas opportunity is for any of the Ivy League institutions, then you have good opportunities.
On clearing the CAT and getting an admission to any of the top five B-schools, you will surely reach the top echelons of the business world. The confidence that you exhibit will ensure success at all levels. Attempting CAT will be a good idea at this juncture.
Where can I learn Japanese in Bangalore? I had taken it up at a study centre in Delhi, but because we moved to Bangalore I had to discontinue it.
Ullas K. Tripathi
You should connect to the following institutions which have been rendering yeoman service to the prospective learners of Japanese:
Sakuraa Nihongo Resource Center (SNRC), 4/1, Rudra Chambers, 4th Main, 9th Cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore-560003. Ph: 42628200. E-mail: info@snrc.co.in
Japanese Language School (1984), No. 79/2, 2nd Floor, Nandidurg Road, Benson Town, Jayamahal, Bangalore-560046. Ph: 42048232. Mobile: 99006 80970. E-mail: landc@airtelmail.in
Gobunsho, Pristine Paradise, 217, 2nd Floor, Bilekahalli, off Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore-560076. Mobile: 99720 96615. E-mail: training@
gobunsho-japan.com
How does one become an Educational Counsellor? Are there separate courses on offer?
Lakshmi N.
Experience and understanding of academic activities across all areas of studies will help you to become an Educational Counsellor. If you have experience in teaching, academic administration, examination system and research and involvement in student welfare activities, you will have a broader purview of the field. A background in Psychology will surely help you to better your skills at counselling.
Contact the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) (www.ignou.ac.in) which offers a few short-term courses.
Post-Graduate Diploma in High Education – PGDHE
Post-Graduate Diploma in Distance Education – PGDDE
The Bharathiar University (http://b-u.ac.in/sde) conducts the Post-Graduate Diploma in Educational Technology (PGDET) which will benefit you as well.
I had heard about U 21 Universitas. Can you provide inputs with regard to the Global Management Development Series, a programme that is offered by the U21 group?
Ramesh Kumar
Universitas 21 (U21) (www.u21global.edu.sg) is a global business school providing online Management and Information Technology programmes. U21 has created a niche for itself in the shortest possible time. The Global Management Development Series (GMDS) (corporate programme) has a choice of 78 modules to choose from the 13 areas of study viz., Marketing, Strategic Management, Services Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, eBusiness, Knowledge Management, Information Systems, Entrepreneurship, Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Global Business and Market Choice, Economics of Management, Accounting and Finance, Operations Management and Logistics. Flexibility and choice of courses are the best of options that one has at U21 Global. For more details you can browse the webiste or email to campus@u21global.edu.sg
The nearest U21 office at Bangalore: U21 Global, South India Representative Office, Suite No. 207, Regency (near Garuda Mall), No. 4, Magrath Road, Bangalore-560025.
Archaeology has interested me and I have worked from Intermediate with the local History teachers in my district and gone with them for site visits. I have completed B.A. with History, Sociology and Economics. I want to attend the course at Archaeology Institute in New Delhi. Please guide me.
Riyazuddin Bakhtiyar
The Institute of Archaeology (IA) (1985) (www.asi.nic.in) is a Government of India organisation under the Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture. The Institute was earlier known as School of Archaeology and has been functioning since 1959.
It conducts the two-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Archaeology (PGDA) which provides advanced training in Epigraphy, Numismatics, Museology, Conservation, and Antiquarian law, to mention a few.
The qualifications for admission are Master's degree in Ancient or Medieval Indian History/Archaeology/Anthropology from a recognised university or equivalent including Indian classical languages such as Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Arabic or Persian
OR Geology with knowledge of Pleistocene age with a minimum of 55 per cent marks in aggregate, relaxable by five per cent in the case of SC/ST/OBC candidates and candidates working in archaeological organisations of the Central/State Government and University departments. The maximum age limit is 25 years.
The upper age limit is relaxable by five years for SC/ST category candidates, and three years for OBC and further relaxable for in-service candidates
Contact the Director, Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, Red Fort, Officer's Mess Building, New Delhi-110 006. Ph: 011-23277107, 23277083, 23277083, 23017197. E-mail: dgasi@vsnl.net
I have had a poor academic career and my percentage/scores are not too high at the various levels. I want to write the IAS and allied service examinations. In my degree, I had taken up Commerce subjects. Please guide me to take up the examination.
Manjunath L.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the Civil Service Examination every year. The basic criteria for eligibility to the Civil Services, which is the backbone of the Indian administrative set-up, is graduation in any discipline from a recognised university. Candidates having professional and technical qualifications recognised by the government are also eligible.
Percentage secured in the examinations do not count, your performance in the Preliminary will lead you to the Main examinations.
Once you qualify in the Mains, the UPSC will invite you to the Personal Interview. On completion of the Interview, based on the rank list you will be allotted the services in the categories of Group A and Group B.
What matters most in the UPSC Civil Service Examination is the choice of Optionals and the way the papers are attempted. All-round knowledge is most essential for the examination.
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