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The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Niper) is the first national level pharmacy institute that aims to become a centre of excellence for advanced studies and research in the subject. The institute is an autonomous body set up under the aegis of the Union ministry of chemicals and fertilisers about 250km north of Delhi at SAS Nagar in Mohali, Punjab, on a total area of 130 acres.

Apart from MPharm, Niper also offers MS Pharm, MTech Pharm and MBA Pharm. In 2007, four more Nipers were set up in Ahmedabad, Hajipur, Hyderabad and Calcutta.

The Niper at SAS Nagar has a dedicated training and placement cell which maintains excellent contacts with the pharmaceutical industry and assists in the placement of students. Major companies which visited the campus in 2007-08 are Cognizent, Pharm Arc Solutions, Dr Reddy’s, Ranbaxy, Novadarsic, Cadila, eli lilly, Dabur, Nicholas-Piramal, Torrent, Sun Pharmaceutical, Syngene International, Promed, Claris Life Sciences, Macleods Pharmaceuticals, Strand Life Sciences, Heron Evidence Development Ltd, Smart Analysis, Wockhardt, Zydus, Venus Remedies, IndSwift Lab, Evalueserve, Ipca, Intas, Kinapse, 3G solutions, IMS-ORG and many more. The institutes at Ahmedabad, Hajipur, Hyderabad and Calcutta are also in the process of establishing placement cells to help students.

The notification is published in March in all major newspapers as well as on the website (www.niper.nic.in). The information brochure- cum-application-form can be obtained in person or by post from the office of the organising chairperson, NIPER-JEE, by submitting a non-refundable demand draft worth Rs 1,000 (Rs 500 for SC / ST). The draft should be in favour of NIPER-JEE and be payable at SAS Nagar (Mohali) or Chandigarh. Those wanting the form by post should enclose two self-addressed slips (10cm x 6cm) along with the draft. They should also clearly mention the name of the programme in the application and on the top of the envelope carrying the request letter.

Indian nationals residing abroad as well as foreign nationals have to remit $100 by bank draft payable to NIPER-JEE.
Completed applications should be sent to the organising chairperson, NIPER Joint Entrance Examination (NIPER-JEE), National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector 67, SAS Nagar, Mohali-160062, Punjab, by April 28 of the year of admission.

Eligibility
Those seeking admission to MPharm, should have completed BPharm. Candidates applying for the MS Pharm programme should have completed BPharm or MSc in organic chemistry or life sciences. For the MBA Pharm programme, aspirants should have completed either BPharm, BTech in chemical engineering (or equivalent) or MSc in chemical or life sciences.

Applicants should have passed the qualifying degree with a minimum of 60 per cent in aggregate or a CGPA of 6.75 on a 10 point scale. In addition, all candidates should have qualified GATE or NET.

Entrance exam
There is a common entrance test in June for all the masters programmes including MBA Pharm. The test is conducted at centres in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna and Pune.

Pattern of exam
The two-hour test consists of 200 objective-type questions. The questions are mostly from the BPharm or MSc course. The exam assesses your knowledge of life sciences, organic chemistry, biotechnology and general intelligence.

How to prepare
Candidates would find the following books of great use: Wilson and Giswold’s Textbook of Organic Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Burger’s Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, edited by Manfred E. Wolff and published by John Wiley Sons Inc. New York; Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 4, edited by C. Hansch and published by Pergamon, New York; Comprehensive Biotechnology, edited by Murray Moo-Young and T.K. Chakravarty’s Herbal Options. Students would also find the information publications of the National Centre for Biotechnology (www. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) of great use.

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

MBBS, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi

The Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), Delhi, was established in 1914. It has been named after the then viceroy’s wife, Lady Hardinge, who laid the foundation to commemorate the visit of Queen Mary, wife of George V and mother of the present Queen of England, in 1911-12. The college and hospital was formally inaugurated by Lord Hardinge in February 1916.

Initially, the college took in only women and its first batch consisted of 16 students. The popularity of the college grew considerably and, in 1970, Lady Hardinge Medical College threw open its doors to male students. The college, which was formerly affiliated to the Punjab University, came under the aegis of the University of Delhi in 1950.

Since its inception, LHMC has focused on providing quality education to students. The duration of the MBBS course is five and a half years, including a one-year internship. The curriculum has been designed as per Medical Council of India (MCI) regulations.

Ranked as one of the five top medical colleges in the country, LHMC boasts independent India’s first health minister Dr Sushila Nair and AIIMS dean Dr Sneha Bhargav as alumni.

Apart from the MBBS course, LHMC offers a diploma in nursing for women candidates, an MD in medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, anaesthesia, dermatology, radiodiagnosis and imaging, community medicine, pathology, physiology, pharmacology, microbiology, medical biochemistry, forensic medicine and psychiatry, an MS in surgery, orthopaedics, ENT, ophthalmology and anatomy as well as diploma courses such as DA, DO, DLO, DGO, DCH and DMRD.

The bulletin and application form for the Delhi University Medical Entrance Test (Dumet) can be obtained by post from the office of the assistant registrar, Faculty of Medical Sciences, sixth floor, V.P. Chest Institute Building, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007. Send a bank draft or banker’s cheque of Rs 600 — drawn on any nationalised bank — in favour of the registrar, University of Delhi (payable at Delhi) and a self-addressed envelope (10” x 8”) along with the request. The application form can also be obtained by hand on payment of Rs 550 at the Lady Hardinge Medical College. Application deadline is usually in the first week of April in the year of admission.

Eligibility
Candidates should have completed Plus Two with physics, chemistry, biology and English with 50 per cent marks in each subject. He or she should have passed out from a recognised school conducting regular classes that is situated within the national capital region of Delhi.

Entrance exam
Aspirants have to appear for Dumet, which is usually held in the third week of May.

Pattern of exam
The first paper has questions in physics and chemistry while the second paper tests a student’s knowledge in zoology and botany. Both the papers are of 600 marks each. The duration of each paper is two and half hours and the questions are of multiple-choice type.

How to prepare
Candidates may find the following books of great help in preparing for the entrance exam: Physics by Anwar Kamal, Screening Physics for IIT-JEE by V.M. Iyer, Chemistry by A.M.H. Shaikh, Organic Chemistry by S. Chand, Mathematics by V.V. Rao and N.Krishnamurthy, Test Bank in Biology by Vinay Kumar, Objective Biology by N. Khurmi and Objective Biology by Dinesh publications.

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

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Give a professional sheen to India’s famed tradition of hospitality with this course. Institute of Career Studies lends a hand .

The Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) was established in 1983 in New Delhi under the Union ministry of tourism and culture, primarily to develop human resources for the ministry. It is a centre of excellence for education, training and research in tourism, travel and cargo management. The Bhubaneswar centre was started in 1996 to serve eastern India. The institute also has centres in Gwalior and Goa.

IITTM offers postgraduate diploma in management programmes (PGDM) at three locations. The main campus at Gwalior conducts PGDM in tourism and travel, in services and in international business. Bhubaneswar has PGDM in tourism and travel and in international business, while New Delhi offers PGDM in tourism and leisure.

The PGDM in travel and tourism is accredited by AICTE and is equivalent to MBA. It focuses on management of businesses in tourism and travel sectors. The 12-month full-time course is open to graduates from all disciplines.

IITTM also offers short-duration programmes designed to provide state-of the-art training to working executives who completed their formal education some years ago. The institute also conducts training courses and capacity building programmes for service providers sponsored by the Union ministry of tourism. The institute has conducted many tailor-made programmes for state and central government departments / autonomous bodies at their centres in Gwalior, Bhubaneswar, Delhi and Goa as well as in places like Ahmedabad, Konark, Itanagar, Port Blair, Guwahati, Kohima and Agra.

Reputed companies from all over India visit IITTM each year to recruit students for summer internship and final placements. The placement committee maintains a constructive relationship with potential employers and encourages them to interact with students frequently for a better understanding.

The notification for the courses is advertised in leading newspapers in February. The application form can be downloaded from the website (www.iittm.org).

Send the filled-in form along with a demand draft of Rs 700, favouring the director of IITTM and payable at Gwalior, to the Chairman, Admissions, IITTM, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Govindpuri, Gwalior-474011.

Eligibility:-

Candidates should be graduates in any discipline with 50 per cent marks in aggregate from a recognised Indian university.

Those appearing in the final year of the qualifying exam can also apply.

Entrance exam
Admission to the postgraduate diploma in tourism and travel management (PGDTM) is on the basis of performance in an aptitude test held in the second week of May, group discussion (GD) and personal interview (PI). The test is conducted in Gwalior, Bhubaneswar, New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Patna, Mumbai, Calcutta and Jaipur.

Shortlisted students have to appear for GD and PI in the third week of June in Gwalior, Bhubaneswar and New Delhi. IITTM accepts CAT scores as well.

Pattern of exam
The written test has sections on English, quantitative ability, reasoning and awareness of national and global issues. The 200 questions have to be answered in 150 minutes. Wrong answers carry negative marks.

How to prepare
To prepare for the vocabulary and English usage section, you must increase your knowledge of the English language. Try to focus on the general meaning and structure of the sentence. Prepare from books by Thomas and Martinet, Nesfield, Wren and Martin. You could also study from Objective English by Prasad, and English is Easy by Chetan Anand. Do some usage and comprehension exercises from the SAT guide by Barron.

For maths, you could prepare from books by Krishna, R.D. Sharma and from Objective Maths published by Tata McGraw Hill. You can brush up on your reasoning skills from Verbal and Non- verbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal and books by Edgar Thorpe.

Questions in the general knowledge section test your awareness of current situations in India and around the world. Read the newspapers daily and maintain a scrap book of major events. You could also brush up on your GK from current affairs magazines, the Manorama Yearbook or the CSR Yearbook.

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

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Originally known as the University of Cochin, the institute that later came to be known as the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) came into being in 1971. The university has three separate campuses, two in Cochin and one at Pulinkunnoo, about 65 km south of Cochin.

CUSAT has nine faculties — engineering, environmental studies, humanities, law, marine sciences, medical science and technology, science, social science and technology. It has 29 departments of study and research, offering postgraduate programmes across a wide spectrum of disciplines in the areas of engineering, science, technology, humanities, law and management. During the last three decades of its existence, CUSAT has also built up academic links and exchange programmes with renowned institutions across the globe.

CUSAT offers BTech in civil engineering, computer science and engineering, electronics and communication engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering, safety and fire engineering, instrumentation, naval architecture and ship building, polymer science and rubber technology and a five-year integrated MSc in photonics.

UGC set up a centre of excellence in lasers and optoelectronic science here in 2002, with the aim of producing and sustaining superior quality education and research.

CUSAT has a placement centre for engineering students that makes available information about employment opportunities and higher education. Placement talks and campus interviews are also arranged. The centre has been able to secure coveted jobs in multinational companies and government agencies for a large number of students.

The notification is issued in February and application forms can be obtained from selected post offices on payment of Rs 750 (Rs 400 for SC / ST applicants). Candidates can also register online. They have to then send a demand draft worth Rs 750 (from any State Bank of India branch or its allied banks) drawn in favour of the registrar, CUSAT and payable at Ernakulam. The draft should have the candidate’s name and registration number (obtained at the time of online registration) on the reverse. A printout of the confirmation page should also be sent along with the draft to the director, IRAA unit, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin University PO, Cochin-682022.

Eligibility

Applicants should have completed the higher secondary exam with mathematics, physics and chemistry as subjects, or any other equivalent exam, securing a minimum of 50 per cent in mathematics and 50 per cent marks in mathematics, physics and chemistry combined.

Entrance exam

Admission to BTech courses is through an all India common admission test that is conducted by the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, in June at centres all over the country .

Pattern of exam

The test has two papers, one in mathematics and another in physics and chemistry. Each paper consists of 125 objective-type questions, in the ratio of 5:3:2 among the three subjects.

How to prepare

Some of the books you can refer to are Mathematics by S.L. Loni, I.A. Maron, Abhijit Guha and R.D. Sharma, Physics by I.E. Irodov, H.C. Verma and Lodiwala and Chemistry by Krishna and Arihant publishers as well as Physical Chemistry by R.C. Mukherji. Make sure your concepts are clear.

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

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BA (hons) in hotel management, IHM, Aurangabad
If you believe in the ancient Indian custom of hospitality, this is the course for you. Institute of Career Studies has all the details

The Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) was set up in Aurangabad by two institutions, the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces and the Maulana Azad Educational Trust, with the aim of creating a world-class centre in hospitality education. The trust is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and runs over 15 colleges and institutes affiliated to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. A decade after its inception, IHM is today the most sought after institute of hotel management in India. The curriculum is internationally recognised, critically scrutinised and frequently amended, ensuring that it reflects the latest trends in the industry.

The institute is equipped with technology reflecting the latest trends in hotel management. There are basic and advanced training kitchens, a housekeeping laboratory which is the replica of a Taj hotel room, a front office laboratory, computer laboratory and Internet centre, a state-of-the-art auditorium and conference centre and a world-class library that ensure practical training in a professional hotel environment, in addition to the training students undergo at the Taj Residency.

After graduating, students are placed with renowned hotel chains such as Taj, Oberoi, Marriot, Ista, Hyatt and Four Seasons.

IHM offers a four-year BA / BA (hons) in hotel management and a four-year BA (hons) in culinary arts. Both the degrees are conferred by University of Huddersfield, UK.

The notification is published in April. Application forms may be downloaded from the website (www.ihma .ac.ina). A crossed demand draft of Rs 1,000, favouring the Institute of Hotel Management and payable at Aurangabad, Maharashtra, should be sent along with the filled-in application form to the Institute of Hotel Management, Taj Residency, Rauza Bagh, Aurangabad- 431001, Maharashtra. Application forms have to be submitted by mid-May.

Eligibility

Students who have passed Plus Two or equivalent examination in any stream with English as the medium of instruction can apply. Students appearing for their board exams are also eligible subject to successfully qualifying the exam. Applicants should not be more than 22 years of age.

Entrance exam

An entrance exam is conducted by the Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad (IHM-A) on an all India basis. It is held at the end of May at centres in Aurangabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai.

Pattern of exam

The 90-minute written test carries 100 marks. The objective-type exam has questions in abstract reasoning, verbal reasoning, reading comprehension, numerical reasoning and general knowledge.

Candidates will have to score at least 45 per cent to qualify the written test. Those shortlisted will then have to appear for a group discussion (50 marks) and a personal interview (100marks). Applicants are assessed at the personal interview on the following five criteria: communication skills, alertness and analytical skills, general awareness, warmth and service orientation, and personality.

How to prepare

To prepare for the section on abstract reasoning, some of the books you can consult are Analytical Reasoning by Pandey, Verbal and Nonverbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal, Test of Reasoning by Edgar Thorpe and books on the subject by CSR Publications or Bookhives.

Brush up your verbal reasoning from books such as English is Easy by Magic Publications, Objective English by Tata McGraw Hill publishers, 30 days to Word Power by Norman Lewis and All about Words by Nurenberg. For reading comprehension, practise the exercises given in the GMAT guides of Barron and Princeton.

The area of numerical reasoning requires an understanding of concepts along with the ability to calculate quickly and accurately. You could prepare from books like Quantitative Aptitude by Abhijit Guha, Objective Question Bank (Mathematics) by R.K. Gupta and J.P. Arya and Mathematics by Edgar Thorpe. Practise makes perfect in this case.

Brush up your GK from the CSR Yearbook or the Pearson’s guide, as well as from magazines like Competition Master. Read the newspaper daily.

The aim of the interview is to assess your knowledge and depth of understanding, presence of mind, analytical skills, communication skills, confidence and composure. Successful conversation demands clear thinking, expressed in concise and grammatically correct language, which must convey facts in an easily understandable and interesting manner. Keep a cool head and you should be able to ace it.

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

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JIPMER has 28 academic departments imparting graduate and postgraduate education in the different disciplines of medicine as well as a hospital and nursing home that provide free medical care to the poor. Affiliated to Pondicherry University, the institute’s different departments carry out research in various fields of modern medicine and health and medical education.

The JIPMER campus is located on the highway to Puducherry and is spread over 195 acres. The campus is like a small, self-sufficient town and houses its own post office, bank and shopping centre apart from hostels for the students and a residential complex for the staff.

Apart from the MBBS course, JIPMER also offers a BSc in medical laboratory technology, a bachelor of medical record science, an MSc in medical biochemistry as well as MD, MS and PhD programmes. There are also some super-speciality and certificate courses.

The notification for the entrance examination is published in all leading newspapers and on the website in January or February. To get the form by post, send a written request to the registrar (academic), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Dhanvantrinagar, Puducherry-605006 along with a demand draft worth Rs 500, drawn in favour of the accounts officer, JIPMER and payable at Puducherry Union Territory. You can also download the form and submit it online (www.jipmer.edu).

Eligibility

An applicant should be an Indian national, have completed 17 years of age at the time of admission (or would complete it on or before December 31 of the year of admission). The candidate should have passed Plus Two with at least 50 per cent in English and a 50 per cent aggregate in physics, chemistry and biology.

Entrance exam

Students are selected on the basis of their performance in an all-India entrance exam that is held at centres in Puducherry, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Calcutta and Thiruvanthapuram on the second Sunday in June. The total number of seats is 46, of which 20 are reserved for locals. Another 11 students are admitted on the basis of their performance in the CBSE medical entrance.

Pattern of exam

The two-and-a-half-hour entrance test has questions from the CBSE syllabus for Class XI and XII. It has 200 multiple choice questions from English, botany, zoology, physics and chemistry. Unlike the CBSE medical entrance exam, there is no negative marking in the JIPMER test.

How to prepare

Various guides for the medical entrance exam such as those published by Parihar, Bhatia, Shivam and Vishal are found at major bookshops. Some well-known coaching institutes also help students prepare for this exam by sending material by post and holding mock tests.

You should have a through knowledge of the circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems, genetics, organic and inorganic chemistry, molecular physics and other basic aspects of physics. For the biology section, you can consult the book on the subject by M.P. Kaushik and Ramesh Gupta. You can also refer to Physics 10+2 by H.C. Verma and Chemistry by O.P. Agarwal. For English you could do some comprehension exercises from the book by Norman Lewis. If you have prepared well for your boards, you should be able to crack the JIPMER exam.

SAMPLE TEST PAPER

Colourless, unicellular, cell-wall bound spherical or rod shaped micro organisms, usually smaller than five microns in size, which lack an organised nucleus are called:
a) virus
b) bacteria
c) cyanobacteria
d) ricketsiol

The joint between the humerus and ulna is called:
a) hinge
b) pivot
c) giding
d) ball and socket

One faraday of electricity will liberate one-gram atom of the metal from the solution of:
a) NaCl
b) BaCl 2
c) CuSO 4
d) AlCl 3

Calculate the velocity of sound when four beats are heard between the wave length 1.00 metre and 1.01 metre.
a) 332m / s
b) 404m / s
c) 200m / s
d) 330m / s

You must not put off this work any longer; let it____
a) be done now. b) should be done now.
c) should have been done now.
d) should do now.

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

This course can help you separate the wood from the trees. Institute of Career Studies opens the door to sustainable development.

Established as the Imperial Forest Research Institute in 1906, the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehra Dun is a premier institution under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE). Designed in the Greeco-Roman style by C.G. Bloomfield, the main building, inaugurated in 1929, has been declared a national heritage monument.

The institute caters to the research needs of the Indo-Gangetic plains of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh, as well as Uttarakhand. FRI also creates awareness about forests and the environment among people through forestry extension programmes.

The well-equipped classrooms, computer centre and the conference room along with the offices are housed in the deemed university building within the new forest campus. Students have access to an extensive library and well-equipped laboratories. They can also avail of excellent hostel, sports and medical facilities.

FRI provides assistance in placing deserving students. Various industries and organisations visit the campus for interviews. On an average, 50 per cent of the students get placed through campus interviews. However, in case of MSc wood science and technology the placement is 100 per cent .

Apart from an MSc in forestry and one in wood science and technology, FRI offers an MSc in environment management, a post masters diploma in natural resource management, a post masters diploma in management of non-wood forest products, and a postgraduate diploma in biodiversity conservation.

Application forms can be obtained from the registrar, Forest Research Institute University, PO IPE, Kaulagarh Road, Dehra Dun- 248195 on payment of Rs 600 in cash or through bank draft drawn in favour of the registrar, Forest Research Institute University and payable at Dehra Dun. Forms can also be downloaded from the website (www.icfre.org / www.fri. res.in).

Eligibility

You should have completed a three-year BSc with at least one of these subjects — botany, chemistry, geology, maths, physics or zoology — or have a bachelors degree in agriculture or forestry.

Entrance exam

An admission test is held at 12 centres in the country in the second week of May.

Pattern of exam

The three-hour test is objective type, with questions grouped under four sections: basic sciences including social science (100 questions), arithmetic and quantitative abilities (40 questions), general knowledge and current affairs (30 questions) and English (30 questions). There is negative marking for wrong answers and one-fourth of the marks allotted to the question is deducted.

How to prepare

For the section on basic sciences, you could prepare from books like Botany by V.P. Pandey, Botany for Degree Students by Dutta, Zoology by Jordan and Verma and also the book by Kotpal, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry by Satya Prakash Tuli and Physical Chemistry by Puri and Sharma. Your concepts should be very clear because the questions assess the depth of your knowledge.

To crack the section on maths and reasoning, you could prepare from books like Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability by Edgar Thorpe, Objective Question Bank (Mathematics) by R.K. Gupta and J.P. Arya, Test of Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal, and books by Tata McGraw Hill publishers.

For the English section, you can practise comprehension from Barron’s GMAT guide and for usage, go through books by A.S. Hornby and Norman Lewis.

To update your general knowledge, read the newspapers regularly and go through magazines like CSR and Competition Master as well as the Pearson Guide book and the Manorama Yearbook.

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

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The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) at Karnal, Haryana, is a premier organisation that provides research support for dairy development programmes of the nation. The institute, which became a deemed university in March 1989, has gained prominence as a front ranking research organisation in the world.

NDRI provides high quality education, developing manpower for multiple levels in the dairy industry. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has also tied-up with the Centre of Advanced Studies at NDRI to further strengthen the research in dairy cattle breeding and dairy technology at the institute.

There are ten subheads — namely dairy cattle breeding, dairy cattle nutrition, dairy cattle physiology, dairy chemistry, dairy engineering, dairy microbiology, dairy technology, animal biochemistry, dairy economics, statistics and management, and dairy extension — under which teaching and research is conducted at the university.

The institute at Karnal is located on 560 hectares of land, of which 360 hectares is used for fodder cultivation. The beautiful campus also houses the central administrative office, various research divisions, the National Library in Dairying, the cattle yard, the embryo biotechnology centre, the artificial breeding complex, farm and maintenance sections. It also houses the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, the trainers’ training centre, the computer centre, the dairy plant, the milk parlour, a health complex, guest house, community centre, printing press, museum, accommodation for staff and student hostels.

The institute offers various programmes at the diploma, graduate, postgraduate and doctorate levels. The BTech (dairy technology) programme offers intensive training in processing of milk and its products, quality control and the engineering aspects of dairy processing equipment. Students spend a year of the four-year course in practical training at the model dairy plant located on the institute’s premises.

NDRI also offers masters degree programmes in dairy microbiology, dairy chemistry, dairy technology, dairy engineering, animal biochemistry, animal biotechnology, animal genetics and breeding, livestock production and management, animal nutrition, animal physiology, dairy economics and dairy extension education. The institute also offers doctoral programmes as well as various farmer oriented activities and training programmes related to animal husbandry and dairy technology.

The AIEEA application form can be purchased by paying Rs 400 (plus Rs 25 handling charges) from the registrars of the 38 agricultural universities as well as Syndicate Bank branches. To get the forms by post, send a demand draft to the Examination Cell, Education Division, ICAR, New Delhi-110012. For details, check the website (www.ndri.res.in).

Eligibility

Plus Two or its equivalent with at least 60 per cent in aggregate and physics, chemistry, mathematics and English as subjects. Candidates should be between 17 and 23 years on December 31, in the year of examination.

Entrance exam

Admission to the BTech course is through the All India Entrance Examination for Agriculture Courses (AIEEA) which is held in the middle of April at 39 centres across the country.

Pattern of exam

The test comprises objective-type questions in physics, chemistry and maths of the Plus Two level.

How to prepare

It is important to have a good grasp of these subjects and regular practice of answering objective type-questions accurately. Some of the books you can refer to are Mathematics by M.C. Khanna and R.D. Sharma, Physics 10+2 by H.C. Verma and I.E. Irodov, and Chemistry by O.P. Agarwal and Tata McGraw Hill publishers.

SAMPLE TEST PAPER

The self inductance of a straight conductor is:

a) zero

b) very large, but not infinity

c) infinity

d) moderate but not zero

A body of mass 2 kg is thrown up vertically with KE of 490 J. If the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 ms –2, the height at which the KE of the body becomes half its original value is:

a) 50 m b) 12.5 m c) 25 m d) 10 m

The depression in freezing point for a molal solution of a molecule is called:

a) cryoscopic constant b) ebullioscopic constant

c) fusion constant d) none

Two dice are thrown. The number of sample points in the sample space when one does not appear on any one side is:

a) 30 b) 33 c) 25 d) 6

A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. The total number of ways in which this can be done is:

a) 3125 b) 600

c) 260 d) 214

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

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The National Institute of Sports, which is now the academic wing of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), was established in 1961 with the objective of training coaches in different sports disciplines. It was renamed the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) in January 1973.

NSNIS, which is Asia’s largest sports institute, is housed in the palatial building and sprawling grounds belonging to the erstwhile Maharaja of Patiala whose descendants dedicated this complex to the promotion of sports. The institute has produced coaches who have made significant contributions in preparing the national teams for international competitions.

The institute also houses one of the centres of excellence set up in October 2000 by SAI to groom budding sportspersons. This centre operates as a coaching camp for the best available talent in India. It also conducts outreach camps in remote areas, with the help of the district administration and local nongovernmental organisations. NSNIS also has an integrated school (up to Class V), approved by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, for orthopaedically disabled children.

NSNIS offers an MSc in sports coaching, a postgraduate diploma in sports medicine as well as a diploma and a certificate in sports coaching. Scholarships are also given to deserving candidates.

The Faculty of Sports Sciences, with multiple disciplines (sports medicine, exercise physiology, biochemistry, physiotherapy, sports anthropometry, biomechanics, kinesiology, training methods, sports psychology and research methodology) was established in 1983. Besides offering a gamut of courses, the faculty provides scientific knowhow to sportspersons who attend national camps.

Over the years, NSNIS set up centres at Bangalore, Calcutta and Gandhinagar. About 14,000 coaches, including 507 foreigners, have graduated from the four academic centres, so far. The diploma in sports coaching course is now conducted at Patiala, Bangalore and Calcutta.

The notifications are generally advertised in March or April. The forms can be obtained from the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports, Old Moti Bagh, Patiala, Punjab, by sending a demand draft of Rs 150. For details, log on to www.nsnis.org.

Eligibility

Graduation in any stream. Those who have won a medal in the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games, the World Championships (senior section) or the Olympic Games only need a Plus Two. Candidates from the Northeast and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also eligible if they have completed Class XII. Applicants should have participated in at least two inter-university competitions, two Senior National Championships or National Games, two inter railways or inter police competitions, won a gold or silver in the All India Inter University Championships, Junior or Senior National Championships or participated in the Asian Games, Asian Championship, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Championship, World Championship or the Olympic Games. Candidates should be between 20 and 35 years on July 1 of the year of admission with relaxation of up to three months in the upper or lower age limit. The upper age limit is relaxable by three years for international players who have participated in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships, World Cup or the Olympic Games. Permanent employees of the state or central government or autonomous bodies of the government who are sponsored by these organisations are also allowed a three year age relaxation.

Entrance exam

Admission is through an entrance test which is held in the last week of June at Patiala, Bangalore and Calcutta. Selection is on the basis of educational qualification, sports achievements and performance in tests.

Pattern of exam

Candidates have to clear a written exam that tests their general knowledge and knowledge in the chosen sports discipline, a practical test of proficiency in their specialised sport and an interview where they are graded on personality, power of expression and expertise.

How to prepare

To ace the general knowledge section, you must read the newspaper daily and keep abreast of national and international news. Also check out the GK guides by Spectrum and Pearsons.

To increase your knowledge of sports, you could read sports magazines such as Sportstar, Sports World and Sports Quiz. You should also have indepth knowledge of the sports field you are opting for.

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

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If you are interested in providing a better quality of life to the physically challenged, this is the place for you. Institute of Career Studies guides you:

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped

The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped was set up in 1976 by the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment with the aim of developing manpower in the field of rehabilitation and to serve the orthopaedically handicapped.

The institute runs outpatient services for persons with disabilities like paraplegia, hemiplegia, arthritis, cerebral palsy, post polio residual paralysis and congenital anomalies. Patients availing facilities in the outpatient department are examined and evaluated by a multidisciplinary team of rehabilitation specialists. The physiotherapy outpatient department is equipped with modern electrotherapy and exercise therapy equipment. There is also a speech therapy OPD.

It also conducts out-reach camps for the economically weaker disabled persons, living in far-flung and remote areas, with the help of the district administration and locally active nongovernmental organisations. There is an integrated school for orthopaedically disabled children up to Class V that is approved by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

The institute offers a bachelor in physiotherapy (BPT), a bachelor in occupational therapy (BOT) and a bachelor in prosthetics and orthotics (BPO). Each of these four-and-a-half-year courses are affiliated to the University of Delhi.

The application form is available at the institute’s counter from the end of March. To obtain it by post, send a demand draft of Rs 550 (Rs 300 for SC / ST applicants) to the director, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped, New Delhi-110002.

Eligibility

You should have passed Plus Two or an equivalent examination with physics, chemistry, biology and English for the BPT course. A general category student should have a minimum of 50 per cent marks in aggregate in the above mentioned subjects while a SC / ST / PH / CWAPP category applicant needs to have 45 per cent. You should have completed 17 years of age on or before October 1 of the year of admission.

Entrance exam

Candidates are admitted to the bachelor of physical therapy, bachelor of occupational therapy or bachelor of prosthetics and orthotics through an entrance test conducted every year in the month of June / July by the University of Delhi.

Pattern of exam

The three-hour test consists of objective-type questions based on the Plus Two curriculum. The question paper tests the applicant’s knowledge in physics, chemistry, biology or mathematics, general knowledge and English. Each of the sections is worth 50 marks.

How to prepare

To ace the biology section, you can practise questions from biology books by M.P. Kaushik, and the Test Bank in Biology by Vinay Kumar.

For the physics and chemistry section, some of the books you can refer to are Physics 10 + 2 by H.C. Verma, Chemistry by O.P. Agarwal and Objective Chemistry by S. Chand.

For the maths section, you can consult Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Agarwal and Mathematics by Rao and Venkateshwar.

Objective General English by R.S. Agarwal and English Grammar by Wren and Martin will help you do well in the English section.

Prepare for the general knowledge section from books by O.P. Khanna, Maniram Agarwal or Tata McGraw Hill publishers.

Regular, time-bound practise of questions, especially from previous years’ question papers, will give you a competitive edge.

Sources: The Telegraph(Kolkata, India)