Combined Biotechnology Entrance Examination on Thursday, May 18, 2006 by JNU, New Delhi for admission to (1) M Sc (Biotechnology) (2) M Sc Agriculture and M V Sc (Biotechnology) being offered by various participating Universities and (3) M Tech (Biotechnology) at Anna University, Chennai and West Bengal University Of Technology (WBUT), Kolkata.

You Need: (1) Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering, Technology, four-Years BS (Physician Assistant Course); or Medicine (MBBS) or BDS with at least 55% marks (2 and 3). Refer www.jnu.ac.in

Form: Send the request to obtain by post only to the Deputy Registrar (CEEB), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, along with a valid bank draft of Rs 180 (for one set of application form). DD should be payable to ‘Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi’. The request should accompany a self-addressed unstamped envelope of the size of 28×20 cms indicating clearly - Request for Application form for (i) ‘M Sc Biotechnology’ or (ii) ‘M Sc (Agriculture) or M V Sc Biotechnology’ or (iii) ‘M Tech Biotechnology’.

Deadline: March 8, 2006 for form by post March 17, 2006 for form at cash counter; March 17, 2006 for submission.

Notified: Employment News, January 28, 2006.

Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) offers (a) one-year Orientation Course (OCES-2006) starting September 2006 at BARC Training School Mumbai and its affiliates CAT Training School Indore, NFC-HWB Training School Hyderabad and NPCIL Training Centres (Kaiga, Kalpakkam, Kudankulam.Raw-atbhata and Tarapur) and (b) two-year DAE Graduate Fellowship Scheme (DGFS-2006) for M Tech in specific programmes starting July 2006 at Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee).

You need: (a) Engineering Graduates and Science Postgraduates and (b) Engineering graduates and Postgraduates in Physics. Qualifying degrees and disciplines should be BE in Mechanical, Chemical, Metallurgy, Civil, Electrical, Electronics, Computer, Instrumentation, Engineering Physics and Food Technology; M Sc Physics, Electronics, Chemistry and Biosciences. GATE 2005 or GATE 2006 is mandatory for Engineering, and optional for Science disciplines. Written Test on February 26,2006 for Science disciplines without GATE,

Form: Refer notification Employment News of December 3, 2005 or promi­nent dailies in early December 2005. Online application on www. hrdbarc.gov.tn

Deadline: Between January 15, 2006 and April 15, 2006 for submission depending upon discipline.

Three-year B A in Cinema/ Mass Communication/ Radio & TV and BBA in Media Management; two-year MA in Cinema/ Mass Communication/ Radio & TV and MBA in Media Management, one-year PGD in Film & TV Production/ Media Management/ TV Journalism & Communication/ Photo & Print Journalism, one-year Diploma in Visual Communication/ Acting for Film and TV at Asian Academy of Film & TV (www.aaft. com) session commencing April 3, 2006.

Form: Available from Marwah Studios
Complex, FC-14/15, Film City, Sec-16 A,
NOIDA-201301.

Deadlines: Not mentioned.

Notified: Hindustan Times, Delhi,

Two-year M Sc in Economics and (b) M Phil/ Ph D Development Studies at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai.

You Need: (a) BA/ B Sc in Economics/ B Com/ B Stat/ B Sc (Physics or Maths)/ B Tech/ B E with at least a second division for Economics discipline and first division for other disciplines. All students must have taken Maths at least at the higher secondary level, (b) M A/ M Sc in Economics/ M Stat/ M Sc (Physics or secondary level.

Written test on May 7, 2006 also at New Delhi.

Form: Download from http://www.igidr.ac.in.

Deadline: March 17,2006 (submission).

Notified: Times of India, Mumbai, January 6,2006

One-year full-time residential Post Master Course in Natural Resource Management (M Phil equivalent) at Indian Institute of Forest Management, Post Box No 357, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal-462003 (http://www.iifm.org).

You Need: Two years Master’s/ equivalent in any subject with minimum 50% marks in the aggregate (5% less in the case of SC/ST candidates).

Form: Send request along with DD for Rs 250 in favour of Director, IIFM, payable at Bhopal to Chairperson - Admissions at address above. May also download from http://www.iifm.ac.in or http:// www.iifm.org.

Deadline: March 15,2006 (submission).

Notified: Employment News, December 3,2005.

MCA at Birla Institute of Technology, deemed university, Mesra, Ran-chi-835215, and its extension centres at Kolkata, Jaipur, Allahabad, Ran-chi and Noida (A-7, Sector 1, Noida-201301).

You Need: Graduate (10+2+3) with mathematics, statistics, business mathematics or computer at graduation or plus two level with 50% aggregate marks at the graduate level (45% for SC and ST). Written test on May 7, 2006 at various cities.

Form: Against DD for Rs 1,250 from the address above favouring Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra with two self-addressed slips of paper size 10 cm X 10 cm or against Rs 1,200 from the office at Noida.

Deadline: March 3, 2006 for form request; March 7,2006 for submission.

Notified: The Statesman, Kolkata, January 30,2006.

(1) Three-year B Stat (Hons) (2) three-year B Math (Hons) (3) two-year M Stat first year (4) two-year M Math in Kolkata (5) two-year Master of Science (M S) in Quantitative Economics (6) two-year M Tech in Computer Science (7) two-year M Tech in Quality, Reliability and Operations Research (8) Junior Research Fellowships in Stat/ Maths/ Computer and Communication Sciences/ Eco/ Demography/ Physics and Applied Maths/ Geology/ Sociology/ Psychology/ Human Genetics/Library & Information Science (9) two-year Associateship in Documentation and Information Science at Indian Statistical Institute.

Site: //www. isicahac. in.

You Need: (1 and 2) 10+2 with Maths and English. View website for further
details. Selection test in India and abroad on May 7,2006.

Form: From the website http://www.isi-cal.ac.in-deanweb in PDF format. Also
against Rs 450 in cash (between 11 am and 2 pm on from Monday-Friday) fromISI, 7 S J S Sansanwal Marg, Near Qutab Hotel, Opp Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi- 110016.

Deadline: March 3,2006 (form) March 4, 2006 (submission).

Notified: The Employment News, January 21-27,2006.

MBA at Avinashilingam. Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women-Deemed University, Coimbatore-641043 (www.avinuty.ac. in or http://www.indianmba.com).

You Need: Women graduates with minimum 55% marks, MAT/ ‘CAT/ XAT/ ATMA/ TANCET Score(s), GD and PI.

Form: Obtain from the Registrar by sending DD for Rs 300 in favour of The Registrar, Avinashilingam Deemed University, payable at Coimbatore with s a e stamped Rs 25 (25 cm X 10 cm size).

Deadline: March 1,2006 (submission).

Notified: The Hindu, Chennai, January 8, 2006.

MA in Education (Elementary) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, deemed university, V N Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai-400088, www. tiss.edu, in collaboration with five institutions.

You Need: Bachelor’s degree of minimum three-years duration or equivalent with minimum average of 50% marks (40% for SC and ST). Completing bachelor’s degree exam by June 24, 2006. Written test on March 19, also at Delhi.

Form: Download from the website and submit with DD of Rs 500 in favour of Registrar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai payable at Mumbai.

Deadline: February 25, 2006 for submission.

Notified: The Indian Express, Mumbai, January 31,2006.

Six-months full-time PGD in Systems and Database Administration (specialisation in Information Security) at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) academy for Cyber Technology Science, B-30 Institutional Area, Sector 62, Noida-201307.

You Need: B Tech, M Tech, BSS, MCA, MIT, M Sc (CS), MBA (IT and System) or BCA, BIT, B Sc (CS) or Diploma in CS, E&C, EE with minimum one-year computer Diploma etc.

Entrance test and Interview on March 4,2006.

Form: Download from www.cdacnoida.in

Deadline: February 24, 2006 for submission.

Notified: The Hindustan Times, Delhi, January 31, 2006.