New and Improved Courses offered by Colleges in Mumbai

As the trend is changing and students are looking forward for change in career. They look for value-added, vocational courses along with national conference. Colleges in Mumbai are doing their best to offer new courses like retail marketing, hospitality, including courses in Smartphone development, software development and microbiology.

For instance, Sophia College has social reform, KC has research lab and Jai Hind offers on-campus internship for junior college students.  Mentioned below are new vocational courses and activities introduced that are really helpful to get into interesting career scope ahead:

Sophia College for Women:  To allow students getting into social activities, the college has started The Social Reform Club where students can work on activities and campaigns. Apart from this, college has introduced add on courses like Research Methodology in Social Science and Humanity. Students completing 3rd yr arts can take up this 3-month course.

Jai Hind College: Located in Churchgate, South Bombay the college has introduced certificate course in forensic science, smartphone app development, research methodology, Entrepreneurship Elementary and Indian Cultural Heritage and Plant Tissue Culture. Adding to this, the college also offers PG Diploma in Broadcast and Business Journalism having creative writing course.

St Xavier’s College: This is autonomous college in Mumbai offers new 3 yr degree course- Bachelor of Vocation, available in Software Development and Tourism.  The best thing about this course is its multiple exits. Student can leave the course in the first year with advance diploma, at the end of the year.

HR College: The college introduced 3yr degree course in Bachelor of Vocation. This course has similar benefit to the course offered by St Xavier’ College.  The course aims to help students in developing skills and give importance to practical experience.

KC College:  The college has introduced 2yrs master’s course in media and entertainment along with PG degree course in analytical chemistry and life science.  With this research course, the college aims to turns itself as a thriving research hub.

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) 2014 Admission notification

 National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) invites application for admission to its UG and PG programme in 2014. The last date for online application is 10^th January, 2014. 

Application Procedure:

Candidate can apply online by visiting www.nift.ac.in  the admission feed can be either paid online or offline through DD. The application form can also be sent along with DD at

Project Manager - CMS

All India Management Association

Management House, 14, Institutional Area,

Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003

The application form should reach before 10^th January, 2014

Important Dates:

Last Date of online registration: 10^th January, 2014

Last date of online registration with late fees: 17^th January, 2014

GD/PI:  April/May 2014

Result declaration:  End of May/June 2014

Online counseling: June 2014

Notification of Welingkar’s PG in Family Managed Business Program 2013-15

Welingkar Institute of Management calls application for 22 months Family Managed Business Program 2013-15. The program is being approved by AICTE and is designed for students who want to manage their family business and enhance entrepreneur skills.

Objective of the program:

·         Enhancing entrepreneurial skills to perform systematic and strategic planning and designing effective strategies suitable for changing environment

·         Propelling innovative ideas in marketing, financing and operating a business

·         Applying management science to FMBs

·         Developing family members as family business managers

·         Learning to evaluate situations and problems in FMBs

·         Encouraging professionalism in FMBs

Eligibility criteria:

Candidate applying for Family Managed Business Program need to be graduate from recognized university with minimum 50% marks and with 2 yrs of work experience.  

Candidate with CAT, XAT, ATMA or CMAT passing score is also eligible for the course.

Duration of the program:

The duration of the program is of 22 months. Classes will be held for 7 days a month and 3 weeks of the month will be given for attending business.

Batch size: 30

Program Fees:

Rs 5 lacs/-

Application process:

The application form for the course can be downloaded from the official Welingkar website www.welingkar.org . The same can also be purchased from the Welingkar center Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.

Career in Genetic Engineering

Genetic engineering is an advance branch in science stream and involves the study of DNA Code and techniques involved in genetic codes. Genes, mostly from other, often totally unrelated species are inserted in the genetic "master program". Genes from e.g. fish, scorpions, bacteria and viruses have been inserted into food plants in genetic engineering projects.

The simple addition, deletion, or manipulation of a single trait in an organism to create a desired change is also called Genetic engineering. The field Genetic Engineering comes under broad heading Biotechnology.  The main aim of genetic engineering is to re-arrange the sequence of DNA using artificial method. The research work on DNA is done on plants, animals and human beings. Presently, there is a huge scope in genetic engineering in India and abroad. Institutes in India offering genetic engineering courses train students to understand important segments of the field through both practically and theoretically.

There are different courses available to seek genetic engineering:

• Bachelor of Engineering in Genetic Engineering
• Bachelor of Technology in Genetic Engineering
• Master of Engineering in Genetic Engineering
• Master of Technology in Genetic Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in life sciences with genetics as optional subjects

Institute offering Genetic Engineering

There are few institutes in India offering courses in genetic engineering:

• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• Bharath University, Chennai
• Kuvempu University, Karnataka
• SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
• Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna

Typical Eligibility Criteria:   

Students pursuing UG course in genetic engineering should be 10+2 pass out from science stream. Additionally, students have to appear for Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and other engineering test, depending on the institute student applying for.

For PG course, candidate should carry B.E or B. Tech degree. Also a valid GATE score is an added advantage.

Duration: 48 Months (4 years)

Genetic Engineering Syllabus

The syllabus for Genetic Engineering can vary depending upon the university and the program.

·         Semester 1: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Basic Engineering, Labs

·         Semester 2: Material Science, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Value Education

·         Semester 3: Enzyme Technology, Immunology, Microbiology, Computer Skills

·         Semester 4: Basic Molecular Techniques, Molecular Biology, Biostatistics

·         Semester 5: Momentum Transfer, Plant Tissue Culture, Biophysics, Bioprocess

·         Semester 6: Bioinformatics, Gene Therapy, Chemical Reaction Engineering

·         Semester 7: Stem Cell Biology, Bioseparation Technology, Nanobiotechnology

·         Semester 8: Practical Labs based on Genetic Engineering

Jobs

Genetic Engineering graduates find opportunities in medical and pharmaceutical industries, agriculture, research and development departments of government and private organizations. Some of the well-known organizations are- Institute of Genomic and Integrative Biology, Delhi; Biochemical Engineering Research and Process Development Centre, Chandigarh; The Centre for DNA Fingerprint and Diagnostics, Hyderabad; etc. The pay package offered for genetic engineers is comparatively higher than other engineering graduates. They are offered a monthly salary of Rs.20, 000 to 30,000 in public sector and even higher in private sector.