National Institute of Social Defence

Applications are invited for admission to Six Months Certificate Course in Geriatric Care (Full Time) during November 2009 to June - 2010 - 30 seats for each Centre
Eligibility: i. Hlgh school/Matriculation or any other Examination equivalent to Secondary Examination after a period of 10 years study.

Preference will be given to candidates working as Old Age Care Givers, Health Workers, Counsellors, Social Workers, Home Care Workers, Nursing Assistant or in Age Care Agencies/Organisations.

ii. Age Limit: He/she should have completed the age of 18 years as on October 1, 2009 and should not be more than 45 years as on October 1, 2009.
Application procedure: Interested candidates may send their application in the prescribed form given in the prospectus which can be had from Old Age Care Division, National Institute of Social Defence, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, West Block-1, Wlng-3, First Floor, R.K. Puram, New Delhl-110066 (Tele. 26106883) from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on all working days during November 10, 2009 to December 11, 2009 by paying Rs. 50/- personally or by sending Draft/Pay Order for Rs. 80/-. The Draft/Pay Order should be in favour of the Director, National Institute of Social Defence, West Block-1, Wing-7, Ground Floor, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066, payable at New Delhi.

The form can also be downloaded from www.nisd.gov.in and should be submitted along with the draft for Rs.80/- as explained earlier.

Tele: 011 -26106883
Website: www.nisd.gov.in
Address: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. West Block-1, Wing-3, First Floor, R. K. Puram, New Delhi-110066
Last date of submission of Forms: 11th December, 2009

for North Eastern & Andaman & Nicobar Island: 18th December, 2009
Date of Entrance Test : Common Aptitude Test (CAT): Sunday, January 10, 2010
Note : For more details, please contact respective Regional Collaborating Agencies of NISD, as mentioned below: -

• Programme Director, Centre for Action Research & Training, (CART), HIGH 10/6, Housing Board Colony, Chandershekharpur, Bhubaneswar-751016, Orissa. Contact No. 0674-2741682, 27415960

• Secretary, Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (CMIG), E/1, Sopan Kutir, 53-B, Dr. S.C. Banerjee Road, Kolkata-700019, West Bengal. Contact No. 033- 23701437, 23596464.

• Secretary Abhoy Mission, Ram Nagar Road No. 1, Post Office Ram Nagar, Agartala, Tripura West- 799002. Contact No. 0381-2208507.

• Managing Trustee, Nightangles Medical Trust, 337, 2nd Cross, 1st Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore. Contact No. 080-23548999/55/666

• Chairman, Alzheimer’s & Related Disorders Society of India, PO. Box-53, Guruvayur Road, Kunnamkulam-680503. Contact No. 04885-223801, 222939.

• Principal, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Peelamedu, Coimbatore-04. Contact No. 0422-2572222.