Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

Master’s Degree Programmes, 2011–2013 through TISS National Entrance Test in the following disciplines:

1. Social Work
2. Social Work in Disability Studies and Action
3. Globalization and Labour
4. Human Resources Management and Labour Relations
5. Social Entrepreneurship
6. Health Administration
7. Hospital Administration
8. Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and Finance
9. Public Health in Social Epidemiology
10. Counseling
11. Development Studies
12. Education (Elementary)
13. Women’s Studies
14. Habitat Policy and Practice
15. Disaster Management
16. Media and Cultural Studies
17. Social Work in Rural Development

Eligibility Criteria

(a) A Bachelor’s Degree of a minimum of 3 years duration or its equivalent (under the 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years formal education) from a recognised university, in any discipline. OR

(b) Candidates who will complete all the requirements of their final year Bachelor’s Degree examinations by Saturday, June 11, 2011, are also eligible to apply to all the programmes, except the four programmes offered by the School of Health Systems Studies; provided they have successfully completed their first and second years, if the degree course is of 3 years; and the first, second and third years, if the degree course is of 4 years. Candidates applying for the M.A. Education (Elementary) programme should complete all the requirements by May 8, 2011. In such cases, admission to any of the Master’s Degree Programmes of the Institute will be provisional. If a
provisionally admitted student fails in the final year examination, the offer of provisional admission automatically stands cancelled.

(c) Candidates applying for the Master of Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and Finance; and Master of Public Health in Social Epidemiology Programmes should have (i) A Master’s Degree in any discipline, or (ii) A Bachelor’s Degree in medicine/para-medical courses.

(d) Candidates who are in their final year Bachelor’s Degree Programme are not eligible to apply for admission to any of the Master’s Degree programmes, conducted by School of Health Systems Studies, i.e., Health Administration; Hospital Administration; Public Health in Social Epidemiology; and Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and Finance.

(e) Candidates applying for the Master in Habitat Policy and Practice should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Management, Physical Sciences, Geography, Planning, Law, or Social Sciences, with some inclination towards habitat related issues/sectors.

(f) Medical graduates should complete their internship on or before Saturday, June 10, 2011. Otherwise, their candidature/admission stands cancelled.

Application Procedure

All candidates are required to apply online through the E-application only, available on the Institute's website www.tiss.edu .

Candidates applying through the online mode should pay Rs. 800/- (if applying for one programme), Rs. 1600/- (if applying for two programmes) and Rs. 2,400/- (if applying for three programmes) by submitting a prescribed challan to any branch of the State Bank of India (this challan can be downloaded from the TISS website).

The portion of the prescribed challan marked for TISS should be sent along with the application and the portion marked for candidate should be preserved till the GD/PI gets over. The candidate will be able to download the challan once they fill up the complete details of the application form and before taking out a print of the filled-in application. Please note that the SBI will charge Rs. 50/- as their processing fee, which cannot be adjusted against the application fee.

For candidates applying online, payment has to be made only through the SBI, and the payment challan has to be submitted to the Institute along with the Application Form. If payment is made via demand draft, pay order or any other mode, the application will be rejected and no communication to this effect will be sent to such candidates.

Candidates from remote places where no Internet and telecommunication facilities are available can get OMR-based application form from the Institute by following the instructions given below:

(A) Please prepare a Demand Draft from any branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) drawn in favour of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, payable at SBI, Deonar, Mumbai (Branch Code 03109) for Rs. 800/- (if applying for only one programme), Rs. 1600/- (if applying for only two programmes), or Rs. 2400/- (if applying for three programmes).

(B) Please send the Demand Draft to the Assistant Registrar (Academic) of the Institute along with a self-addressed (A4-sized) cloth-lined or thick envelope with a postal stamp of Rs. 50/-, and a request letter containing details of address, contact number, etc. Requests coming without the postal stamp and Demand Draft will not be accepted.

Unemployed Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates, whose parent's/guardian's income is less than Rs. 1 lakh (Rupees one lakh only) are exempt from paying the Application Fee. They should apply online through the E-application, and if they are from remote places, they can send a request letter without the payment challan and stamped envelope, but with a request letter, a plain self-addressed envelope and copies of Caste and Income Certificates attested by any School headmaster or a Principal of College or a gazetted officer.

Requests received without the above Certificates will be rejected and no communication will be sent in this regard.

The filled-in application (either OMR-based application or printed form of E-application) should be sent to

The Assistant Registrar (Academic),
Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar,
Mumbai 400 088

Contact Information

Address: V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088
Phone: 91-22-2552500
E-mail: admission@tiss.edu
http://www.tiss.edu

Last date for receipt of form: 22 October 2010

Entrance Date: 12 December 2010

Test Centers

Northern Region: Bhopal, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Varanasi

Eastern Region: Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi

Western Region: Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune

Southern Region: Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi

University of Delhi (DU)

Applications are invited for admission to the following programmes

• 2-year Full Time MBA Admission 2011-13
• 3-year Part Time MBA Admission 2012-14
• 3-year Part Time MBA (Health Care Administration) Admission 2011-14
• PhD programme

Eligibility Criteria

For MBA Full Time

Candidates applying for admission to the MBA full-time programme must have pursued at least a 3-year Bachelor's Degree programme after twelve years of formal schooling in any of the following disciplines. The minimum requisite percentage of marks in different disciplines is as follows:

Arts, Commerce or Social Sciences- 50%
Sciences- 55%
Mathematics or Statistics- 60%
Medicine, Engineering or Technology- 60%/ CGPA of at least 6 on a scale of 10 OR

Post Graduate Degree or IInd Degree examination after 10+2+3 scheme, securing at least 60%marks.

Relaxation of 5% marks in the minimum eligibility will be allowed only to candidates of the following categories (SC/ST/OBC/PH/CW).

For 3 Year Part Time MBA:

Candidates seeking admission to 3-year MBA programme should have passed a bachelor's degree examination of at least three years duration with a minimum of 45% marks in aggregate. Relaxation of this criterion may be made for those who scored more than 55% marks in aggregate in their post-graduate degree or at least 60% in a Diploma in Personnel Management, Diploma in Sales & Marketing or Diploma in Administrative Management of Delhi University conducted by FMS in earlier years.

Candidates should have at least three years experience as an executive or an administrator in a commercial, industrial or government establishment after passing the Bachelor's Degree Examination.

Three years Full-Time experience shall be determined as on 1st August, 2011.

Candidates must be sponsored by his/her present employer.

For 3-year part time MBA (Health Care Administration) programme

Candidates seeking admission to MBA (HCA) programme should have passed a Bachelor’s Degree Examination in Medicine in the University of Delhi or an examination recognized as equivalent.

Should have at least five years of experience in Hospital Administration after acquiring the Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine.

Five years of experience shall be considered as on 1st August of the year of admission.

Candidate must be sponsored by his/her present employer.

Application Procedure

Candidates applying to the programmes are required to visit FMS website (www.fms.edu ) and apply online. Applications will be received only through the online registration process.

Online registration opens on 6th September 2010 and closes on 15th October 2010

FMS Admissions Office will begin dispatching the Entrance Test Admit Cards for MBA (FT) and PhD candidates from the 2nd week of November 2010, and for MBA (PT) and MBA (PT) HCA candidates from the last week of December 2010.

All candidates applying to any of the FMS programmes are required to send back the acknowledgement form to FMS Office on or before 15th October 2010.

Contact Information

Address: Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007
Tel: 011 – 27666382 – 384
Fax: 011 – 27667183
Email: admissions@fms.edu
Website: www.fms.edu

Last date for receipt of form: 15 October 2010

Entrance Exam

For MBA (FT) & PhD: Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 2.00pm

Test Centers: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Guawahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam.

For MBA (Part-Time) & MBA (PT) HCA: January 23, 2011 at Delhi only.

Nirma University (NU)

Applications are invited for admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA - 2011) – Two year full time residential program

Eligibility Criteria

A three-year bachelor’s degree (10+2+3) or its equivalent in any discipline from a recognized university with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA. Students appearing in the final examination of a bachelor's degree can also apply.

Application Procedure

Requests for application form of the Institute should accompany with a demand draft of Rs. 1,500/- favouring "Institute of Management, Nirma University" payable at Ahmedabad and addressed to:

The Deputy Registrar, Institute of Management, Nirma University
S-G Highway, Ahmedabad 382 481, E-mail: admissions@imnu.ac.in

The application form can be downloaded from our website and submitted along with a DD of Rs. 1,500/-. Application form can also be directly obtained by cash or DD either from the Institute or from different centers of IMS Learning Resource, TIME and select branches of Axis Bank from 8th September, 2010 onwards.

Contact Information

Address: The Deputy Registrar, Institute of Management, Nirma University S-G Highway, Ahmedabad 382 481
Tel: 02717 - 241900 to 04
Fax: 02717 - 241916
Website: http://www.imnu.ac.in
E-mail: admissions@imnu.ac.in

Last date for receipt of form: 30 November 2010

Admission Procedure

The prospective candidates are required to take the Common Admission Test (CAT)-2010 to be conducted by IIMs.

Applicants are required to fill in the application form of the Institute of Management, Nirma University in addition to the CAT form. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for personal interview and group discussion at select cities.

Institute of Management development & Research (IMDR)

Applications are invited for admission to Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Two Year Full Time Programme)

Eligibility Criteria

Graduate in any discipline (10+2+3) recognized by the Association of the Indian Universities I AICTE as eligible for post graduate studies, with minimum 50% marks and 45% for SC/ST candidates. Final year graduation students with at least 50% marks in the immediately preceding examination can also apply.

To be eligible for admission to IMDR, all candidates have to take the Common Admission Test (CAT).

Application Procedure

Candidates must register with IMDR by submitting the application form along with a Demand Draft for Rs.1000/- in favour of 'Director, IMDR'.

Forms can be collected directly from IMDR office or can be downloaded from our website. Forms can also be submitted online at our website http://www.imdr.edu

The filled in applications must be sent to the following address:

The Registrar,
IMDR, DE Society Campus,
Deccan Gymkhana, PUNE – 411 004

Contact Information

Tel: 020 – 66866247
Fax: 020 – 66866250
Website: http://www.imdr.edu

Last date for receipt of form: 30 November 2010

Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan-2011(UK)

Applications are invited from Indian nationals either on line through http://www.education.nic.in/ or on plain paper in the FORMAT GIVEN for nominations from India for the award of Commonwealth Scholarships in United Kingdom tenable from October 2011 for higher studies/research/specialized training in the subjects mentioned below in the United Kingdom.

Up to Sixty (60) nominations are to be sent to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission for final selection to be made by them. Out of these not more than twenty five (25) are for doctoral studies (including via the spilt-site mode) reflecting operational quotas for awards.

(1) Six Months of Clinical Training (For MBBS, BDS,MS, MD degree holders only)

1. Cancer Research
2. Cardiology
3. Gynecology
4. Medicine
5. Dentistry
6. Orthopedics
7. Neurology and
8. ENT

(2) (i) One Year Taught Master’s Courses Or Equivalent Degree, (ii) Doctoral Degree of upto Three Years Duration (iii) One Year Research On a Split Site Basis, Towards a Ph. D. Registered at a University in Home Country:

(A) Engineering and Technology:

1. Electronics/Electrical 2. Environmental Studies 3. Remote Sensing Technology 4. Communication Engineering 5. Biotechnology or Biochemical Engineering 6. Robotics 7. Computer Applications/ Computer Science 8. Aerospace Engg./ Aeronautics 9. Civil Engineering 10. Material Science 11. Mining Engineering and 12. Marine Engg.

(B) Science (Pure and Applied)

1. Mathematics 2. Molecular Biology 3. Physics and 4. Chemistry (including Pharmaceutical/ Medicinal Chemistry).

(C) Agriculture: 1. Agronomy & Forestry.

(D) Humanities and Social Sciences

1. History 2. Sociology 3. Management Studies 4. Economics 5. Philosophy 6.Psychology 7. Law 8. English (Literature/Linguistics) and 9. Political Science with International Relations

Candidates who have already completed Ph.D. or are about to complete it will not be considered.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must have completed tertiary education in English Medium :-

(A) For Master’s Degree Or Six Months Clinical Training

One should hold or able to produce the certificate of Bachelor’s Degree by 31st August 2011 in the subject field concerned (indicated above) securing 60% or above marks in Humanities and Social Science group and 65% or above marks in Medical, Engineering and Technology, Science and Agriculture Group. Candidate should give one page academic justification for pursuing the course in U.K.

**Candidates who wish to undertake postgraduate study in Business and/or Management should before applying for a Commonwealth Scholarship, have taken the Graduate Management Admission Test (Princeton Test). Enquiries to: G.M.A.T. Educational Testing Services, Box 966 – R, Princeton, NJ 08541, U.S.A. Candidates for awards in Economics and related subjects should be aware that a number of departments may require them, before admission, to pass the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) of which details may be obtained from Graduate Record Examination, Educational Testing Service, Box 955, Princeton, NJ 08541, U.S.A. Service, Box 955, Princeton, NJ 08541, U.S.A.

(B) FOR Ph.D. DEGREE:-
One should hold or able to produce the certificate of Master’s Degree by 31st August 2011 in the concerned subject fields (indicated above) securing 60% or above marks in Humanities and Social Science group and 65% or above marks in the relevant subjects in Medical, Engineering and Technology, Science and Agriculture group.

Application Procedure

Desirous candidates may send their applications for the above scholarships in the prescribed format to the Section Officer, ES – 4 Section, Department of Higher Education, A-2/W—4, C.R. Barracks, K. G. Marg, New Delhi-110001, so as to reach there by 25th September 2010 (5.30 PM).

Contact Information

Address: Department of Higher Education, ES.4 Section, A-2/W—4, C.R. Barracks, K. G. Marg, New Delhi-110001

Last date for receipt of form: 25 September 2010

Himachal Pradesh University (HPU)

Application for the Entrance Test to Ph.D. Programme-2010 in the following subjects / courses as per available seats mentioned against each, are invited from the eligible candidates upto 22nd September, 2010.

Chemistry, Psychology, Bio-Science (Zoology), Political Science, Physics, Economics, English, Geography, Sanskrit, Commerce, History, Sociology

Application Procedure

The Application Forms can be obtained by cash @ Rs.100/- on the counter from the In-charge, Enquiry, H.P. University, Shimla-5 w.e.f 04-09-2010

The application form must be accompanied with Entrance Test Fee as per details / instructions given in the Application Form. The application forms, complete in all respects, should be submitted to the Chairpersons/ Directors of the Teaching Departments / Institutes concerned. No application form shall be entertained after the last date is over.

Last date for receipt of form: 22 September 2010

Entrance Date: 08 October 2010

Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering (DIET)

Post Graduate Course in Tool Design & Manufacture (recognized by Ministry of HRD as equivalent to M.Tech. in Production Engineering)

Eligibility Criteria

Graduate in Mech. or Prodn. Engg. or equivalent with 60% Marks in aggregate (pass in qualifying examination for Industrial sponsored candidates).

Age: Max. 27 years as on 1st Sept, 2010 (Max. 35 years for Industrial Sponsored Candidates).

Application Procedure

The prescribed application form and Prospectus can be obtained from the Institute between 9.00 am and 3.00 pm on payment of Rs. 500/- (Rs. 125/- for SC/ST) non-refundable as application & examination fee or by sending DD in favour of DITE, Delhi, should reach on or before 24.09.2010.

Contact Information

Address: Wazirpur Industrial Area, Delhi – 110 052
Tel: 011 – 2737 2618, 2737 2745
Fax: 011 – 27375138
Email: trtc@bol.net.in

Last date for receipt of form: 24 September 2010

Entrance Date: 08 October 2010