Symbiosis, the Pune-based educational group is organising a `Free postgraduate seminar’ at Loyola College, Chennai, on October 23, Sunday.

Professors, academicians, counselors, regular experienced faculty from Symbiosis institutions will help students choose from a pool of multi-stream career options such as Agribusiness, Computer Science, Geoinformatics, International Business, Information Technology, Management, Mass Communication, Operations Management & Telecom Management.

Hi-tech campus

The 34-year-old group has a family of 33 academic institutions spread across nine campuses in and around Pune, comprising over 45,000 Indian and international students. The campuses boast of cutting-edge technological facilities such as Wi-fi and broadband connectivity, modern computer labs and libraries with extensive educative learning resources.

To cope with highly demanding academic requirements, students participate in extra-curricular activities such as live-industry projects, seminars, and events.

Other institutions

SIBM: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management is synonymous with management education that is rated among the finest in the country by both students and corporates. The institute offers a platform to students, encouraging conceptual understanding and providing the right focus, based on industry needs.

SICSR: SICSR is committed to creating top-class IT professionals. It strives to give up to date inputs through its industry-endorsed syllabus and focuses on knowledge creation and propagation through its degree programmes.

SIMC: SIMC as an institute has positioned itself as a leading integrated mass communication centre, providing the industry with skilled and trained media professionals, adept in all fields of communication.

Established in 1990, SIMC provides a comprehensive and critical education in media and communication studies.

The Institute prepares its students to handle a convergence of technologies, specialize in the new generation mediums, and emerge as capable and competent media and communications professionals.

The University of the West Indies perhaps soon certified production Reggae / Dancehall producers and directors of the road.

In a recent conference Reggae Studies Unit on the Mona campus of Jeremy Harding was the guest speaker, two weeks ago, head of reggae Studies Unit Professor Carolyn Cooper, announced that university research in the implementation of a sector in culture and entertainment establishments management company in the near future.

In an interview with The Sunday Gleaner Professor Cooper said recently that the implementation of programmeas soon the next academic year, if everything pans.

“It is still in development stages and will be implemented this year,” she said. “He came the idea of au-Amen, a graduating Master in Cultural Studies. It was his idea that the Reggae Studies Unit.”

The program, she added, the same three years, in which other Undergraduate degree to take the students must be complete and courses in other faculties that good. “It is bte, in collaboration with the Department of Management Studies and the Caribbean Institute for Media and Communication (CARIMAC). There would be two streams, one for humanities and one for science humanities and social, “said Professor Cooper.

For the curriculum interested default could meet University of the conditions, some of whom are also training courses and a degree of education.

“They had the Uni-registration required, but r UWI has a system with which experienced candidates who possess a certain level of qualification and professional experience in their field,” she said.

KOLKATA: NSHM Knowledge Campus has tied up with UK’s Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), providing an option for its students to pursue higher academic pursuits at SHU in media, management and hospitality.

Speaking at a press conference in Kolkata to announce the partnership, Cecil Antony, chief mentor, NSHM Knowledge Campus, said: “The NSHM-SHU partnership will be operational from 2008. This is a part of our endeavour to tie up with global education hubs to create opportunities for Indian students.”

NSHM will offer a masters degree (MA) in film and media production and the students can study two semesters at the NSHM Institute of Media and Communication(NIMC), Kolkata. The remaining two semesters can be completed at SHU with an option to do their project at SHU or NIMC. The degree is awarded by SHU. The cost of the course is pegged at approximately Rs 12 lakh.

The institutes are also working on a programme for designing a post-graduate programme in sports and wellness management. It will be conducted wholly by NSHM with an option to complete the Masters at SHU.

The UK university has several partnerships in place with academic institutes in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Europe among others. It is also exploring other collaborations in India with IILM (Institute of Integrated Learning in Management), Delhi; Christ College, Bangalore and Delhi University. “Our aim is to diversify our international activities,” said SHU pro vice-chancellor, academic development, Philip Garrahan.