FORTHCOMING ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2013

FORTHCOMING ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2013

• The Indian Institute of Forest Management of the Union government has invited applications for admission to its two-year residential postgraduate diploma programme in Forestry Management. Those with a Bachelor's degree in any discipline with 50 percent marks in aggregate or those appearing in the final year examination in 2013 may apply. The fee is Rs. 4 lakh. Selection is on the basis of the score in the Common Admission Test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management, a group discussion and an interview. Last: December 10. www.iifm.ac.in/admission

• The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, has invited online applications through http://research.iitm.ac.in for admission to its Ph.D., MS and post-doctoral fellowship programmes. Last date: October 19. www.iitm.ac.in

• The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, has invited online applications for admission to its Ph.D. programmes. Last date: November 2. http://pgacim.iitr.ernet.in

• The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, has invited applications for admission to its Ph.D. programme starting in January in the areas of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics. Last date: October 15. www.iis-erb.ac.in/academics-office-acad-admission.html

• The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, has invited applications from candidates with consistently good academic credentials for admission to Ph.D. programmes in engineering. Apply online before October _ 28 through http://acsir.res.in.  For details, visit www.mnlindia.org.

• The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's Central Electrochemical Research Institute has invited applications for admission to its Ph.D. programme in Electrochemical Science and Technology. Those with an M.Sc. degree in any branch of science with a valid research fellowship of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the University Grants Commission, the Department of Biotechnology, the Indian Council of Medical Research, Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) of the Department of Science and Technology or equivalent may apply. Last date: October 25. www.cecri.res.in, http://acsir.res.in

• Applications have been invited for the award of postdoctoral fellowships for re-Search in frontier areas of cognitive science. Each fellow will be entitled to Rs. 35,000 a month and a research grant of Rs. 2 lakh a year. Download application form and'details from www.dst.gov.in or www.serc-dst.org.  Last date: October 15.

• The National Board of Examinations has invited applications for the DNB final super-specialty examinations to be held on December 8 and 9. Last date: October 22; www.natboard.edu.in

• The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Kozhikode, has invited applications for admission to its management seats for the MCA course based on entrance test merit. Those with a degree in any discipline with 50 per cent marks having studied mathematics as one of the subjects may apply.

Last date: October 15. www.calicut.nielit.in

• Applications have been invited from regular teachers in degree-level engineering colleges and institutions for admission to Master's and advanced admission to Ph.D. programmes under the quality improvement programme. Apply online through www.qip.cce.iisc.ernet.in.  Last date: October 31. For details, visit www.aicte-india.org.