IIFT invites application for admission to Certificate Course in International BusinessLanguage (Evening) in the following two languages
1. Spanish 2. French
The course is designed for young entrepreneurs and executives in government, public and
private sector trading with markets speaking these languages.
Eligibility: Minimum educational qualification should be 10 + 2. No age limit
Selection: Based on interviews to be held at IIFT’s Campus.
Fee: Rs.7,500/- per person.
Dates and Timings of the Course: The Course in each language will be held during
January – June 2009 from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm on alternate days (Mondays, Wednesdays
& Fridays) thrice a week. Classes will be held at IIFT Campus in Delhi.
Last Date for receipt of Applications: 10th January 2009
Application Form can be obtained from the Institute on all working days between 10:00
am - 4:30 pm on payment of Rs. 250/- (Rs. 125/- for SC/ST/PH candidates) or download
application form from www.iift.edu (or by clicking the link here) and accompanied by a Demand Draft/Pay Order for
Rs. 250/- (Rs. 125/- for SC/ST/PH candidates) in favour of Indian Institute of Foreign
Trade payable at New Delhi at the time of submission.
For any query, contact:
Gaurav Gulati, Administrative Officer
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE
B-21, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi 110016
Tel: 26857908, 2696 5124, 2696 6563
Fax: 2685 3956, 26867841, 2686 7851
E-mail: gaurav@iift.ac.in OR admissions@iift.ac.in
Read More About Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was set up in 1963 by the Government of India as an autonomous organisation to help professionalise the country's foreign trade management and increase exports by developing human resources; generating, analysing and disseminating data; and conducting research. The Institute visualises its future role as:
The Institute's portfolio of long-term programmes is diverse, catering to the requirements of aspiring International Business executives and mid-career professionals alike. These are:
IIFT has, over the years, undertaken path-breaking research studies with organisations like WTO, World Bank, UNCTAD and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. The Institute has also trained more than 40,000 business professionals across 30 countries in various facets of international business and trade policy via its Management Development Programmes.
IIFT 2008 MBA Entrance Test Results, Admission 2009
IIFT Results - IIFT Entrance Test written Test Result for 2009 admissions
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade School of International Business, Delhi declared the results of written test held on November 23, 2008
List of Shortlisted Candidates for MBA(IB) 2009-11 Programme available on www.iift.edu Click here to check result
Based on marks for written test, candidates will be called for Group Discussion and Interview to be held during January/February at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai.
The Institute’s portfolio of long-term programmes is diverse, catering to the requirements of aspiring International Business executives and mid-career professionals alike. These are:
Two-year MBA (International Business), New Delhi, Kolkata, and Dar-es-Salaam
Three-year MBA (International Business) (Part-Time), New Delhi and Kolkata
Executive Masters in International Business, New Delhi
Certificate Programme in Export Management, New Delhi
IIFT has, over the years, undertaken path-breaking research studies with organisations like WTO, World Bank, UNCTAD and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. The Institute has also trained more than 40,000 business professionals across 30 countries in various facets of international business and trade policy via its Management Development Programmes.
Read More About Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
BHU MBBS Entrance 2009
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will hold All India Written Entrance Test for admission to MBBS course in TWO stages: PMT/PAT-2009 SCREENING and PMT-2009 MAIN
BHU PMT/PAT-2009 SCREENING shall be held on Wednesday, the 6th May 2009 at Varanasi, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad Centres, to screen candidates for eligibility to take PMT-2009 MAIN examination for MBBS course which will be held on Sunday, the 14th June 2009 at Varanasi Centre only. For B. Pharm. course, candidates will be selected on the basis of their merit in the PMT/PAT-2008 SCREENING.
The BHU PMT 2009 Admission Notice says :
ADMISSION NOTICE FOR PMT-2009
[MBBS/BDS/BAMS/B. Pharm./B. Pharm.(Ay.) COURSES]
The all India Screening Test, BHU PMT-2009 for admission to MBBS / BDS / BAMS / B. Pharm. / B. Pharm.(Ay.) Course will be held on Wednesday, the 6th May 2009 at Varanasi, Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad Centres. The selection of the candidates for all the above stated courses other than that of MBBS would be done exclusively on the basis of their merit in the PMT-2009 Screening Test. The PMT-2009 Main for MBBS course would however be held on Sunday, the 14th June 2009 for those who are short listed under PMT-2009 Screening Test at Varanasi Centre only.
Other Details awaited . Will be updated as son as the Notification is out
Last year (in 2008) the details are given as under:
ELIGIBILITY : QUALIFICATIONS - Passed Intermediate, 10+2 or equivalent examination with a minimum of 50% marks (40% in case of SC/ST candidates) in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Zoology + Botany) taken together. Candidates appearing in qualifying examination may also apply.
DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS: M.B.B.S.: General - 40; SC - 9; ST - 4; Physically disabled (PD) - 2; B.Pharm.: As per Government of India Reservation Policy.
AGE: Completed 17 years but not crossed 25 years as on 31st December, 2008 (Candidates born after 1st January, 1992 and on or before 31st December, 1983 need not apply).
SALE OF APPLICATION FORM STARTS FROM: Tuesday, 01.01.2008
LAST DATE FOR SALE OF APPLICATION FORM FROM BANK: Friday, 29.02.2008*
Prescribed Application Form along with the Information Booklet for PMT/PAT-2008 can be obtained:
BY CASH : on payment of Rs. 1000/- (Rs. 600/- for SC/ST candidates) from the following branches of BANK OF BARODA.
(i) VARANASI - (1) BHU, (2) Ram Katora, and (3) Orderly Bazar Branches.
(ii) DELHI-(1) Parliament Street, (2) Shakti Nagar, and (3) Nehru Place Branches.
(iii) LUCKNOW - Charbagh Branch. (iv) KOLKATA - College Street Branch.
(v) HYDERABAD - Hyderabad Main Branch, ABIDS Circle (vi) PUNE - Station Road Branch (vii) BHOPAL - TT Nagar Branch (viii) JAIPUR - DCM Branch.
* Application Form can be obtained from Bank of Baroda (BHU Branch, Varanasi only), upto Thursday, 06.03.2008 till 4:00 PM.
BY POSTAL CHANNEL : From the Office of the Director (PMT-Cell), Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005 by sending a written request through Registered Post along with Crossed Demand Draft/Bankers Cheque (MICR only) of Rs. 1060/- (Rs. 660/- for SC/ST candidates) of a Nationalized Bank, drawn in favour of "The Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU" payable at Varanasi. Application form will be sent by Speed / Registered Post. However, Institute will not be responsible for any loss or postal delay. The request for application form must include the name and address of the candidate, and full particulars of the enclosed DD/BC (write candidate's name and address on the back of DD). Two self-addressed, preferably typed, white paper slips of 10 cm 6 cm size MUST also accompany it. The ENVELOP containing requisition for PMT/PAT application form should be super scribed "Request for Application for PMT/PAT-2008, BHU". Last date of requisition for PMT/PAT form by post is Wednesday, the 20th February 2008. Incomplete/non-cashable Draft (under amount/unsigned/ without Bank Code No. & Seal) shall not be accepted.
NOTE:
(a) Separate Bank Draft will be required for each application form.
(b) M.O./I.P.O./Cheques shall NOT be accepted under any circumstances. Application Forms from the Office of the Director (PMT-Cell), Institute of Medical Sciences, can be obtained by POST only and not in person. In case forms are not available at Bank of Baroda Branches, the same can be obtained by post from Director's Office upto 20th February, 2008.
LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF COMPLETED APPLICATION FORM : Application form duly completed must be sent through Registered Post so as to reach THE DIRECTOR (PMT CELL), INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, VARANASI-221 005 latest by SATURDAY, the 8th March 2008 till 5.00 PM. Application forms received after the last date shall not be accepted. Foreign Nationals are not required to appear in the PMT examination for MBBS course. They may seek admission through the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi, as per the rules laid down for the purpose and their nomination must reach by Wednesday, the 16th July 2008.
For more Details visit: www.bhu.ac.in and http://bhuresults.nic.in .
Civil Services Examination 2009 Main Examination Schedule , Scheme of Examination
The written examination will consist of the following papers :| Paper I | One of the Indian languages to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Scheduled to the Constitution. | 300 marks |
| Paper II | English | 300 marks |
| Paper III | Essay | 200 marks |
| Papers IV and V | General Studies | 300 marks for each paper |
| Papers VI, VII, VIII and IX | Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects set out in para 2 below. Each subject will have two papers. | 300 marks for each paper |
Note (i) The papers on Indian Languages and English will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature; the marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.
(ii) The papers on Essay, General Studies and Optional Subjects of only such candidates will be evaluated as attain such minimum standard as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion for the qualifying papers on Indian Language and English.
(iii) The paper-I on Indian Languages will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the North-Eastern States of Arunachanl Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and also for candidates hailing from the State of Sikkim.
(iv) For the Language papers, the script to be used by the candidates will be as under :–
| Language | Script |
| Assamese | Assamese |
| Bengali | Bengali |
| Bodo | Devanagari |
| Dogri | Devanagari |
| Gujarati | Gujarati |
| Hindi | Devanagari |
| Kannada | Kannada |
| Kashmiri | Persian |
| Konkani | Devanagari |
| Maithili | Devanagari |
| Malayam | Malayalam |
| Manipuri | Bengali |
| Marathi | Devanagari |
| Nepali | Devanagari |
| Oriya | Oriya |
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi |
| Sanskrit | Devanagari |
| Santhali | Devanagari or Olchiki |
| Sindhi | Devanagari or Arabic |
| Tamil | Tamil |
| Telugu | Telugu |
| Urdu | Persian |
Note:- For Santhali language, question paper will be printed in Devanagari script; but candidates will be free to answer either in Devanagari script or in Olchiki.
2. List of optional subjects for Main Examination
| Agriculture |
| Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science |
| Anthropology |
| Botany |
| Chemistry |
| Civil Engineering |
| Commerce and Accountancy |
| Economics |
| Electrical Engineering |
| Geography |
| Geology |
| History |
| Law |
| Management |
| Mathematics |
| Mechanical Engineering |
| Medical Science |
| Philosophy |
| Physics |
| Political Science and International Relations |
| Psychology |
| Public Administration |
| Sociology |
| Statistics |
| Zoology |
Literature of one of the following languages :
Arabic, Assamese, Bodo, Bengali, Dogri, Chinese, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Pali, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
Note (i) Candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combinations of subjects :–
(a) Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration;
(b) Commerce & Accountancy and Management;
(c) Anthropology and Sociology;
(d) Mathematics and Statistics;
(e) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.
(f) Management and Public Administration;
(g) Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering–not more than one subject.
(h) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.
(ii) The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type.
(iii) Each paper will be of three hours duration. Blind candidates will, however be allowed an extra time of thirty minutes at each paper.
(iv) Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers viz. Papers I and II above in any one of the languages in cluded in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or in English.
(v) Candidates exercising the option to answer papers III to IX in any one of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution may, if they so desire, give English version within brackets of only the description of the technical terms, if any, in addition to the version in the language opted by them.
Candidates should, however, note that if they misuse the above rule, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to them and in extreme cases, their script(s) will not be valued for being in an unauthorised medium.
(vi) The question papers other than language papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
(vii) The details of the syllabi are set out in Part B of Section III
General Instructions (Preliminary as well as Main Examination) :
(i) Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances, will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for them. However, blind candidates will be allowed to write the examination with the help of a scribe.
(ii) An extra time of twenty minutes per hour shall be permitted for the candidates with locomotors disability and cerebral palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40% impairment) in the Civil Services (Main) Examination only. However, no scribe shall be permitted to such candidates.
Note (1) : The eligibility conditions of a scribe, his/her conduct inside the examination hall and the manner in which and extent to which he/she can help the blind candidate in writing the Civil Services Examination shall be governed by the instructions issued by the UPSC in this regard. Violation of all or any of the said instructions shall entail the cancellation of the candidature of the blind candidate in addition to any other action that the UPSC may take against the scribe.
Note (2) : For purpose of these rules the candidate shall be deemed to be a blind candidate if the percentage of visual impairment is 40% or more. The criteria for determining the percentage of visual impairment shall be as follows :
All with corrections Percentage
Better eye Worse eye
Category 0 6/9-6/18 6/24 to 6/36 20%
Category I 6/18-6/36 6/60 to nil 40%
Category II 6/60-4/60 3/60 to nil 75%
or field of
vision 10-20º
Category III 3/60-1/60 F.C. at 1 ft 100%
or field of to nil
vision 10º
Category IV FC. at 1 ft F.C. at 1 ft 100%
to nil field of to nil field of
vision 100º vision 100º
One eyed 6/6 F.C. at 1 ft 30%
person to nil
Note (3) :For availing of the concession admissible to a blind candidate, the candidate concerned shall produce a certificate in the prescribed proforma from a Medical Board constituted by the Central/State Governments alongwith his application for the Main Examination.
Note (4) : The concession admissible to blind candidates shall not be admissible to those suffering from Myopia.
(ii) The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.
(iii) If a candidate’s handwriting is not easily legible, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to him.
(iv) Marks will not be allotted for mere superficial knowledge.
(v) Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all subjects of the examination.
(vi) In the question papers, wherever required, SI units will be used.
(vii) Candidates should use only international form of Indian numerals (i.e. 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc.) while answering question papers.
(viii) Candidates will be allowed the use of Scientific (Non-Programmable type) calculators at the conventional (Essay) type examination of UPSC. Programmable type calculators will however not be allowed and the use of such calculators shall tantamount to resorting to unfair means by the candidates. Loaning or interchanging of calculators in the Examination Hall is not permitted.
It is also important to note that candidates are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not therefore bring the same inside the Examination Hall.
The candidate will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of his career. He will be asked questions on matters of general interest. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a Board of competent and unbiased observers. The test is intended to judge the mental calibre of a candidate. In broad terms this is really an assessment of not only his intellectual qualities but also social traits and his interst in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity.
2. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation which is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate.
3. The interview test is not intended to be a test either of the specialised or general knowledge of the candidates which has been already tested through their written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own state or country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well educated youth.
Civil Services (Main) Exam, 2009Date/Day of Commencement of Examination : 23 Oct 2009
Duration of Examination : 21 Days
