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Hello,
Fergusson College is the best college in Pune. It started off around last decade of nineteenth century. This college has a great reputation as repository of huge knowledge. It's instructors too do full Justice and teach with their hearts out. Academically it offers the best in fact due to this the college has been granted autonomy indicating trust in the management by the authorities.St Mira's college on the other hand was founded in seventees. Sadhu Vaswani mission operates this women only college in Pune. This college too has earned laurels for it's quality of teaching and making girls who enter into very good independent thinking women at passing out. To tell frankly, there is nothing to distinguish between these colleges. Both are excellent. However, some girls if preferring only women college can opt for this. I think only consideration should be easy commutation from home to the college everyday.

The syllabus of TISS NET:
1) English- 30 marks
2) Maths and logical reasoning- 30 marks
3) General Awareness- 40 marks
The topics in English include:
Reading Comprehension, Antonyms, Synonyms, one-word substitutes, odd man out, right usage of word in fill in the blank, homophones, idioms and phrases
The topics in maths include:
Percentage, profit and loss, average, ratio, number system, Time and work and basic geometry.
The topics in logical reasoning include:
Number series, alphabet series, eye for detail, coding-decoding, arrangement, assumptions, conclusions, argument, puzzle, vein diagrams, cubes.
Topics in General awareness:
Current affairs, Environment & Ecology, Politics, History, Governance, Law, Economy/ Policy, Gender/Health/Education, Labour, Media, ICTs, Literature, Art, Culture, sports.

Hello,
International relations at graduation level mostly focus on the trade with between countries. But the course has evolved significantly over past few years with the dynamic nature of how things work internationally.
Now the focus is shifting from proper trade to social change and its impact on the relations between the country.
The course now also talks about how finance works between countries. The concept of transfer pricing in the international relations is introduced as per the revised and new curriculum.
The subjects talk about globalisation, finance, marketing, the social-economic impact between countries.
This gives an overview of how things work in the era where geographical boundaries are becoming less complicated yet more complex in terms of background workings.
All the best.

There are almost 10 colleges in the University of Delhi which offers BA Geography Hons. They are Kirori Mal College (KMC), Miranda House, Dyal Singh College, Kamala Nehru College, Bhagat Singh College (morning), Bhagat Singh College (evening), Shivaji College, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, B R Ambedkar College and Swami Shraddhanand College but we can't judge between them because every college has some pros and cons. In KiroriMal and Miranda college, the cut-off is very high to get admission but in Bhagat Singh, you may find some good faculties for geography. So it all depends on you that on what parameters you compare the colleges. Hope this helps.
Best of luck.

Hello,
Graduation in archaeology is offered in many universities and colleges across India. Fundamentally this course equips the student to decipher history by observing and analysing artifacts found during digging ancient sites.The curriculum primarily consists of an introduction to archaeology, museology, ancient history, ancient cultures, numismatics, record keeping, conservation of museums etc. In short, anything to do with the collection, display, analysis, preservation of ancient artifacts and of course knowledge of related fields like ancient cultures, ancient numismatics, etc. This is one programme where the contents are evolving even today. It's one continuous process going on for many years. Idea was to give young graduates all required knowledge in related fields to make them capable of handling each and every aspect pertaining to archaeology.

Hello,
Philosophy is the ability of the mind to put things in perspective. It's the ability to differentiate between nuances of similar thoughts. It's about ethics, it's about logic.
It's a very interesting and fascinating subject. The subjects that are taught at graduation level are Indian Philosophy, Western Philosophy, Ethics, Logical reasoning, Problems in Philosophy, Philosophy of religion, etc. The names may change from university to university but contents are similar. The aim of all these subjects is to give a solid grounding to the student to enable him to be perfect in ethics, logic and logical analysis.
This is one subject that has seen a great evolution in course contents. Advancements in neurology, various developments in thought processes have forced the authorities to keep on evolving the course content. Maybe because of this, it's one course that is nearer to modern times.

APSET is an exam organized by Andhra University for the jobs of lecturers and Assistant Professors in their colleges. In this exam there are three papers in which Paper II and III are from one subject which are selected by the student.
Paper I contains 60 questions in which students have to solve only 50 question which makes a total of 100 marks. In this part, questions are from general awareness, comprehension and mental ability. In general, in this part, they check either the candidate thinks about society and is he or she is connected with the society or not. They check the thinking level of the candidate.
Try to read newspaper daily.
Part II and Part III are from the subjects that are selected by the candidate from the list of 31 subjects such as History, Geography, English, Education and many more. It is quite tough to show all the important topics of all these papers.

Hi,
The Department traces its origin to the establishment of the Y.W.C.A School of Social Work in 1946 at Lucknow. It was established by the Y.W.C.A of India, Burma and Ceylon, which later became National Y.W.C.A of India. It started a one year programme to give training in social work to the women who were demobilized by the Armed Services, known as the Womens Auxillary Corps of India, following the end of World War II in 1946.
The school started under the directorship of MS. Nora Ventura who was then the Secretary of Religious Education Committee of the Y.W.C.A, with two students - one from Sindh and the other from Bengal. Later in 1946 MS. Elmina Lucke, a noted social work educationist of considerable standing and experience, took over as Consultant Organizer of the School. In 1947 the school moved to Delhi and with the efforts of the then Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi Sir Maurice Gwyer; the old Air Force Barracks located on the corner of the Mall Road and 3 - University Road was given to the School.
Due to the initiatives and efforts of MS. Lucke, post-graduate programme was started which in 1948 was affiliated to the University of Delhi and the name was changed to Delhi School of Social Work. The school was then governed by a board, which included as members in the board were representatives from the Y.W.C.A, the Ministries of Education and Health and the University of Delhi. Dorothy Moses was appointed as the First Principal of the School. She was succeeded by M.S. Gore and S.N. Ranade as Principals of Delhi School of Social Work. D.S.S.W was taken over by University of Delhi in 1962 and became a post graduate institution maintained by the university. PhD programme was started in 1965 and in 1976 M. Phil Programme was introduced. In 1979 Delhi School of Social Work (DSSW) became the Department of Social Work, University of Delhi.
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Hi,
Only University of Delhi: Department of Social Work, New Delhi offers MSW in Delhi University.
Admission to the Department of Social Work is open to both men and women having completed a Bachelor's Degree programme of 3 years duration from a recognized University. The eligibility criteria for admissions to the year 2011 12 are as follows: a) Any person with a Bachelors Degree or its equivalent (under the 10+2+3 year) in any discipline with minimum 55% marks from recognized university is eligible to apply. b) B.A. (H) Social Work student with a minimum of 50% marks from a recognized University are eligible to apply. c) Those candidates who are appearing in the final year examination of the Bachelors degree are also eligible to apply subject to the qualification listed above. d) Candidates belonging to SC/ST shall be eligible as per Delhi University rules to pass with the minimum marks. e) PWD candidates shall be allowed 5% relaxation in the eligibility requirement. Before applying for admission, the candidate should ensure that the minimum eligibility requirements are met and that he/she has attained the age of twenty years on or before the first day of October of the year in which admission is sought. Candidates whose result for the qualifying examination is awaited may also apply provisionally. They must submit a copy of their result latest by August 31, 2012 failing which the offer of admission shall stand cancelled.
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