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Hi Khushi,
Photography is generally a passion that we all are attracted towards more or less. In this digital age the value of photography has increased manifold. It is getting as one of the glamourous professions, where name, fame and money come together in one stroke. That’s why nowadays, students at a younger age decide their career options, and finding a major interest in pursuing photography as a career.
Here are 8 glamourous colleges that will help you pursue with photography as your career option.
1. Film and Television Institute of India, FTII, Pune was established in 1960 in New Delhi and shifted to Pune in 1974. It offers 3 years Post Graduate Diploma courses in direction, video-editing, script writing, cinematography and audiography. Aspiring candidates can apply to qualify the entrance exam that is held every year.
2. Indian Institute of Digital Art and Animation, Kolkata. This institute is affiliated to Gulbarga University that conducts SET entrance exam for the interested candidates. They offer a 3 year B.Sc course and 2 year Resources and Information. course in Photography and Cinematography.
3. College of Art, University of Delhi. This institute was established in 1942 and offers 4 years BFA (Bachelor in Fine Arts) course and 2 years MFA (Masters in Fine Arts) course. Aspiring candidates require minimum 50 percentage of marks to apply for this institute.
4. Osmania University, Hyderabad. Osmania University conducts an entrance test every year for students interested in pursuing Photography as their career option. This is a three year BFA (Bachelor in Fine Arts) course.
5. Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi/strong&get; Jamia Milia Islamia University conducts an entrance exam every year for the aspiring students across the country.
6. Life and Light Academy, Ooty. Established in September 2001 in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, LLA is counted as among the top colleges in Photography in India. This institute is one of the best colleges that provide lessons in professional photography.
7. Netaji Subhash Open University, Kolkata. This is a Private deemed University which offers 2 years regular Diploma course in Basic Photography and Advanced Photography. Admissions are based on the marks obtained in 10+2 or any other equivalent qualifying examination.
8. Asian Academy of Film and Television, Noida: Founded in the year 1993, AAFT is located in the Film City, Noida.
All the best.

Hi Chandramohan, Agriculture is a primary source of livelihood for the majority of Indians. Thus, generally it remains the last priority among students choosing a career option. Which is a very wrong assumption. Agricultural graduates have wide scope of career in public sector and private sector. In fact entrepreneurship is a great opportunity to pursue your prospective career in agricultural field. It is just a myth that Agriculture does not offer job opportunities. Lovely Professional University is the first private University who has got and accreditation from ICAR. Curriculum here is as per the guidelines of ICAR (Indian Council of Agriculture Research) and is designed to train students to understand ways of improving the crop production in a sustainable manner and to provide overall knowledge related to agriculture. The demand for graduates with a degree in agriculture is increasing every day in India and abroad. B.Sc. Agriculture is a 4 year undergraduate professional course offered by Lovely Professional University. Course fees are also considerably lower in comparison to other professional degrees, while rewarding with good jobs and a better packages. Infact one of LPU student has got the package of Rs 1 Crore per Annum. # It has various and variety of career options: Agriculture Officer, Farm Manager, Plantation manager, Research Officer, Quality assurance Officer in related fields, Agriculture Loan Officer in Banks, Production Manager, Operations Manager in Fertilizer Units, Food Development Manager, Self owned Food Processing Units, SEED Quality Manager and Government jobs are also there. I hope this will be helpful to you.