Is there any course to become a film director? Which course is best to study image processing? Can you tell us about the scope for postgraduation study in medicine abroad? Has architecture any scope?
Students posed these questions to resource persons at The Hindu EducationPlus Career Counselling session at Geetha S.M. Shetty Hall, Sri Ramakrishna College, Bunts’ Hostel here on Sunday.
Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, an autonomous body under the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting offers a three-year postgraduate diploma in direction for any bachelor degree holder, replied a resource person. In addition it offers courses relating to cinema production, technology, he said.
Rajesh Gratian D’Souza, head, department of civil engineering, P.A. College of Engineering, Nadupadavu, said if one studied electronics and communication at the undergraduate level, later he or she could study image processing as a specialisation.
He said that architecture was a self-employment oriented course. One needed to be creative and work hard to excel as an architect.
Mr. D’Souza said that the scope for chemical engineering was vast but there were not many chemical engineers.
He said that food processing industry was now a developing branch with enough opportunities.
B.V. Manjunath, chief interventional cardiologist and professor and head of cardiology, A.J. Hospital and Research Centre and Medical College explained about opportunities of doing postgraduation in the U.K. and the U.S. and examinations one needed to appear for.
The doctor said that many medical graduates in India now prefer to study radiology in postgraduation. In some colleges donation for postgraduate courses had reached up to Rs. 3.5 crore, he said.
