Thursday 29 September 2011

WBSE SYLLABUS

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Wednesday 28 September 2011

Scheme of Examination (AIEEE Exam) 2012

Entrance examination would consist of two papers i.e.

1st paper consisting of three parts of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of equal weightage with objective type questions for B.E/B.Tech courses and

2nd paper consisting of Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing for B. Architecture and B. Planning. The Aptitude Test is designed to evaluate candidate's perception, imagination, observation, creativity and architectural awareness. Subject combination for each paper and type of questions in each paper are given in the table below

Paper 1
Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics
Objective type questions with equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics

Paper 2
Mathematics - Part I - Objective type questions
Aptitude Test - Part II - Objective type questions
Drawing Test - Part III - Questions to test Drawing Aptitude

Candidates applying for B.Tech needs to appear for PAPER 1 and Candidates applying for B.ARCH/B. PLANNING needs to appear for PAPER 2.

For each incorrect response, one third of the total marks allotted to the question would be deducted. No deduction from the total score will, however, be made if no response is indicated for an item in the answer sheet.Each question is of 3 Marks and 1 Mark deducted for each incorrect answer. The candidates are advised not to attempt such item in the answer sheet if they are not sure of the correct response. Each question can only have one correct answer. More than one answer indicated against a question will be deemed as incorrect response and will be negatively marked. Candidates can opt for question papers either in English or in Hindi.
  • Eligibility

    Eligibility Criteria for AIEEE 2011

    The minimum academic qualification for appearing in AIEEE 2011 is that the candidate must have passed in final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) or its equivalent referred to as the qualifying examination with 50% marks for general category candidates and 40% marks for SC/ST/OBC/PH category candidates. Those appearing in 10+2 (Class XII) final or equivalent examination may also appear in AIEEE 2011 provisionally.

    Candidates appearing in 10+2 (Class XII) in 2012 or passed in 2008 or before are not eligible to appear in AIEEE 2011.

    Subject combinations required in the qualifying examination for admission to B.E./B.Tech. and B. Arch./B. Planning Courses shall be as under

    B.E/B.TECH
    Compulsory Subjects: Physics & Mathematics
    Optional Subjects: Chemistry, Bio-technology, Computer Science, Biology
    B.ARCH/B. PLANNING
    Compulsory Subjects: Mathematics with 50% marks in aggregate at 10 + 2 level
    No. of Attempts in Qulaifying Examination

    The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at All India Engineering/Architecture Entrance Examination shall be limited to 03 (three) uniformly for all the candidates in consecutive years. The candidates passed +2 exam in 2009, 2010 or appearing in +2 in 2011 are only eligible to appear in AIEEE-2011. Candidates passed +2 in 2008 or before or appearing in 2012 are not eligible to appear in AIEEE-2011.

    LIST OF QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS for AIEEE 2011

    i) The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognized Central/State Board of Secondary Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi
    ii) Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/University.
    iii) Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
    iv) Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.
    v) H.S.C. Vocational Examination.
    vi) A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of fivesubjects.
    vii) 3 or 4-year diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.

    Date of Birth
    Only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1986 are eligible. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and PH candidates who were born on or after October 01, 1981 are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board/ University certificate only will be taken as authentic.

    • Courses

    ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY COURSES
    1. Aeronautical Engineering
    2. Agricultural Engineering
    3.Automobile Engineering
    4. Applied Electronic and Instrumentation
    5. Automation and Robotics
    6. Bio-Medical Engineering
    7. Bio-Technology
    8. Ceramic Engineering
    9. Chemical Engineering
    10. Civil Engineering
    11. Computer Science and Engineering
    12. Electrical Engineering
    13. Electronics and Communication Engineering
    14. Environmental Engineering
    15. Food Technology
    16. Industrial Engineering and Management
    17. Information Technology
    18. Instrumentation and Control Engineering
    19. Leather Technology
    20. Marine Engineering
    21. Materials Science & Technology
    22. Metallurgical Engineering
    23. Mechanical Engineering
    24. Mining Engineering
    25. Oil & Paint Technology
    26. Polymer Science and Rubber Technology
    27. Printing Technology
    28. Production Engineering
    29. Pulp & Paper Technology
    30. Sugar Technology
    31. Textile Engineering & Technology
    32. Transportation Engineering


    ARCHITECTURE & TOWN PLANNING
    1. Architecture
    2. Building Construction Technology
    3. Interior Design
    4. Planning

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2012 AIEEE Exam will be conducted online only for 22 centers.

  • CBSE will conduct online exam from May 7 to May 25 2012 in 22 cities.No paper and pen exercise will be allowed in these 22 centers.These 22 cities are :
    Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Chandigarh (Mohali/Panchkula), Delhi/NCR (except Faridabad), Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Ernakulum, Trivandrum, Bhopal, Mumbai, Jalandhar, Jaipur, Chennai, Dehra Dun, Lucknow, Noida, Kolkata, Allahabad, Bhubaneswar, Kota and Nagpur.
  • Offline exam (Pen and Paper) will be held on April 29 at the remaining 68 centers all over the country.
  • Students, who will appear in the online test will be given a concession, between Rs150 and Rs 300, in examination fees.
  • CBSE will be providing mock-test software for practice in December to help students.
  • CBSE will accept AIEEE  2012 application for entrance exam online only. No paper form will be available to fill.
  • Students will be able to deposit application fee using credit/debit cards or DD only.
  • For filling online applications, a facilitation centre will be opened in every city from where physical forms were sold in the past.

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BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, RAJASTHAN, AJMER 2011-12

  • CURRICULUM OUTLINE FROM THE YEAR 2011-12
 Link for copy this document:-  curriculam
  • Downlods
DOWNLOADS

Publication
01. Proforma Bookseller Registration
02. Text Books Demand Proforma for Book Sellers

Examination
01. Application proforma for duplicate Records with Fee Details
02. Application Format for Duplicate Certificates
03. Shapath Patra Format for Duplicate Certificates
04. Instructions for correction in candiate's name, father's name, mother's name or date of birth
05. Examiner registration Application form
06. Download application form for re-totalling
07. Download application Form for examination Center Creation

Recognition
01. Form for getting provisional rcognition for Govt. Secondary Schools
02. Form for getting provisional rcognition for Non Govt. Secondary Schools
03. Form for getting provisional rcognition for Govt. Sr. Secondary Schools
04. Form for getting provisional rcognition for Non Govt. Sr. Secondary Schools
05. Form for getting permanent recognition for all Schools

Others
01. Hindi Font : MFDEV010.TTF
02. Anudeshika
  • Syllabus :
SNo. Description
1 Syllabi of Class IX and Purva Praveshika 2011-2012
2 Syllabi of Class XI and Upadhyay 2011-2012
3 Syllabi of Class X (Secondary and Praveshika) (2012) Inner Pages
4 Syllabi of Class X (Secondary and Praveshika) (2012) Pages 1-91
5 Syllabi of XII (Sr Seccondary and V Upadyhay(2012) Cover Pages
6 Syllabi of XII (Sr Seccondary and V Upadyhay(2012) Pages 1-100
7 Syllabi of XII (Sr Seccondary and V Upadyhay(2012) Pages 101-150
7 Syllabi of XII (Sr Seccondary and V Upadyhay(2012) Pages 151-200
8 Syllabi of XII (Sr Seccondary and V Upadyhay(2012) Pages 201-260
Paath Yojna :
SNo. Description
1 Paath Yojna IX th
2 Paath Yojna Xth
3 Paath Yojna XIth
4 Paath Yojna XIIth (1-3)
5 Paath Yojna XIIth (4-5)


  •  DOWNLOAD LINKS REGARDING BOOKS / OLD PAPERS / MODEL QUESTIONS
SNo.
Description
1 List of Books for Class IX
2 List of Books for Class XI
3
4 Rate List of Books
5 Information for Book sellers
6 Chalan Form for Book sellers

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SYLLABUS B.A.(Punjab history and cul.) PART-II & III (Punjabi University Patiala)

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Tuesday 27 September 2011

CAREER IN MEDIA ANTHROPOLOGY

Media Anthropology is an area of study within social or cultural anthropology and is now a days a part of media and cultural studies that deals with the social and cultural aspects of mass media. Media anthropology is an inter-disciplinary stream of study influenced by the approaches and practices taking place in Visual Anthropology, Film and Performance studies and Development Communication. Media anthropology generally represents the application of instruments (theories, concepts, methods, approaches, tools and techniques) to understand media studies from a socio-anthropological perspective. Social scientists and media anthropologists generally consider media anthropology as an approach to understand the interaction between various academic and applied aspects of anthropology and the multitude of media.
Scope and Areas of Work
      As far as the growth and scope of the subject is concerned, media anthropology grows out of the anthropology of modern societies and their culture finding a place under the broad arena of mass media. It is different from cultural anthropology as it turns its attention from ‘exotic’ to ‘mundane’ and from ‘indigenous’ to ‘manufactured culture’ while preserving the methodological and conceptual assets of anthropological tradition.
      The study of media anthropology in communication studies is gaining a lot of attention these days because it prepares media practitioners for more complete engagement with the symbolic construction of reality and the fundamental importance of symbolic structures, myth and rituals in everyday life.
      Media Anthropology is a multidisciplinary field of study having a wide scope for the graduates from the fields of Communication, Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, and Philosophy. Media anthropology as a practice provides the scholars two main branches/areas to build a career–
i. Research Branch:
      This branch especially deals with studies related to media structures, function, process, impact etc of media information, technologies, mediums, professionals, audience and control.
ii. Applied Branch:
      This branch deals with the communication of anthropological information and insights through media channels in widely acceptable styles and formats. The branch also provides an opportunity to the scholars to promote anthropology in various media by influencing journalism practices to add as sixthW’whole to the conventional list of ‘5 Ws’ – who, what, when, where and how, in order to create an alternative method of gathering and presenting information that can help to fill the educational vacuum, not with more detail, but with more perspective.
      Communication is a key tool that anthropologists use to understand social and cultural environment by focusing on each and every aspect of the social and cultural life of a nation.   In social and cultural anthropology, communication is used to educate and train people to study and analyze the nature and state of specific social and cultural structures and institutions which widely affect the process of social and cultural development in the society. The approach is to understand the media and cultural process as institutions, as workplaces, as communicative practices, as cultural products, as social activities, as aesthetic forms, as historical developments and alike.  The studies are mostly concerned with the understanding of the relationship between media institutions/channels and the patterns of socio-cultural changes basic to the problems of contemporary nation building.
      The scope of media anthropology is tremendous. It offers an excellent opportunity to communication scholars having a background in social sciences and humanities (with a good understanding of social-cultural anthropology) along with communication to study how media institutions in transitional societies can best manage the communication activities and tools to facilitate cultural modernization.
      There is a peculiarly intimate relationship between the social, cultural and communication process. Media anthropology provides a new ethnographically informed, historically grounded and context-sensitive approach to communication scholars and cultural scientists to study the ways in which people use and make sense of media technologies. The subject has great potential to explore the dynamics of social and cultural processes of media consumption, production and circulation.
      So, we can see media anthropology as a field within the broad discipline of social sciences and humanities dealing with the relationship between the mass media and culture. The main focus of the study is more about how culture is transmitted through the mass media, and the media process or system by means of which society is shaped. Anthropology is the social science, studying culture, whereas media anthropology is the specific field which deals with the whole process through which culture shapes human beings through the mass media.
Nature of Job
      Having a Degree or Diploma in Communication/Media Studies along with a broad understanding of social and cultural anthropology can offer you a range of communication activities to work as a link between media and cultural practices. As a media anthropologist one can work for various media institutions, production houses, and cultural agencies to study how people in different social and cultural settings use media in order to disseminate their culture and to affirm a specific identity. As a media anthropologist one can also work with universities, research institutions and organizations to employ cultural anthropological methods and concepts to interpret ‘media culture’. Media anthropologists can also conduct studies for various media organizations to study the influence of mass media channels (newspapers/magazines, radio, television, film and internet) on media content or media consumption.
      One can also find immense scope for studying the processes through which cultural products are institutionally created and distributed in the mass media industry. Media organizations are very much interested to know how social and cultural messages in the forms of articles, news stories, documentaries, soap operas, films, blogs, websites, advertisements are consumed and invested with meaning by different types of audience. Analysis of media contents is one field where hundreds of openings are taking place for young media anthropologists everyday.  
Where to Study and the Eligibility
      Presently many departments of Communication of Indian Universities are offering Media and Cultural studies as one of their optional subjects at Post Graduate level. People trained in Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in Anthropology, Sociology or Psychology can find a job assignment in the field of Media Anthropology. The Centre for Media and Cultural Studies of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai offers a Masters program in Media and Cultural Studies, whereas the School of Arts and Aesthetics of Jawahar Lal University (JNU), Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre (AJK-MCRC) of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, School of Media and Communication of Pondicherry University and  Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, Hyderabad University have specific papers on media and cultural studies as a part of their regular master program in mass communication. Many sociology and anthropology departments of central and state universities in India also have papers on media anthropology as a part of their regular anthropological programs.
      These specific papers on media anthropology, media and cultural studies offered by these institutions aim at honing skills of media students within a research framework which enables them to develop a critical perspective on media, culture and society.
      Research programs offered in the field of media anthropology by Indian universities encourage scholars to study the determinations of media technologies, micro-group cultural traditions, reception situations, and immediate social, cultural and economic configurations. Universities and research organizations offering research programmes in the field of media & cultural studies generally promote a local vision of acts of communication with mass media placed within a domestic communication having inter-discourse connections thus linking new communication and media technologies, television, internet and other media to the family dynamics and other conventional social and cultural networks.
Where to Look for the Job
      Government social organizations, cultural agencies and departments, academic and research institutions, communication consultancies working in the field of social and cultural development, media organizations, and non-government organizations working in social sectors generally advertise their vacancies in newspapers. Websites of these organizations also give you the details of the jobs, eligibility and application procedure. You can work with these agencies as a media anthropologist, cultural communication specialist, journalist, researcher and media consultant.
Remuneration
      The salary in media anthropology and cultural sectors depends on your qualification and experience, your expertise in social and cultural issues and on your communication skills. Having a degree or diploma in communication studies along with a good understanding of social and cultural development issues can help you to earn Rs. 20,000 to 25,000 at entry level positions. A Master’s or Doctoral degree in communication studies with a formal education/specialization in social sciences/humanities is recommended for more opportunities.  Reputed Non Government Organizations and Communication Consultancies can offer good remuneration to media anthropology professionals for their different projects/programmes. Inter-national donors and government partners also offers good positions for people having a good understanding of cross-cutting support in ethnographic media research. A strong leadership, team development and networking skills may promise you a high position in media and cultural sectors.
Excelling your Skills
      As a media anthropologist one should have a good understanding of the effective communication to plan and create initiatives at all levels, from designing simple social and cultural messages for print or electronic media or for a website to strategize a complete socio-cultural communication campaign. Social and cultural campaigns require research based communication strategies to design and deliver media messages to the intended audiences. As a media anthropologist one should have to learn how a complete process of cultural modernization takes place in a country. 
      Carrying research based anthropological and cultural studies for educational institutions, research organizations and media production houses requires a scientific approach capable of allowing the immersion in volatile social and cultural contexts, a capability to eliminate social and cultural distances and psychological barriers and a minute observation of microscopic behaviours. As a media anthropologist if you have the skills to identify social values on which cultural consumption practices are based, you may have a chance to do well in the field of applied communication.

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Career In Radio Broadcasting

Twenty first century is the age of Information, Communi- cation and Entertainment (ICE). Mass Media i.e. Radio, T.V, Films, Advertisement, News Media, Newspaper and magazines, has vital role to play in the development of any country and has created numerous job opportunities as well.
     Radio, the grandfather of electronic media is a matchless and exciting medium - handy and personal - which encourages its listeners to develop an unusual association with presenters and stations. Radio Broadcasting is a very effective and cost efficient medium for spreading information, education and entertainment to the masses. Unmatched with other medium of mass communication, radio is persistent, enterprising and friendly. In common with the rest of the creative media, Radio in the last 90 years has gone through various periods of alteration and modification like group listening to personal, analog to digital, AM to FM, Public to Private and Announcer to RJ. It transformed its size, its format, its duration, and its programmes but remained omnipresent not only in developing countries but also in the heart of developed nations. But one thing is sure that Radio needs creative and talented people to fill a range of interesting and diverse roles.
      Radio remains as vital as ever. We have seen a strong tradition of public service broadcasting after getting independence, a flourishing commercial radio industry after the wave of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG) and growth of Community Radio as a part of narrowcasting instead of broadcasting in the beginning of this century. Art of Radio broadcasting can only be realized by becoming aware of the nature of the medium in which performers are invisible to their audience. All jobs in radio do require specialized training and qualification but production can be learned through hands on experience.

Aptitude for Becoming a Radio Broadcaster

      The radio industries’ responsibility to the public is very high and deadlines must be met along with quality standards. Radio broadcasters need some specific skills and qualities.  Some of these are developed with experience but others are expected from any media professional.  You can evaluate these for yourself.
      Writing is at the heart of programme broadcast.  Your success in this field is determined by your ability to write well. Good and effective writing is at least as important as your ability to handle the equipment.  As a broadcaster, you should be curious about the world around you.  Since you are in the communication business, read literature, magazines and newspapers and monitor various radio stations and stay informed about current events. You should always develop the ability to capture the essence of a complicated story and then present the essential facts in a clear, concise and interesting manner.  This helps the audience to understand, digest and remember what is presented.
      Broadcaster must learn to work under pressure.  Sometime some programme like news demands deadline.  This requires rigorous discipline and personal commitment to your job.  You will need to be fast and efficient in your habits and to remain calm even when it may seem that the world is falling on you. Good broadcaster likes people.  They are the sources for the stories that you produce.  Listen to what people say, the feeling they reveal because these elements form the basis for your programme.  A broadcaster must treat people with consideration and show empathy. Broadcasting is a heavily regulated industry, field with requirements and recommendation.  Here laws and regulations influence how you cover and report stories.  You will need to know what is permitted and what is not, what is preferred and what is optional.
      Broadcaster must know the capabilities and limitations of the equipments used in production of programmes.  Equipment is part of the reporting tools of the broadcast journalist.  Recorders, microphones, editing software etc  extend the broadcaster’s ability to form a story.
      Common sense is indispensable for a broadcaster.  He must ask question after question to draw out whoever he interviews to learn about less obvious but important aspects of the subject at hand.  He must be inquisitive, perceptive and have a healthy skepticism.  An eager broadcaster must learn as much about as many things as possible and stay intellectually alert.  He must know the reference books and clipping files he should consult to obtain historical and other explanatory information to round off a story.  As a broadcaster gathers experience, he becomes a storehouse of knowledge, and aware of the nature of different organizations.  He must also have the ability to receive information, analyze it and figure out what it means to him, the community and the listeners.  It needs good education and some experience to develop this skill.  More than anything else, a broadcaster must have self-confidence. 

Do I Need to Do a Radio Course?

      A good quality education and sound qualifications hold you in all careers. Most Radio broadcasters have a minimum graduation degree, which can be in any subject. Post graduation in Mass communication or Diploma in this field adds knowledge of Radio Production as it is essential part of its curriculum. There is no need spending heavy amount of money to learn radio through short courses.
      There are three main entry routes into broadcast. In Public service broadcasting graduates after passing audition test and completing Vani certificate course enter into broadcasting on assignment basis. In commercial radio station RJ’s get honorarium on hourly basis or sometimes a fixed package. Community Radio does not allow salary and volunteers can perform even if they do not possess formal education. New aspirants develop their skills on the job. Trainees may follow an experienced broadcaster, assisting in research or arranging interviews, before gradually taking on their own assignments. Employers may offer technical training in the use of recording and editing equipment.
      Career progress is usually by moving to a bigger station or programme.
Work Profile of People working in Radio
Station Directors or Station Managers
      Station Directors or Station Managers are overall incharge/ responsible for the running of Radio stations - leading the programme, engineering and administration staff team to ensure they meet the objectives of the station in terms of output, audience, or revenue. The tasks of a Station Director vary between different types of radio stations, depending on how the station is funded, the size of the organisation to which it belongs, and the division of responsibilities within a station management team. The job is demanding and can involve working long and unpredictable hours.
      Radio Station Director must possess these attributes :
  1. Competence to work effectively under pressure, react quickly, and meet tight deadlines
  2. Aptitude to generate original ideas, and to think creatively about how to communicate them
  3. Excellent communication and presentation skills
  4. Commerce and finance skills
  5. Confidence and decisiveness
  6. Thorough knowledge of the Radio industry, programme styles, audience demographics, law, ethics, copyright and music clearances.
Assistant Station Director
      The Assistant Station Director assists the Director in all matters concerning the planning and production of programmes; he supervises the work of the Programme Executive, Producers and other Production Staff/Staff Artists; he is responsible for the part of programme administration.

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