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Please let me have informationabout institutes/websites/books thatprovide information on speechtherapy and ways to improve onesspeech?

Kumar Gaurav, Samastipur,Bihar

A doctor can best adviseyou regarding type of speechtherapy after diagnosing thenature of your problem. Somehospitals of repute which you maycontact:

Postgraduate Institute ofM e d i c a lE d u c a t i o na n dR e s e a r c h ,

Sector 12,Chandigarh - 160012All India Institute of Medical

Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi -110029

Ali Yavar Jung National Institute forthe Hearing Handicapped, KishenChand Marg, Bandra (W), Mumbai400050

All India Institute of Speech andHearing, Mansazangolhri, Mysore -576006

For books you may check in withyour local public library. You may alsoexplore a collection of links under theweb address http://dmoz.org/Health/C o n d i t i o n s _ a n d _ D i s e a s e s /C o m m u n i c a t i o n _ D i s o r d e r s /Language_and_Speech/Stuttering/Therapies_and_Treatments

What is the eligibility to appearfor the GMAT examination? Whatsubjects and courses should I study to

prepare for this examination?Sima Chanda, Sinthi, West Bengal.

The Graduate ManagementAdmission Test (GMAT) is designed tohelp business graduate schools assessthe qualifications and potential of theapplicants for advanced study inbusiness and management. You need totake GMAT if you are seeking admissionto graduate (post-Bachelors) schools ofmanagement mainly in the USA.

A Bachelors degree is the minimum

requirement for seeking admission inany Masters Program, like MBA, in USand therefore it is also the essentialqualification for taking GMAT. It isimportant to keep in mind that thosehaving a simple BA, B.Sc degree underthe Indian education system of 10+2+3(15 years) are ineligible for a Mastersprogram in US. You need to pursue aone-year postgraduate diploma or atwo-year post-graduate degree if you

are interested in further studies inAmerica.However students holding BE,

B.Tech, B.Sc (Agriculture) or B.Arch, i.e.students who have spent four years fortheir Bachelors degree, can directly seekadmission in Masters Program in anyUS University.

The GMAT will include verbal,quantitative and analytical-writingquestions that you will answer on acomputer. You are assigned 75 minutes

for 37 quantitative questions, 75 minutesfor 41 verbal questions and 30 minutesfor each of the two analytical-writingtopics. It is a 4 hour test with 30minutes assigned for the typingtutorial.

Data Sufficiency and ProblemSolving questions are mingled withinthe quantitative section while SentenceCorrection, Reading Comprehensionand Critical Reasoning questions findtheir place in the verbal section.

To prepare for the test it isadvisable to join a coaching centre

or postal tuition course. You canalso prepare through self-study

with help of books availablein the market.

You may register forthe GMAT by phone, fax or

mail. For India, theRegional RegistrationCentre is located at:

Sylvan Testing Services Pvt.Ltd., 1st Floor, Arcon Plaza 21,LSC, Pushpa Vihar, Madangir,

New Delhi - 110062.

Pleaselet meknow from

where I cando a course in Food Technology andwhat is the eligibility and selectioncriteria for this course?

Sangita Chand, Sambalpur, OrissaThere could be various routes for

entry into this profession. A universitydegree (BSc degree) in Chemistry,biochemistry, perhaps microbiology andrelated subjects, to be followed up byBTech and/or MTech in Food Scienceand Technology or allied subject.

The other way could be to take upthe Science subjects (PCBM) at plus twolevel and follow it up with a 4- yeardegree course in Food Technology.

Bachelors level Food Science/Technology/Processing and Preser-vation courses are offered by:!University College of Technology,

(Osmania University), Hyderabad -500007! Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot

Gramoday Vishwavidyalay, Institute of

Peoples Science and Technology,Chitrakoot - 485331.!Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth,

College of Agricultural Technology,Parbhani - 431402.! Department of Chemical

Technology (Amravati University),Amarvati - 444602.! Department of Chemical

Technology (autonomous), University ofMumbai, Matunga Road, Mumabi-400019.

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! Laxminarayan Institute ofTechnology, Mahatma Gandhi Marg,Nagpur - 440010.! Deprtment of Food and Science

and Technology, Guru Nanak DevUniversity, Amritsar - 143005.! Sant Longowal Institute of Engi-

neering and Technology, Longowal -

148106.! Avinashilingam Institute for

Home Science and higher Education forWomen (Faculty of Engineering),Coimbtore - 641043.! Tamil Nadu Agricultural

University, College of AgriculturalEngineering, Coimbatore - 641003.! Harcourt Butler Technological

Institute, Kanpur - 208002.!Raja Balwant Singh Technological

Research Institute, Agra - 282001.Admission is usually on the basis

of an admission test.

Wh at ar e the va rio us ca re eroptions available in Science (Biology)after +2?

Nidhi Saumya, recd via emailApart from the obvious choices like

doctor, dentist, veterinarian andteaching biology and related subjects atschool or college level, there are

numerous choices open to you in themedical field like biotechnology, geneticengineering, pharmacy, microbiology,rehabilitation medicine (speechpathologists, audiologists, physio-therapists), medical technologists,agriculture and allied fields,horticulture, forestry, food science andtechnology, home science, environmentscience, bioinformatics, hospitalmanagement, fisheries science,sericulture, etc.

You could also opt for graduationin Chemistry, apart from obviouschoices like botany and zoology.Graduates in chemistry have the optionto pursue pure sciences at thepostgraduate levels and subsequentlyundertake research work, oralternatively choose to pursue furtherstudy in one of the applied branches ofchemistry, like sugar technology,industrial chemistry, paper and pulptechnology, process instrumentation,

paint technology, plastic/polymertechnologist.

Is there any institute in India thatoffers German and French languagecourses that are recognisedworldwide?

J.C. Pradhan, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

French is taught at branches ofAlliance Francaise. For moreinformation visit http://www.afindia.org.

German can be learned at MaxMueller Bhawan, 3 Kasturba GandhiMarg, New Delhi - 110001.

Since these courses are conductedunder the patronage of their embassiesthey have wide acceptance across theworld.

Many Indian universities also offercourses in French and German. You needto contact individual universities whereyou wish to apply to enquire aboutrecognisation.

I am interested in stampcollection as a hobby? Please let meknow in brief how I should start andfrom where can I get informationabout this hobby?

Pratap Roy, Kolkata

New collectors can simply start bysaving stamps from mail they receive.This is the easiest and the mostinexpensive way to build a generalcollection.

There are, of course, other sourceswhere you can obtain stamps (philateliccounters and stamp dealers), but in thiscase you need to purchase them.

Collectors who concentrate theirresearch on a theme that really attractsthem (sport, animals, science, literature,

religion and so on) build a thematic ortopical collection.Apart from stamp albums and

tweezers, there are a few other thingsthat can help stamp collectors in theirhobby. These include glassineenvelopes to keep stamps, amagnifying glass to examine them, aperforation gauze and a catalogue forstamp identification and valuation. Formore information visit websites listedbelow:

www.linns.comwww.netcollection.comwww.philately.comwww.philatelic.comwww.stampsofindia.comYou can also contact the following:Philatelic Society of India, GPO Box

No 145, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001

Philatelic Club of India, 2001,Uggarsain Street, Bazaar Sita Ram, NewDelhi - 110 006

Philatelic Congress of India, 799,Gole Bazaar, Wright Town, Jabalpur -482 002

From where can I study fordiploma in Fire Engineering? What areminimum qualifications required tobe eligible for this course?

Kuldeep K.R., New Delhi!The National Fire Service College

(Ministry of Home Affairs), Nagpur440001 offers three-and-a-half-year BEin Fire Engineering.

Eligibility is a BSc withChemistry and either Physics orMaths or both as optional subjects.Selection is through an All IndiaEntrance Examination.! Cochin University of Science &

Technology, Centre for under-graduate

studies in Engineering (Faculty ofEngineering), CUST, ChangampuzhaNagar, PO Kochi -682033, offers B Techin Safety & Fire Engineering. Eligibilityis a 10+2 pass with 50 per cent marks inMaths and 50 per cent marks in Physics,Chemistry and Maths together.Admission through merit in CommonAdmission Test conducted byCUST.! National Fire Academy, Ajwa

Waghodiya Ring Road, Near Sardar

Estate, Vadodara - 390019, offers Sub-Officers Course. Eligibility as forNFSEs course.! Indian Institute of Fire

Engineering, Maharaja Agrasen Plaza,R Z - B-11/2, 1st Floor, Mahavir Enclave,Main Palam Dabri Road, OppositeD V B Sub-Station, New Delhi-110045,offers a six-month certificate course inFire Safety Engineering after Class X anda one-year diploma course after ClassXII/ITI diploma/graduation.