Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) world’s largest educational institute has announced admission notification for Certificate and Diploma courses in Nursing for the academic year 2011-2012. IGNOU is offering these job oriented courses for In-Service professionals to improve their skills and career prospects further. Following are details of programmes, eligibility and application procedure:

1) Certificate in Ayush Nursing: This is offered in collaboration with Department of Ayush, Govt. of India. Duration of the programmes is 6 Months to 2 years. Qualification: Candidates should be In-service ANMs.

2) Certificate in Adolescent Health and counseling: Duration is 6 Months to 2 years; Educational Qualifications and Eligibility: Applicants should be working as teachers in primary, middle and secondary and higher secondary schools or Graduates.

3) Diploma in Critical Care Nursing: Duration is 1 year to 3 years; Eligibility: In-service registered nursing professionals (RN) and (RNRM) at all levels (GNM / B.Sc. in Nursing / M.Sc. in Nursing) are eligible to apply.

Application Procedure: Interested candidates can download applications and hand book with all the details from www.ignou.ac.in . Forms can also be obtained from all the Regional Centers of IGNOU along with IGNOU Head quarters . Cost of application is Rs.100/-. It should be paid as DD drawn in favour of ‘IGNOU’ and payable at New Delhi.

For more details such as selection procedure, number of seats, fee, programme delivery and addresses of Regional Centers of IGNOU, contact at IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, Newdelhi- 110068. Phone: 011 – 29571000 (EPABX 30 Lines); Last date for the receipt of completed applications is 31st August 2011.

The CFA Institute in India is offering Graduate level programmes for serving investment professionals, investors, and Indian financial markets in India. CFA is an international institute and offer Finance and Accountancy releated programmes throughout the world. The CFA Program is basically a self-study, graduate-level program. The programmes is available for investment professionals. There will be three levels in the programme. If a candidate pass in all the exams and meet all other requirements, you will earn a CFA charter. Following are details of the CFA Programme for 2011-12.

CFA Institute is in no way affiliated or associated with ICFAI. The CFA Program is not approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). For more details about the validity of the programme, you can contact at India Toll Free No: 000-800-852-1157 Local CFA Institute member society in India is headquartered in Mumbai and established in April 2005.

Interested candidates can download the CFA charter brochure or you can request a printed version from the official website www.cfainstitute.org . You can enroll / register for the CFA programme throuhg online. You can also contact the regional Asia-Pacific office at Hong Kong for more details of the programme instructions and delivery.

CFA Exam Format : Three Levels:

1) Level I Exams: This is a multiple choice type exam. The Level I examination will consists of 240 questions to be completed in a six-hour time frame.

2) Level II Exams:This Level II CFA exam consists of 20 item sets. These will be distributed as 10 on the morning session and 10 on the afternoon session.

3) Level III exams: This level consists of item set and essay. Essay format will be held in the morning and Item set format with 10 item sets will be conducted in the afternoon.