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9 Tips for Success in Visa Interview

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Visa interview is the most crucial phase in your efforts to fly overseas for higher education. Your chances of success in Visa interview will significantly increase if you get ready yourself scrupulously for the interview. The homework for successful visa interview consists of the following precautions:

1. The most important thing what a student has to be cautious about is that he has to convince the Visa officer that he will come back to India. So when posed with the question, he has to make sure that he explains about the opportunities available in India and also his genuine intentions of going to the USA. He has to be clear that he is mainly going to the USA for studies and not settlement.

2. During studies, the student doesn’t have work permit rights. So, the student is not allowed to work part time. So, when asked about these questions, he has to be clear that he will not work during studies.

3. The students have to be honest in their answers. If they have a sibling or other relatives in the USA, there is no need to hide the information. They can mention about the same and this information will not effect their visas. Rather if they are trying to hide the information and fumble while answering, their visas stand a chance of getting rejected.

4. Most of the students would be facing the interview for the first time and they are generally tensed. The student has to make sure that he is answering the questions confidently and to the point. If they are not answering to point or giving very lengthy answers, there are chances that the visa officer might reject their visas.

5. Candidates should also be clear of the reason for opting to the USA. When asked about the other options available including India, the student has to make it clear why he is opting to the USA and his reasons for opting the same.

6. The student also should be very clear about their career goals and his career options. When asked about what he would want to do after Masters, depending on the course he is taking up at USA, he should be having a clarity on the Job options available and also having clear Aim in life.

7. The candidate should have clarity on the funds available for his studies in the USA and also about who is sponsoring if any other than his parents.

8. The student should be having clarity on his course curriculum and also on his Qualifications. When asked about the course being taken up, he should be able to explain the connection of the same.

9. Candidate should make clear to the Visa officer that he has no intentions of working in the USA even after the studies and his primary reason is to get exposure and studies.

Shodhganga – INFLIBNET for Onilne Ph.D. Thesis of Indian Universities

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Doctoral thesis submitted by various central, state and deemed universities in India can be accessed worldwide by researchers now as all these works will be hosted on ‘Shodhganga’, a portal being hosted by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET). INFLIBNET is an autonomous body promoted by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt. of India. The url of the Shadhganga of INFLIBNET is http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in

The latest addition to the INFLIBNET project is Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. The first bunch of Ph.D. thesis of the JNTUH have been sent to be uploaded on Shodhganga. Before the Electronic Thesis Dissertations (ETDs) are sent for upload to INFLIBNET, they are generally run for anti plagiarism through the special software acquired by the JNTUH last year. Ph.D. Theses submitted since 2010 in JNTUH will only be available on Shodhganga as they have electronic copies of thesis submitted. Here you can find more on using or searching Shodhganga INFLIBNET website for Ph.D. Thesis.

The INFLIBNET is an Inter University Center established to promote open access to scholarly content generated in various Indian Universities. Ph.D. Thesis of various departments and schools can be accessed on this network. The INFLIBNET Center has computers, network, software infrastructure along with good technical know how required for hosting electronic versions of Ph.D. theses and dissertations in open access to all the students and researchers along with interface to search, retrieve and access theses content.

Shodhganga is a name coined by INFLIBNET Center for referring to the repository of Indian Electronic Thesis and Dissertations submitted to various universities by their Ph.D. candidates. JNTUH, Andhra Pradesh has made it mandatory for students to submit the thesis in electronic format also as they have to be uploaded to Shodhganga. Since the inception of JNTU in 1972, about 1000 Ph.Ds have been submitted. The number has picked up in the last fve years and around 100 Ph.D.s are submitted per year.

There are some more reputed universities offering electronic versions of Ph.D.s of their students through Shodhganga of INFLIBNET. Following are these universities / institutions:

1) University of Hyderabad
2) Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
3) Jawaharlal Nehru University
4) University of Madras
5) University of Pune
6) Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University)
7) Mahatma Gandhi University
8) Mizoram University
9) Mangalore University
10) Avinashilingam Deemed University For Women
11) Bharath University
12) Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University
13) Manipal University
14) Cochin University of Science & Technology
15) Bharathiar University
16) Jaypee Institute of Information Technology
17) Kannur University
18) Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education
19) Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University
20) Pondicherry University
21) Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya
22) University of Calicut
23) Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
24) Nirma University
25) Periyar University
26) Tata Institute of Social Sciences
27) Prist University
28) Punjabi University
29) Saurashtra University
30) Shivaji University
31) Shobhit University
32) Tamil University
33) Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth
34) Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

Are you interested in Scientific Research and looking for the best institute / university? There are number of good universities / institutions for scientific research in the country. The list in the above link is given based on the research activities and quality of research in the concerned institute.