KPMG, a professional services company in association with NIIT Imperia has launched 3 cutting edge advanced Taxation Programs. These will cover study areas such as direct tax, indirect tax and regulatory aspects, including upcoming Direct Tax Code (DTC) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislations in India. The programmes are named as 1) Certificate Program in Tax Regulations 2) Advanced Program in Tax Regulations and 3) Diploma in Tax Regulations. All the programmes are primarily designed to meet the growing training needs of professionals in finance, accounting, taxation fields along with other stakeholders.

The above three programs will be offered in 30 NIIT Imperia centers located across 21 major cities in India. Admissions to the programs are presently open and the starter batches will commence in the first week of February 2012. Interested students and professionals can obtain details of the programmes from www.kpmg.com OR www.niitimperia.com or you may contact at the toll free number 1800-266-0304.

The courses will be very much useful to the taxation students and professionals in the context of tax reforms in India. The programmes will deal with legislative and practical aspects of taxation laws and also prepare the candidates for the practice of new tax regimes. The duration of the certificate programme is one and a half month. Advanced Program in Tax Regulations is a one month programme and will focus interpretation and analysis of laws. Duration of Diploma in Tax Regulations is two and a half month. Those completed the programmes will get certificates jointly by KPMG in India and NIIT imperia.

These institutes earlier offered one and a half month Advanced Certificate Program on IFRS for the benefit of companies and individuals. KPMG is a global network of companies which are providing professional services in 146 countries. KPMG in India (website: www.in.kpmg.com) is the Indian member firm of KPMG International Cooperative and has offices in Mumbai, NCR, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Kochi. NIIT Imperia is a Centre for Advanced Learning of NIIT and offers various Executive Learning Programs in collaboration with IIMs, IMT IMT Ghaziabad and IIFT New Delhi.

Institute of Medical Sciences, a part of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has announced Admission Notification 2012 – 2013 for various medical and dental courses. The IMS of BHU offer MBBS, BDS, BAMS, B.Pharm., B.Sc. Nursing, MD and MS Courses for the academic year 2012-13. BHU offer highly qualitative medical courses in India. The University shall conduct an All India Competitive Examination PMT-2012 (Pre Medical Test) for admission to all the courses. PMT 2012 is consist of two stages called Screening and Main tests. PMT-2012 Screening Test will be held on Sunday, the 16th May 2012 at Hyderabad, Delhi, Varanasi and Kolkata centers to screen candidates for PMT-2012 Main examination. Main exam will be held on Sunday, 17th June 2012 at Varanasi only. For admission to programmes like BDS, BAMS, B.Pharm., candidates will be selected based on the merit in PMT-2012 Screening Test only. BHU is one of best and highly reputed universities India. Following are details of seats, eligibility for various programmes, application procedure and important dates for for the submission of completed applications:

1. MBBS, BDS, BAMS, B.Pharm. Details: Here are details of number of setas: MBBS course (84 seats); BDS (38 seats), BAMS (78 seats) and B.Pharm. (33 seats). Eligibility: Candidates should have passed in Intermediate / 10+2 with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Zoology + Botany) subjects and have secured at least 50 percent marks. For B.Pharm course, candidates need at least 60 percent marks. Age must be between 17-25 years for all courses.

2. B.Sc. Nursing (60 seats) and B.Pharm.(Ayurveda- 30 seats). Qualification and eligibility: Candidates should have passed in 10+2 or Intermediate with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Zoology + Botany) subjects with at least 50 percent marks.

Interested candidates can apply in the prescribed format available on the website www.bhu.ac.in. Candidates can download prescribed application forms for B.Sc. Nursing, B.Pharm (Ayurveda) and MD/MS courses from the website. For MBBS, BDS, BAMS and B.Pharm. courses, applications can be obtained from designated branches of Bank of Baroda or through post. Detailed procedure for applications, guidelines, eligibility and age requirements can be obtained from www.imsbhu.ac.in OR www.bhu.ac.in. Completed application forms should reach ‘The Director (PMT Cell), Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005′.

Important Dates:

1. Availability of Application forms for MBBS Screening, BDS, BAMS and B.Pharma: 09-01-2012 to 05-03-2012
2. PMT 2012 Screening Test: 16th May 2012
3. MBBS PMT Main Exam date: 17th June 2012.