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Adhunika Naithani

Expertise in foreign language can be a full-fledged career

I am soon going to write engineering entrance tests...I have applied for AIEEE, EAMCET and Manipal engineering tests. Which of these should I give more importance to? Also, my family might move to Pune, is there any good engineering college I can join in case I move. Which test will I have to write for that?- Payal, 18

All the exams are equally important and you should be prepared well for all of them. Still if you insist, you can prepare well for AIEEE which will make you eligible for NITs and deemed universities and most other colleges across the country. Whereas test like EAMCET Manipal Engineering test will make you eligible only for admissions in Andhra Pradesh and Manipal College of Engineering respectively.

If your family is planning to shift base to Pune, you may give write MHT-CET, common test for engineering colleges in Maharashtra. It will make you eligible for all government, Aided & Unaided engineering universities/
colleges in Maharashtra for Undergraduate Engineering courses.

Learning foreign language can open many career avenues

The eligibility is:

A candidate should have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with English, Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics.
Candidate should have scored at least 50% aggregate marks in MPC.
There is 5% relaxation for Maharashtra backward classes.
Candidates appearing for 10+2 examinations in 2010 can also apply.

Tentative dates for availability of forms are end of March to second week of April. You can check the website regularly during this time for more details.

Some of the top engineering colleges where you can apply in Pune are:

College of Engineering Pune (COEP)
Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT)
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-P)
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT)
Dhole Patil College of Engineering
Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering
Department of Biotechnology University of Pune
Hindustan Aerospace & Engineering
Army Institute of Technology
Pune Viydarthi Gruha's College of Engineering & Technology (PVG)
Sinhgad College of Engineering, Vadgaon, Pune.
Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune.

My younger sister is learning Japanese language. She says she will learn several other foreign languages as well. I wonder if she can make a good career after learning these languages. Please tell if learning a foreign language is only for fun or some career can be charted out of it. - Syed, 23

We live in a global world and India expanding its overseas trade, skills in foreign languages can be turned into a full-fledged career. There are various careers options that your sister can look for i.e. she can work as a translator, interpreter, language teacher or a linguistic.

There are some jobs where a combination of languages and other qualifications and skills are needed like IT, marketing and sales, finance, law, etc she can even opt for these careers if she wants.

The remuneration that she can expect depends on the work she does and the skills she possesses. But still she can expect a salary package of 2-3 lakhs. If she plans to enter the corporate sector she can expect an even better salary package.

I have just passed out from intermediate. I do not want to do engineering or medicine and all those regular courses. I want to learn animation. Is there any recognised course for it? Raghav, 17

Animation is seeing a boost. There are various types of animation like 2D animation, 3D animation, puppet animation, clay animation, etc. You can purse various degree courses or diploma or certificate courses in the same. If you want to make a serious career in animation then you should go for the degree course.
Colleges you can apply at: