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Peace is more than just the absence of war. For long, peace studies have had martial overtones and have been associated with war, organized crime and terrorism in conflict areas. This multi-disciplinary field is now evolving to include conflict management and peace activism for development purposes. International Development agencies, NGO’s usually require people with strong conflict management skills who can negotiate in difficult circumstances. Mass media is another area, where these skills come handy in investigative and war reporting. This field has tremendous research possibilities and there are several institutions that require research associates.’ This multi-disciplinary exposes one to a variety of disciplines like International Relations, nuclear politics, Gandhi and peace studies etc.
Traditionally, offered in the garb of disarmament studies in central universities like JNU and JMI, it has now been organized in Master’s and diploma programs in universities throughout India.
Qualifications: M.Tech , Phd
Duration: 2 years
Institutes: IISC, Bangalore
IIT Kanpur
IIT Mumbai
IIT Delhi
IIT Mumbai
Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research ,
Bangalore

Does your friend get jealous when u speaks to another friend? You think its absurd, but did you know that possessiveness is one of the oldest human emotions? The way we behave and the rituals that we observe have a socio-cultural history and social anthropology is the science that studies it. Anthropology is divided into physical and social anthropology. While the former deals with the biological evolution of man, the latter focuses on the changes in our social environment and behaviors. ” Not only does the discipline make u more aware of your history, it also makes u better human being ”.
The science of discovering and interpreting the past makes one more open-minded and tolerant , adds Professor Surinder Nath , Head , department of anthropology ,Delhi University .
A developmental organization especially those dealing with tribal affairs recruit social anthropologists. Besides, Anthropological survey of India, UND and WHO are some other organizations that require anthropologists to manage projects.
Qualifications: M.Sc
Duration: 2 years
Institutes: University of Delhi
University of Lucknow
University of Pune
Utkal University
Manipur University
Guwahati University
Karnataka University

Clinical Research is a multinational, multibillion, and multidisciplinary industry. It is a systematic study for new drugs in human subjects to generate data for discovering or verifying the clinical, pharmacological or adverse effects with the objective of determining safety and efficacy of the new drug.
India is increasingly being recognized as a quality player and a preferred partner for global clinical trials. India has several prized attributes for clinical trial development making it the ” hub for global clinical research ‘‘.
With the growth of clinical research in India, the demand for clinical research professionals is increasing. Trained clinical research professionals will also be in demand abroad. There are more than 2,50,000 positions vacant worldwide and salaries in the U.S. vary in the region of approximately $40,000 p.a. for a Clinical Research Co-ordinator to almost $100,000 p.a. for a Business Development Manager .
Rest assured, clinical research is definitely the next big career for Science, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, and Life sciences, Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing Graduates and now is the time to make it a vocation.

Event management is a very imaginative job, in which event manager has to manage all the needs of an event. Event management is a one year certified course which is available in many institutes throughout the country. This field requires represents revelation, imagination, and careful planning and location management. To be a excellent event manager you need good public relation and networking skills and if you want to be in renowned companies then you should have an MBA with good public relation. For an event manager it is obligatory to be a good communicating skill, always to be optimized thinking to fulfill the challenges and to except them and ability to give his instant reaction at given satiation. Team effort and leadership are some other priorities. Event manager have to update himself with every single aspects of the event he is responsible. He need to be very patience for doing this job.

Growth and prosperity of an economy, to an extent is reflected in its physical appearance. The field of architecture is liable for this prosperity, which is on boom the recent days. People besides focusing on daily needs such as shelter, are now more keen on luxury, comfort and style .This has led to variety of scopes in this industry for those who are interested in this field.
Architecture involves both the study and planning of construction and designing work. Designing a construction is not a easy task as it involves factors like functional utility, safety and economy, beside creative work.
Architects design variety of structures like houses, apartments, colonies, hotels, hospitals, industrial complexes, airport terminals, schools, commercial complexes etc. The best professional is who strikes balance between aesthetics and practicality.
Students having good academic background  in mathematics and physics can opt out for this field .They should also have creativity for designing and should be determined to do hard work .
The qualification needed for this boosting career is 10+2 with physics, chemistry and mathematics .The Council of Architecture takes an aptitude test on all India level for the admissions to college of architecture.