Am I eligible for diploma in Forensic Medicine?
Pervin Malhotra
Q.I am a BSc (Physics) graduate. Can you please tell me whether I am eligible for pursuing a diploma course in Forensic Medicine?
— yogesh uberoi
A.All diploma programmes in Forensic Medicine require an MBBS degree (barring a couple of programmes that also admit students with an MSc degree).
However, a number of universities offer PG diploma and degree courses in Criminology & Forensic Science.
Typically, these courses cover forensic investigation of the crime scene, forensic photography, forensic toxicology, forensic serology, fingerprint analysis, criminal profiling, drug detection, lie detection, firearm identification, cybercrime etc
So, you could pursue an MSc in Forensic Science which is open to BSc graduates at the Punjabi University, Patiala, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra or the University of Chennai, Delhi’s Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University's LNJN National Instt of Criminology & Forensic Sc (www.nicfs.org), Rohini (M/o Home Affairs, GoI) offers
1) MA/MSc in Criminology & MSc in Forensic Sc both of which require a BSc degree.
Besides Diploma courses in Forensic Sciences, offered by Delhi University and Amity University, there are other diploma courses in Criminology & Forensic Science.
While some are for sponsored police officers or those working in Social Welfare Departments., the others require an LLB degree.
You could also choose to study Clinical Toxicology (study of poisons, their effects, detection and treatment) separately or do a Master's in Pharmacology & Toxicology from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, Mohali (www.niper.nic.in) an institution of national importance, or MSc Toxicology at Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University, Delhi or MSc Environmental Toxicology offered at Dr BR Ambedkar University, Agra and University of Madras, Chennai.
The answer lies in sports law
Q.I am presently doing BA LLB. I am not at all interested in litigation or civil or criminal law. I am an extrovert with varied interests – actually passionate about sports (hockey) which I’ve had to give up because it clashes with my studies. Can you please suggest some field of law that I could look at given my interests? I am very confused.
— dilsher gulati
A.Sports law is set to be the next cash cow for law majors in India. With sports gaining popularity and prominence, law firms are looking at expanding their portfolio in this “recession-proof” segment.
All celebrity endorsement deals are now prepared by law firms. Earlier, this was confined to the two parties involved — the celebrity endorsing the brand and the corporate entity. However, now law firms are increasingly being approached to facilitate such deals as part of their advisory services.
Sports law in India is likely to emerge as a big area of practice in the next five years. And with the sector getting corporatised, there will be an increased demand for lawyers specialising in this field in the years to come. Their role will be to ensure the contractual obligations of the athlete and that rights and liabilities are tailored to best suit the athlete.
Moving into cloud computing
Q.There’s so much talk about cloud computing, but are there sufficient jobs in this domain? Being an MCA student, how can I get into this field? — aditya yagnik
A.When you update your LinkedIn profile, share a tweet, or send emails on the go — you’re using cloud computing. Businesses are leveraging the latest cloud computing practices to survive and thrive in the digital era.
It’s estimated that India will need about 3 lakh cloud computing professionals in the next four years. Cloud deployment deals with running an application in cloud involving aspects such as deployment architecture, cloud API, automation, scaling. Cloud application involves building an application 'for the cloud' based on SaaS principles, multi-tenancy, design for scalability etc
Cloud platform building. While this is more difficult to get into, you could start with cloud deployment and cloud application development. Regardless of whether you have a BTech degree or not, you’ll need to pursue a relevant certification in cloud computing. Several MOOCs programmes are available on websites such as Udacity, Coursera and EdX. Coursera is also offering Google cloud training courses developed and taught by Google experts. The first of the five-course specialisation is on data engineering.
New jobs are continuously being added in the fields of big data analytics, data structures, and map-reduce programming. Some years down the line, you could rise in your organization as a cloud solution architect, data analyst, DevOps engineer, or security engineer.
Honing your development skills in AJAX, Java, Hadoop, etc., and acquiring knowledge of virtualisation technologies, cloud computing architecture, network-level security, Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), etc. would be helpful.
