Employment / Strengths and Options
Office Administration & Secretarial Practice
Marketing Management & Retail Business
Management and Marketing of Insurance
Industrial Relations & Personal Management
Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Office Management Secretarial Practice
Advertising, Sales, Promotion & Sales Management
Cut off for 2008 at the bottom of the page
Vocational Studies
Minimum percentage of marks required is 40% in qualifying examination. The merit shall be determined on the basis of one language and three best elective subjects.
The students study
a) 4 language papers – 2 papers of English & 2 of Hindi/ Punjabi
b) 4 vocational papers in each stream (E.g. History of Tourism for students doing tourism course)
c) 3 inter – disciplinary topics that are complementary courses relevant to programme. (E.g. Culture in
The course has seven streams including tourism, marketing management and retail business. Students will also sit for interdisciplinary papers, besides a common foundation course in the second year (Business Communication and Computer Fundamentals).
B.A. Vocational Studies
Tourism
Travel and tourism is one of the biggest foreign exchange earning industries of the country. It has also come to occupy a prime position in the global economy, boosts the economy. Tourism has opportunities for those who prefer combining work with outdoor adventure.
Most students who pass out are absorbed by various organisations like airlines, travel agencies, cargo and courier agencies, tourism departments and hotels. The travel and tourism industry is an amalgam of various industries and connected activities forming a single entity. First comes the primary travel - related services. This includes the hospitality or hotel industry, catering, transport, etc. Secondary travel services include retail shops, banks and financial institutions as well as suppliers of goods and services to primary travel services.
Career opportunities: Airlines: Traffic Assistants, Reservation & Counter Staff, Air Hostesses & Flight Pursers, Sales & Marketing Staff and Costumer Services. Travel Agencies: Reservation and Counter Staff, Sales & marketing Staff, Tour Escorts & Tour Operators Cargo/Courier Agencies: Counter Staff, Sales & marketing Staff, Clearing & Forwarding Agents and Airport Duty Officers Tourism Department: Reservation & Counter Staff, Sales & Marketing Staff, Tour planners and Tour Guides. Hotels: accounting, Captains, engineering and maintenance, Front office, food and beverages, Housekeeping, operations, public relations, Restaurant Managers, Lobby/ Guest Relation Manager, security.
Subjects: English (2 papers), Hindi or Punjabi (the later depending on a minimum number of students opting for it), History of Tourism (Vocational subject), Culture in India (Interdisciplinary course – History), Computer Fundamentals & Business Communication, Profile of Modern Tourism, Globalisation, Tourism Undertakings, Economic Development & Policy in India.
· College of Vocational Studies. Seats: 50 A relaxation of 5% in the cut-off percentage is given to students who have studied tourism subject in class XII. Special emphasis is given to business communication skills and language prowess.
Office Administration & Secretarial Practice
Students pursuing secretarial practice get appointed in various multinationals, banks, and even the ministry of defence, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Delhi Transport Development Corporation, where they need to be adept in desktop publishing (DTP) among other skills, to ensure smooth flow of work.
· College of the Vocational Studies Seats: 50 A relaxation of 5% in the cut-off percentage is given to students who have studied this subject in class XII. Special emphasis is given to business communication skills and language prowess.
Marketing Management & Retail Business
Gone are the days when retailing was limited to attending customers across the counter. Today retailing is a big business with plenty of diverse opportunities. Retail outlets range form the corner shop, department stores, and company showrooms to fast food restaurants. Interested candidates can develop an international career in retailing as many companies are opening stores all over the world. Franchising is a growing form of retailing. Retailing is on a steady growth chart and possibly the biggest employer after agriculture. Even if more goods get sold electronically, there will continue to be high demand for people who understand retail management practices.
After graduation, students get placed as management trainees, store manager and regional managers. The retail industry offers opportunities in merchandising, store management, central management and buying. Retail continues to grow at a rapid rate offering face paced, people-oriented, and service-based careers. Online retail, or e-tailing, is another part of the retail industry that is quickly growing.
· College of the Vocational Studies Seats: 50 A relaxation of 5% in the cut-off percentage is given to students who have studied this subject in class XII. Special emphasis is given to business communication skills and language prowess.
Small & Medium Enterprises
The course equips students to set up their own business in fields like IT, construction, plastics and chemicals and internet technology. The course has subjects like Fundamentals of Entreprenurship, Management of Small Enterprises, Financial Accounting.
· College of the Vocational Studies Seats: 50 A relaxation of 5% in the cut-off percentage is given to students who have studied this subject in class XII. Special emphasis is given to business communication skills and language prowess. Subjects: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, the Management of Small Enterprises, Financial Accounting, etc.
Human Resource Management
· College of the Vocational Studies Seats: 50 A relaxation of 5% in the cut-off percentage is given to students who have studied this subject in class XII. Special emphasis is given to business communication skills and language prowess.
Materials Management
Materials management, offers managerial positions in the packaging industry, demand planning, global purchasing, inventory and even profiles like global chain supply specialist, material management analyst and food processing supervisor.
· College of the Vocational Studies Seats: 50 A relaxation of 5% in the cut-off percentage is given to students who have studied this subject in class XII. Special emphasis is given to business communication skills and language prowess.
Management and Marketing of Insurance
In simple terms, insurance is a protection against financial loss arising of the happening of an unexpected event. Statistics reveal that the Indian insurance sector employs only about 5 Lakh people compared to the 6 lakh employed in the
In fire insurance, insurance is obtained by owners of homes and commercial properties to provide reimbursement in case of losses resulting from fire. In health insurance, insurance meets the costs of sickness and disability; it pays for physicians, hospitals, and other providers of medical services. In life insurance, insurance involves the assumption by an insuring organisation of the risk of death of a policyholder. Insurance agents draw up a contract with a client based on the premium. Insurance surveyors, in the event of loss or damage to any insured item, are assigned the responsibility of investigating, evaluating and assessing the extent of loss or damage. Actuarial science is yet another area that would be booming in the times to come.
· College of the Vocational Studies. Seats: 50 A relaxation of 5% in the cut-off percentage is given to students who have studied this subject in class XII. Special emphasis is given to business communication skills and language prowess.
Vocational subjects in B.A.
The following colleges offer the vocational subjects under their BA programme. These programmes are taught under BA programme.
Family & Child Welfare
The course, which is an amalgamation of Anthropology, Psychology and Child Psychology and opens up fields such as counselling and development. A number of international NGOs have been taking students from this background. Subjects: Child Development ; Empowerment of Women and Children ; Early Childhood Care and Education.
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Food Technology
Most of the students are picked up by the food processing industry and multinationals. With the opening up of the economy, the quality of food products has become very important to Indian industry. Students could be associated with institutes such as the Central Food Technological Research Institute in
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Nutrition & Health Education
Subjects: Elements of Food, Nutrition and Health; Elements of Public Health Nutrition ; Community Nutrition
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Industrial Relations & Personal Management
Students can further study for certificate and diploma courses & also go in for jobs related to Labour Welfare, Personnel and Industrial relations, Human Resources etc. There are about 40 – 50 seats available in each college. Subjects: Human Resource Management ; Industrial Relations ; Industrial & Labour Legislation; Organisational Behaviour
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Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Subjects: Organisation & Management of Business ; Theory and Practice of Entrepreneurship and Small Business ; Institutional and Policy Support for Small Business; Operational Aspects of Small Business
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Office Management Secretarial Practice
Students by the end of the final year are equipped for Administrative level jobs. Subjects: Business Communication ; Office Management & Stenography (Part I & II
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Insurance
Subjects: Elements of Insurance ; Regulatory Frame Work of Insurance ; Life Insurance; Non-Life Insurance
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Business Data Processing
Subjects: Elements of Insurance ; Regulatory Frame Work of Insurance ; Life Insurance; Non-Life Insurance
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Advertising, Sales, Promotion & Sales Management
Advertising is the business of communication a message to an audience through newspapers, magazines, radio, television and Internet. An increasing level of consumer awareness and competition in business has ensured that whether it is the service sector, small-scale sector, industrial sector, public utility sector, PR is here to stay.
Aspirants should possess the ability to work hard and the strength of purpose to help them withstand pressures of deadlines or differences of opinion. The ability to interact with people is a critical requirement. A keen sense of observation, intuition to perceive what is not directly revealed and sound general awareness is essential. Be prepared to build up your career from an entry-level position. You then gain experience and improve your skills to move up hierarchical ladder. The jobs in this discipline are challenging and offer variety, not to speak of the glamour associated with them. People who really want a career in media will make it happen. Subjects: Marketing Communication; Advertising ; Sales Management; Sales Promotion and Public Relations
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Computer Applications
Subjects: Computer Fundamentals and Software Packages ; Database and Internet Technologies ; Multimedia Systems and Applications; Programming in Visual Basic
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Functional Hindi
This course will enable a student to gain proficiency in the official use of the language. The course is intended to make a student efficient over a period of three years to go straight into jobs in Government of India Departments, public undertaking, banks, airlines, media and the corporate sector. The job potential is vast, covering such areas as assistants, translators, interpreters, reporters, and reception and telex/computer operators.
The three Years course covers the theoretical, practical, grammar, terminology etc, and practical aspects - noting, drafting, broadcasting, typing, telex and computer programming including field training in suitable organizations.
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· Miranda House (W) Candidates should have studied and passed Hindi in X/ XII with at least 55% marks. Only 20 students will be taken. If necessary, a concession upto 5% in the cut off points may be given for joining this course and students who avail this concession will not be allowed to change the subject later.
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Tourism & Travel Management
Subjects: Fundamentals of Travel and Tourism ; Tourism Marketing and Travel Agency Business; Economics of Tourism Industry; Management of Tourism and Travel Business.
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Foreign Trade Practice
Foreign trade plays a key role in a country’s economic progress. International trade provides ample job opportunities to professionally trained man and women in the fields of market research, product design and exports. The jobs in the field of international trade are Export managers, Executives, Purchase officers, Inspectors. People in this area get an opportunity to visit foreign countries. The salaries are generally higher in export units. Commodity Boards, Export Inspection Councils, Export Promotion Councils, Trade Development Authority and Trade Fair Authority of India are some of the important agencies associated with export business. They provide employment to trained professionals. The government is providing concessions and incentives to promote exports. There is tremendous scope for expansion in foreign trade, which in turn will offer ample job opportunities to trained professionals. Subjects: Trend in World Trade and Trading Environment ; Trend Procedures, Practices, Logistics and Legal Dimensions of International Business; Financing of Trade and International Finance ; International Marketing and Exporting
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Tax Procedure & Practice
Subjects: Indirect Taxes (Central Sales Tax and Service Tax); Income Tax Law ; Income Tax- Procedure & Practice and Wealth Tax; Indirect Taxes- (Central Excise and Customs)
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Apparel Design & Construction
The course is a combine of textile production as well as fashion designing. Export houses are heavy recruiters and numbers of students have also set up their own enterprises. Subjects: Textiles and Apparel; Textiles and Apparel; Fashion Design
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| Cut Off 2008 | ||||
| BA Vocational | ||||
| College of Vocational Studies | ||||
| General | OBC | |||
| Tourism | 74.5-76.4 | 64.5-69.9 | ||
| Office Admin.&Sec.Practice | 74-75 | 64-69 | ||
| Insurance | 75.5-76 | 65.5-69 | ||
| Material Management | 72-73.5 | 62-65 | ||
| Retail Business | 79-81 | 69-70 | ||
| Human Res. Management | 82-83 | 72-80 | ||
| Small & Med. Int. | 71-72 | 61-62 | ||
| Dayal Singh (E) | ||||
| IRPM Personnel Mgt | 65* | 55 | ||
| Office Management | 63* | 53 | ||
| Tour & Travel | 69* | 64 | ||
| Deshbandhu (E) | ||||
| IRPM Personnel Mgt | 54-59! | 49-52 | ||
| Office Management | 54-59! | 49-52 | ||
| Tax Practise | 54-59! | 49-52 | ||
| W - Women College, Eve - Evening College | ||||
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