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Hello, Amity is a big name in the field of education today. Of course hard work over the years by faculty and all those associated with this institute. Amity has also strives to establish it's campuses all over India and that too as per the best world standards. The result is there to see. About one and a half lacs students on its rolls at any given time! M.Des at its Mumbai campus is a course that is covered by students. Though it's not exactly top of the institute in this sphere of industrial design, that space is taken up by. Who else but IIT Mumbai! None the less, Amity is making big strides in increasing its ranking. This, of course, is good for the students. On the whole, placements have always been a pride of place in the scheme of things at Amity. I am sure, this Mumbai campus course will shortly be in top three if not at the top in Mumbai.

No. I would never recommend. Moreover, any programme like distance course in engineering or architecture is not possible too. Certifications/ Associateship Examinations may be an option. If you have come to know something like distance course, that's false and someone is cheating on you. Please, be careful before investing in such things your hard earned money. Learning off-campus or face to face doesn't matter much if you have availability of performing practical work and there are teachers as well as material to learn theoretical concepts.
IIA: https://indianinstituteofarchitects.com/ is the place where you can have associateship examination equivalent to B.Arch. I would like to tell you to check the recognition status of this examination these days. You can go for this only if you think it is still recognised. Regards.

Fashion blogging is one of the most trending jobs these days. It is more than wearing glamorous clothes, going to swanky places and posing for cameras. This job demands more. Showing your sense of style and fashion and earning from it is a task. Here are some tips that you can incorporate if you are willing to make career as a fashion blogger:
1. Learn A to Z of social media. Start sharing about your work in a vigorous way.
2. Keep tap of trends.
3. Collaborate with agencies, products.
4. Make your services paid. Create sponsor content.
5. Make strategies and implement on it. (Like 2 posts a day on every social media platform )
6. Review products. Be part of fashion shows. Keep tap on the fashion activities in your city.
7. Be vocal about your work.
8. Focus on quality content. Be different. Even if you fail, try to severe something different to your viewers.
9. Don't copy. Try to give an original touch to your blog. Keep experimenting.
10. Network is the key. Try to meet as many people as you can. Tell them about your work and blog. Collaborate with them.

NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) is an exam organized for the students who want to make a career in the architecture field. This is for UG and PG course in 423 affiliated college from the Council of Architecture. This is not a compulsory exam for aspirant who want to do B.Arch. Student can also apply for IIT-JEE Paper 2 exam which is also a national level exam. Rank of JEE paper 2 is also valid for giving admission to a student in a good college of India. Many state governments also conduct their own exams for giving admission to the student in B.Arch courses such as AAT, COMED-K, CEED AAT and many colleges conduct their own entrance exam for the students who want to make a career in architecture and passed the class 12th exam with atleast 50% marks. Here are a few of the best colleges for B.Arch
1. IIT Roorkee Department of Architecture
Admission through IIT AAT after passing JEE Mains and Advance exam.
2. Sir JJ College Of architecture Mumbai
This is the oldest and the first college for architecture in Asia
3. NIT Calicut
4. BIT Mesra
5. CEPT University Ahmedabad.

Hi,
To improve your career prospects, you need to study further either in your technical field or in a general area of study. If you wish to study further to improve your job prospects, then as a Diploma-holder, you can seek lateral entry to the second year of BE. Several engineering colleges offer this provision. You can pursue your Bachelors in architecture from Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) through correspondence. It conducts non-formal engineering education programmes, successful completion of which is recognised as equivalent to a graduate degree in engineering. The Associate Membership of the Indian Institute of Architects (by examination) is at par with Bachelor's Degree in Architecture of recognised Indian Universities as notified by the Government of India for the purpose of employment and services under the Central government in the appropriate field.
The Indian Institute of Architects conducts its examination in four parts. Candidates desirous of taking the examination have to enroll themselves as Student Members. The minimum qualification requirement is a pass in class 10 examination with English, mathematics and science as compulsory subjects. He should be working in the office of an architect who is registered with the Council of Architects. Candidates possessing higher qualifications, such as 10+2 pass, Diploma holders in Architectural Assistantship and Civil Engineering and degree in civil engineering are exempted from appearing in some subjects. For further details check http://www.iia-india.org/examinations.shtml. The other university which is offering B.Arch through distance learning is Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik-http://www.ycmou.com/cms/ast/ProgrammesonOffer/Architecture/tabid/662/Default.aspx.
You may contact the universities to get more details on the courses offered and the admission procedure. Revert for any further assistance. All the best.

Hi,
You should take over a job after Bachelors for sure. First of all, let us talk about private sector jobs. Some of the notable recruiters include:
-Interior Design firms
-Architecture firms
-Design Studios
-Realty and Construction Management firms
-Furniture Design/Manufacturing firms
-Design Consultancies
Talking about Government sector jobs, the prime recruiters are:
-PSUs
-PWD
-Town/City Planning Department
-Municipal Corporation
If you are an entrepreneur at heart, you may start your own venture (design studio, interior design firm, design consultancy etc.).
Starting salary of an interior designer depends upon a number of factors. Some of the prominent factors are:
-Institute from which the candidate completed the course
-Level of education (UG, PG etc.)
-His/her specialization
-The domain he/she has chosen
-Job location
On an average, starting salary could be anywhere between 40-80K INR per month. In case of a Government job, the salary will be as per the pay scale and grade. If you choose entrepreneurship over a regular job, profit generated will matter more than salary!
All the best.

Hi,
Construction Management (CM) or Construction Project Management (CPM), has its roots in Project Management (PM). PM in turn has its roots in aerospace projects, which have the distinction of being the projects which exceed their budgets by sometimes as high as 400% and get delayed by decades. Infrastructure; Construction projects too have faced similar problems, but, to a lesser degree.
In India, most civil engineering graduates who opt for a Masters (M.Tech/ME) mostly aim for Structural Engineering, as it is considered the toughest and the one with the most perceived value by both the industry and academia. CPM was a niche field and mostly unheard of, in India, as most infrastructure projects were publically funded and ultimately the government pulled the strings. Delays were the norm and cost overruns were tolerated.
But most projects (after economic liberalisation of India) are being funded by loans from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other nations such as Singapore (Amravati, Capital of Seemandhra), Japan (Bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad) and other investment entities. These investors and funding agencies recommend best standards and delays; cost over-runs are not tolerated. Hence the need for project managers and construction managers.
Real Estate in India is funded by black money and corrupt politicians, this is the ground reality. But genuine real estate developers distinguish themselves, with timely delivery of property and try to kept debt to a minimum. Now this can happen only if their projects are completed on time and within the budget, so that they can make a profit and maintain their reputation simultaneously.
Therefore, job openings for construction management professionals have increased in India faster in comparison with structural engineering. A structural engineer and a construction manager are still sought after by infrastructure and real estate developers. But recently CM and CPM have witnessed an upward trend, which leads to the popular conclusion of CM having a better scope than SE (which is also partly true because the structural engineering job market has saturated in recent years). All the best.