Humanities & Social Sciences

Hi,
There is an increasing demand for graduates in Public Administration. Job opportunities are available in central, state and local governments. With the outsourcing of public administrative works, graduates can also seek employment opportunities in private organisations. Health services, social services and protective services offer career avenues for these graduates. There are also a number of support services that require skilled Public Administration graduates.
The job of public administration personnel includes:
Analyzing information
Conducting safety inspections
Consultations
Drafting and implementing governmental and public policy
Investigating suspected criminal activity
Implementing information technologies
Managing people and resources
Overseeing expenditures
The job profile will vary according to the organisation in which the graduate is employed. Public Administration graduates can seek employment in the following capacities. The job types available are:
Criminal Investigator
Administrative Officer
Consultant
Corporate Manager
Labour Management Relations Specialist
Social Worker
Customs Inspector
Industrial Relations Specialist
Teacher
Consumer Safety Inspector
Management Analyst
Personnel Management Specialist
Systems Analyst
Career avenues are available for graduates in different sectors. The expertise in public administration is required in areas that require managing, implementation and drafting of projects. Graduates can find employment in the following areas:
Tribal Administration
Secretariat
Public Works
Postal services
Police Department
Panchayati Raj
Municipal Bodies
Land Revenue Systems
Indian Civil Services
Fire and Emergency Services
Education
Economic Development
Corporate Management
Bureaucracy
The remuneration in public sector organizations is fixed by the government. It varies according to the job profile and area of employment. Aspirants can expect an increase in salary with experience in the field.

Hi,
Please let us know in detail about your past academic record for better advice, however if you are a graduate then you may consider pursuing MBA or PGDM in rural management.
For your reference find below some of the finest institutes in India offering this course:
- Institute of Rural Management - Anand
- Institute of Rural Management- Jaipur
MBA or PGDM in rural management is a good course to pursue and it offers good career prospects and excellent growth opportunities.
After completing this course you may get appropriate employment opportunities in government's developmental agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs).
You may also be hired on contractual basis to manage developmental schemes and programs.
Highly talented individuals can find lucrative job options in the UN and its specialized agencies or programmes run by it.
International NGOs are also preferred options for many rural managers. Besides, this you may run your own NGOs and thereby, directly be associated with rural folk.

You can go for an MPhil (regular) after completing Masters from IGNOU. Every institution has its own criteria but since IGNOU being the recognized Open University, its degree is acceptable by almost all other regular institutions.
Recently, UGC has announced that candidates who score 55% in their Masters are eligible for MPhil from UGC recognized universities. So you need to focus on getting at-least 60% in Masters to be in the safe zone (Only if you are a general candidate).
I would like to give you an advice that please go for Central Universities for M.Phil as the faculty in such universities is mind blowing. JNU, DU, BHU, etc. are there in this list.

Hi,
There is no need to do Bachelor of Education to become college lecturer. Your post-graduation degree would be sufficient enough for that. To get lecturer job in government colleges, you would need to appear in the National Eligibility Test (NET).
University Grants Commission conducts the National Eligibility Test. Anyone who is interested in lectureship in central government colleges would have to appear for the NET entrance exam.
This exam is conducted two times a year. The first time in June and second time in December. It is regarded as one of the most difficult entrance exams in India. Apart from NET you can also appear for SET entrance exam.
The State Eligibility Test is also for lectureship but in state government colleges. You can appear in SET exam of any state and upon clearing would be given lecturer job in colleges funded by the state government.
Eligibility:
1. You must be Indian citizen.
2. A minimum of post-graduation degree from a University Grants Commission recognized university.
3. At least 55 percent marks are required in post-graduation.
4. Candidates of SC/ST community requires 50 percent marks.
5. The final year students of master degree course are also eligible to appear for NET.
6. But such students would have to submit their PG degree within 2 years of clearing NET.
7. The age limit for JRF is 28 years.
8. Age limit is extended by 3 years for OBC.
9. SC/ST are given 5 years relaxation.
10. There is no age limit for Lectureship.

Hi,
Minimum Duration: 2 Years
Maximum Duration: 5 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 14,000
Minimum Age: No bar
Maximum Age: No bar
Eligibility:
An MPhil and a Post-Graduate degree in Social Work with minimum fifty-five percent marks (fifty percent marks for SC/ST/PH candidates) or an equivalent grade from a university or a recognised institution of higher learning.
OR
Masters degree in Social Work with minimum fifty-five percent marks (fifty percent marks for SC/ST/PH candidates) or an equivalent grade from a university or a recognised institution of higher learning and five years of teaching/research/extension/ administration/health care/ social welfare/professional experience at senior level.
Those not having MPhil can pursue PhD by successfully completing 32 credits worth of course work.
The PhD Programme in the social work will enable candidates from across the county, and particularly from far-flung areas and states/union territories, where there are no schools of social work, to pursue their research work leading to a doctoral degree.
Currently, the school has admitted three Research and Teaching Assistantship (RTAs) in 2009 for its doctoral programme in social work.
The Doctoral Programme in Social Work aims at training professionals (both teachers and practitioners) in the skills and competence related to the systematic investigation of various issues and problems in the area of Social Work. At this level, the study is expected to provide new and original insights into the problem or the area under investigation. The PhD Programme of IGNOU can be pursued by those who possess an MSW/MA (Social Work) degree.
IGNOU had introduced a unique scheme of IGNOU-DEC Research and Teaching Assistantships (RTA), which is designed to meet the high-quality human resource requirements in teaching and research in the area of the highly technology intensive open and distance learning-ICT, web, satellite based and online learning in various disciplines of higher education, including Social Work.
The scheme is open to post-graduate holders in Social Work with consistently top academic record and who would like to do teaching and research in discipline of Social Work.

Books to be read for Entrance Exam:
Following books should be read thoroughly before coming to classes. We can't cover the basics in this course. Our focus would be on applications and problems. We would introduce to maximum types of problems that may appear in the MA Economics Entrance tests.
Microeconomic Theory:
* Hal Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics, 7e
* Rubinfield and Pindyk, Microeconomics
Macroeconomic Theory:
* Dornbusch and Fisher, Macroeconomics, 6e
* Mankiw, Macroeconomics, 6e
Mathematics:
* RGD Allen, Mathematical Analysis for Economics
* AC Chiang, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics
* Sydsaeter and Hammond, Mathematics for Economic analysis
Statistics
* Nagar and Das, Basic Statistics

Indian polity is a crucial segment of the UPSC Prelims syllabus.
If you take political science as your optional subject, you will study for this optional along with the prelims section thus saving time for other topics. This way you can integrate the UPSC prelims and mains preparation.
Even if you don't have political science as your background, you can easily comprehend and study this subject as it is not too technical. The concepts are general and anyone who reads newspapers on a regular basis would be able to understand and prepare for it.
In the new revised syllabus, the factual parts have been omitted thus an understanding of the concepts is only required to write better answers in this paper.
The notion that the syllabus for political science is vast is only partially true. In fact, a lot of the topics are repeated like Marxism, Marx, Marxist notions of state, Gramsci, etc.
Many topics are interrelated like thoughts of Mill, Bentham and Liberal notions of state, justice and democracy and so on.
Topics such as liberalism, feminism, ideas of Marxism, issues like democracy, human rights, environment, etc. are covered in both Paper I and Paper II.
Knowing a lot of content in this subject can also help in your current affairs preparation.
In the interview round also, a good knowledge of topics in polity such as governance, international relations, etc. can be very handy.