Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi

IHE Delhi University is one of the well known institutes to provide home Science courses. The need of the M.Sc. in Food and Nutrition programme at IHE DU is appreciated because of its excellent syllabus and faculties. 

Over the past few years the cut-offs have hovered around 85-95% for candidates who have a Home Science background and 90-95% for those candidates who do not.

The majority of the former learner of the M.Sc. in Food and Nutrition programme at IHE DU have been productive in academia and research, nutritional consultancy, health sectors and food chains among others. Some of the placement venues are typically linked to the NGOs, government agencies, hospitals, school and several other private companies.

It can fluctuate from year to year but, in general the Institute of Home Economics (IHE), University of Delhi (DU) is preferred and there is always a great deal of rivalry to get in. Since it is a women's college then the number of applicants may be few compared to co-educational institutions. 

IHE gives admission to the courses where University of Delhi holds the Common Entrance Test (CET) for different under graduate programmes they offer. There are courses, such as B.Sc. Home Science, B.Sc. Nutrition & Food, B.Com. (Hons.), and B.A. (Hons.) Family & Community Science. 

The minimum marks required for a candidate for B.Sc. courses are 60% in the entrance examination. For B.Com. (Hons.), the cutoff may be somewhere near 95-97 percent while for B.A. (Hons.) For Family & Community Science, the cutoff can be towards the 90's, 90-92%. 

Finally, in relation to General Category, admission cut – off marks were 313 for session 2008 which change year by year and so the no, of applicants, difficult level of entrance exam etc., sensible of total seat are also important. The cutoff has previously been between 91 to 97 percentile in the best four subjects for candidates under General category. 

Guru Nanak Institute of Technology offers an average package of INR 4-6 Lacs per annum for MCA students. But the maximum salary that can be offered can be 10 to 12 Lacs per annum. The college has a pretty good placement record, and each year approximately 70%- 80% of MCA candidates are placed. Some of the leading recruiters in the country are Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant and so on. The trend poised for MCA salary package is comparatively stable and there is an ascending percentage of annual increment in the scale of about 10-15%. The college also offers internship to the MCA students and the stipend that is paid is between Rs. 10000/- to Rs. 20000/-.