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Your Counsellor RepliesI‚m in my final year hotel management degree programme and want to pursue an MBA in tourism management at the Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management, Gwalior. Please advise as I‚m unable to access the institute‚s website.Sreenath, MumbaiAmong the reputed institutions offering Master‚s degree programmes in travel and tourism management are the Union ministry of tourism‚s Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Govindpuri, Gwalior 474011 (www.iittm.org); School of Management, Pondicherry (www. pondiuni.org) and Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies, Residency, Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram 695014 (www.kittstour.org). For information about the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, log on to the right website ‚ www.iittm.org.I‚m a graduate of Symbiosis College, Pune. Please provide information on computer science courses offered by universities.Pravesh Agrawal, PuneYou could enroll for a Master of computer applications (MCA) degree of two-three years‚ duration provided you have studied maths up to class XII. The MCA programme is also offered by the Regional Engineering Colleges in Warangal, Bhopal, Rourkela, Allahabad and Tiruchirapalli. Moreover Delhi, Pune, Aligarh Muslim and Jadavpur universities also offer MCA study programmes. So do BITS, Mesra (Ranchi); School of Mathematics and Computer Information Science (Hyderabad) and JNU (Delhi), among others.Another option is to sign up for a one-year postgraduate diploma in computer applications. If you haven‚t read maths in class XII, you could enroll in one of the many private computer training institutes which are granted accreditation by the DOEACC (department of electronics accreditation of computer courses). According to DOEACC, four levels of training, graded O, A, B and C need to be imparted to students. The DOEACC ‚ËœA‚ level programme would be most suitable for you. These qualifications are accepted nationwide.I‚ll be writing my Plus Two (science) exam next year. I‚m keen on a career in medicine and am writing several medical entrance exams. In case I don‚t get admission in India, I would like to pursue medical studies in the US. Please advise.Navin Shah, AhmedabadIn theUS a bachelor‚s degree (12+4) is the prerequisite of admission into medical college. Typically, less than 3 percent of foreign applicants are admitted into American medical colleges and most of them are individuals who have completed their undergrad education in the US. Some state-supported medical schools consider only US citizens and permanent residents for admission. Expertise in the biological sciences and humanities with an excellent undergraduate academic record, fluency in English, participation in extra-curricular activities, volunteer commitments and a satisfactory score in the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) are basic requirements for admission into a medical school in the US. For details of MCAT visit (www.aamc.org).I‚m in second year B.Sc and would like to pursue an MBA after graduation. Is it better to do an MBA in India or abroad?Ravi Menon, BangaloreIt‚s best to try for admission into a reputed Indian business school. Start preparing for CAT and other management education entrance tests in your final year. The decision whether to pursue an MBA in India or abroad should be taken after studying the projections…