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Im interested in a career in automobile design, after completing class XII (science) in 2012. Please advise.Shailesh Rane, Pune You should do well enough in your Plus Two exam to qualify for admission into the bachelor of product design programme offered by NID, Ahmedabad (www.nid.edu) or Symbiosis Institute of Design (www.symbiosis design.ac.in) or MAEERs Institute of Design, Pune (www.mitidiedu.in). Alternatively you could acquire an engineering degree and then enrol in a postgraduate programme in auto-mobile design at NID or IIT-Bombay. Im currently reading for an M.Tech degree programme in spatial infor-mation technology after completing my MCA in 2009. Will the M.Tech qualification better my career prospects? Siddharth Raghavan, Chennai Spatial technologies include any form of technology that refers to place, space and location. Specifically, they are technologies that organise and collect data by referencing the information collected to a point on the earths surface using latitude and longitude calculations. Spatial techn-ologists develop software and systems to enhance the ability of individuals, business, government and industry to utilise location and mobile systems better in their daily tasks, manage land information systems, produce maps and digital databases. Your earlier MCA degree and the current programme will position you well for placement. You could find employ-ment within the IT software industry. Enquire from the placement office of your college/ university what former students are doing, and network with them and your professors to explore openings and emerging opportunities. Please suggest reputed institutes abroad offering courses in fashion marketing. Arundhati Sen, Kolkata The top schools in the US for fashion marketing programmes are the New York-based Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons Institute. American universities give you the flexibility to do this course while pursuing a four-year bachelors degree. Therefore if you are keen and have the funds to finance a four-year degree programme in the US, you can specialise in fashion marketing in your final year. Alternatively, complete your bachelors degree programme in India and opt for a Masters programme in fashion marketing abroad. Im in class XII (science) and want to qualify as an actuary. Do I need to do an MBA to qualify as an actuary? Deepak Rao, Bangalore Not at all. but it might be a good idea to enrol for a bachelors degree in statistics and simultaneously sign up for an actuarial course with the Institute of Actuaries of India (www. actuariesindia.org). A few universities offer B.Sc programmes in actuarial science. You certainly dont need to do an MBA to become an actuary. Which universities offer the integrated five-year MBA in biotechnology degree programme? Dilip Chatterjee, Kolkata A five-year integrated M.Sc (biotechnology) programme is offered by several universities including University of Pune. As regards an integrated five-year MBA in biotech-nology, I dont believe theres any such study programme. Ideally, you could do a B.Sc in biotechnology or any biological science followed by an MBA (biotechnology). After completing my bachelors degree in physiotherapy, I want to do a postgraduate programme (other than Masters in physiotherapy) in a subject allied to…