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After completing my BE (electronics and communication) degree programme next year, I would like to study for an MBA. What specialisation should I choose? Would you recommend an MBA in operations?Nikhil Raghavan, Chennai As an engineering graduate you are eligible for admission into the MBA programme of any B-school country-wide. Specialisations offered include marketing, human resources, systems, finance, etc. Engineering graduates also have the option of studying for business management programmes offered by the B-schools of IITs, IIITs, IIITM-Gwalior, National Institutes of Technology, and NITIE, Mumbai. Specialising in operations is a good idea as theres great demand for well qualified operations managers proficient in product creation and development, purchase, plant organisation, produc-tion efficiency, quality control and inventory management. Your focus should be on getting admission into a reputed B-school and choosing a specialisation that suits your academic aptitude and personality. Im in second year B.Sc and want to join the Indian Air Force after graduation. Please advise. Shilpa Kolhatkar, Pune The short service commission (women) programme of the Indian Air Force is open to unmarried female Indian citizens who graduate in any discipline with maths and physics at 10+2 level, and are between 19-23 years of age (upper age limit is relaxed by three years for holders of commercial pilot licences). Selection is through a Services Selection Board interview and medical examination. Theres no entry point right now for women after Plus Two into the IAF. After class XII (commerce) I want to qualify as a company secretary (CS). What are the eligibility requirements and job prospects? Sridhar Reddy, Bangalore The CS study programme can be pursued in three stages after class XII: foundation (five papers), intermediate (eight papers) and final (nine papers). The course is conducted through correspondence and online by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (www.icsi.edu) with provision for attending coaching classes. After clearing the intermediate/final examination, a student has to undergo 16 months of training as an articled clerk prior to becoming a qualified company secretary. Company secretaries are required by all companies with paid up capital of Rs.2 crore or more, by government and have the option of professional practice. Globalisation and the process of comprehensive economic cooperation have set in motion mutual recognition agreements between ICSI and institutes governing the profession in numerous countries. This has created global opportunities for qualified company secretaries. I want to know about undergraduate animation study programmes available. Please advise. Sheena Singh, Mumbai Degree programmes in animation are offered inter alia by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (www.nid.edu); Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, in alliance with Arena Animation (www.arena-multimedia.com or www.msuniversityorg.in); IGNOU and MAAC (www.maacindia.com); Tilak Maharashtra University, Pune; Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nasik and Picasso Animation College, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai (www.picasso.in). Im in class XII (science) and interested in a career in aeronautical engin-eering. Which colleges offer this subject? Arun Chawla, New Delhi Some of the well-known colleges offering B.Tech degree programmes in aeronautical engineering are Punjab Engineering College University of Technology, Chandigarh (www.pec. ac.in);…