• The Cochin University of Science and Technology has invited applications for admission to M.F.Sc. and M.Tech. courses. Specialisation available for the M.F.Sc. course is seafood safety and trade and for the M.Tech. course, civil (geotechnical), mechanical (thermal) and electronics (wireless technology).

Last date for M.Tech. courses is August 8 and for M.F.Sc. August 16. www.cusat.ac.in.

• Applications have been invited for admission to the B.Ed. course in 12 university colleges of teacher education of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. Last date extended to August 17; www.mgu.ac.in

• Applications have been invited for admission to the B.Ed. course in 11 teacher education centres of the University of Calicut. Last date: August 24. www.universityofcalicut. info.

• The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Kozhikode, has invited applications for admission to its postgraduate diploma programme in industrial automation design. Apply now. http://calicut.nielit.in

• Applications have been invited for the merit-cum-means scholarships for Christian and Muslim students. As many as 4,407 scholarships are available for degree, postgraduate, technical and professional courses. Apply online through www.momascolarships.gov.in. Last date: September 30.

• The Vinod Gupta School of Management of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is offering a residential MBA programme. Selection is based on the score in the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management, group discussion and an interview.

Apply now for IIM- CAT 2012. http://som.iitkgp.ernet.in

• The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, has invited applications for admission to a year’s residential international programme in management for executives from April 2013 on the Noida campus.

Graduates with six years’ full-time professional experience are eligible for admission. Last date: October 31. www.iiml.ac.in.

• The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, has invited applications for admission to the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM).

Last date: November 30; www.iimahd.ernet.in;

The institute has invited applications for admission to a two-year postgraduate programme in Agri-Business Management beginning June 2013.

Selection is based on the score in the Common Admission Test. www.iimahd.ernet.in/ pgpabm.

• The All India Management Association has invited online and offline applications for its Management Aptitude Test to be held in September. Last date: August 13; www.aima-ind.org.

• The Central Board of Irrigation and Power, New Delhi, has invited applications for admission to a 52-week postgraduate diploma course in Thermal Power Plant Engineering.

Those with a degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Power, Electronics and Control or Instrumentation Engineering may apply. Last date: September 1; www.cbip.org

• The Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Chennai, has invited applications for admission to Ph.D. programmes in material science (biopolymers). Last date: August 10. www.cipet.gov.in

• The National Power Training Institute, Badapur, New Delhi, has invited applications for admission to a post-diploma course in Thermal Power Plant Engineering and a graduate engineers’ course in O&M of Transmission and Distribution. Last date: August 23. www.npti.in, www.nptidelhi.net.

• Applications have been invited for admission to a postgraduate programme in banking and finance conducted by the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune. Selection is based on the score in the Common Admission Test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management, a group discussion and an interview.

Application forms and details can be downloaded from www.nibmindia.org. Last date: December 5.

• The State Bank of India has invited applications for recruitment in clerical cadre in associate banks. There are 7,740 vacancies.

Apply online up to August 13.

The written examination will be held on October 7 and 14. www.sbi.co.in, www.statebankofindia.com.

• The Union Public Service Commission has invited applications for the Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandant) Examination to be held on November 11 across the country. There are 401 vacancies.

Last date: August 27. www.upsconline.nic.in