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For
a profession in books
Unique of its kind,
the University of Calcutta in collaboration
with the Publishers & Booksellers
Guild runs the Postgraduate Diploma Course
in Book Publishing (PGDBP). The University-Guild
partnership is a path-breaking step that
helps widen scope of the pass- outs.
The one-year course covers all aspects
and techniques of book publishing and
aims to make you just the person the industry
is looking for. It ensures creative engagement
as a competent editor, pre-production
and production in-charge, an innovative
expert in book marketing and promotion.
The course also enables you to take the
challenge of starting your own publishing
venture.
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LEARN
BY DOING |
We offer theoretical
and practical inputs of the highest standard
and there are such provisions as internship,
hands-on training, seminars and workshops.
We ensure unparalleled exposure to floor-level
experience for each student. Much of the
course is devoted to the practical work.
Tutors will guide you through a series
of exercises allowing you to learn by
doing and to learn from your mistakes.
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INTERNSHIP |
Access is key and the
internship provides an exclusive access
to the domain of hard-core professionals.
Internship is a compulsory curricular
task for each student. We take special
care to arrange it at major publishing
and printing organizations.
Such internships unlock opportunities
to test your skills and to discover new
ones.
We keep in touch with the leading forums
of publishers in India and abroad and
maintain close link with the institutes
across the globe
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EXCITING
PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES |
The course creates
an exclusive opportunity to ‘work’
with potential employers. Big publishing
concerns recruit trained and competent
professionals round the clock. The book
publishing business is dominated mainly
by the private sector, but a number of
government organizations also provide
decent jobs.
You will receive placement support in
leading global and domestic organizations.
Consultancy in placement initiative is
provided.
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PGDBP CURRICULUM |
Total
Marks : 700
Paper I: History of Publishing (Marks 100)
Group A: Development of Book Publishing (Marks
50)
Group B: Laws & Ethics (Marks 50)
Paper II: Pre-Production & Editorial Functions
(Marks 100)
Paper III: Production Techniques (Marks 100)
Paper IV: Management, Finance & Accounting
(Marks 100)
Paper V: Marketing & Promotion (Marks
100)
Paper VI: Editorial Functions-- Practical
(Marks 100)
Paper VII: Internship, Project Report &
Viva-Voce (Marks 100)
Group A: Internship & Viva-Voce (Marks
15)
Group B: Project Report (Marks 60)
Group C: Viva-Voce on Project Report (Marks
25) |
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RESOURCE
PERSONS |
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A range of eminent and experienced teachers
from various academic institutions, professionals
from major Indian and international publishing
organizations. They are the leading lights
in the field - copy editors, creative writers,
designers, marketing experts, illustrators
and academics – each offering insights
into their own specialist area. Special lectures
are also arranged regularly by inviting nationally
and internationally acclaimed experts |
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SESSION |
From
January to December
[Application Forms for admission
are issued from the first week of November].
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ELIGIBILITY |
| Graduation
in any stream (Hons/Pass/Vocational etc) from
a recognized university. No upper age limit.
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SEATS |
| Twenty-six
(26) seats in total. Five (5) seats are
reserved for candidates sponsored by publishing/printing
organizations and one (1) seat is reserved
for NRI/ Foreign candidates. Reservation
for SC/ST/PH candidates as per rules and
University norms.
If any seat reserved for sponsored candidates
remains vacant, vacancy shall be filled-up
from among other candidates. The seat earmarked
for NRI/ Foreign candidates shall not be
filled-up from any other category in case
of any vacancy. If any seats reserved for
SC/ST/PH candidates remain vacant, vacancies
shall be filled-up from among the general
candidates duly selected.
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APPLICATION |
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Application Forms are available at the C
U Sales Counter, Asutosh Building (Ground
Floor), College Street Campus, Kolkata-700073
on payment of Rs.200 in cash. Forms can
also be downloaded from the University website
(www.caluniv.ac.in) and from the website
of the Guild. However, in such cases, please
enclose with the application a crossed bank
draft/ bankers cheque of Rs. 200/- drawn
in favour of ‘PGDBP, CU’ payable
at Kolkata.
Candidates sponsored by publishing/printing
organizations, are required to collect a
letter of recommendation issued for the
purpose by the Publishers & Booksellers
Guild and to submit the same in original
along with the applications.
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SELECTION |
Strictly on merit. Candidates seeking
admission to the course shall have to
qualify in the written Admission Test
by securing at least 25% of the marks
and final selection will be made on the
basis of cumulative score of the written
test and interview as detailed below-
WRITTEN TEST (Total Marks - 100;
Duration – 90 minutes)
Part A: Objective Type Multiple
Choice Questions (Marks: 70)
(General Knowledge, Reasoning Ability,
Comprehension Skill, Book Publishing &
Production etc)
Part B: Descriptive Type Questions
(Marks 30)
INTERVIEW (Marks: 50)
In both Part A and Part B of the written
test, questions are set in English. For
Part B, the candidates can answer either
in English or in Bengali. The list of
candidates eligible for Interview is notified
on the basis of results of the written
test.
A Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe / Physically
Handicapped candidate shall be eligible
for admission only if he/she gets at least
75 per cent of the marks obtained by the
lowest scoring candidate belonging the
general category in the final list of
the selected.
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FEES |
Admission Fee: Rs. 500
Tuition Fee: Rs. 8500 (Rs.10, 000 for sponsored
candidates and Rs.12, 000 for NRI/ Foreign
candidate.)
Library Fee and Examination Fee separate.
Tuition Fee and Admission Fee are received
in full at the time of admission. All fees
are non-refundable. |
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CLASSES |
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Ordinarily three days in a week –Monday,
Wednesday and Friday-between 4-30 and 7-45
pm. A minimum of 65% attendance is a must. |
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VENUE |
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Classes are held on the first floor of the
historic Asutosh Building at the College Street
Campus, which is in the midst of city’s
premier publishing hubs and can be reached
by public transport from all parts of the
metropolis and its periphery. |
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ADDRESS
FOR COMMUNICATION |
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Dr.S N Bera (Phone: 9830469974).
Coordinator,
Postgraduate Diploma Course in Book Publishing,
University of Calcutta
Asutosh Building, First Floor, College Street
Campus
87/1, College Street
Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
Phone: +91(033) 2241 0071-4 Extn: 338
FAX: +91 (033) 2241 3222
E-mail: cu_ pgdbp @ caluniv.ac.in
Log-on to: www.caluniv.ac.in
Visiting Hours: Between 2 pm and 6-30 pm
from Monday to Friday except on holidays.
YOU MAY ALSO CONTACT:
Hony. General Secretary
Publishers & Booksellers Guild,
Guild House, 2B Jhamapukur Lane,
Kolkata 700 009
Phone: +91 (033) 2354 4417, 2360 4588
Fax: +91 (033) 2360 4566
Office Hours: 12pm-5pm on all working days
(Monday- Friday)
E-mail: guild@cal2.vsnl.net.in
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