Languages / Arts / Literature Colleges in India

Choosing Arts Stream in this age of science needs one to be well aware of about the subject and its job opportunities. Studying Literature, Languages, Geography, Political science, History, Law, and Humanities makes a student eligible for diverse works.
 Some of the job options for the arts graduates are electronic and print media, content writing, acting, designing, nursing, teaching, social work etc. The subject widens the mental horizon of the student and they get a wide canvass to explore new knowledge.
A career in foreign language always require command over the language as to help one in pursuing careers in tourism, entertainment, public relations and mass communication, international organizations, various embassies, diplomatic service, language schools and publishing industry as interpreter, translator and teacher. Of late various BPO, IT and KPO processes industry in India require more than 1, 60,000 foreign language professionals. * Some of the top foreign language colleges are Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Amity University Noida, Delhi University, Symbiosis International University, Pune etc.
 
Political Science as the subject, has immense significance with issues related to poverty, environmental issues, world terrorism, etc. and solutions to their problems. Apart from choosing teaching line students can try appearing for various all Indian level administrative services examination.  Amongst the best colleges to study Political Science are - Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and Madras Christian College  to name a few.
 
Another passionate subject for the students is mass communication and journalism. Mass communication is basically a new field to explore. There are ample opportunities in mass communication. A career in mass communication is expected to increase job opportunities for trained professionals in various roles - particularly in journalism and films and new media. Significantly India is also the largest producer of films in the world and, therefore, offers ample opportunities in this field. Student after being technically expert can work for TV channels, production houses or can make documentaries on their own. For the right candidate at the right place there is no constraints of the salaries and packages.
Students wanting to pursue fashion designing require a lot of creativity and passion and good knowledge of the marketing and trends of the market. Fashion Design can be divided into several main branches like Textile and Apparel Design, Leather Technology, Fashion Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Footwear Design, Jewelry, and Gem Designing etc. Some of the top fashion designing colleges in India -National Institute of Fashion Technology Delhi, Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology Bangalore, Pearl Academy of Fashion, New Delhi , National Institute of Design Ahmedabad,  International Institute of Fashion Design Chandigarh etc.
 Studying Geography  with its various branches like Human Geography, Physical Geography and Environmental Geography helps one to take  career as Cartographer, Surveyor, Drafter, Urban and Regional planner, GIS specialist, Climatologist, Transportation Manager, Environmental Manager, Researcher etc. Some of the reputed institutes for studying Geography are Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Institute of Geo- informatics & Remote Sensing, Kolkata, M. S. University of Baroda, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai etc.
 
Education as the subject has a wide scope in the teaching profession and as there are increasing number of job opportunities in preschool, junior schools, colleges, universities, research institutes, non-government organizations, international organizations, etc. Leading colleges and institutes for studying education are Lady Irwin College, Delhi, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Government College of Education, Chandigarh, St. Xaviers College of Education Patna and the University of Pune.
The Bachelor of Arts in animation and visual arts is a three-year long course and of late government has started encouraging students in this field. A career in this field requires a creative mind with a skill of drawing. This career offers numerous career opportunities besides of course the option of taking on a self-managed venture.
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Foreign  Language Education in India 

A career in foreign languages has always been a glamorous profession, especially for those who have a flair for languages. With the globalization of Indian economy, lots of multinationals companies are coming to India and they are going for joint ventures abroad and, as a result, new vistas of jobs have opened up in foreign languages.

Good academic qualifications in foreign languages help one in pursuing careers in tourism, entertainment, public relations and mass communication, international organizations, various embassies, diplomatic service, language Schools and publishing industry as Interpreter, translator and teacher. Of late various BPO, IT and KPO processes in India require more than 1, 60,000 foreign language professionals. *

Nowadays various multinational corporate bodies require candidates possessing sound language skills in French, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, etc. Some new avenues such as online content writers, technical translators or decoders too have come up in a big way.

The Foreign language course can be studied after 12th examination at graduation level from different Institutes and Universities. There are also options to pursue the courses from the institutes run by embassies and consulates in different cities. India requires a huge number of foreign language experts, particularly in Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. Whereas India possesses millions of English language experts, it faces the shortage of people who know French, German and Portuguese.

Foreign language courses in Central Universities such as University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is affordable. JNU also offers attractive scholarships for students studying foreign languages. On the other hand Max Mueller Bhavan or Inlingua, Alliance Françoise charge heavy amount. Learning Korean, Japanese and Chinese very tough and these languages are available at only a few centres in India at a high cost.

Some of the top companies that hire language expert are Accenture, Evalueserve, Wipro, Fiserv, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Kuliza and Scabbard etc.

*JNU report on Foreign Language.