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Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music (SAM), Asia’s premier college for contemporary music, invites applications from aspiring musicians for admission in various programmes in music performance and music production. These fully residential programmes will provide an opportunity for the students to master their skills with renowned masters of the field.

The last date to apply is July 30, 2016. The courses scheduled to begin in the month of August offers a competitive fee structure for the fall programme inclusive of tuition fee, food and accommodation in fully furnished service apartments. The courses offered are:

One-year diploma in Music Performance

Two-year diploma in Music Performance

Single semester certificate programme in Music Performance

One-year diploma in Music Production and Technology

Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance (in association with McNally Smith College of Music, Minnesota, USA)

Indian Music Programme: 10-week certificate

Foundation Music Program: 10-week certificate

SAM renders an opportunity to the students to interact and learn from multi-Grammy award winning mix engineer, Thomas Juth from Sweden and degree holders from Berklee College of Music, Esther Rojas from Colombia and luiza Sales from Brazil. The other internationally acclaimed artists in the faculty board include Sid Jacobs from the US, Drumer Karina Colis from Mexico, Pianist Pedro Carneiro Sliva from Brazil, Dr M lalitha from India, Carnatic Percussionist Umayalpuram Mali from India  and Carnatic Vocalist Sreyas Narayanun from India.

Scholarships are awarded to deserving musicians. For more details, call at +91 73580 00770 or email info@sam.org.in or log on to www.sam.org.in.

logistics and supply chain

The Sheffield University Management School invites applications for MSc logistics and Supply Chain Management course. This full-time programme has two semesters followed by a dissertation. It has been accredited from CIPS and CIlT, two premier global organisations serving the procurement and supply and logistics and transport professions.

Graduates from this programme are eligible for full membership of CIPS after they have gained three years’ relevant professional experience and can work towards becoming a Chartered Member of CIlT.

The course begins in September and lasts 12 months. Those who successfully complete the first semester but don’t proceed receive the PG certificate. Those who pass both semesters’ modules but don’t complete the management project receive the diploma.

Those who are interested to apply should have honours degree, or an approved professional qualification. Prior management experience is not essential.  English requirement is IElTS 7.0 (with no less than 6 in each part). The fee of the programme is £19, 500 and the last date to apply is July 31, 2015.