Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) launches a new Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies (CRPS) offered at its Centre of West Asian Studies. The newly introduced programme is funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under the Scheme of Innovative Programmes of Teaching and Research in Interdisciplinary & Emerging Area (TRIEA).
Last date for the submission of application form for the current session is April 26, 2010. Admission to the course is based on merit determined through objective type test to be conducted by the Centre of West Asian Studies. The entrance test will be held on April 29, 2010. The duration of the courses is one year.
Initially, the course will commence with an intake of 15 plus 5 from foreign students quota and from amongst the sponsored candidates from government, public bodies and institutions, industrial concerns, members of staff of any recognized university, deemed university, autonomous institutions and colleges and registered NGO's.
The programme is designed to offer state-of-the-art training to the students and practitioners for gaining the skill needed to analyze and manage conflict in international arena as well as in community settings that are increasingly sought in today's job market.
