See:
http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/htdocs/upload_files/scroll_info/1421841399.pdf
After an initial six weeks of common classes, the course will divide into two parallel modules, one specializing in editing and the other in design. Eight to ten students, depending on aptitude, may apply for the design module.
http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/htdocs/upload_files/scroll_info/1421841399.pdf
NOW IN ITS 12TH YEAR
Certificate
Course in Editing and Publishing
at the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University
at the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University
Applications are invited from
Honours graduates in any discipline for a PG Certificate Course in Editing and
Publishing to be conducted by the School of Cultural Texts and Records,
Jadavpur University, from February- April 2015. Classes will normally be held
four days a week from 6-8 p.m. Applicants have to appear for a screening test
on 30 January 2015 (Friday), at 6 p.m., to be held on the first floor of the
UG Arts Building.
Course fee: Rs 8,500, to be paid on
the day of admission, by cheque or demand draft payable in Kolkata,
made out to "The Registrar, Jadavpur University’.
Applications may be made on plain
paper or by email to jueditpub@gmail.com. Paper
applications should be submitted to the School of Cultural Texts and Records (5th
floor, Rabindra Bhaban, JU) between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on working days.
Last date for receipt of
applications: 29 January, 2015.
After an initial six weeks of common classes, the course will divide into two parallel modules, one specializing in editing and the other in design. Eight to ten students, depending on aptitude, may apply for the design module.
Broad course topics: role of the editor; parts of a book; copy-editing
and proofing; documentation and indexing; copyright; office correspondence;
overview of publishing; editing with software; book and cover design;
commissioning and contracts; production; manufacture; open source philosophy
and LaTeX; pagemaking using proprietary software such as Adobe Pagemaker, Quark
Xpress and Adobe InDesign; Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop; publicity
design; business plan analysis; e-publishing; marketing; publicity; distribution;
press visits; live projects.
India’s longest running university course in Editing and Publishing has trained hundreds of professionals for some of the leading English-language publishing houses in the country, as well as for other media. Our students have been hired by Pearson Education India, Pearson Education U.K., Oxford University Press, HarperCollins, Rupa, Hachette, Scholastic, Penguin India, Macmillan, Dorling Kindersley, Sage, Orient Blackswan, Anthem, Google, TCS, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Times of India, and the Ananda Bazar Patrika group, among others.
P.S. Those who have applied once need not apply again,
India’s longest running university course in Editing and Publishing has trained hundreds of professionals for some of the leading English-language publishing houses in the country, as well as for other media. Our students have been hired by Pearson Education India, Pearson Education U.K., Oxford University Press, HarperCollins, Rupa, Hachette, Scholastic, Penguin India, Macmillan, Dorling Kindersley, Sage, Orient Blackswan, Anthem, Google, TCS, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Times of India, and the Ananda Bazar Patrika group, among others.
P.S. Those who have applied once need not apply again,
