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Get a diploma in Human Rights

April 24, 2009 11:37 IST
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What: The Indian Institute of Human Rights announces admissions to its 2-year Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights to be conducted through correspondence.   

Objective
The programme has been designed for meeting the growing needs of experts in the field of human rights, civil liberties, international humanitarian issues, refugee rights and laws, disaster and emergency relief, apartheid and racial discrimination, drug abuse, judicial activism and global and regional perspectives of human rights. 

Eligibility: Graduation (Arts / Science / Commerce / Engineering / Agriculture / Medicine / Law / Pharmacy).

Mode of Teaching: Through Distance Learning (DL) / Correspondence.

Reading Material: The institute will provide a 40-volume set on human rights in a span of  two years to its students for studying the various facets of human rights. These books will be sent by registered parcel as soon as the admission form is received by the institute. No extra charges will be levied for these 40 books.

Examination Centre (for Indian students): Conducted every year in June and December at Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Aurangabad, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Baramulla, Bareilly, Bhopal, Bombay, Calcutta, Chandigarh, New Delhi, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kota, Lucknow, Madras, Muzaffarpur, Nagpur, Panjim, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Srinagar, Shimla, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Varanasi and Vishakhapatnam.

Examination Centre (for foreign students): For the benefit of foreign students examinations can be conducted in their respective countries at Embassies, High Commissions, Universities, Colleges, Schools and other public places once we receive permission from the respective authorities. 

Award: Those who successfully complete the entire two years programme by passing the first year and second year examinations including the Master's Thesis, qualify for being awarded the two years Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights (PGDHR) as well as the marks sheet with a detailed statement of the marks secured by the examinees.

For further details
Call Dr Rahul Rai, Director, IIHR or  Dr Tanuja Trivedi, OSD, IIHR on (011) 29532850 or 29532930 or by
E-mail at rights@bol.net.in.

To print the admission form visit http://www.rightsedu.net/appli.htm.

For course details visit http://www.rightsedu.net/fee.htm

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