sound of music i am a student of bsc from hpu and i am very keen to work in the technical aspects of sound and music not interested in singing or performing myself could you tell me about some of the professional courses in sound engineering and some good institutes which conduct the course what is the scope of this field yashpreet ahluwalia a studio sound engineer combines knowledge of physics sound travels in a wave and recording technology with an ear for sound and a healthy appreciation of music sound engineers make high quality recordings of music speech and sound effects in recording studios and on location using complex electronic equipment for commercial music recordings radio tv film and commercials corporate videos websites computer video and mobile games formal training is essential not only to know the theory but also to get invaluable handson practical experience on the studio and recording equipment once you complete your course you could work fulltime for a recording studio or be selfemployed and work on freelance contracts most of the leading recording and dubbing studios are based in and around mumbai delhi chennai hyderabad ahmedabad etc however there are smaller studios throughout the country where most of the work may involve recording demos for local bands creating commercials for local radio stations and copying cds jobs arent often advertised so youll need to be persistent and show initiative people often start off by working for free to make contacts and get their foot in the door with experience you could specialise in areas such as mastering or turn producer after building up a reputation with a number of clients of course if you have the money you could also set up your own recording studio an indicative list of institutes that offer courses in sound engineering and recording film television institute of india pune wwwftiindiaorg xavier institute of communication mumbai wwwxaviercomm com sae school of audio engineering multilocation wwwsaeindia net bombay university mumbai wwwmuacin whistling woods international mumbai wwwwhistlingwoodsnet satyajit ray film television institute kolkata wwwsrftigovin sri aurobindo institute of mass communication new delhi 110016 wwwsaimccom net options i am a final year student of btech biotech i have a keen interest in teaching research i want to appear for csirnet but i dont know whether i am eligible for the exam or not ramesh patel to broaden the scope of net and attract meritorious students at an early stage of their career csir has revised the eligibility criteria to include the following degrees in the relevant subjects bebtech bsc hons bs fouryear bpharm mbbs integrated bsms msc to encourage engineering graduates like you to pursue phd csirnet has introduced a sixth paper in engineering sciences which is common to all engineering disciplines the sample paper and syllabus are uploaded on the csir website the minimum percentage required remains the same ie 55 for general category 50 for scstph fourthyear students like