Symbiosis, India's largest university for international students, to showcase two new institutes at the 17th GETEX

Speaking about the new institutes, Sunita Thakur, Academic Advisor in the UAE, Symbiosis, explained that the two new institutes have been incorporated to meet the increased global demand for trained professionals in these career fields.

The Institute of Design offers a 4-Year Undergraduate Program in Communication Design. The students passing out will be specializing in one of the following areas: Print & Advertising, Animation, Film & TV, Interaction Design. The institute has plans to start a 4-Year Undergraduate program in Industrial Design from the academic year 2005-06. On the other hand, with the Symbiosis Institute of Geo-Informatics, students have the opportunity of exploring a lesser-known, yet extremely important career of the future.

"Geo-Informatics combines advanced information technology with earth sciences to create a fascinating field of study, a futuristic career path, which will interest and challenge those students who are passionate about IT and yet are looking to explore newer career avenues both in terms of work profile and remuneration," says Thakur. "Imagine measuring the shape of the earth with the greatest degree of precision and determining crustal movements affecting earthquake risk areas or global sea level increases. In addition to the traditional measuring tools, Geo-Informatics scientists make use of information systems, modern satellite technology and digital remote sensors to develop automatic, computer-aided processes for recording, processing, analysing and visualising spatially-related information about the earth."

Geo-informatics, as a science, finds increasing application in areas as diverse as predicting earth-quakes; the effects of global warming on polar ice-caps; and environment protection and management.

"At the GETEX forum, we are constantly seeking to place the spotlight on such ground-breaking study areas as the Institute of Geo-Informatics," says Anselm Godinho, Managing Director, International Conferences and Exhibitions, organisers of the 17th GETEX. "New commercial, geographical, and scientific challenges rear their heads continuously. For the progress of any country, indeed the global society, it is important to develop human talent with the appropriate skills to meet these new professional challenges. New study areas need to get enough exposure, so that the next generation of human talent is channelled towards such study options. This is where GETEX seeks to play an important role."