he State-level entrance examinations for admission to undergraduate courses in the engineering and medical streams for the academic year 2014-15 will be held from April 21 to 24, 2014. Paper I Physics and Chemistry of the engineering stream will be held on April 21 and Paper II Mathematics on April 22. Paper I Physics and Chemistry of the medical steam will be held on April 23 and Paper II Biology on April 24. All examinations will be held from 10 a.m. to half past noon. A detailed notification will be published by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations in due course.

Apply online on AIIMS till October 15 for medical postgraduate and post-doctoral entrance examinations of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The courses include MD, MS and MCh (six years); MDS; DM; MCh; Master of Hospital Administration (MHA); and Ph.D. in various specialities or disciplines. The entrance examination for the MD, MS, MCh and MDS programmes will be held on November 10; for the DM, MCh and MHA courses on December 15; and for the Ph.D. programme on January 19.

The score in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2014 will be used for screening for jobs and recruitment to various positions in public sector undertakings such as National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. (www.nhpcindia.com/career.htm); Mazagon Dock Ltd. (www.mazagondock.gov.in); Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (www.bpclcareers.in); Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (www.hpclcareers.com); Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (www.iocl.com); National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (www.ntpccareers.net); POWERGRID (www.powergridindia.com); GAIL (India) Ltd. (www.gailonline.com); and National Fertilizers Ltd. (National fertilizers limited). The last date for online submission of application for GATE is October 1. Visit GATE 2014 for registration and details.

The Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, has invited applications for admission to its short-term courses in Basic Sound Designing for Media Productions and Multicamera TV Studio Operation and Productions. Entry qualification is a pass in Plus Two. Last date: November 19. Film and Television Institute of India

The Academy of Scientific and Innovation Research (AcSIR) has invited applications online for admission to its doctoral programmes leading to a Ph.D. in Science and Engineering. Last date: October 24. AcSIR | Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research.

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing at Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram, and in Kochi has invited applications for admission its IBM mainframe, Java programming & Android, .Net Technologies, Web development, multimedia and Web design. Apply now. C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram.