Wednesday, June 25, 2014

short term courses



खालसा कॉलेज में वेब पत्रकारिता और स्पोर्ट्स कोर्स मे दाखिला शुरु
दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय के श्री गुरु तेग बहादुर खालसा कॉलेज में सर्टिफिकेट कोर्स के नये सत्र में दाखिला प्रक्रिया प्रारंभ हो गयी है| इनमें पहला कोर्स है वेब जर्नलिज्म और दूसरा स्पोर्ट्स इकानामिक्स एंड मार्केटिंग | ये कोर्स तीन महीने की अवधि वाले सर्टिफिकेट कोर्स हैं| इन दोनो कोर्स की न्यूनतम प्रवेश योग्यता 10+2 उत्तीर्ण है|
कोर्स डाइरेक्टर डॉ स्मिता मिश्र ने बताया किये दोनो कोर्स इंडस्ट्री की मॉग के अनुरूप है| वेब जर्नलिजम भविष्य की पत्रकारिता में कैरियर सॅवारने की राह दिखाता है| इसमें इंटरनेट द्वारा की जाने वाली मल्टी मीडिया जर्नलिज्म से रूबरू कराया जाता है,साथ ही वेब की तकनीक,समाचार, फीचर, विज्ञापन आदि से विशेषज्ञों द्वारा परिचित कराया जाता है| दूसरा कोर्स स्पोर्ट्स इकानामिक्स एंड मार्केटिंग भारत  में पहली बार दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय के खालसा कॉलेज में ही शुरु हुआ है|खेलों में अपना कैरियर ढूंढने वालों के लिये यह अत्यंत ज्ञानवर्धक कोर्स है|इसमें स्पोर्ट्स इवेंट की मार्केटिंग के साथ साथ स्पोर्ट्स के उपकरणों, और खिलाड़ियों की मार्केटिंग ,स्पोर्ट्स इवेंट मैनेजमेंट, स्पोर्ट्स कानून, स्पोर्ट्स प्रोडक्शन, मीडिया आदि की पढ़ाई करायी जाती है| सभी कक्षाओं का अध्यापन आडियो वीडियो माध्यम से किया जाता है|फील्ड अटैचमेंट पर अधिक ध्यान दिया जाता है| विद्यार्थी को पास होने के लिये परीक्षा नहीं बल्कि प्रेजेंटेशन देना होगा| कक्षाएं सप्ताह में तीन दिन होंगी| कक्षा का समय ढाई से साढ़े चार बजे तक होगा|दाखिला पहले आओ पहले पाओ के आधार पर होगा| कोर्स की कक्षाएं 21 अगस्त से प्रारंभ होंगी|
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Spot Admission



Sports Marketing and Web Journalism
1› 3-Months Certificate Course in Web Journalism
The Course aims to furnish the learning skills of student in using web and internet as a main medium for journalism. This will include Blogging, journalistic writing for internet, online articles, packaging, designing, interactive and cross media options for websites.
A perfect blend of theory and practical training aims to equip the participants with skill to produce online articles, audio, video, pictures using various multimedia packages.
Objective of the course:
·         To introduce information technology to students and its basic applications for media.
·         To apprise the candidates with the vast spectrum opened to them by internet.
·         To educate the students in converging technologies and media convergence.

Duration of the Program:- Three months.
Fee:- Rs. 15000 at the time of admission.
Teaching/Training Hours:-6 hours per week.

Exercises/ Assignments:
The students will undertake the following exercises/assignments either individually or in groups.
·         Web Journal : Design and develop web journal with self-written stories and features / articles etc.
·         Blogs : Design and produce blogs : journalistic writing opinions and analysis.
·         Web TV contents: Develop stories for web based TV programmes.
·         Web Radio contents : Develop advertising jingles/news/social campaign for web radio.
2› Sports Economics & Marketing
Sports industry is expanding at a fast pace all over the world. From an economic perspective, the sports media is a multi-billion dollars industry. Broadcast and cable networks currently have billion contracts to televise sports programs. The rapid growth of sports in India is evidence to this fact. The sports programs have made its large space in media industry. Today, every news channel is presenting special programs on sports. Not only cricket, other games are also gaining popularity in India day by day. In view of the fact that India is a host country of 2010 Commonwealth Games, a major sports event in the world, and virtual absence of any specialized training in the field of Sports Management, there is an immediate need with trained professions in the management of Sports Business. Despite the general economic slowdown in the world economy, growing sports business necessitates sports centric management skills which can only be provided through a specialized course in Sports Economics. & Marketing.
This course presents the core concepts of Sports Economics and is designed to introduce business majors to the rapidly expanding sports and leisure related industry. Students will learn the managerial and economic aspects of the sports. A study and analysis of the case studies will be included. Students will learn about the designing of international sporting events, international broadcasting rights, brand endorsement, working of advertising agencies. The course is designed in such a manner that equal weightage is given to both theory and practical which makes it unique in itself.
Course Objectives:-
·         Provide a n overview of sports economics and marketing with the ability to evaluate the role of economics and business in the social environment of sports.
·         Expose students to varying aspects of sports business, from a single player to Board of management.
·         The role of Media in the evolution of sports economics.
·         This course will cover all major issues of sports economics and marketing ,research, economic analysis, litigations etc.
·         To enhances understanding of the growing business and economy of sports. Students will learn the managerial and economic aspects of the sports.
·         A study and analysis of the case studies will be included. Students will learn about the designing of international sporting events, international broadcasting rights, brand endorsement, working of ad agency.
Project Work:-Candidates would have to do a project to successfully complete the course. Schedule Of Classes
Three-month course.
Eligibility
Pursuing graduation in any stream
Admission will be done on first come first serve basis.
Under the circumstances that the number of applicants is large, the college reserves right to conduct entrance examination/interview to select deserving candidates.
Availability Of Application Form
Application forms can be obtained from SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi on any working day or can be downloaded from the website of the college www.sgtbkhalsadu.ac.in
Important Information
·         Fee once paid will not be refundable under any circumstances.
·         All candidates should maintain 75% attendance to make their eligibility for appearing in examination.
·         Any candidate who is found to have concealed information about her/his age, qualification etc. or violated any provisions, is liable to be removed from the rolls forthwith and will be deprived of the benefits of attendance, examination, results, awards etc., in the program concerned, apart from appropriate disciplinary action and imposition of penalties.


Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Understanding the Wager Pricing Policy of Bookmakers at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

I came across an interesting observation during this world cup, this time in relation to the pricing mechanism followed by the bookmakers.

This graphic shows the betting quotes on bet365.com of an outright WC win for each of the participating teams. Going by the law of demand, ceteris paribus, the bet price of an event is an inverse function of its probability. Hence, we can clearly see Brazil, Argentina and Germany are the obvious favorites of the bookies. Now an intelligent investor/gambler would be one who can compare the actual winning probability of a team vis-à-vis its speculative probability of winning. This is similar to arbitrage trading where the price difference is discovered between a security's fair value forward rate and its existing market value forward rate and thereupon arbitraging the price differential to earn profit. However in case of stock market, the inefficiencies decrease with time and the market price tends to move towards the actual fair value whereas in a betting exchange (which consists of more 'emotional gamblers' rather than 'wise investors'), the bookmaker would allow certain inefficiencies to exist so as to attract high volume of transactions.

In the current context, the actual winning probability of teams like Brazil and Argentina might be less than their speculative probabilities (as based on bet365 quotes) especially considering a likely Group 16 Brazil-Spain clash and Argentina's below par performance against Bosnia. On the other hand, teams like Italy and France who are coming at the back of decent performances are being traded at high prices i.e., the bookies want to make you feel that Italy is six times less likely to win the WC than Brazil. That's not right, is it?

Now before I end, I need to make an important disclaimer. Wagering agreements are illegal in India. I do not profess or encourage any sort of irresponsible gambling whatsoever. The above observation is just to share the application of basic statistics and investment fundamentals in sports. Enjoy the game!

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