Sound Engineer / Audio Engineer

Sound and audio engineering is one field where people who are vocationally trained have also excelled well and are not really qualified sound engineers. They work as equipment technicians and recording technicians and editing specialists. These jobs do not require qualifications in sound engineering. Vocational course of one or two years in Audiography, Sound recording, Audio engineering, Sound engineering can be pursued to enter this line. People with background in electrical engineering also enter this filed. The FTII course is one of the most sought after courses in sound and audio engineering.

• The Film & Television Institute of India, in Pune and Chennai, offers the most highly sought-after sound engineering programmes
  Course: Post Graduate Diploma in Sound Recording and Sound Design (Duration: 3 years)
  Course: Post graduate Certificate in Sound Recording and TV Engineering (Duration: 1 year)
• Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata
• Whistling Woods Digital Academy, Mumbai
• Asian Academy of Film and Television, Noida
• Mumbai University
• IIT Kharagpur
• R.K. Films & Media Academy, 8A/8, W.E.A., Karol Bagh, New Delhi
  Course: Professional Sound Studio Audio Training Center Duration: 3 months
• Sri Aurobindo Center for Arts and Communication, New Mehrauli Road, Adchini, New Delhi
  Course: Principles of Sound Duration: 3 semesters
• SAE College, Jayalakshmi Estates, 29/8, Haddows Road, Chennai
  Course: Diploma in Recording Arts Duration: 18 months
  Course: Bachelor of Arts in Digital Film Making and Recording Arts Duration: 3 years
• A.D.M.E.C., New Delhi (Delhi) Pocket B-6/83, Sector-7, Rohini, New Delhi (Delhi)
• Amadeus Media Pvt Ltd, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) New No :30, Old No :17, 1st Floor, 2nd Cross Street, CIT Nagar East, Chennai (Chennai Dist.)
• Biju Patnaik Film And Television Institute, Cuttack (Orissa) BOSE Campus, Medical Road, Cuttack (Cuttack Dist.)
• Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) Gour Nagar, Sagar (Sagar Dist.)
• Institute of New Media Development and Research, Pune (Maharashtra) Prabhat Road, Lane 5, Pune (Pune Dist.)
• Keltron Advanced Training Centre, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) 1st Floor, Syrian Church Road, Keltron IT Education, Spencer Jn, Thiruvananthapuram (Thiruvananthapuram Dist.)
• National Institute of Film and Fine Arts (N.I.F.F.A.), Kolkata (West Bengal) 35 A, Townshend Road, Kolkata (Kolkata Dist.)
• Neo Film and Broadcasting School, Kochi (Kerala) Janatha Junction Near Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium Palarivattom, Kochi (Ernakulam Dist.)
• S.A.E. Technology College, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) 29/8, Jayalakshmi Estates, 6th Floor, Haddows Road, Chennai (Chennai Dist.)
• SoundIdeaz Academy, Mumbai (Maharashtra) 216, Godfrey Villa, Pali Market, Pali Naka, Bandra West, Mumbai (Mumbai Dist.)
• Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication (S.A.C.A.C.), New Delhi (Delhi) Sri Aurobindo Society, New Mehrauli Road, Adchini, New Delhi (Delhi)
• United Media Labs, Kochi (Kerala) Vyttila, Kochi (Ernakulam Dist.)
• Audiophile Institute of Sound Engineering, PJRA 147, P J Antony road, Palarivattom, Kochi, Kerala

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