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ADMISSION CRITERIA
DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME - PhD
The qualifications for admission to the PhD
programs in the Engineering, Science & Humanities and Management Studies
are given below:
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Sl.No
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Programme
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Qualification for Admission
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1.
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Ph.D. Degree in Engineering/Technology/ Architecture and
Planning.
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M.E/M.Tech./M.S or equivalent degree in the relevant branch
of Engineering/Technology with minimum 60% or equivalent grade.
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2.
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Ph.D. Degree in Science and Humanities
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M.Sc/M.C.A./M.A./M.S or equivalent degree in the relevant
branch of Science and Humanities with minimum 60% or equivalent grade.
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3.
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Ph.D. Degree in Management Studies
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MBA/M.S or equivalent degree in the Management Studies with
minimum 60% or equivalent grade.
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The PhD Scholars are categorised into 2 groups as given
below.
a). Full-time Scholars
Full time Scholars shall do research work in the
University on a full time basis for PhD and shall be available during the
working hours to carry out curricular, co-curricular and related activities.
b). Part-time Scholars
Faculties sponsored by UGC, AICTE approved academic
institutions and candidates sponsored by R & D organizations and Industries
having R & D facilities, can be part time Scholars for PhD.
The duration of the PhD programme and the time limit for
submission of thesis are counted from the date of provisional registration and
the details for different categories of PhD Scholars are given below.
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Sl.No
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Category
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Duration
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Minimum
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Maximum
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1.
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Full Time
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Three Years
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Five Years
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2.
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Part Time
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Four Years
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Six Years
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The candidates desirous of joining the Ph.D. degree programme
should apply in the prescribed application form through proper channel wherever
applicable before the due date as indicated in the notification issued from time
to time. Normally, the University will issue notification for Ph.D. admission
twice in a year.
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There shall be a Ph.D selection committee, nominated by the
Chairman BRDC, under the chairmanship of Director-Research, to process all the
applications from the beginning till the final selection.
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The candidates shall appear for an entrance examination for
Ph.D program followed by an interview. However, the candidates who have been
assessed by the recognised national agencies (like CSIR/UGC/GATE, etc) are
exempted from the entrance from the common entrance test. Those who have M.Phil
are also exempted from the entrance test. All these exempted candidates will be
interviewed and entrance mark will be based on assessment mark obtained in
CSIR/UGC/GATE/M.Phil, etc.
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Candidates shall be short listed based on the overall merit
index of the candidate which will be arrived at by taking into account the
candidate’s performance in the previous university examinations at Bachelor’s
and Master’s level and the performance in the entrance test and the
interview. In addition, the state and national reservation policy shall be
applied.
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For such short listed candidates, the selection committees
shall nominate the Ph.D supervisors, taking into consideration the area of
research of the respective candidates and the field of specialization of the
supervisors eligible to guide and forward the same to the BRDC for approval.
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Candidates whose selection is approved by the BRDC will be
admitted to the Ph.D. programme after payment of prescribed fees. The candidate
should also pay fees every year as prescribed by the university, failing which
registration will be cancelled.
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