Offline Course

Candidates, who intend to be admitted for Ph.D. have to apply in a prescribed proforma. On the receipt of applications, an Entrance Test will be conducted for the eligible candidates irrespective of the number of applications received, which will be followed by an interview by the Departmental Research Committee.

The selection criteria for admission to Ph.D. programs are as under:

The Entrance Test shall be conducted for eligible candidates wherein the qualifying marks will be 50%. The syllabus of the Entrance Test shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject-specific. (The detailed syllabus is available on the website)

The list of candidates clearing the entrance test (50%) shall be declared on the notice board/ website of the University.

An interview/viva voce is to be organized by the University where the candidates are required to discuss their research interest/area through a presentation before the Department Research Committee specified under R.Ph.D. 2.3.

The candidates who qualify for the UGC-NET (Including JRF) UGC-CSIR NET (Including JRF) SLET / GATE / GPAT with a valid score in terms of cut-off marks and duration, teacher fellowship holder or who have passed the MPhil program shall be exempted from appearing in the entrance test and deemed to be qualified for a personal interview.