The Gandhigram Rural Institute Ph.D Admissions 2011

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The Gandhigram Rural Institute
(Deemed University, estd u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956 vide notification no F9-1/76-U.3 dtd 3rd August 1976 of the GoI, fully funded by govt of India/UGC)
Gandhigram-624302, Dindigul district, Tamilnadu, Website www.ruraluniv.ac.in, Fax 0451-2454466, Tel 0451-2452371-75

Ph.D admission January 2011 session started

Eligibility: A candidate (Indian/foreigner) who has qualified for the award of the master’s degree of this Institute or of any other university recognized by the UGC with not less than 50% marks or an equivalent grade; and he/she should have qualified in the entrance test conducted by Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI); or should have passed M.Phil UGC-JRF/NET/SLET/Lecturership/GATE/CSIR/ICAR/ICSSR or other fellowship/ related examinations

A candidate who fulfils the above two conditions is called an eligible candidate

Categories of Ph.D candidates: There shall be three categories of Ph.D candidates; full-time scholars; part-time teacher candidates (internal/external); part-time non-teacher candidates (internal/external)

Procedure for applying: There shall be two sessions every year for Ph.D registration as hereunder; August-last working day of August; January-last working day of January

However, candidates who have passed UGC- JRF/NET/SLET/GATE/CSIR/ ICAR/ ICSSR or those who have been granted fellowships will be admitted any time of the year on producing the required evidence

Candidate seeking admission to Ph.D programme should get the application form from the deputy registrar (academic) referring to the advertisement with regard to Ph.D admission by remitting the cost of the application at the bank

The filled in application should be submitted on or before the prescribed date. If the application is downloaded from the website the candidate should remit the cost of application while submitting the application. Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected

Admission of foreign students: Foreign applicants will be considered at any time if recommended by the ministry of external affairs, govt of India. The foreign nationals must produce a valid research visa at the time of seeking admission to the Ph.D programme. If admitted, they will be governed by such rules and regulations as may be framed by the govt of India and by the authorities of the Institute from time to time

Entrance test: An entrance test will be conducted by the controller of examinations. The question paper will be prepared totally for 2 hours; one hour for research aptitude test (general) and one hour for the subject test. A minimum of 60% in each component is a must to become eligible for provisional admission. Question papers for research aptitude test (general) and subject test will be set and evaluated by a board consisting of the HOD and all the research supervisors. The process will be coordinated by the controller of examinations

Course work: All research scholars shall undergo three courses as given below; research methodology; basic concepts and theory of the subject; in-depth specialization

Those who have got M.Phil degree will be exempted from course work no 1

Examination: The doctoral committee will frame the syllabus, set the question paper for the courses as per the pattern given by the COE and evaluate the answer scripts. Grade sheets will be issued by the controller of examinations

Each candidate shall secure not less than 60% in the course work examinations, failing which he/she has to apply within six months after the first appearance. If a candidate does not pass the course work examination in the second appearance, his/her registration will be cancelled

Course work examination will be conducted after 1½ years for full-time scholars and 2½ years for part-time scholars

Progress: After the candidate registers for Ph.D he/she will submit a progress report in the prescribed format (for the period up to 31st June/31st December) to the registrar with the endorsement of the research supervisor once in six months (every July/January irrespective of his/her date of joining) till he/she submits his/her synopsis. The progress report will be sent to the registrar with a copy marked to the controller of examinations

Full-time research scholars (JRF/SRF) may be assigned teaching work for a maximum of 4 hours per week in the department/faculty without any honorarium

Fees: This will be decided from time to time by the authorized committee and will be notified. Those who have not paid the research fees within the prescribed date have to remit the fees along with the prescribed fine