Ph.D Program
Eligibility
- Candidates for admission to the Ph.D programme shall have a Master’s degree, or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home countryor any other statutory authority in that country to assess, accrediting or assure quality and standards of educational institutions.
- A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the University Grants Commission from time to time, or for those who had obtained their Master’s degree before 19th September 1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace mark procedure.
- Candidates who have cleared the M.Phil. Course work with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and successfully completing the M.Phil. Degree shall be eligible to proceed to do research work leading to the Ph.D. Degree in the same institution in an integrated programme. A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/differently-abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the University Grants Commission from time to time.
- A person whose M.Phil. dissertation has been evaluated and the viva voce is pendingmay be admitted to the Ph.D. programme of the same institution.
- Candidates possessing a Degree considered equivalent to M.Phil. Degree of an Indian Institution, from a Foreign Educational Institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions, shall be eligible for admission to Ph.D. programme.
Ph.D. Programme Categories
Two categories of Ph.D. programme available are: Full-time Ph.D. Programme and Part-time Ph.D. (Part – Time (Internal) and Part – Time (External).
Procedure For Admission
- The candidates desirous of registering for Ph.D. Programme shall apply in the prescribed application form downloaded from the Institution website, fill-in all the necessary details and submit through proper channel wherever applicable, before the due date as indicated in the notification issued from time to time.
- Incomplete applications in any respect shall be summarily rejected without any intimation to the candidate.
- The applications of the eligible candidates shall be processed by Committee constituted by the Director (Research) for the purpose of selection.
- The Committee shall screen the applications as per the eligibility norms and be responsible for the conduct of test and interview for the eligible candidates. Based on the performance in the test and interview, the successful candidates shall be short listed by the above Committee.
Selection Process
- An Entrance Test shall be qualifying with qualifying marks as 50%. Provided that a relaxation of 5% of marks (from 50% to 45%) shall be allowed for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy layers)/ Differently–abled category in the entrance examination conducted by MAHER. The syllabus of the Entrance Test shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject specific. The candidate should take the examination only in the subject for which he/she has applied for admission to the Ph.D. programme.
- An Interview/viva voce will be conducted by the selection committee.
- The interview/viva voce shall also consider the following aspects, viz. whether (i) the candidate possesses the competence for the proposed research; (ii) the research work can be suitably undertaken at the Institution/College; (iii) the proposed area of research can contribute to new/additional knowledge.
- Provided that for selection of candidates, a weight age of 70% to the entrance test and 30% to the performance in the interview / viva voce shall be given.
- Candidates qualified in UGC - NET (including JRF) / UGC – CSIR - NET/ SET/other National Level Eligibility Tests are exempted from written test and they have to appear for the interview only.
- Candidates who have been awarded INSPIRE Fellowship of DST, Rajiv Gandhi and Maulana Azad Fellowships of UGC or similar Fellowships awarded by statutory bodies of Govt. of India are exempted from written test and they have to appear for the interview only for admission to Ph.D. programme.
- The Research Board constituted by the Vice-Chancellor shall approve and recommend the short-listed candidates for admission to the doctoral programme in the appropriate specialization, after giving due consideration to the interdisciplinary fields of research, if any, and the faculty in which the candidate shall be registered.
- Selected candidates shall be provisionally registered for Ph.D. programme with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.
- MAHER shall maintain the list of all the Ph.D. registered students on its website on year-wise basis. The list shall include the name of the registered candidate, topic of his/her research, name of his/her supervisor/co-supervisor, date of enrolment/registration.
- The researchers from MAHER are encouraged to publish only the well-reputed journals that are indexed in SCOPUS, Web of Science, PUBMED, and the like. MAHER also recognizes the effort taken by the researchers, and incentives are awarded for each publication. In addition to the incentives, the researchers are also honored with a certificate of appreciation during Founder’s Day every year.
