Ph.D Admissions-August 2016
Eligibility: a) Candidates (Indian / Foreigner) who have studied under 10+2+3+2 years pattern or 10+2+5 years or 11+1+3+2 or 12+ 2+ 3+3 or 10+2+4+2 pattern of education and qualified for the award of the Master’s Degree in relevant discipline in Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University (GRI-DU/GRI) or any other university recognized by the University Grants Commission in relevant discipline with not less than 55% marks (50% for SC/ST and part-time non-teacher candidates) or an equivalent grade are eligible. b) In addition, he / she should have qualified the entrance test conducted by GRI OR should have obtained M.Phil or qualified the UGC - JRF / NET / SLET / Lecturership / GATE / CSIR / ICAR / ICSSR or other fellowships or passed equivalent examinations.
CATEGORIES OF Ph.D. CANDIDATES There shall be three categories of Ph.D. candidates: i) Full-time Ph.D candidates ii) Part-time candidates (Internal) iii) Part-time candidates (External)
FULL-TIME Ph.D. CANDIDATES The candidates who pursue their full-time research for Ph.D. in GRI fall under this category. UGC / CSIR/ NET qualified Research Fellows and Project Fellows / research fellows working in GRI in projects sponsored by the UGC / CSIR / ICSSR / ICAR / DOE / DST / DBT / MOES / MOEN / MNRES and other national / international funding agencies and industries; candidates awarded any other recognized fellowships, and qualified technical staff working in projects with the duration of not less than two years shall also be eligible to register for Ph.D. under this category, with the due approval of the Principal Investigator.
PART-TIME CANDIDATES (INTERNAL) :Admission will be done once in a year during January Session. Teachers and the non-teaching staff working in Gandhigram Rural Institute will fall under this category. The teacher candidates should have two full academic years of experience in teaching or research at the time of registration. The non-teaching candidates working in Gandhigram Rural Institute should have five years of experience at the time of registration. The study leave conditions of UGC shall become applicable for the Part-time (internal) candidates
PART-TIME CANDIDATES (EXTERNAL) : Admission will be done once in a year during January Session. Persons working in Academic / Research Institutions / Departments in their relevant discipline will come under this category. Such candidates in service should have five years of service at the time of applying for the Ph.D programme.
RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT (Part-time) : 1. The part-time external candidates are required to reside in GRI for a minimum of 180 days in a single spell or in different spells and the Research Supervisor will decide the residential requirement. It could be in GRI, or in the agencies of the Doctoral Committee Member or in outside agencies or in the field or in all the above mentioned institutions cumulatively.
Application Fee: a) in online
SC/ST :Free of cost , Other categories: Rs.1,000
