Ph.D (Norms & Admission)

Notification for Ph.D. Admission January, 2025 Batch

• Fellowship and Scholarship
• Admission policy for Ph.D. Program

Admission Procedure:

Step 1: Procurement of Online Application Form for Admission Direct / Ph.D. Entrance test Rs. 1100/- Registration, Rs. 2000/- Entrance Examination fee. Online Application Form should be duly filled in & submitted with all the desired scanned documents uploaded (only original copy should be scanned), no hard copy required.

Step 2: Ph.D Entrance Test on --------------- . Admit card shall be emailed.

Step 3: Declaration of Result of Ph.D. Entrance Test on the University Website gyanvihar.org/media-library

Step 4: Date of personal Interview, Fee deposition of qualified applicants of Ph.D. Entrance Test or those who are eligible for direct admission/personal interview, the schedule for these will be notified through email and will be uploaded on the University website. Scrutiny of Forms and removal of deficiencies Deposition of requisite documents & subsequent verification (originals + 2 photocopies each) Consent letter from the registered guide (Suresh Gyan Vihar University)

Step 5: Synopsis submission after one month from the confirmation of admission

Step 6: RAC and Course work examination: Date Shall be intimated through Mail

Ph.D. ENTRANCE EXAM PATTERN:

PATTERN OF PAPER One paper containing 50% questions on Research Methodology and 50% questions related to subject specific.

Total Marks of Entrance Test and Interview = 100

Part A– Research Methodology- Marks 35, Mode- Subjective (5 questions out of 7, each of 7 marks) Duration 1.5 hr

Part B– Subject Specific – Marks 35, Mode Subjective (5 questions out of 7, each of 7 marks) Duration 1.5 hr

Part C– Interview – Marks 30

Part A- Syllabus – Research Methodology:

Introduction to Research Methodology: Meaning of Research, Objectives of Research, Motivations in Research, Types of Research, Research Approaches, Significance of Research, Research Methods v/s Methodology, Research and Scientific Methods, Research Process, Criteria of Good Research.

Defining the Research Problem: What is Research Problem? Selecting the Problem, Necessity of and Techniques in defining the problem.

Sample Design: Implication, Steps. Criteria for selecting a sample procedure, Characteristics of Good sampling Procedure, Types of Sample Design, Selecting Random Samples, Complex random sampling Design

Methods of Data Collection: Collection of Primary Data, Observation Method, Interview method, Collection of Data through questionnaire and Schedules, Other methods. Collection of Secondary Data, Selection of an appropriate method for data collection, Case Study Method, Guidelines for developing a questionnaire, successful interviewing. Survey v/s experiment.

Processing and Analysis of Data: Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, correlation and Regression, Chi-square test: Applications, Steps, characteristics, limitations, Analysis of Variance and Co-variance

Testing of Hypothesis: Meaning, Basic concepts, a Flow diagram, Power of a hypothesis test, Important parametric tests, Hypothesis Testing of Means, hypothesis testing of Correlation coefficients, Limitations of Tests of the hypothesis.

1.4.2 Part B- Subject Specific Syllabus

Syllabus of specific subject can be downloaded from the SGVU website using the following steps

• Open the SGVU website

• Click on Research

• Go to Ph.D. norms

• Click on subject in the Area of Ph.D.

1.5 COURSE WORK

The course work for the doctoral research has been made mandatory by the U.G.C. (University Grant Commission). Suresh Gyan Vihar University has decided to implement it judiciously for the benefit of the students pursuing Ph.D. The course work has been designed in such a way so as to support, motivate and encourage quality research. The students will get equipped with fundamentals of research methodology, communication skill and also recent developments in the field of their specialization. The course work has to be completed by the student in a satisfactory way before submission of thesis for the award of Ph.D degree. Course work evaluation would be done through CGPA and shall be mentioned in the degree.

1.5.1 Course Work Structure

Paper I & II is common for all the Ph.D. candidates (Subjective written papers)

Paper III (Presentation and report on Research Article), Report on research article will be submitted at the office of Dean Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University before the written Ph.D. course work examinations. For Paper III, the student shall review atleast 50 research articles related to his/her field of research and prepare a research article (report) based on the following criteria.

1. Relevant information on the article- importance, justification etc.

2. Summary of Literature Review

3. Identifying research gaps

4. Statement of research

5. Objectives, questions and hypothesis framing

6. Research design and methodology

7. Brief summary of finding and conclusion (based on the review of at least 50 research articles)

8. References

The article should be on A4 size paper with proper margins on the left and right side of the paper and top and bottom of the paper. It should be in typed form, using Times new roman, font 12, spacing 1.5, justified margins.

Paper IV will be on the specialization (Recent trends in the respective subject). Syllabus to be framed by supervisor (Subjective written paper).

The candidate will be given two chances to qualify the course work on the basis of their score in course work SGPA shall be calculated & will be mentioned on the degree as per directives of UGC.

A RAC will be held for getting the approval of the synopsis which is to be presented before the experts. The RAC meeting will be held only after the candidate has cleared all the four papers of Pre- Ph.D. Course Work Examination.