A BRIEF NOTE ON THE PHD PROGRAM AT SCHOOL OF CONTINUING
EDUCATION
The candidates have completed their masters in various subject areas. Eligibility
criteria for PhD at YCMOU is similar to that as per UGC guidelines of July 2009.
There is a PhD Entrance Test (PET) which has been conducted already and marks
were published on University website. The grievances have been addressed and
revised merit list published.
The selected candidates are expected to undergo course work and shall need to be
present in the YCMOU head quarters full time and undertake various academic
activities apart from that of their PhD work and they would be paid a scholarship of
as per the rules.
A brief on operational procedure for the interview is as follows:
As the admission processes for Ph.D. program requires interview of the candidate,
interview committees have been constituted for the Ph.D. admissions for the two
subject areas (Environment Science (EVS) and Distance Education Methodologies
for Skill Development (DEMSD)).
1.
There are 2 vacancies for EVS for one guide and there are 6 vacancies for
DEMSD with 3 guides. For each vacancy, five candidates will be invited for
selection process in the order of merit as per merit list published on the
internet as on 14 August.
2.
Reservation rules will be applied keeping School as a unit.
3.
Each of the guide shall be assigned one Unreserved (UR) candidate and one
Reserved Category candidate.
4.
For EVS there will be two vacancies; one UR and other for SC.
5.
For DEMSD there are 6 vacancies: 3 UR, 1 ST, 1 NTA, 1 OBC.
6.
Candidates from the merit list will be considered as per the sequence of their
appearance in the said merit list.
7.
The candidates who were exempted from taking the PET due to their having
successfully cleared the GATE, NET or other such examinations or due to
their having completed M.Phil examinations will be given preference. They
will be asked to make a presentation on their Research Topic for 15 minutes
and viva voce for up to 10 minutes.
8.
Their (i.e., the candidates who were exempted from taking the
PET)performance will be evaluated based on the following five quality
parameters with equal weights: (a) Importance of the topic (b)
communication skill exhibited (c)Literature Survey (d) Logical Soundness in
arriving the conclusion (e) Use of appropriate research methodology. All the
members shall make independent assessments based on these parameters.
The aggregate of the score shall be converted to 30 Marks and shall be added
to the fifty marks which are reserved for PG performance. Thus a revised
merit list of all the persons invited for selection process shall be prepared
and published.
9.
All the candidates shall be invited for interviews based on the revised merit
list as described in the previous section. The interview shall make an
assessment based on the following quality parameters with equal weights:
(a) presentation skill (b) appropriateness to the tasks to be carried out as
coordinator (c) knowledge about the university (d) writing skill (e) Higher
Thought Processes (logical reasoning, etc). All the members shall make
independent assessments based on these parameters. The final aggregate of
the score shall be converted to 20 Marks and shall be added to the eighty
marks of the previous revised merit list and thus a final merit list 100 marks
will be generated for preparing selection list. For each vacancy, one person
will be selected and two candidates will be placed on Waiting List.
10. All the candidates who are called for the selection process must submit an
undertaking in the format which is published at website. The candidates
who do not submit the undertaking shall have to decline in writing and they
shall not be considered for selection.
11. The selected candidates will have to take admission to the Ph.D. program by
paying a fee of Rs10,000(Rupees ten thousand only) as per the instructions
of the registration section of the YCMOU and fulfilling other necessary
requirements as communicated by University from time to time. The
registration should be completed within stipulated time of one week. If
candidate fails to secure admission within time, the admission may be
offered to another candidate in the wait list.