A candidate who has obtained a Master’s degree in the subject or related field with at least 55% marks in aggregate or has qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission may apply for Admission for the Ph.D. degree at any time during the academic year for pursuing his/her research work under the guidance of a supervisor approved by the Vidyapith. Every applicant is expected to attach Master's degree marks sheet along with application. Every candidate will appear in the Research Entrance Test (RET) which may also be conducted online. Qualifying RET is a mandatory requirement for enrollment, and until that stage the admission shall be treated as Provisional.

1. Computer Science
2. Mathematics
3. Chemistry
4. Zoology
5. Botany
6. Physics
7. English
8. Management
9. Commerce
10. Sociology
11. History
12. Psychology
13. Geography
14. Political Science
15. Economics

Stage 1: Counselling – 1 (Administrative Procedure)
* Initial counselling session.
* Discussion regarding the university, accreditation, course structure, and fee structure.
Stage 2: Centre Registration
Upon submission of all required educational documents to the centre and payment of the initial registration fee, the applicant’s name is duly registered with the centre. This process is referred to as Centre Registration.
Stage 3: University Registration
Upon completion of the eligible fee payment, the duly filled application form along with the educational documents will be submitted to the university for initial approval. Once the initial approval is granted by the university, the candidate will be provisionally admitted to the PhD programme.
Stage 4: Counselling – 2 (Academic Procedure)
Before proceeding with the PhD programme, the following points must be discussed with the PhD Coordinator:
* Subject selection
* Topic finalization
* Title formulation

Module- 1
Research Methodology

Section - A:
Research: Meaning, Objective, Motivation, types, approaches and significance. Research Process, Criteria of good research. Literature Review. Formulation of research problem and research hypothesis. Research design: Meaning, need and importance. Basic principles of experimental design. Sampling design: Census survey and sample survey, types of sampling, Criteria of good sample.

Section - B:
Data collection: Types and sources of data, Methods of Data collection, Measurement scales. questionnaire design. Reliability and validity of a questionnaire. Classification and tabulation of data. Graphical representation of data. Interpretation of Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Standard Deviation, Framing of hypothesis and its testing.

Section - C:
Types of research report: Articles, report, thesis. Layout of research report. Style of references: APA (American Psychological Association) and MLA (Modern Language Association), Bibliography. Plagiarism, Copyright issues, Publishing a paper. Citation counting & Impact factor, Citation index. Online and open access journals.

Module-2
Computer Applications

Unit 1:
• Introduction to Computer System: Simple model of computer, Basic components of computer system, Generation of computers.
• Introduction to Software: System and Application Software
• Introduction to Operating System: Types and Function, MS DOS, Basic DOS and Unix Commands, Windows Operating System.
Unit 2:
• Number System: Data Representation - Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal, 1’s and 2’s complement method of representation and binary arithmetic (addition, subtraction)
• Characters and codes: BCD, ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode coding.
Unit 3:
• Input/Output devices: Types of I/O Devices, Serial, Parallel and Graphical.
• Memory: RAM, ROM, EPROM, PROM and concepts of other types of memory, Storage devices – Sequential, Direct and Index Sequential.
Unit 4:
• Office automation with Word and Excel: working with MS Office packages
• MS Word: creating file, editing, inserting object, formatting, inserting table, mail merge, spell check etc.
• MS Excel: Creating sheet, formatting, inserting function, creating charts etc.
Unit 5:
• Presentation and data skill development
• MS PowerPoint: creating presentation, editing, inserting animation etc.
• MS Access: concept of database and DBMS, database operation, creation, updation, selection, deletion, Report generation etc.
Module-3
Research and Publication Ethics (RPE)

THEORY

RPE 01: PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS
1. Introduction to philosophy: definition, nature and scope, concept, branches
2. Ethics: definition, moral philosophy, nature of moral judgements and reactions
RPE 02: SCIENTIFIC CONDUCT
1. Ethics with respect to science and research
2. Intellectual honesty and research integrity
3. Scientific misconducts: Falsification, Fabrication, and Plagiarism (FFP)
4. Redundant publications: duplicate and overlapping publications, salami slicing
5. Selective reporting and misrepresentation of data
RPE 03: PUBLICATION ETHICS
1. Publication ethics: definition, introduction and importance
2. Best practices / standards setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc.
3. Conflicts of interest
4. Publication misconduct: definition, concept, problems that lead to unethical behavior and vice versa, types
5. Violation of publication ethics, authorship and contributorship
6. Identification of publication misconduct, complaints and appeals
7. Predatory publishers and journals
PRACTICE
RPE 04: OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING
1. Open access publications and initiatives
2. SHERPA/ROMEO online resource to check publisher copyright & self-archiving policies
3. Software tool to identify predatory publications developed by SPPU
4. Journal finder/journal suggestion tools viz. JANE, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer Journal Suggester, etc.
RPE 05: PUBLICATION MISCONDUCT
A. Group Discussions
1. Subject specific ethical issues, FFP, authorship
2. Conflicts of interest
3. Complaints and appeals: examples and fraud from India and abroad
B. Software Tools
1. Use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools
RPE 06: DATABASES AND RESEARCH METRICS
A. Databases
1. Indexing databases
2. Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.
B. Research Metrics
1. Impact Factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score
2. Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics

Stage 1 – Project proposal
• The scholar should prepare a project proposal (maximum 5 to 7 pages) which contains topic and title of the study

Contents in the Project Proposal
1. Introduction
2. Back ground of study
3. Significance and Scope
4. Objectives of study
5. Literature Review
6. Research Methodology
7. Proposed findings, Suggestions and Recommendations
8. Bibliography and Appendices
Stage 2 – Synopsis stage
• The scholar should prepare a draft of the proposal which is expanded to 15 to 20 pages and contains the same chapters in a detailed draft as in the project proposal from stage one.
• Once the synopsis has been reviewed by the university, the scholar should present the synopsis and defend it in front of the academic panel.
• Upon successful presentation and interaction, the synopsis will be approved successfully and the scholar can continue his research to the thesis stage.
Stage 3 – Thesis stage
• The scholar should prepare the final thesis (DISSERTATION) of minimum of sixty thousand words.
• A thesis is an elaborative presentation of the entire research work which contains the chapters as follows.
1. Introduction - Background, Significance and Scope
2. Literature Review
3. Research Methodology
4. Data Analysis and Interpretation
5. Findings and Conclusions
6. Suggestions and Recommendation
7. Bibliography and Appendices
Stage 4 – Articles Publications
• The scholar must prepare a minimum of two articles and it should be published in international journals either SSCI indexed or Scopus indexed.
Stage 5 – International Conference (Optional)
• The scholar should attend one international conference, either offline or online, on his research-relevant area, which will be an added advantage to the completion of the Doctoral Degree.

FULL AWARD: The PhD will be awarded when you have successfully passed all components.

The PhD is considered as the epitome of academic qualifications with graduates assuming ever more senior roles in corporations and governments.

How To Apply: Candidate may apply for registration for Ph.D. Programme at any time during the academic year .

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