| Activities / Sessions | 0-6 Month |
|---|---|
PhD course work (1st six months) – 8
credits
|
|
| Commencement of Instructions | Week 1 |
| End of Instructions | 2 weeks before end of semester |
| End Semester Examination Duration | Last week of Semester |
| Activities / Sessions |
7th-12th Months |
|---|---|
|
PhD course work (2nd six months) – 8 credits
|
| Activities / Sessions | 13th To 18th Month |
|---|---|
| Proposal presentation to Research Advisory Committee with title and clear objectives. | 13th Month |
| Proposal revision (if required) as per suggestions by RAC and Final Proposal Submission to RAC (APS-1) | 13th Month |
| Annual Progress report seminar presentation to RAC (as per PhD Ordinance) (APS-1) | 13th Month |
| Approval of the Annual Progress report by BOR | 14th Month |
| Review Meetings of Departmental Research Committee* to check the progress of the candidates (RPR-1) | 18th Month |
| Paper to be communicated on exhaustive Literature review carried out to Scopus/Sci Indexed journals | 18th Month |
| Activities / Sessions | 19th To 24 Months |
|---|---|
| Quarterly review presentation in front of Department experts & Supervisors. | 21st Month |
| Presentation on work carried out inline with decided objectives in research proposal to RAC & Review report submission (APS-2) | 24th Month |
| Communicate paper to reputed SCi/Scopus/WoS Journals | 24th Month |
| Activities / Sessions | Duration |
|---|---|
| Two Review Meetings of Departmental Research Committee* to check the progress of the candidates | 27th month |
| 30th Month | |
| Communicate paper to reputed SCi/Scopus/WoS Journals on work carried out. | 30th Month |
| Activities / Sessions | Duration |
|---|---|
| Design of Experimental setup / data collection / Program implementation / design products etc. | 31th-33 Months |
| On successful completion of objectives, publications in reputed journals and approval of DRC-Presynopsis presentation (APS-3). | 36th Month |
| (If objectives / publications pending for completion - Apply for 3 or 6 month extension of PhD program as may be required) |
| Activities / Sessions | Duration |
|---|---|
| On successful presentation of of Pre-synopsis, Submission of Synopsis, Thesis to Dean (R&C ) office, Expert panel list | 37th Month |
| All applicable list of documents to be checked by Dean (R&C) office before submitting it to CoE. | 37th Month |
| Communication of thesis to external and waiting for examiner response (minimum 3 months) | 3 months |
| Activities / Sessions | Duration |
|---|---|
| Final Viva on satisfactory response to examiner comments | 40th Month |
| Provisional Degree Certificate to be immediately issued to candidate. |
| Activities / Sessions | Duration |
|---|---|
| Candidate can apply for convocation for award of degree as per the university dates/schedule. |
