• Duration
  • Minimum 4.5 years from date of Joining (Registration), and up to a maximum of 6 years

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• Eligibility
  • Applicants with master’s degree meeting the eligibility criteria (Refer section 4 of guidelines)
  • The applicant should be working in an organization which encourages and facilitates research
  • The applicant should have minimum of two (02) years of work experience in the related field.
  • The applicant must furnish ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) / ‘Letter of Support’ from the current employer at the time of application (Annexure 5)
    • The nature of support should be clearly described in the NOC / Letter of support

???????? Financial and Non-financial

???????? Number of hours, the applicant would be allowed to devote for PhD including for course work

???????? Permission to use data generated within the organization as a part of PhD work of the applicant, in publications / thesis, or in other scholarly output

• • Co-guide having expertise in the domain of applicant’s Ph.D. work and meeting eligibility criteria of MAHE, should be available in organization OR university / institution in the vicinity of applicant’s organization

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• Admission Process
  • Admission Schedule: Twice in an academic year (July and January)
  • Pre-Application
    • Applicants are required to contact prospective guide(s) from MAHE institutions to discuss their research interests and EOI (Annexure 6).

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    • Prospective guide will submit willingness to guide the applicant at Institution and submit EOI to MAHE.?

• • Application process
    • Applicants are required to register themselves at https://mahephd.azurewebsites.net/ and submit the application form as per the timeline (table 1).

Table 1: Tentative Timeline of Admission Process

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• • • During the application, the applicant will be directed to select most suitable stream and research domain from the list displayed.
    • The applicant will also self-declare his / her eligibility to appear for MET

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• Applicants?MUST?appear for All India centre-based online PhD 沙巴体育 Entrance Test (MET) conducted by MAHE 沙巴体育
  • MET is exempted for

???????? GATE qualified applicants

???????? Applicants with Assistant professorship (UGC-NET qualified) and qualified in other National Tests with valid score card

???????? Applicants who have completed any research methodology course from SWAYAM portal with certificate of completion within the past 2 years

¨?????? MET exempted applicants MUST self-declare his / her eligibility to appear for interview and provide supporting information specified in the online application

• • Stream specific MET syllabus ( Health Sciences; Technology and Management; Law, Humanities & Social Sciences), schedule and results will be made available at https://mahephd.azurewebsites.net/?
  • PhD topics will be made available on candidate portal to MET exempted applicants and Shortlisted applicants who qualify through MET.?
  • Shortlisted and MET exempted applicants will be directed to institute / department for interview.
    • Interview will have following components

???????? Presentation by the applicant

???????? Viva Voce on area of interest and basics, related to applicant’s expertise.

???????? Discussion on Motivation and Goal

• • • Documents to be submitted to the interview panel are as follows. The interview panel will also screen the documents submitted and confirm the eligibility of applicant and co-guide

???????? NOC / Letter of Support from the current employer (Annexure 5)

???????? Prospective co-guide (from applicant’s organization or vicinity) details

???????? Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the applicant

???????? Academic transcripts and Degree certificates

???????? ‘Expression of Interest’/ ‘Statement of Purpose’ (Annexure 6), as discussed with prospective guide at MAHE

¨?????? The Expression of Interest (EOI) should provide sufficient information for judgment to be made about the chosen topic by the applicant and applicant’s capacity to complete the PhD research within a relevant contextual background.

¨?????? EOI must include the following

§? Project title & description

·???????? Need, Objectives, Brief Methodology, Outcomes etc

§? Organizational context

·???????? Nature of the organization / profession context and applicant’s relationship and role(s) within it.

·???????? Availability of facilities / resources in the organization,

o?? financial (if applicable) and non-financial

o?? Facilities / resources required for the PhD work, but are not available in the parent organization; along with arrangements made to complete related work.

o?? Number of hours / week the applicant intends to devote for PhD should be mentioned and his / her expectations in terms of guidance from Primary Guide from MAHE and Co-guide from his organization/vicinity

• • • Admissions office, MAHE will issue offer letter to applicants selected for PhD admission [Weightage: 35 % for the entrance test (MET) + 65 % for interview/viva- voce].

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• Course Fee
  • Refer /phd for PhD Course fees

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• Joining Process
  • If an applicant accepts the offer, he / she can confirm the same through the candidate portal and by paying the first instalment fee.
    • Fee Payment Link will be displayed in the candidate portal on confirmation of offer acceptance. ???????????????
    • On successful completion of fee payment, provisional admission will be granted and PhD Roll No will be generated by MAHE Admissions Office which will be intimated to the applicant. ???????????????
    • Following this, the applicant will visit the Admissions Office with following documents in originals for verification.

???????? All semester / year marks / grade sheet of Bachelor’s Degree, from a recognized university

???????? All semester / year marks/grade sheet of Master’s Degree from a recognized university

???????? UG & PG Degree Certificates

???????? 2 Recent & identical passport-sized photographs?

???????? Self-Attested Pan Card & Aadhaar card photocopy

???????? Fee paid details

???????? Experience Certificate

¨?????? The candidate should have minimum of two years of work experience in the related field

???????? No Objection Certificate (NOC)

¨?????? ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) / ‘letter of support’ from the current employer?

• • • Admission office, MAHE will issue admission order to the applicant after verification.
    • Following this, PhD scholar will complete joining/reporting formalities at the respective institution.
    • ID card and learner Email ID will be issued to the PhD scholar after joining.
    • After completing the joining formalities at the Institution PhD scholar MUST submit the joining report to the Centre for Doctoral Studies (CDS), MAHE along with co-guide (from the applicant’s organization or vicinity) application?
    • CDS will issue registration letter to PhD scholar. The date of joining will be the date the registration of the PhD scholar.

• Co-guide (from PhD scholar’s organization or university / institution in the vicinity) recognition

o?? Following joining, PhD scholar will submit joining report to CDS along with co-guide application (Annexure 7) and other supporting documents including NOC from the co-guide’s employer.

§ CDS will screen the application for eligibility as per MAHE eligibility criteria and communicate the decision to the co-guide/PhD scholar/MAHE guide/Institution.

• Support
  • There will be no financial support from MAHE
  • PhD scholars will be provided access to MAHE facilities including library and databases etc. when they are in the MAHE Campus

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• Attendance requirements at institution of MAHE?
  • Ph.D Scholar?MUST?present for the following at MAHE and in physical mode
  • • Protocol presentation to the institutional protocol Approval Committee (IPAC)
    • Half yearly report presentations to the Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) in the institution / department of MAHE
  • As recommended by the MAHE guide and DAC for completing course work requirements/research related discussion and training etc.?

• Leaves
  • PhD scholar is eligible for leaves as per prevailing leave policy of his / her parent organization
  • ?If the PhD scholar avails leave over and above the eligibility, the duration of Ph.D. will be extended by leave period availed.

???????? If the PhD scholar avails additional leaves with DAC permission, the minimum duration of Ph.D. will be extended by leave period availed.

¨?????? This requires prior approval from CDS. The request to be sent to CDS in CDS template (Annexure 42).

???????? Maternity leave, if availed, to be communicated to CDS along with supporting documents in CDS template (Annexure 43).

¨?????? The minimum duration of PhD program will be extended by leave period

Annexures are available at /mu/academics/phd/annexures.html