PROGRAM DETAILS
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ISEC offers two categories of Ph D Programme
(a) full time (residential) for students
- Normally takes about four years to complete.
- Rigorous training through a pre-Ph D Foundation coursework during the first 10 months
- Followed by the dissertation work from eleventh month.
- Paid scholarship during the coursework period
- Fellowship for three years
- Hostel facilities up to 5 years.
- A separate hostel is available for lady students.
- Candidates are required to pay fees and comply with other requirements of University
- Annual fee of Rupees one thousand to ISEC.
(b) part-time (non-residential) for serving academicians and interested scholars
- Open for working persons to pursue PhD on a part-time basis. Preference is given to those working in the Universities and Institutions of higher learning and ISEC employees under Faculty Improvement Programme.
- Eligibility requirements and selection criteria are similar as in the case of the full-time PhD Programme except that of age, which is relaxable.
- Part-time candidates should pass the pre-PhD course work.
- Can attend the classes, though attendance is not compulsory.
- No financial assistance from ISEC.
- Candidates are required to pay fees according to University norms and an annual fee of Rupees three thousand to ISEC.
Disciplines of Specialisation:
- Agricultural Economics or Rural Development
- Development Studies
- Economics
- Education
- Environmental Economics/Ecological Economics/Natural Resource Economics
- Political Science/International Relations/Public Administration
- Population/Demographic Studies
- Sociology/Social Anthropology
The test for admission will be administered only in the disciplines/specializations mentioned here
Eligibility Requirements
- Master's degree or equivalent in any of the disciplines (see above) with at least 55% marks in the aggregate (50% in case of SC/ST applicants)
- A pass in UGC-NET or JRF or SLET or M Phil is desirable
Age limit for ICSSR fellowships
- Below 35 years, 40 years in case of teachers and members of professional staff in Research Institutes.
- No age limit for ISEC Fellowship, Part-time or External PhD Programme.
Fellowship
- Candidates who have passed UGC-JRF are paid the fellowship as per the UGC norms, upon receipt of fellowship grant from UGC. These Fellowship holders should comply with all the requirements of the UGC, from time to time.
- Scholarship of Rs.6,000 p.m. during the PhD Foundation Coursework period besides an annual contingency grant of Rs.12,000.
- Upon successful completion of PhD Coursework the fellowship is extendable to a further period of three years when fellowship payable during the first two years would be Rs.16,000/- p.m. and a contingency of Rs.10,000/- per annum
- During the third year the fellowship payable will be Rs.18000/- p.m. and the annual contingency will be Rs.20,500/-.
Selection Procedure
- Preliminary screening of applications is done based on the quality of their research proposal submitted with the application.
- The short listed candidates will be called for a written test to be held on July 12, 2012.
- The list of candidates to be called for written test shall be displayed on www.isec.ac.in on or before 15th June, 2012.
- Candidates qualifying in the written test will be required to appear for an interview at Centre level on July 13, 2012
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HOW TO APPLY
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IMPORTANT LINKS
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Completed application with requisite attachments should reach the following address on or before May 15, 2012
Registrar,
Institute for Social and Economic Change,
Professor V K R V Rao Road, Nagarabhavi P.O.,
Bangalore-560 072, (Karnataka)
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