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

• 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

• 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

• • • 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

• Applicants MUST appear for All India centre-based online PhD Manipal Entrance Test (MET) conducted by MAHE Manipal
  • 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].

• Course Fee
  • Refer https://manipal.edu/phd for PhD Course fees

• 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

• 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 https://manipal.edu/mu/academics/phd/annexures.html