UNIVERSITY OF DELHI Direct Ph.D. ADMISSION: 2012 -2013 (COMMERCE)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

BOARD OF RESEARCH STUDIES FOR COMMERCE AND BUSSINESS STUDIES

Direct Ph.D. ADMISSION: 2012 -2013

I Applications on prescribed form (obtainable from the office) are invited for admission to Ph.D. as per the following tentative schedule:

Forms available from : 12th December 2012 to 31st January 2013

Last date for submission of forms : 31st January, 2013

Interview (In DRC) : 3rd Week of February, 2013*

BRSCB : To be announced

Note: *These dates are tentative, the candidates are advised to stay in touch with the Department.

II ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR Ph.D.:

As per Ordinance VI-B (Ph. D) clause 4A, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F, entrance test would be Exempted

for the following candidates and are eligible for direct admission:

i) Students having fellowships/scholarships instituted by the University / national and international agencies under schemes approved / recognized by the University, through procedure laid down by the University, may be registered provisionally by the Departmental Research Committee and Board of Research Studies, and confirmed after completion of course work, by the respective Board of Research Studies.

ii) Foreign students with their national or other fellowships recognized by the University or sponsored by their employers, may be given provisional admission, followed by confirmation through due process after a stipulated period of time.

iii) The University / College teachers holding a permanent, temporary or ad-hoc positions and having completed two years of service as teacher in a Department / Constituent Colleges of the University of Delhi.

iv) Candidates sponsored by their employers shall be considered only if they get study leave for a period of two years to fulfill residency requirements of the University of Delhi.

v) Permanent teachers / employees who are in service in any other recognized University / college / Research Institute in India and have a minimum of three years teaching / research experience, will be considered if they get study leave for a period of two years to fulfill residency requirements of the University of Delhi.

vi) Candidate holding M.Phil degree As per the letter from UGC (F. No. 1-1/2002(PS) Pt file-III) dated 28 Aug 2009 and University of Delhi No.CB.II/Recruitment/2009/2269 dated 25 Nov. 2009, candidate holding M.Phil degree from University of Delhi where in the admission has been through an entrance examination and Course work has been completed at M. Phil level, such candidates shall not be required to undertake entrance exam or course work when admitted to Ph.D program. In case a candidate has done M. Phil from other than University of Delhi, credit and exemption may be given for the course work done in the previous university. However, such a candidate will have to appear in the entrance test as applicable to fresh candidate directly joining Ph.D.

Therefore, students having fellowship/scholarships, Foreign Students, University/College teachers having minimum 2 years experience in the University of Delhi, candidates sponsored by their employers, permanent teachers/employees having minimum 3 years of experience in recognized college/University/research institution and candidate holding M.Phil degree from University of Delhi, need not appear in the entrance exam and submit the synopsis along with the form as per above mentioned dates.

8 i. In accordance with Ordinance VI-B (Ph. D) clause 4B, the entrance test would be compulsory for students who are otherwise eligible for admission to the Ph.D. Programme and do not have any financial assistance, will be admitted through an entrance examination to be conducted by the respective departments or / and through an interview by the Departmental Research Committee. Students provisionally admitted to the Ph.D. Programme through an entrance examination or interview will be awarded University Grants Commission fellowships for programmes of doctoral research or any other fellowship that is launched by the national agencies. The number of fellowships under this category will be determined annually by the Department. Such candidates may apply for Ph.D. programme only once in a year at the beginning of the academic year.

ii. Candidate holding M. Phil degree from other than University of Delhi will have to appear in the entrance test as applicable to fresh candidate directly joining Ph.D. However, credit and exemption may be given for the course work done in the previous university.

Note : Admission to Ph.D. through entrance test is done only once in the month of July.

In this round of registration only direct Ph.D. admission are done.

Application Forms:

Application forms can be downloaded from the link:

http://www.du.ac.in/fileadmin/DU/students/Pdf/admissions/2013/Ph.D/121212_Commerce_PhD.pdf

The attested copies of the following certificates should be submitted at the time of submission of this form:

(a) Post graduate (Qualifying) Degree / Certificate.

(b) Marks Sheets of Post-graduate (Qualifying) examination.

(c) Matriculation / Hr. Sec. / Secondary School Certificate for verification of date of birth.

(d) Cast Certificate, if belongs to SC / ST Category.

For details, log on to the link:

http://www.du.ac.in/fileadmin/DU/students/Pdf/admissions/2013/Ph.D/121212_Commerce_PhD.pdf

(Prof. J. P. Sharma ) (Prof. K.V. Bhanu Murthy)

Convenor Head of the Department

Departmental Research Committee