Applications Invited for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology

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CHRIST (Deemed to be University) was born out of the educational vision of St Kuriakose Elias Chavara, an educationalist and social reformer of the nineteenth century in South India. He founded the first Catholic indigenous congregation, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), in 1831 which administers CHRIST (Deemed to be University). They are multi-disciplinary University which focuses on teaching research and service offers Bachelors to Doctoral programmes in humanities, social sciences, science, commerce, management, engineering, education, and law to over 25000 students.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology

The PhD in sociology is an academic degree awarded for extensive study and research in this subject matter. This degree is very closely related to all the other sciences such as psychology, economics, anthropology and political science. The course work in sociology includes both micro and macro aspects related to social welfare. Its approaches are both qualitative and quantitative in nature. The Ph.D programme enables the researcher to acquaint with systemic methods of Investigations and critical analysis to develop and refine a structure of knowledge about human behavior and activities.

Eligibility:

• CHRIST follows University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D Degrees) Regulations, 2016 and the subsequent Amendments.
• The minimum eligibility of candidates intending to pursue a doctoral programme is a pass with a minimum of 55% in the postgraduate programme in the discipline/specialization. Students who have completed their post-graduation from an international university must submit an equivalency certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
• Every candidate has to take the PhD Entrance Examination and Interview to be held on June 13, 2021, or any other date announced by the office of admissions. However, as per the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degrees) Regulations, 2016 (#5.1), those who qualify UGC- NET (including JRF) / UGC-CSIR NET (including JRF) / SLET / GATE/teacher fellowship holder or have passed M.Phil Programme shall be exempted from the PhD Entrance Examination. Those candidates take a Research Skill Assessment Test along with their Personal Interview.

Deadline: 06-Jun-2021

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