Program Framework

Deliverable – 1 | Submission of Application form

Please fill out the attached application form

Deliverable – 2 | Acceptance by Chitkara Business School

After acceptance of the form, the admission process will be as follows

• Written test
• Personal Interview

The syllabus of written test will be communicated to you via e-mail.

Deliverable – 3 | Selection for Doctoral program

Once you are short-listed, after qualifying in written test and personal interview round, as per the merit for the PhD program at Chitkara University, you would need to proceed towards registration and commencement of your course work.

Deliverable – 4 | Course work requirement (One Semester)

Every candidate should complete four courses before working on Doctoral Dissertation. Every course will be held twice in a year and will be scheduled on the weekends. Course work dates for the year will be announced ahead of schedule so that you can plan your break from your workplace.

DETAILS OF COURSES

Deliverable – 5 | Finalization of Research Proposal and approval

This will commence immediately after a candidate successfully completes the course work (i.e. Deliverable 4). A suitable supervisor/guide is allotted to the candidate as a mentor for the PhD research process. The following process will be followed:

• Extensive review of literature under guidance of the thesis guide
• Selection of a topic and alternative topic.
• Preparation of Research Proposal
• Presentation of Research Proposal to Doctoral Review committee (DRC)
• Approval of Research Proposal and commencement of research

Deliverable – 6 | Progress Review Seminars. (Every Six Months)

A minimum of three such seminars presentations will be held at the University campus. The candidate will approach the supervisor for a suitable schedule. The objective of these seminars is to track the progress of the research. One such seminar may be held every six months after the approval of Research Proposal.

Deliverable -7 | Pre-Thesis Seminar

A seminar delivered by the research scholar based on the research work conducted before the final thesis is submitted for evaluation.

Deliverable -8 | Publishing Tutorials

Each doctoral candidate is expected to publish a minimum of one research article in a domain specific referred journal during the entire research period. Progress seminars can be useful to prepare such articles. The candidate also needs to present her/his work in at least two approved academic conferences in India / abroad.

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