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PhD admission at Utkal University 2022. Ph.D in various Departments/ Nodal Centres of Utkal University for the session 2022-23

Applications for admission to the Ph.D Programmes in different Departments and Nodal Centres of Utkal University are invited from the intending candidates through online mode latest by 31.10.2022. Facility for such online application/ registration shall be made available from 18.10.2022 in the University website www. utkaluniversity.ac.in.

For detailed information about eligibility , vacancy (subject wise), fees, reservation, programme of entrance test etc. refer to the University website indicated above.

Organization	Utkal University
Post Name	PhD admission
Last Date	31.10.2022
Official Website	https://utkaluniversity.nic.in/

Title/Position:

PhD admission

Overview:

Vacancy for Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Zoology, Microbiology, Pharmacy, Fishery Science

Location:

Bhubaneswar

What are the Educational Qualification(s) for PhD admission?

a) Master degree holders having secured at least 55% of marks in the subject concerned of Utkal University or any other University recognized as equivalent by Utkal University are eligible to take admission into Ph.D. coursework provided they qualify through a written test followed by a viva-voce. However, candidates belonging to SC/ST category shall be given a relaxation of 5% of marks at Masters Level (i.e., 50%). The candidates qualifying UGC-CSIR-NET/ GATE/ SLET/ DBT/ ICMR/ ICHR/ ICSSR/ INSPIRE Fellowship of DST/Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship as will be approved by the Vice-Chancellor from time to time, are exempted from written test only. M.Phil / M.Tech/LL.M. Degree holders are also exempted from written test only provided they have been admitted to M.Phil /
M.Tech/LL.M. Program through a written / interview test with project/dissertation work. Subjects in which marks are not awarded, equivalent grade point shall be taken as the qualifying grade/mark.

b) Eligibility of scholars for Ph.D. Degree in Medicine and Dental discipline shall be determined as per norms laid down in the statutes of the University or guidelines of MCI.

c) PhD in Development Studies at NCDS: Master degree in any discipline having secured at least 55% of marks from Utkal University or any other University recognized as equivalent by Utkal University are eligible to take admission into Ph.D. coursework provided they qualify through a written test followed by an interview. However, candidates belonging to SC/ST category shall be given a relaxation of 5% of marks at Masters Level (i.e., 50%). The candidates qualifying UGC-CSIR-NET/ GATE/ SLET/ICPR fellowship/ICHR fellowship/Any other equivalent examination as will be approved by the Vice-Chancellor from time to time, are exempted from written test only. M.Phil / M.Tech Degree holders are also exempted from written test only provided they have been admitted to M.Phil Program through a written / interview test.

d) Ph.D. in Public Health at RMRC, Bhubaneswar: Master degree holders of Utkal University or any other recognized Institute/University having secured at least 55% of marks in the relevant subject such as:

i. Public Health, Health Management Administration, Community Medicine, Clinical Research Population Science/Studies, Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology,
Nutrition, Home Sciences, Community Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Social work, Economics.
ii. Master in relevant branch of allopathic Medicine /Ayush/Homoeopathy/Unani & Siddha/ Nursing/ Physiotherapy/ Occupational therapy or equitant degree in
respective field.
iii. The degree holders of any other University recognized as equivalent by Utkal University are eligible to take admission into Ph.D. Course work provided they
qualify through a written test followed by a viva-voce. However, candidates belonging to SC/ST category shall be given a relaxation of 5% of marks at Masters
level (i.e. 50%). The candidates qualifying UGC-CSIR-NET/GATE/SLET/DBT/ICMR/ICHR/ICSSR/INSPIRE Fellowship of DST Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship as will be approved by the Vice-Chancellor from time to time are exempted from written test only. M.Phil./ MD Degree holders in the above
subjects are also exempted from written test.

e) Ph.D. in Ayurveda at C.A.R.I.H.D., Bharatpur, Bhubaneswar: The eligibility criteria is as per 5.1(a) which is same as Ayurveda, G.A.M. Puri

2. The candidates who complete the course work successfully shall be eligible for PhD registration in their subjects concerned. Registration in Allied/ Inter-disciplinary Subjects other than his/her subject at the Master’s level will be decided by the Subject Research Committee.

3. The reservation policy of the State Government shall be applicable for admitting scholars to the Ph.D. Course work Program of the University.

Application Process

a) The candidate has to fill up online application form for appearing the written test and viva-voce at www.utkaluniversity.ac.in and the hard copy of the same application along with necessary documents must be sent to the respective Head of the Department(s) / Principal or Director of the Nodal Centre either in person or post.

b) Each applicant (both exempted and non-exempted category applicants) has to submit the application fee of Rs.1000 (Rupees one thousand) only to apply for Pre-Ph.D. Coursework. For payment of application fee, applicant has to go through Payment Gateway (SBI e-pay) available in the application form. After submitting the details, the applicant may go for payment of the application fee of Rs.1000 (Rupees one thousand) only through SBI e-Pay. After the payment is confirmed, the applicant will get e-receipt.

The candidate can take a print out of the e-receipt and have a copy of it which will be submitted along with the hard copy of the application. The reference number of the e-receipt will be an input while filling up online application form. Under no circumstances the application fee is refundable.

5. Conduct of Written Test

c) The question for the Written Test shall consist of two parts, each part carrying 40 Marks and each of one hour duration. The paper-I of the question shall be purely multiple choice and objective-type, covering questions from General English, General Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude and Interpretation of Data. The paper-II of the question shall be from the subject concerned.

d) The qualifying mark for Ph.D. Programme is each paper in the written test is 40%.

e) The venue, date and time of the written test will be printed in your hall ticket /admit card. The venue, date and time of the viva-voce will be intimated to the
candidates by e-mail and SMS. The letter correspondence will be made regarding written test, viva-voce and selection of candidates by the concerned Department.

f) The candidates who qualify in the written test shall be called for a viva-voce which is of 20 marks.

g) The merit list shall be prepared based on the marks secured by the candidate in the viva-voce test only (i.e., out of 20 marks).

h) The Head of the Department and Chairman, SRC of the concerned Department shall conduct the admission process as per the decision of the Teachers’ Council. The Subject Research Committee of the Department shall finalize the merit list as per the guideline.

i) The list of selected candidates shall be published taking into account the number of seats available for registration and reservation policy of the State Government.

j) The result of the written test and viva-voce will be available on the Notice Board of the Coursework Centre of the subject concerned and in University website.

5. Your application will not be considered if the hard copy of your filled in application form along with your recent passport size photographs and relevant documents do not reach the Head of the Department. University will not be held responsible for postal delay in dispatch of the hard copy of the application form to the concerned.

Head of the Department(s).

6. Coursework
a) The selected candidates will have to undertake a coursework of one semester (six months – ……………………………………) in the discipline concerned.
b) The coursework shall be conducted in the respective P.G. Teaching Departments and in the recognized Nodal Centers of the University for subjects where there is no P.G. Teaching Department on the University Campus.
c) The list of recognized P.G. Departments / Centers for Coursework is given below in Annexure-I.
d) If somebody has already done the PhD coursework in another recognized University /Institution / Departments, due credit shall be given to him/her and s/he may be exempted from undertaking coursework once again.
e) The course curriculum of the coursework shall be made available with the respective Principal / Director of the Nodal Centre / Head of the P.G. Dept. of the University.
f) The fee for coursework is Rs.10,000 (Rupees ten thousand) only, shall be paid in form of A/C Payee BD/BC drawn in favour of Head of the Department/Head of the course work centre.
g) On completion of coursework, there shall be an examination to assess the performance of the candidates. The head of the coursework centre/Head of the P.G. Department shall issue course completion certificate to the successful candidates after evaluation in a common format supplied by the Chairman, Post-Graduate Council with due intimation to the Controller of Examinations, Utkal University. The candidates are required to submit the course completion certificate to the Controller of Examinations, Utkal University for issue of necessary registration letter.

h) Admission to and/or completion of Ph.D. coursework does not guarantee the candidate for registration into Ph.D. Programme in Utkal University, which is subject to the availability of the recognised Guides/Supervisors in the concerned subject.
i) Candidates, those who are employed, are required to produce “No Objection Certificates” from their respective employers for admission into Ph. D. Course work.
7. The Subject Research committee (SRC) in the respective subject shall allot supervisor(s) to the candidates from the select list of supervisors depending on the specialization and vacancy available with them or accept the proposal of the Ph.D. Scholar for a particular supervisor if the proposed supervisor fulfils the conditions of eligibility as provided in the Ph.D. regulations of the University.
8. All other rules and procedure will be as per the Ph.D. regulations of the Utkal University.
9. The number of seats available for each subject for Ph.D. coursework shall be decided by the P.G. Dept. /course work centres / nodal centres depending on the existing vacancies under the recognised Supervisors as per UGC guidelines.
10. Hostel accommodation for the Ph.D. course work candidates will be provided subject to availability of seats.
Note: However, it must be noted here that the Ph.D programme of the University will follow the UGC (Minimum standard and procedure for admission into Ph.D degree) Regulations, 2016.

Admission Schedule for Ph.D Courses for the Session 2022-2023.

Important Dates

Start date of online registration : 18-10-2022
Last date of submitting online application form : 31-10-2022 by 11:59 PM

Download of Admit Cards shall be during : It will update in University website 3 days before the entrance test.
Submission of Hard Copy of final online Application form with relevant and supportive documents to be submitted on or before the date of their Entrance Tests at the respective Departments.(Except Sundays and Holidays)

Sl. No.	Subject	Name of the Ph.D. Course Work Centre/Nodal Centres	Approximate No. of vacancy
1	A & A Economics	P.G. Dept. of A&A Eco., U.U.	09
2	AIHCA	P.G. Dept. of AIHCA, U.U.	05
3	Anthropology	P.G. Dept. of Anthropology, U.U.	07
4	Bio-Technology	P.G. Dept. of Bio-Technology, U.U. Institute of Life Science, BBSR	12
5	Botany	P.G. Dept. of Botany, U.U.	10
6	Chemistry	P.G. Dept. of Chemistry, U.U.	14
7	Commerce	P.G. Dept. of Commerce, U.U.	07
8	Computer Science & Application	P.G. Dept. of Comp. Sc. & App., U.U.	01
9	Geography	P.G. Dept. of Geography, U.U.	03
10	Geology	P.G. Dept. of Geology, U.U.	06
11	History	P.G. Dept. of History, U.U.	06
12	Law	P.G. Dept. of Law, U.U.	03
13	Mathematics	P.G. Dept. of Mathematics, U.U.	06
14	Physics	P.G. Dept. of Physics, U.U.	04
15	Pub. Administration	P.G. Dept. of Pub. Admn, U.U.	02
16	Sanskrit	P.G. Dept. of Sanskrit, U.U.	03
17	Statistics	P.G. Dept. of Statistics, U.U.	03
18	Zoology	P.G. Dept. of Zoology, U.U.	04
19	Philosophy	P.G. Dept. of Philosophy, U.U.	08
20	Ayurveda	Gopabandhu Ayurvedic Mahavidyalaya,Puri CARIHD, Bharatpur, BBSR	10
21	Development of Studies	NCDS, BBSR	10
22	Education	RIE, Bhubaneswar	15
23	Environmental Sc.	P.G. Dept. of Botany, U.U.	05
24	Journalism & Mass Communication	P.G. Dept. of Pub. Adm., U.U.	02
25	Micro-biology	P.G. Dept. of Botany, U.U.	05
26	Pharmacy	P.G. Dept. of Pharmacy, U.U.	06
27	Public Health	RMRC, BBSR	02
28	Polymer Science	CIPET, BBSR	07
29	Fishery Science	CIFA, BBSR	05
30	Women’s Studies	School of Women’s Studies, U.U.	04

NB:- Course fee for admission into Ph.D Coursework Rs. 10,000/-

Application Fee:

For Ph.D Courses: Rs.1000.00/- pay through Net Banking or Credit/Debit Card using SBI E-Pay. UPI Payment strictly profibited by the University. So if any candidate do the payment through UPI mode money can’t be refunded.

Important Instructions to all students for online Application

Note: Any student found admitted into/completed more than one course in any institute/University including Utkal University or in service in any Government/ Corporation/ Company/Private sector undertaking etc. or practicing as Advocate at the Bar shall forfeit his/her seat and attract such other penal action as may be considered appropriate by the University. The student has to furnish an undertaking to this effect.

Pre-Registration Requirement

The Following documents must be made ready before starting the Application process.

Scanned copy of your recent passport size photograph in JPG Format with maximum dimension of 150px in width & 180px in height not exceeding 200KB in size.
Scanned copy of your signature in JPG format 50KB in size.
Scanned copy of your Caste Certificate in PDF format, if applicable.
Scanned copy of your Persons with Disability (PwD) / Differently abled Certificate in PDF format, if applicable.
Scanned copy of your In/Ex-Service Certificate in PDF format, if applicable.
Scanned copy of the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from your employer in PDF format, if applicable.
In case of any criminal cases or any other cases pending in any police stations or court, scanned copy of relevant certificates/documents in PDF format, if applicable.
Scanned copy of the Certificate in respect of UGC-NET / UGC-CSIR-NET / GATE/ SLET / DBT / ICMR / ICAR / INSPIRE Fellowship of DST / ICPR Fellowship / ICHR Fellowship / ICSSR Fellowship / Teacher Fellow in PDF format, if applicable.
For Online Payment through Debit/Credit Card, Net Banking, Wallet or any other digital Payment method, subsequent provisions must be made in advance.

Registration Process:

Step1: For Registration, the candidate should have a valid & active Mobile Number and also have a valid & active e-mail ID.

Step2: For registration provide the relevant data in appropriate fields.

This will take you to the Registration page

Select Course Applied for form the dropdown list.
Select Subject from the Subject dropdown list.
Once you Select the appropriate Subject; respective Department Name will auto reset in the Department field.
In the Name field write your Full Name as per your HSC (10th) certificate.
Enter a valid & active Mobile Number and email ID, which will be the registered for the entire registration process.
In the D.O.B field, enter your Date of Birth by selecting through the Calendar.
Enter the Captcha Code in the Captcha Box.
Now click on the Register button to get yourself registered.
Provide the OTP to validate your registration and proceed for the Payment.

Payment Procedure:

After successful payment through Net Banking or Credit/Debit Card using SBI E-Pay, you will get an e-Receipt generated immediately from the System containing a reference number. The reference number starts with followed by 8 digits which you will have to provide while submitting the Online Application Form.

After making a successful payment you will receive Login ID & password on your Mobile Phone and email ID within two banking working days.
After getting Login ID and password please visit to www.utkaluniversity.nic.in/eadmission/candidate-login.html to fill up the prescribed application form.
After filling the form in three steps, Submit the application form online.
If Your Result is awaited the PRINTOUT Can’t be taken.
Submit the filled in print out of the application form with your signature along with all the relevant documents by hand.
However, Each Applicant(Paid fees) will be intimated through SMS and email to download the admit card for entrance test in due course of time.
If at the time of Payment may be your money deducted but not received Login id and Password then immediately put a mail to helpdesk(dot)uueadmission(at)gmail(dot)com(Please avoid Double Payment)
For any technical support mail to helpdesk(dot)uueadmission(at)gmail(dot)com

Note: The applicants registered and got their Registration Id ,they can make payment of application fees using the link MAKE PAYMENT by giving their application Id.

Detailed notice

https://utkaluniversity.nic.in/eadmission/

What is the Last Date to Apply?

31.10.2022