INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE
Prof. V.K.R.V. Rao Road, Nagarabhavi P.O. Bangalore 560072, India
Phone: 91-080-23215468; Fax: 91-080-23217008; Email: registrar@isec.ac.in
Website: http://www.isec.ac.in/
Ph.D ADMISSION NOTICE 2013-2014
ISEC offers two
categories of Ph D Programme - (a) full time (residential) for students and (b)
part-time (nonresidential) for serving academicians and interested scholars.
The hallmark of our Ph D Programme is its biannual seminars and doctoral
committees. Doctoral Committee will meet at least twice preceding bi-annual seminars
and provides valuable inputs to the PhD Students besides monitoring progress of
their thesis work.
Every PhD Student is
required to make presentation in the bi-annual seminars of the Institute in
June and December till submission of thesis.
(a) Full Time
(Residential)
Full time residential
PhD Foundation Course at ISEC normally takes about four years to complete.
During the first 10 months Students are provided rigorous training through a
pre-Ph D Foundation coursework followed by the dissertation work which
commences in the eleventh month. The doctoral students admitted under this Programme
are paid scholarship during the coursework period and fellowship for three
years thereafter besides
providing hostel
facilities up to 5 years. A separate hostel is available for lady students.
Candidates are required to pay fees and comply with other requirements of
University where they would be registered and pay an annual fee of Rupees one
thousand to ISEC.
(b) Part Time
(Non-Residential)
This Programme is open
for working persons to pursue PhD on a part-time basis. Preference is given to
those working in the Universities and Institutions of higher learning and ISEC
employees under Faculty Improvement Programme. Eligibility requirements and
selection criteria are similar as in the case of the full-time PhD Programme
mentioned above except that of age, which is relaxable. Part-time candidates
should pass the pre-PhD course work. They are welcome to attend the classes,
though attendance is not compulsory. The parttime PhD students do not get any
form of financial assistance from ISEC. Candidates are required to pay fees according
to University norms and an annual fee of Rupees three thousand to ISEC. The
part-time PhD Students must adhere to all the conditions and regulations
stipulated by the University/Institute.
Disciplines of
Specialization
The test for admission
will be administered only in the disciplines/specializations mentioned here.
Eligibility requirements are the same for all candidates. The disciplines or
specializations available for taking up entrance test for PhD in the Institute
are:
i. Agricultural
Economics or Rural Development
ii. Development
Studies
iii. Economics
iv. Education
v. Environmental
Economics/Ecological Economics/Natural Resource Economics
vi. Political
Science/International Relations/Public Administration
vii.
Population/Demographic Studies
viii. Sociology/Social
Anthropology
Eligibility
Requirements
The aspirants for ISEC
Ph D Programme and research fellowships must satisfy the following
requirements:
i. Master's degree or
equivalent in any of the disciplines (see sub-headings 11 and 13) with at least
55% marks in the aggregate (50% in case of SC/ST applicants);
ii. A pass in UGC-NET
or JRF or SLET or M Phil is desirable (Please see Item No.13);
iii. Age limit for
ICSSR fellowships - below 35 years, 40 years in case of teachers and members of
professional staff in Research Institutes.
iv. There is no age limit
for ISEC Fellowship, Part-time PhD Programme.
Other Discipline-wise
Eligibility Requirements:
i. Candidates applying
in Agricultural Economics/Rural Development should have a Master’s Degree in Economics,
Statistics, Agricultural Economics or Rural Development.
ii. Candidates
applying in Economics should have a Master’s Degree in
Economics/Statistics/Econometrics.
iii. Candidates
applying in Environmental/Ecological Economics/Natural Resource Economics
should have Master’s Degree in Economics or other relevant disciplines
including Biological Sciences and engineering.
iv. Candidates
applying in Education should have a Master’s Degree in Education preferably
with specialization in Economics of Education/Sociology of
Education/Educational Planning and Management.
v. Candidates applying
in Political Science/International Relations/Public Administration should have
a Master’s Degree in Political Science/International Relations/Public
Administration.
vi. Candidates
applying in Population/Demographic Studies should have Master’s Degree in Demography/Population
Studies or Economics/Statistics/Sociology or Anthropology or Geography, preferably
with specialization in Population Studies.
vii. Candidates
applying in Sociology/Social Anthropology should have Master’s Degree in Sociology/Anthropology
(Social Anthropology).
viii. Candidates
applying in Development Studies should have Master’s Degree in any of the
Social Sciences, MBA or acceptable Master’s degree by IDS, Mysore.
Fellowship
The candidates
selected for ICSSR/ISEC fellowship are paid a scholarship of Rs.6,000 p.m.
during the PhD Foundation Coursework period besides an annual contingency grant
of Rs.12,000. Upon successful completion of PhD Coursework the fellowship is
extendable to a further period of three years, fellowship payable during these
years would be Rs.16,000/- p.m. and a contingency of Rs. 15,000/- per annum.
These Fellowship holders should comply with all the PhD Programme requirements
of ICSSR/ISEC, from time to time.
Selection Procedure
Preliminary screening
of applications is done based on the quality of their research proposal
submitted with the application. The short listed candidates will be called for
a written test to be held on July 11, 2013. The
list of candidates to be called for written test shall be displayed on our
website www.isec.ac.in on or before 15th June, 2013.
Candidates qualifying in the written test will be required to appear for an
interview at Centre level on July 12, 2013.
How to Apply
The prescribed
application form can be downloaded (only on A4 size paper) from the ISEC
Website: http://www.isec.ac.in/phd-advt-2013.htm.
The duly filled-in application form with
all the relevant enclosures should be submitted along with the application fee
of Rs.500/- (Rs.150/- in case of SC/STs) in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in
favour of the Registrar, ISEC, Bangalore. Candidates who are awaiting their
second year PG results may also apply. However, it is mandatory to produce the
proof of final PG examination results at the time of the admission test. The
Pre-PhD Coursework begins in the first or second week of August 2013.
Completed application
with requisite attachments should reach the following address on or before May 15, 2013.
Registrar, Institute for Social and Economic Change,
Professor V K R V Rao Road, Nagarabhavi P.O.,
Bangalore-560
072, (Karnataka)
FOR MORE INFORMATION contact over telephone (080)
23217013
REGISTRAR
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