PGIMER Invites Applications for PhD Program 2024, Know All admission Details Here

As per the schedule, the online application registration for admission to PhD Programme 2024 has already begun and the last date for filling the form and payment of online application is 22 November 2024. After the completion of the registration process, the online examination Computer Based Test (CBT) is scheduled to take place on 05 December 2024 and the result to be declared on 16 December 2024. Following this, the counselling is tentatively scheduled to take place on 27 November 2024.

Meanwhile, other details regarding the admission into the PhD Programme 2024 as per the prospectus are mentioned below-

PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING

Fill in the application form online in accordance with the instructions. Please ensure that no column is left blank. Incomplete applications will not be considered and no correspondence will be entertained. Below are some of the important points while filling out the application form-

1 A list of the faculty members who are willing to take PhD students and how many seats are available under them will be displayed on the PGI official website. The faculty member should endorse one or two extra candidates (prospective), than the number of seats advertised under him/her.

2 Applicants for PhD courses who already have fellowship, should choose a department and the faculty member (under whose guidance he/she desires to undergo a Ph.D. program) and indicate the same on the application form. Candidates can apply only in one department.

3 The guide will have the option to accept or not to accept the candidate, who opts to do Ph.D. under that particular faculty member. The candidate may opt. only one faculty member.

4 The candidates carrying their own fellowship from various funding agencies and the Inservice medical faculty of PGI will be exempted from the entrance tests and will appear for counselling directly. However, all the candidates are required to fill out the online application form. Please take a printout of the duly filled Online Application form by logging in with the login ID and password. Affix the same passport-size photograph (which was uploaded in the online form) on it.

INSTRUCTION FOR FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

1 Candidate should fill in the Online Application with utmost care step by step. Candidate should fill in the Online Application form correctly. Incorrectly filled forms may lead to rejection.

2 A candidate seeking admission to the Entrance Examination is required to submit his/her application in the prescribed format.

3 The cost of the Application Form includes the fee for the entrance examination which is nonrefundable and no correspondence in this regard will be entertained.

4 ONLINE REGISTRATION-

i After selecting the online registration, fill in the mandatory details asked for and deposit the prescribed fee through debit/credit card/Net Banking. After submitting fees filled the required information step by step. Follow the instructions carefully.

ii It will be the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that correct details are filled in the Registration Slip. The Institute will not be responsible for any incorrect information/cancellation of candidature/loss or lack of communication etc. due to wrong filled online Application form.

iii No candidate should register more than one application

iv All applicants are required to ensure that Photo/Signature is uploaded according to the instructions. Failure to do so may result in rejection of applications.

v Duplicate applications from any applicant will result in the cancellation of all such applications. No intimation regarding such summary rejections will be provided.

DOCUMENTS

The candidates must upload their self-attested/attested copies of certificates/documents in support of their educational qualifications, marks, date of birth, category, experience etc. If a candidate fails to upload self-attested copies of the requisite documents as above, his/her candidature will be cancelled and he/she will not be allowed to participate in subsequent stages of the selection/admission process.

For Sponsored Candidates and Foreign nationals-

1) Sponsorship Certificate (in the case of sponsored candidate) in the format prescribed in the Prospectus, duly completed and signed by the competent authority.

2 NOC from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in case of Foreign National

ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESSING AND EXAMINATION FEES

The General/OBC Category candidates need to pay Rs. 1500/- Plus Transaction charges as applicable and the SC/ST Category candidates need to pay Rs. 1200/- Plus Transaction charges as applicable. The fees should be paid through Debit, Credit Card or Net Banking however the payment through UPI should be avoided.

SUMMARY OF EXAMINATION PATTERN

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ELIGIBILITY

A Candidate seeking admission to the course of study leading to the award of a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy must possess at least one of the following qualifications-

1 For Medical Sciences- MBBS/MDS/Master of Physio-therapy with minimum 55% aggregate marks or MD/MS in the subject concerned or Diplomate of National Board of Examination. A “Failure” in the examination, “Compartment” or “Re-appear” in the examination will constitute an attempt. Candidates who have obtained MBBS/MD/MS /MDS/Master of Physiotherapy degrees from Medical Colleges not recognized by the Medical Council of India/NMC are not eligible for admission.

2 For Non-Medical/Life Sciences/Social Behavioral Sciences- The candidates with the following qualifications will be eligible-

i The candidates who have passed M.Sc/MA/Masters in Engineering or its equivalent/ examination with at least 60 % marks in the subjects mentioned below: from the colleges/institutes/Universities recognized by the UGC are eligible.

a For Non Medical/Life Sciences- A Postgraduate degree of Master of Science (M.Sc) or Master in Veterinary Science (M.V.Sc.) or M.Sc. (Laboratory Technology) in subjects allied to Medical Sciences such as Respiratory Care, Nuclear Medicine, Forensic Medicine, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Human Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Immunology, Life Sciences including Botany, Zoology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry, Anthropology & M.Sc (Human Genomics), and ME/M.Tech.

b For Social & Behavioral Sciences- The candidates having Postgraduate degrees in the following subjects are eligible for Social & Behavioural Sciences, Anthropology, Statistics/Biostatistics, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Nursing, Nutrition and Child Development.

OR

MA/M.Sc/M.Phil in Health Promotion/Education, Health Management, Epidemiology, Environmental Health/Environmental Sciences and Public Health Nutrition/Applied Nutrition/Food & Nutrition, Health Economics/Applied Economics/Economics, Public Health/Community Health and MPH, Audiology and Speech Therapy.

OR

Post graduation in Law i.e. LLM and its equivalent qualification.

ii The candidates As regards to eligibility of the candidates having their own fellowship with stipends from various funding agencies, they shall be exempted from appearing in the entrance exam. An attested copy of the result/fellowship award letter must be attached.

2 For Sponsored Candidates- Candidates applying for admission as a sponsored/deputed candidate are required to furnish the following certificates/undertaking with his/her application from his/her employer for admission to the course-

i That the candidate concerned is a regular employee of the deputing/sponsoring authority and should have been working for at least three years.

ii That after completion of course/training at PGI, Chandigarh, the candidate will be suitably employed by the deputing/ sponsoring authority to work at least for five years in the speciality in which the training is received by the candidate at PGI, Chandigarh.

iii That no financial implications in the form of emoluments/ stipend etc. will devolve upon PGI, Chandigarh during the entire period of his/her course. Such payment will be the responsibility of the sponsoring authority.

3 For Foreign National- A candidate applying for admission as a Foreign National candidate is required to take the printout of the online application form and furnish the relevant certificates are required to route their application through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi. An advance copy must be submitted at PGIMER, Chandigarh before the last date of receipt of the application, however, applications of such candidates will be processed after receipt of the same through diplomatic channels. These candidates are also required to appear in the entrance examination along with other candidates. A separate merit list of these candidates will be prepared within their own category. There will be another separate merit list for Bhutanese nationals, apart from the list for foreign national seats. Selection of candidates will be made on merit based on their performance in the entrance examination.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION BY EMPLOYED CANDIDATES

The candidates in employment applying for Ph.D. Programmes are required to submit their applications through proper channels. They should also sign the undertaking in the downloaded copy of the Registration Form that they have informed their employer about the submission of their application to PGIMER. If any communication is received from their department/office withholding permission for the candidate's appearing at the entrance examination/admission to the course, the candidature/admission of the candidate will be cancelled, and no further correspondence in this regard will be entertained. (Sponsored candidates for Ph.D. Programmes are required to route their Registration Form through proper channels).

METHOD OF SELECTION

1 Part-I: Method of selection i.e. aptitude test comprises (a) General Science (b) English, (c) Biostatistics & Research Methodology (d) Mental Ability of total of 40 marks. All questions in this part are compulsory with each question carrying one mark.

2 Part-II: Stream Specific (Medical, Non-Medical (Life Science and Social behavioural Sciences), exam. There will be 100 questions of various disciplines and the candidates have to attempt 40 of them.

METHOD OF RESOLVING TIES

If two or more candidates obtained equal marks in the entrance examination, their inter-se-merit for selection shall be determined on the basis of the following criteria-

1 For Medical Candidates-

i A candidate who has made more attempts to pass the various professional MBBS/MD/MS examinations shall rank junior to the candidate who has made lesser attempts.

ii If the attempts made in passing the various MBBS/MD/MS professional examinations are also the same then a candidate who has obtained higher marks in the MBBS examination shall rank senior to a candidate who has obtained lower marks. In case any candidate has not filled up column no. of the application form showing the percentage of aggregate marks in MBBS, he/she will rank junior to other candidates in inter-se-merit.

iii If the attempts made in passing the MBBS/MD/MS professional examination as well as the marks obtained in the MBBS examination are the same, then a candidate senior in age shall rank senior to the candidate who is junior in age.

2 For Non-Medical Candidates-

i A candidate who has made more attempts to pass the M.Sc examination would rank junior to the candidate who has made lesser attempts.

ii If attempts made in passing of M.Sc. examination are also the same then the candidate who has obtained higher marks in the M.Sc. will rank senior to a candidate who obtained lesser marks.

iii If attempts are made to pass the M.Sc. examination and the marks obtained in the MSc examination are also the same then the candidate senior in age shall rank senior to the candidate junior in age.

MERIT LIST & MINIMUM QUALIFYING CRITERIA

Candidates scoring the below-mentioned minimum marks in the aptitude test and speciality-specific theory test (combined) will be eligible to appear in counselling for enrollment to PhD program-

i General/OBC/Spon/FN category - 40 marks.

ii SC/ST category - 36 marks

DECLARATION OF RESULT

The result of PhD programme will be notified on the official website of PGIMER. Results of Individual candidates will not be informed by telephone and candidates are advised not to contact any PGI official from examinations/Sections for such information. However, the individual results can be checked after the completion of the admission process.

DURATION OF COURSE & VIVA VOCE EXAMINATIONS

1 Minimum period of three academic years- Under only exceptional circumstances and on the recommendation of the Doctoral Committee that the candidates’ work has been completed, the period of course can be reduced to two years. The maximum period up to which a candidate can submit his/her thesis is five years. Ordinarily, an extension for the submission of the thesis beyond five years will not be granted unless one year prior to the expiry of the 5 years the Doctoral Committee makes special recommendations for extension giving specific reasons.

2 Viva-Voce Examinations- The candidate should have at least 2(two) publications before the final public (Viva-Voce Examination) defence of his/her.

FEES AND DUES

The following dues are payable to the Institute, by the candidates admitted to the PhD course-

1 Registration fee- Rs. 500/-.

2 Tuition fee- Rs. 350/- per annum.

3 Laboratory fee- Rs. 900/- per annum.

4 Security- Rs. 1000/- (for recovery of breakages or loss of Equipment, balance if any will be refundable on completion of the course.)

5 Amalgamated fund- Rs. 720/- per annum.

6 Examination fee (Viva-Voce)- Rs. 1100/.

AGREEMENT BOND/SURETIES/CONTRACT

Any candidate who joins PhD programme and leaves the course midway will be required to refund the fellowship/ stipend amount if any paid to the candidate in three equal instalments and forfeiture of the security deposited by the candidate. The candidate will also be required to submit two sureties/bank guarantees of equal amount on non-judicial paper both Rs.25/- attested by the Magistrate 1st Class for the period of three/five years at the time of joining the course.

JOINING TIME

Selected candidates must join their respective courses on the prescribed date, as indicated in their admission letters. The selection of those who fail to join by the specified date shall automatically stand cancelled. Under exceptional circumstances, a candidate may be allowed to join late by one month i.e. up to 31st July for the July session and 31st January for the January session every year. The admission for the January session closes on 31st January and for the July Session on 31st July each year.

To view the prospectus, click the link below