E Prospectus - Ph.D. Entrance Test (PET) 2024 - 19072024 - OYC1722466606
E Prospectus - Ph.D. Entrance Test (PET) 2024 - 19072024 - OYC1722466606
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INDEX
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Important Information 03
1. About S.R.T.M. University 04
2. Ph.D. Entrance Test-2024 (PET-2024) - Eligibility and Registration Fees 04
3. Procedure for registration for PET-2024 06
4. Instructions for PET-2024 appear candidates 06
5. Instructions for PET-2024 exempted candidates 09
6. Selection Criteria for Ph.D. Research Program-2024 10
7. Reservation Rules 11
8. Guidelines for Foreign Students 12
9. Post RAC Ph D Registration 12
10. Disclaimer 13
11. Annexure I - List of Research Centers and Subjects in which PET-2024 14
Shall be conducted
12. Annexure II - Details subject-wise vacancies for Ph.D. admission 15
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Important Information
Important Dates
2. Start date of submission of online forms :01/08/2024(Any update in date will be displayed on
website only)
4. Last Date for submission of Corrections/ hard copy of PET Exemption Application at
University P.G. Section:01/09/2024
2. General Category and all other Categories except SC/ST/PWD: Rs. 1500/-
2. General Category and all Other Categories except SC/ST/PWD: Rs. 1500/-
Mode of Payment:
Online Payment: - The Application fee can be paid through any of the available online
payment options: - Net Banking, Debit card, Credit Card and UPI.
To,
The Deputy Registrar,
P.G. Section,
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University,
Vishnupuri, Nanded - 431 606. Maharashtra, India
Phone: 02462-215242,215243,215250
Email-id: [email protected]
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1. About S.R.T.M. University, Nanded
The University follow school pattern on its campus and sub-campuses to breakdown
the traditional disciplinary boundaries and to integrate scientific thoughts emanating from
different branches of human learning and has been trying hard to enhance the academic
standard of this region by taking several measures in this regard. University has 14 Schools on
the main campus, 3 at Latur sub-campus, 2 at Parbhani sub-campus, a constituent college New
Model Degree College at Hingoli and has established academic and research centers like Dr.
Babasaheb Ambedkar Chair and Study Centre, Shri Guru Govind Singhji Adhyasan Sankul
and Research Centre, Dr Shankarrao Chavan Adhyasan Kendra, Women's Study Centre on the
main campus and Late Uttamrao Rathod Tribal Development and Research Centre at Kinwat.
The University has more than 370 affiliated colleges under its jurisdiction offering about 200
programmes with student strength of 1.27 lakh enrolled under the faculties of Science and
Technology, Commerce and Management, Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies. The
University has established International Students ‘Centre to assist the foreign students for
processing their admission requests and also to find suitable mentors for pursuing higher
education in a particular program in this university. The University is a recipient of financial
assistance from RUSA, DST, UGC, etc. and other funding agencies under various schemes to
enhance, augment infrastructural facilities for research and extension activities. Teachers have
invented, patented and commercialized several ideas and have generated research grants worth
Rs. 12.5 crore, whose academic and social value is remarkable. Researchers from Campus and
sub-campuses have published more than 1500 research papers in peer reviewed journals and
have received recognition at the national and international level. This university has
established a state-of-the-art Central Instrumentation Centre equipped with the necessary
modern research equipment.
2. Ph.D. Entrance Test – 2024 (PET – 2024) - Eligibility and Registration Fees
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2.1 Eligibility for admission to the Ph.D. Program:
The following candidates are eligible to seek admissions to the Ph.D.Program. Candidates
who have completed:
ii. A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade shall be applicable for the
candidates belonging to SC / ST / VJ / NT / OBC (non-creamy layer) /
Differently-Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories
of candidates as per the decision of the UGC and the Govt. of Maharashtra from
time to time.
v. Candidates who have cleared the M.Phil. course (in regular mode only) with at
least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade in the UGC 10-point (or an
equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) shall be
eligible for admission to the Ph.D. program. A relaxation of 5% marks or its
equivalent grade shall be applicable to the candidates belonging to SC / ST /
OBC (non-creamy layer) / VJ / NT/ Differently-able, Economically Weaker
Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the UGC
and the Govt. of Maharashtra from time to time.
vi. Candidates who are in the final year of their qualifying examination of PG
program are provisionally eligible to apply for the PET-2024. However,
admission of such candidates shall be confirmed only if they fulfill the
eligibility conditions at the time of the allocation of supervisor (RAC).
vii. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to ensure the eligibility conditions
and they are providing the true information in the application. If the furnished
information is found false, at any stage, the candidature shall cancelled.
viii. Candidates whose result is in CGPA or grade points need to submit certificate
of equivalent percentage of marks from their respective universities.
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2.2 Registration cum Examination Fees and Mode of Payment:
Candidates applying for PET 2024, including those who are requesting for
exemption from PET-2024, need to pay registration, processing and examination fee
as per the mode of payment mentioned in this e-prospectus. All the process from
registration to declaration of results shall be done in online mode and shall be
communicated to the candidates through their login credentials only. No separate
communication shall be done in this regard. Therefore, students are advised to
preserve their login credentials till the end of the process.
The SRTM University, Nanded, through PET-2024, invites applications from the
eligible candidates in two separate modes:
A. PET-2024 Examination,
OR
B. Exemption from PET-2024
Candidates applying for the PET-2024 Exemption must ensure that they fulfill the
eligibility condition for the exemption as listed in this prospectus.
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Mode of PET-2024 Examination:
Sections B-
25 50 50% 45%
Subject Specific
Any objection, query on the question(s) must be reported by the candidates to the
Director, Board of Examination and Evaluation within three days from the date of
examination through the Google link provided for this purpose. All questions shall be
of Multiple Choice Type with only one correct option. Each question marked with
correct answer carries 2 marks.
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Examination centers:
PET-2024 examination shall be conducted at three centers namely, Nanded, Latur
and Parbhani. Candidates shall be required to appear for the PET-2024 at the
allocated centers only, details of the exam center shall be communicated to the
candidates through the admit card made available on the portal through their login
credentials only. The candidates may give their preferences of the examination center,
however, the University reserves rights to change / include / exclude the examination
centers due to the logistics or other issues. Hence, candidates may or may not get
examination center of their convenience. Once the examination center is allocated to a
candidate, it shall be final and no requests for further changes shall be entertained.
Therefore, it shall be the responsibility of the candidate to check the center name and
the time slot allocated to him / her and reach the concerned center at least half an hour
before the start of the examination.
Result of PET-2024 shall be communicated to the individual candidate through their login
credentials.
After the declaration of the result, the qualified candidates shall be called for personal
interview cum supervisor allocation committee, the Research Allocation Committee
(RAC), as per the schedule declared by the P.G. Section of the University on its official
website at later time under the link PET-2024. Once a candidate is declared Qualified in
PET-2024, the University shall issue a validity certificate having validity of only ONE
year from the date of the declaration of the PET-2024 results.
Allocation of the scholar shall be done on the basis of merit list prepared based on
To,
The Deputy Registrar,
P.G. Section,
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University,
Vishnupuri, Nanded - 431 606,
Maharashtra, India.
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a) Candidates qualified in UGC-NET (including JRF) / UGC-CSIRNET (including
JRF) / Maharashtra SET/GATE (with Valid Score)/ ICAR / ICMR / DBT and DST
Inspire fellowship / ACAR/DET/DST/CEED and similar National level tests.
b) Candidates with M. Phil degree from any statutory recognized University within
India in the relevant subject with a minimum of 55 % marks (relaxation of 5% of
marks for the reserve category students).
c) Those candidates who were declared qualified in PET - 2022 and whose score is
valid till August 2025 shall be eligible for admission to the Ph D program of 2024
based on the merit list prepared in this regard. They need not appear for the
PET-2024, however, they need to intimate their willingness through a written
application along with the copy of the score card of PET-2022. Admissions of such
candidates shall be confirmed only on the basis of the combined merit list prepared
after considering scores of the candidates qualifying PET-2024. Therefore, if such
candidates wish to improve their performance are advised to re-appear for the
PET-2024 by registering for it as per the procedure laid down.
Candidates requesting for exemption from PET-2024 need to submit the online
registration form uploading necessary documents in support of their claim on or
before the deadline. It shall be the responsibility of the candidate to ensure himself
that he / she fulfills the requirements for the same at the time of application to
PET-2024. Incomplete applications or applications without necessary enclosures shall
not be entertained and stand rejected. All such applications claiming PET-2024
Exemption shall be scrutinized by a committee, whose decision shall be final and
shall be mandatory for all. Those applications, whose exemption claims were
rejected by the scrutiny / screening committee shall not be considered / re-considered
for allowing them to appear for the PET-2024 examinations. In case of doubt of
fitness for exemption, it is advised to apply for both (examination and exemption)
separately by paying appropriate registration fees. Further, the exemptionand
examination form will be considered for a particular subject only and they are not
transferable. Fees once paid shall not be refund in any case.
xiv. Allocation shall be only as per the vacancies and reservation policies. No
candidate shall be allocated beyond the available vacancies.
xv. Candidates hold PG Degree from other states and foreign universities shall be
treated as open category candidates.
xvi. Research Supervisor/Guide allocation to the foreign students shall be done as
per the University rules.
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7. Reservation Rules
Distribution of seats to different categories (Reservation Chart) as per the government
of Maharashtra norms are:
7 SBC 2.0%
9 SEBC* 10%
11 General 28%
*SEBC Reservation is subject to the final outcome of writ petition No. 3468/2024
filed in Hon’ble Mumbai High Court.
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Supervisor/Guide, the applicant shall report the concerned research centre / supervisor
and complete admission formalities by paying requisite fee. He shall complete the
course work and shall prepare a synopsis with a well-defined ‘Research Topic’ in
consultation with the Supervisor and shall submit it to the PG Section for its approval
by the Research Recognition Committee (RRC).
The Ph.D. registration of the candidate shall be confirmed only after the approval of
the research topic by the RRC Research. The date of registration, if the topic is
approved by the RRC shall be the date on which the candidate was allocated Ph. D.
Supervisor/Guide by the RAC.
A Ph.D. Course work of required credits shall be compulsory for all the PET passed
as well as PET exempted candidates including the foreign students. However, there
shall be provisions for exemption from certain credits of the course work depending
upon qualifications of the candidates. The candidates claiming for such exemption
are required to complete the course work of remaining credits. The details of the
course work along with course work duration, subjects, syllabus, credit pattern,
passing rules, etc will be made available on the official website of the University
time-to-time.
10. DISCLAIMER
1. PET-2024 is only Qualifying Examination and neither PET-2024 qualified nor
exempted candidates can claim automatic registration for the Ph.D. Programme.
2. Admission to the Ph.D. Program shall be finalized by the RAC by following
reservation norms and as per the merit and availability of the vacancies in the
concerned subject. Therefore, decision taken by the RAC shall be final and
mandatory for all.
3. The RAC shall decide the Supervisor for Ph.D. Programme. Candidates shall
not have any say in selecting the Supervisor / Guide.
4. It shall be the responsibility of the candidate to check whether he/she fulfills the
eligibility conditions for the Ph.D. registration. University shall not be
responsible for any lapses thereof.
5. In case of any grievance or dispute the decision of the University shall be final
and binding to all.
6. As end-to-end service all the way from the PET registration till the admission
and award of Ph D shall be done in ONLINE mode. Therefore, candidates are
advised to preserve the login credentials. No request for change in any
information submitted in the online form (like mobile no., Email ID, Centre
etc.)shall be entertained by the University.
7. Candidates from reserved category other than Maharashtra shall be considered
in the Open category.
8. Fees paid once, shall not be refund under any circumstances.
9. Reservation Regarding specially/differently Abled candidates shall be made
applicable as per the State Government Policy.
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10. Candidates already admitted or selected for the Ph.D. program of this
university, are not eligible to apply for the PET-2024.
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Ahmedpur, Dist.Latur Mathematics, Physics.
34 314 Maharashtra Mahavidyalaya, Nilanga, Latur Botany, Chemistry
35 319 Shri Shivaji College, Renapur, Dist Latur Commerce
36 323 Dayanand Law College, Latur Law
37 355 Swami Vivekand College of Information Computer Science, Bio-Technol
Technology, ogy, Computer Science
Udgir, Dist. Latur
38 365 R.E.S.’s Comp. & I.T. College, Latur Computer Science, Bio-Technol
ogy
39 940 Dayanand Pharmacy College, Latur Pharmacy
40 947 Chnnabasweshwar Pharmacy College Latur Pharmacy
Campus Schools of this University
41 137 School of Commerce & Management Commerce, Management science
Sciences
42 138 School of Social Sciences Social Work, Economics,
Sociology
43 139 School of Life Science Botany, Zoology, Microbiology,
Biotechnology
44 140 School of Chemical Sciences Chemistry
45 141 School of Computational Sciences Computer Science
46 142 School of Physical Sciences Physics
47 143 School of Earth Sciences Geology, Environmental Science,
Geography, Geophysics
48 151 School of Educational Sciences Physical Education, Education
49 158 School of Language, Literature and Culture English, Marathi
Studies
50 194 School Media Studies Mass Communication &
Journalism, Library & Information
Science
51 704 School of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences
52 733 School of Mathematical Sciences Mathematics, Statistics
Latur Sub- Center
53 901 School of Management Sciences Management Sciences
54 901 School of Technology Computer Sciences,
Bioinformatics
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55 901 School of Social Sciences Economics
*Note: Above approved research centers and the approved subjects are subject to change time to time
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Annexure 3: Statement showing various Ph.D. programs and vacancy in which
PET is conducted
Note : The vacancies mentioned above are tentative and can be subject to change. If there is no
vacancy of any subject, PET of such subject shall not be conducted. Candidates should not apply
for the same and their applications will be treated as cancelled. Their fees shall not be refunded
at any conditions and no further correspondence shall be made in this regard.
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