(JRF)/NET/SLET/SET/GATE/GPAT/Teacher Fellowship holders can also enroll
themselves for Ph.D. Degree round the year but they will have to join the Ph.D.
Course Work if the deadline for admission is not yet over. Otherwise, they will have
to take admission to the Ph.D. Course Work within a year from the date of enrollment.
If such candidates fail to take admission to Ph.D. Course Work within a year, then
their Enrollment will be cancelled.
Applications for enrollment along with an enrollment fee (as well as an eligibility
certificate issued from the Registration Branch of Punjabi University, Patiala, will
also accompany the application for enrollment), shall be entertained by the Head of
the Department. The Head of the Department after verifying the eligibility conditions
shall forward the same to the office of Dean Research within a week. The Dean
Research will accord the permission for enrollment on the recommendations of the
Head of the Department. Head of the Department will issue Enrollment Letter to the
candidate on the basis of intimation issued by Academic Research Branch
(Annexure-I).
The verification of the eligibility of candidates for Ph.D. Course Work will be done
at two stages. At the first stage, the eligibility of a Ph.D. candidate, seeking admission
to Course Work, will be done by the Admission Committee of the Department during
interview. Once a candidate is found eligible by the Department he/she will have to
get eligibility certificate from the Registration Branch of the University before being
enrolled for Ph.D.
5.2 Enrollment duration, Re-Enrollment and Cancellation:
Student admitted to Ph.D. Course Work will have to fulfill the conditions to get
registered for Ph.D. within a period of 12 months (1 year) from the date of
Enrollment in the Ph.D. Course Work. In case of those, who are exempted from
Course Work shall have to fulfill the conditions to get registered for Ph.D. from
the date of joining the Department. If any student fails to submit Synopsis to the
Academic Research Branch for Registration for Ph.D. Degree due to any reason
within this period he/she will have to seek Re-Enrollment by paying an amount of
Rs. 5000/- (Total period of Enrollment + Re-Enrollment is 18 months (1½ year).
On expiry of Re-Enrollment period, the student can apply for “Condoning the
Delay” (to get extension for 3 months) by paying an amount of Rs. 5000/-. The
candidate can apply for this extension twice. After the end of "Extension of
Enrollment" period, if the candidate fails to submit the Synopsis, his/her
Enrollment will be cancelled automatically. He/she can apply for fresh
Enrollment after a gap of one year. In this case the application will be considered
according to new rules existing at the time of fresh Enrollment.
During Re-Enrollment period students shall not be provided hostel facilities. If a
student was residing in the hostel during Enrollment period then the hostel has to
be vacated during Re-Enrollment period.
5.3 Structure and Duration of Ph.D. Course Work:
This is a Pre-Registration Course Work required for the Registration to Ph.D.
programme of the University. The Ph.D. Course Work is compulsory for all
candidates who have passed Ph.D. Entrance Test or are holders of UGC-CSIR
(JRF)/NET/SLET/SET/GATE/GPAT/Teacher Fellowship or have done M.Phil. with
at least B+ Grade but without Course Work of at least one semester duration. In
service or working candidates are also required to do Ph.D. Course Work and produce
a No Objection Certificate from their present employer for this purpose.