ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY

DIRECTORATE OF ADMISSIONS

ANURCET 2015

INFORMATION BROCHURE
Dr. M. RAMI REDDY

M.Sc., M.Tech., M.Phil., Ph.D.

DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ADMISSIONS

ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY, NAGARJUNANAGAR522 510,
GUNTUR, A.P., INDIA
CONTACT NUMBERS: 0863-2346171 / 138 & 9440258822
E-MAIL: [email protected] | WEBSITE: www.anudoa.in / www.anu.ac.in

ANURCET - 2015 :: IMPORTANT DATES

Note: All the Eligible Candidates who are interested shall submit the
Application through Online from the website www.anudoa.in or www.anu.ac.in
1. Online Submission of Applications Start on

: 27.06.2015

2. Last Date to Upload Online Applications without Late Fee (Rs.1,200) : 25.07.2015
3. Last Date to Upload Online Applications with Late fee of Rs.1,700/- : 31.07.2015
(Application Fee Rs.1,200/- + Late Fee Rs.500/-)
4. Last date for receiving Printed Applications

: 03.08.2015

5. Downloading Hall-Tickets from website

: 4th August, 2015

Onwards
: 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th
August, 2015

6. Schedule of Entrance Tests (Tentative)

Payment through SBI I-Collect / Payment Gateway / Debit Card / Credit Card / Generated Challan.

NOTE: CERTIFICATES TO BE ENCLOSED ALONG WITH PRINTED APPLICATION

The Copy of the Printed Application with necessary Xerox Certificates should be submitted either in
Person or sent by Registered Post so as to reach on or before 03.08.2015 at 5 PM to the following Address
The Director,
Directorate of Admissions,
Acharya Nagarjuna University,
Nagarjuna Nagar 522510,
Guntur, A.P., India

Post Graduate Provisional Certificate / Original Degree

Post Graduate Marks Statements
Bachelor Degree Provisional Certificate / Original Degree
Bachelor Degree Marks Statements
S.S.C & Intermediate Pass Certificates
Migration Certificate
Study Certificates from Intermediate to PG / Residence Certificates from Last Seven Academic Years
Caste Certificate in case of SC / ST / BC Candidates
Special Reservation Category claimed under PH / NCC / SPORTS / CAP
Service Certificate and First Page of the Service Register (SR) for Part-Time Candidates.
Research Experience Certificates for Extra-Mural Candidates.
Qualified Certificate of UGC / CSIR - NET / GATE / APSET / etc.

INFORMATION BROCHURE ANURCET - 2015

The Candidates are required to read the following Instructions carefully for filling the
Online Application Form.
Admission into M.Phil / Ph.D Programme offered by Acharya Nagarjuna University Colleges for
the Academic Year 2015-16 will be made for the courses mentioned in Table I.
The admissions into various Courses mentioned in Table I are based on Entrance Test.

TABLE I : PARTICULARS OF THE COURSES OFFERED ALONG WITH ENTRANCE TEST CODES
S. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41

Name of the Course

Commerce and Business Administration
Economics
Education
English
Hindi
History and Archaeology
Human Resource Management
Legal Studies & Research
M.B.A. (Travel & Tourism Management)
Mahayana Buddhist Studies
Political Science
Public Administration
Rural Development
Sanskrit
Sociology
Social Work
Telugu
Womens Studies
Dr. Ambedkar Chair *
Physical Education
Aquaculture
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Botany
Chemistry
Computer Science
Environmental Sciences
Food & Nutritional Sciences
Geology
Mathematics
Microbiology
Physics
Statistics
Zoology
Civil Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Pharmacy

Course Code
R101
R102
R103
R104
R105
R106
R107
R108
R109
R110
R111
R112
R113
R114
R115
R116
R117
R118
R119
R120
R121
R122
R123
R124
R125
R126
R127
R128
R129
R130
R131
R132
R133
R134
R151
R152
R153
R154
R155
R156
R161

Admissions will be made on the basis of the Rank obtained by the Candidate in the Entrance
Test subject to the fulfillment of Course Eligibility Criteria given in Table II

TABLE II: RESEARCH VACANCY POSITION & COURSE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMERCE & LAW
S.
No

Name of the Course

Possible Minimum
Vacancies
M.Phil
Ph.D.

Course Eligibility

Commerce and Business

Administration

50

M.Com and or M.B.A. and other related fields

(interdisciplinary)
M.A. Economics / Applied Economics, Gazetted
Officers of Central and State Governments & Officers
of Financial Institutions with a P.G. Degree in the
related area.
M.Ed.
M.A. English
Masters Degree in Hindi (10th Class + Intermediate +
Degree)
M.A. Ancient History & Archaeology / M.A. History.
M.H.R.M / Social Science / M.B.A / M.Com and other
related fields (interdisciplinary)

Economics

30

3
4

Education
English

36
19

38
28

Hindi

10

12

History and Archaeology

15

15

Human Resource Management

13

Legal Studies & Research

M.B.A. (Travel & Tourism

Management)

10

Mahayana Buddhist Studies

11

Political Science

16

M.A. Political Science

12

Public Administration

M.A. Public Administration

13

Rural Development

M.A. Rural Development / Social Sciences /

Humanities / Natural Sciences / Medicine /
Engineering / Management

14

Sanskrit

15

13

M.A. Sanskrit

15

Sociology

12

M.A. Sociology / Social Sciences

16

Social Work

30

22

M.A. Social Work / Social Sciences

17

Telugu

44

18

Womens Studies

18

19

Dr. Ambedkar Chair

M.A Telugu
M.A. Economics /
Political
Science / Public
Administration / Telugu / English
M.A. / M.Com / LLM. (The candidates can appear for
Entrance Test in any of the branches of Social
Sciences, Commerce and Law.)

10
5

L.L.M or M.L
8

M.B.A. (T.T.M), M.T.T.M., M.Com, M.B.A. (General)

M.A. History / Ancient History & Archaeology /
Philosophy / Sanskrit / Mahayana Buddhist Studies

14

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORTS SCIENCES

S.
No
1

Name of the Course

Physical Education

Possible Minimum
Vacancies
M.Phil
Ph.D.
18

Course Eligibility
M.P.Ed.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCES

S.
No

Name of the Course

Possible Minimum
Vacancies
M.Phil Ph.D.

Aquaculture

Biochemistry

Biotechnology

15

Botany

13

11

Chemistry

33

54

Computer Science

23

Environmental Sciences

Food & Nutritional Sciences

17

Geology

10

Mathematics

21

14

11

Microbiology

14

17

12

Physics

26

52

13

Statistics

12

14

Zoology

10

20

S.
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
S.
No.
1

Course Eligibility
M.Sc. Aquaculture / M.Sc. Zoology with Aquaculture or any
fisheries specialization
M.Sc. Biochemistry / Chemistry / Microbiology / Botany /
Zoology / Biotechnology
M.Sc. / M.Tech. Biotechnology / Chemistry / Biochemistry /
Microbiology / Botany / Environmental Sciences / Zoology
/ Genetics / Animal Breeding & Genetics and other related
Life Sciences / Aquaculture / Agriculture Engineering /
Medicine / Veterinary Science/ Pharmacy / Food
Technology / Diary Technology / Chemical and Bio
Chemical Engineering and other allied subjects.
M.Sc. Botany / Biotechnology / Microbiology /
Environmental Sciences / Agriculture.
M.Sc. Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology Botany,
Zoology, Biotechnology, Physics, Home Science, M.Pharm /
M.E. / M.Tech / Chemical Technology
M.Tech (CSE) / M.Tech (IT) / MCA / M.Sc. Computer
Science / M.Sc. (IS).
M.Sc. in any Branch
M.Sc. in Life Sciences / Natural Sciences / Medical Sciences
/ Paramedical Sciences
M.Sc Geology / Environmental Sciences / Geography /
Climatology / Oceanography / M.Tech. Remote sensing /
Any other subjects related to Earth Sciences
M.Sc. Mathematics / AO Mathematics / Applied
Mathematics
M.Sc. Microbiology / Biochemistry / Chemistry / Botany /
Biotechnology / Environmental Sciences / Agriculture
M.Sc. Physics
M.Sc. Statistics / Industrial Statistics / Statistics (QR & OR) /
Applied Statistics
M.Sc. Zoology / Biotechnology / Animal Science / Life
Science

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Possible Minimum
Vacancies
Name of the Course
Course Eligibility
M.Phil
Ph.D.
Civil Engg.
0
20
Computer Science & Engg.
0
20
Masters Degree in the relevant field of Engineering /
Electronics & Commu. Engg.
0
20
Technology with B.Tech qualification at graduation
Electrical & Electronics Engg.
0
20
level
Mechanical Engg.
0
20
Chemical Engg.
0
10
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHAMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Name of the Course

Pharmacy

Possible Minimum
Vacancies
M.Phil
Ph.D.

Course Eligibility

40

M. Pharmacy in any Branch / M.Tech Pharmaceutical

Sciences (any branch) with B. Pharmacy qualification at
graduation level

I. HOW TO APPLY:
The Information Brochure can be downloaded from www.anudoa.in or www.anu.ac.in. The
Eligible Candidates have to submit the Application through Online by Paying Rs.1,200/- without Late Fee
upto 25.07.2015 and Rs.1,700/- With Late Fee upto 31.07.2015 through SBI I-Collect / Payment
Gateway / Debit Card / Credit Card / Generated Challan.
A separate application should be submitted for Each Subject / Course
CANDIDATES WHO HAVE ALREADY APPEARED OR APPEARING FOR THE FINAL SEMESTER / YEAR
EXAMINATIONS OF THE QUALIFYING DEGREE IN APRIL / MAY 2015 CAN ALSO APPLY FOR
ANURCET - 2015
Incomplete applications will be Rejected. Applications received after the specified date will be
summarily rejected and the Cost of Application will not be refunded. The Director is not
responsible for any postal delay or loss in Postal Transit.
A separate application should be submitted for each Subject / Course
The candidates are advised to preserve the Printed Application Carefully.

II. ENTRANCE TEST:

A. TEST CENTRES:
1. GUNTUR
2. ONGOLE (Based on the Number of Candidates is more than 100 in each Test)
Candidate should mention the Centre Code and Name of his / her choice in the Online
Application Form.
Candidates applying for more than one Test are advised to opt for the same Centre as there is a
likelihood of clash of dates and timings. Requests for change of Test Centre and Subject opted
by the Candidate in the Application Form will not be considered under any circumstances.
The final allotment of the Examination Centre will be decided by the Directorate of Admissions.
The Exact Date, Time and Venue of Test Centre will be given in the Hall Ticket.

B. HALLTICEKTS:
Candidates have to download the Hall-Tickets from the website www.anudoa.in or
www.anu.ac.in. No separate intimation will be sent.
No candidate will be admitted into Examination Hall without Hall-Ticket.
ANURCET-2015 Hall-Ticket is to be produced at the time of admission. The candidates are
advised to preserve the Hall-Ticket Carefully.

C. SYLLABUS:
The syllabus for the Entrance Test is the PG Syllabus of Acharya Nagarjuna University for the
Subject Concerned.
The Syllabus may be download from the website www.anudoa.in or www.anu.ac.in
D. GENERAL INFORMATION:
The Entrance Test will have 100 multiple choice questions and each question carries 1 mark to
be answered in 90 minutes. NO NEGATIVE MARKS FOR WRONG ANSWERS.
Candidates have to indicate their answers only on the OMR Answer Sheet provided along with
the Question Paper (Model OMR Answer sheet enclosed towards the end of this information
brochure).
There is no provision for Revaluation, Retotaling or Personal Verification of Answer Sheets of
Entrance Tests.

Candidates have to bring BLACK BALL POINT PEN for marking on the OMR Sheet. (Candidates
are required to go through instructions given on the OMR Sheet for answering questions in the
Examination).
Books / Tables / Mechanical / Electronic aids / Cell Phones / Mobile Phones / Pagers are not
allowed in the Examination Hall. Possession of these items in the Examination hall is an offence
and disciplinary action will be taken by the Chief Superintendent of the Examination centre.
Candidate will not be admitted into the Examination Hall after a lapse of 15 minutes after
commencement of the Entrance test. The Candidate will be allowed to leave the Examination
Hall after 60 minutes of commencement of Entrance Test.
The Chief Superintendent of the Centre may take any disciplinary action against candidates
resorting to malpractices in the entrance examination will be dealt with in accordance with the
University rules.
The University reserves the right to fill or not fill the seats announced for any Subject /
Programme without assigning any reasons.
E. RESULTS:
o The Order of merit will be decided on the basis of marks obtained in the Entrance Test.

o In case of tie, the tie will be resolved on the basis of Percentage of marks obtained in
the Qualifying Examination, and if the percentage of marks in the Qualifying
Examination remains the same it will be resolved on the basis of date of birth in favour
of older candidates.
o We will inform the candidates regarding their rank positions and schedule of counseling
through SMS / E-mail. Once they get the information either through SMS/ E-Mail, they should
download the same from the websites, www.anudoa.in or www.anu.ac.in.
o Hall Ticket, Rank Cards and Printed Application are should be retained by the Candidate even
after the Entrance Test, as it is required at the time of Counseling.

III. ADMISSIONS PROCEDURE:

Qualifying in the Entrance test alone does not guarantee a seat.

All Candidates who apply for the entrance test satisfying the Eligibility Criteria will only be
allowed for the Entrance test.

Any candidate allowed for entrance test, if later found to be ineligible, he / she will not be
issued Rank card. Even rank cards are issued in such cases, it will be cancelled later and such
cases will not be entertained for Counseling / Admission.

Admissions of each Course / Subject will be made by the individual Department Heads only.

The admissions will be made based on merit following the usual rules of reservation.

Mere allowing a candidate for the Entrance Test will not have any claim or right for admission
into Research Programme. They have to satisfy the Eligibility Criteria given in Table-II. The
decision of Admitting Authority is final in all such matters.

Candidates admitted to Entrance Test and subsequently getting admission by furnishing false
/ incorrect information / indulging into any other kinds of fraudulent methods are liable for
prosecution and cancellation of their admission without notice.

Allotment of Seats: Preference will be given to the Full-Time Scholars, however Part-Time
scholars will be considered after filling of utmost 50% of the seats with the Full-Time
scholars. Incase sufficient number of Full-Time applicants to fill up 50% vacancies are not
available, then such seats will be filled with the part-Time scholars.

IV. RESERVATIONS :
(THE RULES OF RESERVATION THAT ARE IN FORCE AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION SHALL BE FOLLOWED)

Admission to various courses of study will be made on the basis of merit and subject to the following
criteria of reservations.
a. Local Candidates: 85% of the available seats in each category in each course of study are
reserved in favour of the local candidates belonging to the districts of Srikakulam,
Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam.
The allotment of seats under this category will be done as per G.O.Ms.No.42, Higher Education
Dept., Dated: 18-5-2009.
b. Statutory Reservations: (Candidates belonging to these categories should submit the
permanent Caste certificate in original issued by M.R.O.):
i. Scheduled Caste (SC)
: 15%
ii. Scheduled Tribes (ST)
: 6%
iii. Backward Communities (BC)
: 29% (A-7%; B-10%; C-1%; D-7%; E-4 %)
c. Other Category Reservations:
i. Physically Handicapped (PH)
: 3%
ii. Sports
: 0.5%
iii. NCC
: 1%
iv. CAP (Children of Armed Personnel) : 2%
v. Women
: 33.3% in OC and in each of reservation category.

Note: Candidates claiming Other Category Reservations should submit Relevant Certificates
at the time of Admission
Physically Handicapped candidates should submit the certificate of their disability issued by the
concerned specialist government doctor (Professors Rank) / Medical Board.
For claiming admission under N.C.C and Sports quota the candidates should submit Relevant
Certificates.
The candidates claiming seats under the category of CAP need to produce
(i) Certificate from Zilla Sainik welfare Officer for whose parent(s) are Ex-Service Men
(ii) Service Certificate for whose parent(s) are still in service

V. RESEARCH ELIGIBILITY:
A) FULL - TIME: For Admission into Research under Full-Time Programme, a Candidate has to satisfy
the following conditions:
1. Rank in The Entrance Test
2. M. Phil. / Ph.D.: Candidates must have passed Masters Degree of this University or any other
recognized University in the concerned or related subject. They must secure not less than 55%
of marks. However, in case of SC and ST candidates, a relaxation of 5% of marks is permitted.
* Attendance is compulsory for Full-Time Research Scholar as per the UGC rules.
B) PART - TIME: For Admission into Research under Part-Time Programme, a Candidate has to satisfy
the following conditions:
1. Rank in The Entrance Test
2. M. Phil. / Ph.D.: Candidates must have passed Masters Degree of this University or any other
recognized University in the concerned or related subject. They must secure not less than 55%
of marks. However, in case of SC and ST candidates, a relaxation of 5% of marks is permitted.
3. a) A Teacher with at least 5 or 3 or 2 years of Full-Time Teaching Experience in a Recognized
Polytechnic / Junior College or Degree College / Oriental College or Professional / PG
College respectively.
(OR)

b) An Employee possessing at least 5 years of Research Experience in a cadre not lower than
that of Research Assistant working in a Research Institution run by the State Government or
Central Government or in a Recognized Institution funded by Organizations like UGC / CSIR /
CSSR / DST / DAE and such other agencies.
(OR)
c) A Gazetted Officer with PG Qualification and having 5 years of Professional Experience
(OR)
d) An Executive having PG Qualification and 10 years Experience in Public Limited Company or
quasi Government Organization.
Note: Service Certificate issued by the Principal of the College or the Head of the Institution is valid for
computing the length of service for the admission into part-time research course of the University.
C) EXTRA-MURAL: For Admission into Research under Extra-Mural Programme, a Candidate has to
satisfy the following conditions:
1. Rank in the Entrance Test.
2. The Scientists, Academicians, working in Industries / National Institutions / State / Central
Government Organizations and National Laboratories.
3. A Gazetted Officer with PG Qualification and having 5 years Experience.
4. Executive having PG Qualification and 5 years Experience in Public Limited Company or Quasi
Government Organisation or Cooperative Organisation having a turnover of 5 Crores.

VI. FEE STRUCTURE: M.Phil / Ph.D.

S. No.

3
4

M.Phil
1. Rs.2,500/- for Sciences and
Admission fee (Payable at
Technology Subjects;
the Time of Admission)
2. Rs.2,000/- for Other Subjects
Tuition Fee / Research Fee 1. Rs.2,500/- for Sciences and
(PT & FT) to be paid twice in
Technology Subjects;
a year
2. Rs.2,000/- for Other Subjects
Part I Examination Fee
Rs.1,500/Adjudication Fee
Rs.2,000/-

Re-Submission Fee

Rs.2,000/-

6
7
8

Change of Guide
Library deposit
Registration Conversion Fee
Remuneration to Foreign
Adjudicators
Remuneration to Indian
Adjudicators
Sitting allowance to the
External Member, who is
one of the Indian Examiner,
of
the
Viva-voce
Examination
Committee
besides TA and DA
Plagiarism checking Fee

Rs.2,500/Rs.1,000/- (Refundable)
Not Applicable

Ph.D.
1. Rs.2,500/- for Sciences and
Technology Subjects;
2. Rs.2,000/- for Other Subjects
1. Rs.2,500/- for Sciences and
Technology Subjects;
2. Rs.2,000/- for Other Subjects
Rs.1,500/Rs.7,500/Adjudication by a Foreign
Examiner is Rs.8,000/- or by an
Indian examiner is Rs.3,000/Rs.2,500/Rs.1,000/- (Refundable)
Rs.2,500/-

Not Applicable

US $ 50

Rs.1,000/-

Rs.1,500/-

Not Applicable

Rs.1,000/-

Rs.750/-

Rs.750/-

9
10

11

12

Particulars

VII. VALIDITY OF REGISTRATION AND RE-REGISTRATION

The minimum / maximum duration of working period to become eligible for submission of dissertation /
thesis under Part II of the examination is as follows:
M.Phil
Ph.D.
S. No.
Particulars
Minimum
Maximum
Minimum
Maximum
1

Full - Time

1 Year

2 Years

2 Years

4 Years

Part - Time

2 Years

3 Years

3 Years

5 Years

Extra Mural

S. No.

Particulars

Ph.D. Direct Admission

Minimum

Maximum

Full - Time

3 Years

5 Years

Part - Time

4 Years

6 Years

Extra - Mural
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