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Research Unit
Indira Gandhi national Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi- 110 068
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Electronic version of the prospectus is
available
for download at:
http://www.ignou.ac.in
Recognition
IGNOU is a Central University established by an Act of Parliament in 1985
(Act No 50 of 1985). IGNOU’s Degrees/ Diplomas/ Certificates are
recognized by all the member institutions of the Association of Indian
Universities (AIU) and are at par with Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates of all
Indian Universities/ Deemed Universities/ Institutions.
• Filled-in applications received up to 28th Feb,2011 shall be considered for July, 2011.
• No application shall be entertained after 28th Feb,2011 as the University has scheduled
Entrance Test for ‘Category B’(even for ‘Category A’, if faculty desires for various
academic reasons) on 15th May,2011.
• Candidates can even download the soft copy of the Prospectus available on the IGNOU
website or take a photocopy of the format and submit filled-in application form(s) along with a
Demand Draft of Rs 750/- (in favour of IGNOU, payable at New Delhi) towards cost of
prospectus & application fee.
Note : Schedule for Jan 2012 admission cycle will be announced during June/July 2011.
No application for 2012 admission cycle will be accepted till an Advertisement for
Jan. 2012 admission cycle is placed on the website by the Research Unit.
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Contents
1. About the University…………………………………………………………………………14
2. Research Unit………………………………………………………………………………...15
3. Research Degree Programmes………………………………………………………...……..16
4. Procedures for admitting students……………………………………………………...…….17
i) Ph.D Programmes with Integrated Mode
ii) Eligibility criteria for M.Phil/Ph.D Programmes
iii) Process for selection of M.Phil/Ph.D candidates
iv) Course Work for M.Phil/Ph.D candidates
v) Research supervisors
vi) Status of research candidates
vii) Progress of research candidates
viii) Cancellation of M.Phil/Ph.D registration
ix) Evaluation of Course Work
x) Submission and evaluation of M.Phil Dissertation
xi) Submission and evaluation of Ph.D Thesis
xii) Conduct of Research Degree Programmes
2. Ph.D Programmes on offer for July 2011/Jan 2012…………………………………….……
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3. M.Phil/ Ph.D Programme Coordinators…………………………………………………….113
4. i) Guidelines to fill-in Application Forms…………………………………………….…...117
ii) Important instructions for issuing hall tickets/ Invitation for EntranceTest/
Presentation of Research Synopsis by Candidates..…..……….…………………..
…….118
iii) List of State Codes, Educational Qualifications & State Board Codes………...………119
iv) University Rules ………………………………………………………………….……122
5. i) Application forms for M.Phil/ Ph.D Programmes (Form 1 and Form 2)………………127
ii) Hall Ticket for Category A & B candidates…………………………………………….133
iii) Components of Research Proposal……………………………………………….……..135
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1 . A b o u t th e U n iv e rs ity
Introduction
The Indira Gandhi National Open University was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985. IGNOU offers
various academic programmes that lead to Certificates, Diplomas and Degrees. It develops and produces
courses for delivery through open and distance education mode. IGNOU is also actively involved in research,
training and extension education activities.
The University offers variety of academic programmes ranging from professional, technical and vocational and
continuing education covering disciplines of Management, Information and Computer Sciences. Engineering,
Agriculture, Health Sciences, Pure Sciences, Education, Law, Journalism and Mass Communication, Tourism
and Hospitality Services, Social Work, Vocational Education and Training, Rural Development, Women
Studies, Child Care, Extension and Development, Performing and Visual Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities,
Translation and Training, Foreign Languages, Inter-Disciplinary and Trans- Disciplinary Studies, etc.
The University began its journey with just two academic programmes viz., Diploma in Distance Education and
Diploma in Management with 4800 students in 1987. Today, IGNOU has evolved in to the world’s largest
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university, with most diverse courses, offering more than 330 academic programmes, with a few thousands of
courses enrolling more than 6,00,000 learners in 2008-09(annual) with 2.5 million on rolls in 2009.
The Vice Chancellor of the University says that IGNOU’s founding principles were social inclusion and
democratization of education. It was to provide a powerful alternative to the conventional education system of
education. IGNOU has the most flexible education system in India offering a vast array of courses from
certificate, diplomas, degree and doctoral degrees adopting modular approach for many of its programmes.
The University ensures learner convenience through its unique age no bar, place no bar, pace no bar. The
University is committed to being accessible to all, provide education without barriers, to be the University of a
billion plus Indians. Today, IGNOU with its own courses/programmes adopting ODL mode and convergence
modes, is also moving towards collaborations (public, private, NGO etc.) and community participation under
the innovative schemes of Convergence and Community Colleges. Thus, the university appears today as a true
open university with multiple mode of operations in the development and delivery of courses and programmes.
In order to offer these programmes, the University has established more than 60 Regional Centres, 2500 Study
Centres for supporting learners from all possible strata of the society viz., rural, urban and tribal areas,
physically challenged, jail inmates, women and weaker sections, personnel of armed and para military forces
etc. The University established regular Regional Centes across the country with specific emphasis for North
East States, recognised Regional Centers for Armed, Navy forces and Special Study Centres for disadvantaged
groups and locations.
2 . R e s e a rc h U n it
The Research Unit has been established at Indira Gandhi National Open University on October 6th, 2008.
However, the unit came into existence on February’2009. Prior to that research related activities were looked
after by the Academic Coordination Division of the University. The Unit has been established with the
following objectives:
To conduct Research Council (RC) and Research Council’s Standing Committee (RCSC) meetings for
developing policies and frameworks for conduct of research activities.
To prepare agenda items on various matters pertaining to research and place the same before the
RC/RCSC for consideration and approval.
To send offer letters to all approved candidates for registration for all full-time/part-time M.Phil/Ph.D
candidates and confirm their registration.
To engage Research Teaching Assistants under the Research and Teaching Assistantship (RTA)
Scheme for conduct of research and teaching in different disciplines.
To facilitate systemic research in the form of research projects (Minor and Major Projects).
To recognise higher learning educational institutions as Recognised Research Centers of IGNOU for
conducting research degree programmes as per IGNOU’s guidelines within the framework of the
Ordinances and Regulations of the University.
To conduct workshops/seminars in Research Methodology for full-time and part-time research
candidates.
To facilitate various administrative activities in conducting research such as conduct of entrance
examination, registration & re-registration, conduct of term-end examination, etc.
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3 . R e s e a rc h D e g re e P ro g ra m m e s
M.Phil/Ph.D Programmes of the University
With the introduction of Research Degree Progrmmes with Integrate mode, Schools/Centres/Institutes shall be
offering M.Phil degree subject to availability of Course Work or subject to offer of M.Phil programme in the
discipline concerned for Category ‘B’ candidates. The issue of offer of research programmes through Integrated
or Independent Mode shall be decided by the faculty of the research discipline.Ph.D programmes on offer for
July 2011/Jan. 2012 are listed in Chapter 5 discipline-wise. These specific disciplines will provide various
inputs on research programmes viz., programme details, specific eligibility criteria, selection procedure, course
work, list of research supervisors, etc.
Note: Not necessarily all programmes are on offer. These programmes are available with various research
disciplines. For details on offer of research programmes prospective candidates need to refer
‘Chapter 5: Programmes on Offer’
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4 . P ro c e d u re s fo r A d m ittin g S tu d e n ts
i) Ph.D Programmes with Integrated Mode
Students are being admitted/registered for M.Phil/Ph.D with independent/integrated mode depending upon the
choice of the student and on the recommendations of the faculty of the discipline and School Board. Students
are normally admitted/registered for research programmes (Ph.D) depending upon the recommendations of the
Doctoral Committee, School Board/ Research Committee and Research Council of the University. ‘Admission’
for the research students eventually means Provisional Admission. Whereas, ‘Registration’ refers accepting
Research Synopsis, approving Ph.D topic (title), specifying research discipline, allotting research supervisor(s),
indicating category (A or B) under which a student is registered for Ph.D.
Sl. Name of the Total Credits for Credit Duration Prog. Fee (Rs)
No. Programme Credits Course for
Work Thesis
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candidates registered shall pay full fees on re-registration for 2nd year or 2nd and 3rd year depending upon
category (A & B) under which he/she registered.
2. The minimum and maximum duration after registration for the Ph.D programme shall be 2 years/ 3
years to 5 years depending upon the category. However, the maximum duration can be extended by one
more year with the permission of the competent authority subject to satisfactory progress and such work
requires additional time.
3. M.Phil under Integrated mode is optional and need to register additionally for 12-16 credits for M.Phil
dissertation for .
4. Candidates are required to submit M.Phil dissertation between 6 months to 12 months after completing
the Course Work successfully.
5. Rs 3500/- will be charged additionally towards M.Phil Programme fee beside Programme fee Rs 7000/-
for the first year for Ph.D. (Fee subject to change).
6. Candidates under ‘Category A’ needs to pay Rs 7000/- additionally, if they are assigned
Course Work by the Doctoral Committee of the discipline
7. Evaluation of Course Work and Thesis of M.Phil and Viva-Voce will be done as per University
Ordinances & Regulations, 2008 and subsequent notifications issued by the University.
8. Ph.D candidates registered under RTA scheme or others under Category ’B’ with or without M.Phil
after completing the Course Work will be allowed to pursue their research for thesis. The
extra/additional work done for M.Phil dissertation will be counted only for M.Phil as he/she is opting
additionally for M.Phil dissertation.
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b) Talented graduates in a discipline, through laid down procedures will be eligible for admission into a
full-time Doctoral Programme offered in collaboration with institutions of repute.
However, candidates holding an M.Phil. Degree or those candidates who have cleared JEST of DAE, or
UGC-NET, or GATE of IIT, or those having five years of relevant
teaching/practical/industry/professional experience will be exempted from appearing at the Entrance
Examination.
Provided further that candidates who are employees of the University shall have completed at least two
years of service in the University on the date they submit the application for admission.
Note: Some of the disciplines under Schools of Studies/Institutes/Centers have recommended specific eligibility
criteria for specific disciplines /areas keeping in view specialization that are required for a particular discipline/
area. General criteria for admission into Ph.D shall be considered subject to no specific eligibility criteria (if any)
prescribed by the discipline of the School/ Centre/Institute (See Chapter-5).
The advertisement for the programme shall be issued twice a year, indicating in the advertisement names of
‘Research Degree Programmes’ specifying disciplines of Schools/Centres/Institutes offering such programmes.
Applications in the prescribed format, shall be received by the Director of the Research Unit of the University.
All eligible applications after initial scrutiny shall be sent to respective Schools/ Centres /Institutes of the
University.
The initial screening of the applications shall be done by the faculty of the discipline/area concerned.
Applications received for Ph.D programmes shall be classified into two categories:
Category A: Candidates having M.Phil or 5 years’ relevant teaching/professional experience, who can
directly undertake thesis work for Ph.D.
Category B: Candidates who have to undergo basic Course Work before or alongside undertaking thesis
work.
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Presentation for Selection of Ph.D Candidates under ‘Category A’
Candidates under ‘Category A’ shall make presentation of his/her research proposal to the Doctoral Committee.
The procedure to be followed for the selection of these candidates are given below:
The Doctoral Committee for each discipline/area will comprise the following:
The candidates of Category ‘A’ shall present their proposals before the Doctoral Committee. The Doctoral
Committee would also prescribe necessary Course Work, particularly Research Methodology and other relevant
courses to the selected candidates, if required. The recommendations of the Doctoral Committee shall be placed
before the School Board for approval. The Director of the School shall forward the same to the Research Unit
for placing before the Research Council (RC) for final approval. After approval by the RC, the Research Unit
shall intimate the candidate about his/her selection through an offer letter. The candidate then shall submit the
programme fee and relevant documents to the Research Unit and get Ph.D registration and confirmation with a
unique Enrolment Number, topic for Ph.D along with the names of research supervisor(s).
Some candidates may not be found eligible at the time of short-listing. However if the faculty feels that the
research proposals need any modification, the Director of the School/Centre concerned may intimate the
applicants to resubmit the proposals by carrying out necessary modifications. All such revised proposals shall
be considered by the Discipline of the School/Centre for the same cycle or next cycles depending upon their
submission time.
However, a candidate to be registered for M.Phil is required to pay fee Rs.10,500/- in one go (one time
payment) as registration for M.Phil is being done only once. There is no re-registration for M.Phil candidates
independent mode. However, students registered for Ph.D with Integrated mode need to pay Rs.10,500/- in the
first year and Rs.7000/- each in the 2nd and 3rd Year respectively.
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Remember candidates assigned Course Work under ‘Category A’ needs to pay additionally Rs.7000/-
(subject to change) towards Course Work fee irrespective of number of courses/credits of Course Work
assigned to them.
v) Research Supervisors
Every candidate registered for a research degree programme shall be required to pursue the programme under
the approved research supervisor(s) of the University. Independent supervision/Joint Supervision for candidates
shall be assigned by the Doctoral Committees & School Boards (discipline wise). Research Supervisors
approved by the School Boards/other competent bodies shall only be considered for guiding research
candidates.
The School Board concerned shall recommend to the Research Council, a panel of experts to be recognised as
research supervisors who may or may not belong to the University.
List of internal supervisors of the University and some of the external supervisors who are willing to
guide/supervise research candidates are available with School/Centre of the University. Candidates can opt for
any of the supervisor(s) subject to availability and expertise in the area/ discipline, of research being pursued by
the candidate.
At any time, a research supervisor shall not guide more than 6-12 candiadtes prescribed for M.Phil/Ph.D
candidates by the University taking into consideration independent supervision/joint supervision of candidates
to be taken for research guidance. The University may allow a change of supervisor under exceptional
circumstances, on the recommendation of the Research Council.
All the Professors and the Readers of IGNOU shall be eligible to be research supervisors in the discipline
concerned of the University. All IGNOU teachers/academics including lecturers/ARDs, with a Ph.D degree
with five years of teaching experience shall be eligible to be recognised as research supervisor.
The Research Council, on the recommendation of his/her research supervisor(s) the School Board concerned
may recommend candidates without a fellowship to register as full-time candidates. All full-time candidates
shall work towards their Ph.D programme at the University headquarters or at its Regional Centres or at any
other institution recognised by the University for a specific purpose.
Persons employed in any organization and desirous of pursuing the Ph.D programme may register as part-time
candidates, if they want to pursue their research studies at their own place of work. The research supervisor(s),
Programme Coordinator and Director of the School concerned shall take such decisions and advice the
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candidates accordingly.
Each candidate shall give at least two Seminars/Talks during the whole duration of the programme before the
Doctoral Committee. Every candidate has to clear course work on Research Methodology and other courses
prescribed by the Doctoral Committee of the discipline/area.
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A Candidate shall be deemed to have completed his/her Course Work successfully if he/she obtains at least ‘C’
Grade (measured on a five point scale) or 50% of the maximum score in the Course Work of the programme.
For details of course work and evaluation methodology students may contact faculty of Research Programme
Coordinator of the discipline.
The dissertation shall be examined by an external examiner nominated by the Vice Chancellor from a
list of at least 7-10 experts submitted by the faculty through the School Board concerned.
After evaluation of the dissertation by the examiner, the viva-voce shall be conducted by a panel
comprising the external examiner, the supervisor of the candidate (Convenor of the panel) and the
Director of the School/Centre concerned as the Chairperson of the panel. The Report of the evaluation
will be given on a prescribed format.
For successful completion of the M.Phil programme, the candidate shall secure a minimum 50% marks
( or ‘C’ Grade) in each course, the dissertation work as well as the viva-voce.
In case the candidate fails in the dissertation work, the Research Unit shall communicate the report of
the examiner to the candidate.
After the research supervisor(s) is/are satisfied that the candidate has acquired a sound understanding of the
substance of the thesis and the relevant research approaches, the research supervisor shall permit the candidate
to proceed with the submission of her/his thesis subject to the following:
i) at least one research paper in the area of the study should be published/accepted for publication in a
peer reviewed/referreed journal before the ‘pre-submission seminar’.
ii) The candidate shall present her/his thesis work in a ‘pre-submission seminar’ to be convened
exclusively for this purpose by the Director of the School/Centre/Institute concerned. The audience of
the ‘pre-submission seminar’ may remain the same as that of the Doctoral Committee.
iii) After the seminar, the candidate and research supervisors shall consider the reactions and observations
expressed by the participants. The Director of the School concerned and supervisor(s) will then assess
whether the candidate has attained the expected level in conceptualization and quality of research work.
If their assessment is in the affirmative, the candidate shall be allowed to submit the thesis to the
University. However, if it is realized that the expected level has not been reached the supervisor(s)
shall suggest to the candidate specific tasks to be accomplished before submission of the thesis. On
satisfactory completion of the assigned tasks, she/he shall be allowed to submit the thesis.
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iv) The candidate shall submit a copy in electronic form and five hard copies of the Summary of the thesis
(3000-5000 words) duly approved by the supervisor(s) at least 45 days before the submission of the
thesis to the School concerned and the same shall be sent to the Director, Research Unit of the
University by the Director/Head of the School/Centre/Institute concerned.
v) Five spiral bound copies of the final thesis and one in the electronic form shall be submitted to
the Director, Research Unit through the Director of the School/Division/Institute/Centre
concerned. The thesis will include a certificate signed by the supervisor(s) about the originality
of the work.
vi) For Research Teaching Assistants : Under the Research and Teaching Assistantship Scheme
(RTA), students registered for Ph.D are required to pursue ‘research’ along side five hours of
‘teaching’ activity in a 7 day week. Well before submission of his/her Ph.D thesis, student
need to complete successfully two credits worth ‘teaching activities’ viz developing self-
learning materials (SLMs), revision of SLMs, preparation of assignments, face to face
teaching, participation in teleconferencing, radio counseling, student support services, etc.
The research supervisor shall assess and certify the teaching activity indicating its worth in
terms of credits. While submitting Thesis he/she needs to provide documentary support.
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