Organisation : Dayalbagh Educational Institute (DEI)
Announcement : Research Entrance Test (RET) For Ph.D. Admission
Notification : https://www.entrance.net.in/uploads/11744-Phd_Notification.pdf
Home Page : http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/admission/
Research Entrance Test :
Candidates possessing the minimum qualifications with the requisite percentage of marks and academic record as mentioned below shall be eligible to appear in the Ph.D. RET & Interview.
Related : Calcutta University RET 2016 Research Eligibility Test : www.entrance.net.in/11089.html
Details of Qualifying Examinations:
** Master’s degree in the concerned subject with at least 55% in the aggregate or equivalent CGPA 5.5/10 in the qualifying examination (first post-graduate degree).
** For candidates with Engineering discipline: B.Tech or an equivalent Engineering degree with at least 75% marks, or equivalent CGPA of 7.5/10, or 90 percentile or more in G.A.T.E. (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering), with at least one year relevant professional experience or one published paper in a standard journal.
** There shall be a relaxation of 5% marks (or equivalent grade point average) for Scheduled Castes (SC)/Scheduled Tribes (ST)/ Physically Challenged (PC) candidates in the minimum marks (or CGPA) required in the qualifying examination.
(i) Ph.D. R.E.T. September 2016 for admission to Ph.D. programme will be conducted in following disciplines only:
Drawing & Painting, English, Hindi, Home Science, Music – (Vocal & Sitar), Accountancy & Law, Applied Business Economics, Foundation of Education, Deptt. Pedagogical Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Botany, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Zoology, Economics, Management, Psychology, Sociology.
Such candidates, who have obtained P.G. degree in some other, or a more specialized, area/discipline, are required to indicate one of the above disciplines that is closest to their area of research interest, and with their P.G. degree/specialization.
They are advised to indicate the discipline in their application form itself. Such candidates will be required to qualify Ph.D. R.E.T. in the said discipline only, failing which their candidature will be cancelled.
(ii) There may be separate Ph.D. Research Entrance Test (RET) for each faculty or Groups of Departments.
(iii) In case, a large number of applications are received by a department, only a limited number of candidates will be called for Ph.D. Research Entrance Test (RET) from the list prepared on the basis of marks (or CGPA) obtained in various pre-qualifying and/or qualifying examinations.
(iv) The candidates are required to check the number of vacant PhD seats available in the respective departments before applying for admission.
(v) Ph.D. RET – September 2016 Exam will be held as per the following schedule:
** Date: 25-09-2016 (Sunday)
** Venue – Multi-media Extension Building, DEI,
** Timing – Written Test – 9 am – 10.30 am, Interviews – 11.30 am onwards [Reporting Time for students at examination center at 08:30 am]
(vi) The written test will be of 1.5 hours duration and will have the following 3 sections:
** Section A – Question of (i) General Awareness, (ii) Logical Reasoning, (iii) Quantitative Ability, and (iv) Computer Awareness.
** Section B – Questions to assess the research-related reasoning and writing skills of the candidate.
** Section C – Subject related questions of specialized nature related to particular discipline/subject of the concerned Faculty.
All the questions will be of multiple-choice in nature and there is no negative marking.
(vii) No re-evaluation of the answer books of the written test will be allowed.
(viii) The Institute reserves the right to modify the pattern of conduct of Ph.D. RET as well as minimum qualifying marks.
(ix) The reservation will be applicable as per norms for the Ph.D. seats of every department for SC/ST/PC categories.
(x) The Ph.D. RET written exam will be of 75 marks, and the interview will be of 25 marks. Final merit list will be made out of a total of 100 marks.
(xi) For those candidates who are Ph.D. RET Exempt, the interview marks will be multiplied by 4 to bring all candidates on a common scale of 0 to 100.