Program Structure

A. Course Structure

Course Duration – 04 years
Total number of seats – 10

B. Credit Requirements

In partial fulfilment of the requirement of the Fellow Programme, a minimum number of Course credits are required to be earned as prescribed below.

C. Study Phase

1. Phase I-General

Research Scholar must go through Mandatory Course work to understand Management overview as well as Methodology to understand Research work in Phase I. This is common to all the research scholars irrespective of the specialization that he had chosen.

2. Phase II-Specific

This is a self-paced learning stage where research scholars must qualify 3 MOOCs from platforms such as Swayam on the topics connected with their research topic. The stream-specific Courses and Seminars shall be decided as approved by the Director on the recommendation of the candidate’s Guide(s) and the Research Advisory Committee. Based on their studies they must give presentations and write research papers to receive qualifying credits. In total 30 course credits need to be covered in Phase I and II.

3. Phase III-Doctoral work

This phase covers the topic specific comprehensive research work. It covers collection of data, analysis of data, periodical six-monthly presentations and thesis report writing.

D. Duration for earning Credit.

All the credits specified above shall be earned within a maximum of four years from the date of admission to the Programme. Extension after the four years shall be approved by the Director for a period of one year with a review of progress every six months. Final approval shall be given by the Director of the Institution.

E. Grading System of Credit Courses/Seminar

The minimum of CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale or 60% is required for passing Course/ Seminar. A candidate getting less than 60% shall be given one more opportunity to repeat the Course/ Seminar. If he/ she still does not pass in the Course/ Seminar, he/ she shall be terminated from the Fellow Programme.

F. Registration Seminar and Progress Seminar

After Course work each research scholar needs to register his/ her research proposal. The registration procedure is given below.

• Pre-registration Seminar
  Each research scholar shall give a Research proposal registration Seminar before a Committee constituted by the Director. The Committee shall include the Guide(s), experts drawn from Institution’s Faculty members and Director. The Seminar shall be given after completion of the three modules. The Research Scholar shall submit 5 copies of the pre-registration Report (in about 15-20 pages) 15 days before the date of the Seminar. The Report shall include the proposed title of the Thesis, are and framework of the proposed research objectives, scope of the study, hypothesis if any, and methodology to be followed. This stage is very important for screening the candidate for further progress in the Programme. In case the research scholar fails to defend his/her proposal successfully, he/she shall be allowed to resubmit the modified research proposal as suggested by the above-mentioned Committee. He/ she needs to give a fresh Seminar based on the modified research proposal and in case he or she fails to defend it in the second time, the research scholar shall be terminated from the Programme.
• Six Monthly Progress seminar
  Every six months from the date of admission the research scholar must present his work done towards the chosen topic for research before a committee constituted by the Director. The Committee shall include the Guide(s), experts drawn from Institution’s Faculty members and Director.

G. Submission and Evaluation of the Synopsis and Thesis

If a candidate fails to submit the Thesis within the prescribed upper time limit due to reasons beyond his/her control, he/she shall apply to the Director for an extension. If the Institution is satisfied with the candidate’s justification, the Director shall permit him/her to re-register to the Programme subject to the payment of re-registration Fee. This re-registration shall, however, be effective only for a period of two years beyond which no extension shall be permitted.

1. Pre-Synopsis Seminar

Every research scholar before submission of his / her thesis must give pre-synopsis seminar at the Institution. The procedure for the pre-synopsis seminar is as follows

• Submission of 5 copies of the pre-Synopsis Report (not more than 40 pages). The Report shall include the focus and the summary of the Thesis. Highlighting his/ her own contribution, details of the methodology, results, analysis, conclusions, limitations, and scope for future research. It is to be submitted through the Guide(s).
• For seeking the approval, the candidate shall present pre-Synopsis Seminar before the Committee consisting of Director, Guide(s) and two Faculty experts in the relevant area of research. An outside expert, having expertise in research shall be included in the Committee.
• The Committee shall judge the work about its acceptability and suggest modification or elaboration of the work, if necessary, after incorporating the suggested changes / modifications to the satisfaction of the Committee, an abridged version of the same in about 15-70 pages shall be submitted as Synopsis for the purpose of sending it to prospective examiners.
• Submission of the Synopsis
  Five copies of the Synopsis with necessary modification incorporated shall be submitted within a period of one month from the date of the pre-Synopsis Seminar to the Institution with a Certificate by candidate and the Guide(s) stating:
• there is a prima facie case for consideration of the Thesis.
• That the work does not include any work which has at any time previously been submitted for an award of Fellow in Management or other equivalent Degree.
• Selection of Examiners
  On receipt of Synopsis, the Director shall draw up a list of 6 possible examiners of the Thesis in consultation with the Research Advisory Committee and Guide(s). The examiners shall be from outside Institution, one from India and one from abroad, having good academic and research standing in the field. Two examiners shall be selected by the Director from the list.

2. Submission of Thesis

The Thesis shall be submitted in six type written/ printed copies and a soft copy with necessary Certificates and clearance within a period of 6 months from the date of submission of the Synopsis

• Recommendations of the Examiners
• Recommendations of the Examiners
• A definite recommendation as to whether the Thesis is of a sufficient standard and suitable for the award of Fellow in Management: and
• If the examiner is not in a position to make definite recommendation for the award of the “Fellow in Management”, He/ She shall indicate the required modification/ revision involving rewriting of Chapters but not involving further research work OR Complete rewriting of the Thesis with an additional research work reinterpretation of Data.

3 Acceptance/Rejection of Thesis

The Thesis shall be accepted if all the examiners make positive recommendations. If recommendations for rejection or inconclusive recommendations are made by anyone of the examiner, Director shall refer the Thesis to another examiner or examiners(s) from the panel. If such a panel of examiner(s) rejects the Thesis, it shall stand rejected.

4. Re-submission of the Thesis

A Thesis which needs modification/ revision shall be resubmitted after revision within a period of one year. Rejection of the Thesis after re-submission shall normally disqualify the candidate of further consideration for the award of the Fellow in Management.

5. Viva-Voce

On acceptance of the Thesis, the Director shall appoint a panel of examiners to conduct a viva- voce examination and open defence at which the candidate shall be required to defend his/ her Thesis. The panel of examiners shall consist of:

• • The Chairman, Dean (Academic or Research) or his/ her nominee not below the rank of Professor of the Institution nominated by the Director
• • The Guide(s)
• • Indian External Examiner who examined the Thesis and accepted it

The panel of Examiners shall submit their Report to the Director of the Institution. If a Thesis has been accepted, but the candidate fails to defend it successfully at the Vice-voce examination, he/ she shall reappear for the viva-voce examination within six months.

6. Award of Fellow in Management

On successful completion of the viva-voce and on the recommendations of the Institution’s Governing Board, the Institution shall award “Fellow in Management” to the Research scholar. The title of the Thesis shall be mentioned in the Certificate of award.

7. General Regulations

• Candidate must furnish a periodical Report of progress of the Course work and research work for consideration of Institution, Research Advisory Committee, and the Guide(s). Unsatisfactory progress in research shall render the candidate terminated from the Programme.
• The candidate shall pay all the prescribed Fee as and when they fall due
• The Courses prescribed, but not successfully completed by the candidate shall be reconsidered by the Director. Research Advisory Committee shall suggest alternative Course(s) depending upon the relevance of the Course(s) to the research work of candidate
• The research scholar shall face automatic disqualification and termination from the Programme, if he/ she is found to be admitted to any other equivalent Degree Level Programme
• The Committee reserves the right to amend, modify or change Regulations as may be necessary, from time to time. All such changes shall be binding on the research scholar in the Institution
• A research scholar, who is pursuing coursework as a part of his PhD Programme, is expected to have full (100%) attendance in each course. However, a maximum of 30% attendance deficiency may be condoned by the Dean, Faculty of Doctoral Studies & Research for genuine reasons.
• All PhD scholars must obtain a minimum of C+ grade in each course and a minimum CPI of 6.00 in course work to be eligible to continue with the Programme.