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Burdwan University - Admission to the Ph.D. Programme 2022 and State-Fund Fellowship 2022


THE UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN
Admission to the Ph.D. Programme 2022 and State-Fund Fellowship 2022

Online applications are invited from the eligible intending candidates for admission to the Ph.D. Programme 2022 and State Funded Fellowship 2022 under Faculty Councils (Science, Arts, Commerce, Law etc.), the University of Burdwan. Online form will be available in the University website (www.buruniv.ac.in) on and from 15.03.2023 to 30.03.2023.
  • 1st step in form filling is to make payment of application fee of Rs.250/- through following link: https://www.onlinesbi.sbi/sbicollect/icollecthome.htm AND proceed step by step
    Step 1 : Applicants are to select “Educational Institutions” under “Select Category”
    Step 2 : Search ‘The University of Burdwan” in the page reached through the link and
    Step 3 : Choose “APPLICATION FEES FOR PH.D ADMISSION” in the dropdown under payment category and make payment as per the instructions.
    Applicants are to keep a copy of the receipt of payment in either pdf or jpeg format for uploading in the designated field of online application form. Insertion of transaction id and uploading of receipt is mandatory in absence of which a form cannot be submitted.
  • 2nd step in form filling is enrollment in Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) in National Academic Depository (NAD) and procure ABC ID which is mandatory as per the UGC order. (Link for the UGC Order : https://tinyurl.com/2j3dj75x)
    For enrollment in ABC, applicants much click on the following link : https://tinyurl.com/2ol7fklm
  • AFTER COMPLETING THE 1ST & 2ND STEPS AS MENTIONED ABOVE, THE APPLICANTS SHOULD FILL IN THE APPLICATION FORM THROUGH ONE OF THE LINKS MENTIONED BELOW (AS APPLICABLE) :
    FORM LINK FOR SUBJECTS UNDER FACULTY COUNCIL (ARTS ETC.) : https://tinyurl.com/2p7nz93d
    FORM LINK FOR SUBJECTS UNDER FACULTY COUNCIL (SCIENCE) : https://tinyurl.com/2fs2zc4j
  • After successful submission of Application Form, all applicants will receive a copy of the submitted form and a receipt of submission in their registered e-mail id. In case, they do not receive any mail, then they would be able to download form and receipt through either of the three following links alternatively :
    Web : https://tinyurl.com/2gttqmx8
    WhatsApp : https://tinyurl.com/2h48s9nl
    Telegram : https://tinyurl.com/2ldxcaax
  • Online submission of application form by a candidate does not automatically ensure his/her admission to the Programme.

    + IMPORTANT DATES

    Sl. No. Event Date
    1. Issue & Submission of Online Application 15th March to 30th March, 2023
    2. Publication of Provisional list of eligible candidates for appearing in Written Test 12th April, 2023
    3. Download of Admit Card for appearing in Written Test 13th April, 2023
    4. Date of Written Test (Faculty Council of Arts etc.) 18th April, 2023
    5. Date of Written Test (Faculty Council of Science) 19th April, 2023
    6. Publication of Written Test Result 2nd May, 2023
    7. Publication of Provisional list of eligible candidates for appearing in the Final Interview (Faculty Councils of Science & Arts etc.) 10th May, 2023
    8. Download of Admit Card for the Final Interview (Faculty Councils of Science & Arts etc.) 11th May, 2023
    9. Date of Final Interview including State-Fund Fellowship (Faculty Council of Science) 15th May to 19th May, 2023
    10. Date of Final Interview (Faculty Council of Arts etc.) 15th May to 23rd May, 2023
    11. Publication of Provisional Merit List (Faculty Council of Science) 26th May, 2023
    12. Publication of Provisional Merit List (Faculty Council of Arts etc.) 5th June, 2023
    13. Date of Counselling and Documents Verification (Faculty Council of Science) 29th May to 30th May, 2023
    14. Date of Counselling and Admission (Faculty Council of Arts etc.) 12th June to 15th June, 23
    15. Payment of Admission Fees by the Provisionally selected candidates for Admission (Faculty Council of Science) 29th May to 30th May, 2023
    16. Payment of Admission Fees by the Provisionally Admitted Candidates (Faculty Council of Arts etc.) 16th June to 20th June, 23
    17. Date of Commencement of Classes (Faculty Council of Science) 1st June, 2023
    18. Date of Commencement of Classes (Faculty Council of Arts etc.) 21st June, 2023
    19. Document Verification of the Provisionally Admitted Candidate (Faculty Council of Arts etc.) 21st June to 23rd June, 2023
    20. Viva-Voce for State Funded Fellowship (Faculty Council of Arts etc.) 30th June, 2023
    N.B. The Schedule of Written Test or the Admission Schedule is liable to change in the exigency of the situation arising out of unavoidable circumstances. Candidates are requested to follow the university website for any changes.

    + ELIGIBILITY

    Minimum eligibility to seek admission to the Ph.D. Programme:
    • Candidates holding the Master’s Degree of any UGC recognized university or a professional degree considered to be equivalent to the Master’s Degree of the University of Burdwan in the subject concerned or allied/relevant subject, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC-7 point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions, may apply to the concerned Secretary of the Faculty Council for Post- graduate Studies concerned in the prescribed form for admission to the Ph.D. Programme in any of the subjects in which the Doctoral Degree may have been instituted.
    • A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50% or equivalent relaxation of grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBCA/OBCB/Differently Abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the UGC from time to time.
    • The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualification marks without including the grace mark procedures.

    Minimum eligibility for applying State Funded Fellowship:
    • State Funded Fellowships will be awarded to the candidates purely on the basis of the merit and to be eligible for State Funded Fellowship the candidates with NET/SET qualification are to be admitted to the Ph.D. Programme of the University of Burdwan.

    + SEAT MATRIX

    SUBJECT WISE VACANCY [Faculty Council (Arts, Com., Law etc.)]
    SUBJECT Total Number of Vacancies UR SC ST OBC A OBC B DA UR
    Arabic 8 4 2 1 1 0 0
    Bengali 20 11 4 1 2 1 1
    Business Administration 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
    Business Administration (Human Resource) 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
    Commerce 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
    Economics 10 5 2 1 1 1 0
    Education 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
    English 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Hindi 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
    History 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
    Law 14 7 3 1 2 1 0
    Library and Information Science 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Mass Communication 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Philosophy 7 3 2 1 1 0 0
    Political Science 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Sanskrit 6 3 1 1 1 0 0
    Sociology 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
    Tourism Management 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
    SUBJECT WISE VACANCY [Faculty Councils (Science)]
    Subject Total Vacancy UR SC ST OBCA OBCB  
    BIOTECHNOLOGY 3 2 1 0 0 0  
    BOTANY 15 8 3 1 2 1  
    CHEMISTRY 10 5 2 1 1 1  
    COMPUTER SCIENCE 4 3 1 0 0 0  
    ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 5 3 1 0 1 0  
    MATHEMATICS 9 4 2 1 1 1  
    MICROBIOLOGY 3 2 1 0 0 0  
    PHYSICS 8 4 2 0 1 1  
    STATISTICS 2 2 0 0 0 0  
    ZOOLOGY 11 6 2 1 1 1  
    PHYSIOLOGY 6 4 1 0 1 0  



    SUBJECT WISE VACANCY [Faculty Council (Arts, Com., Law etc.)]
    State Funded Fellowship 2022
    SL. No. Subject Total Number of Vacancy
    1. Bengali 2
    2. Economics 1
    3. English 1
    4. Hindi 1
    5. Philosophy 1
    6. Sociology 1
    7. Tourism Management 1
    SUBJECT WISE VACANCY [Faculty Council (Science)]
    State Funded Fellowship 2022
    SL. No. Subject Total Vacancy
    1. BOTANY 6
    2. CHEMISTRY 2
    3. COMPUTER SCIENCE 1
    4. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 1
    5. MATHEMATICS 4
    6. MICROBIOLOGY 1
    7. PHYSICS 5
    8. STATISTICS 1

    + RESERVATION

    • 22% for SC, 6% for ST, 10% for OBCA and 7% for OBCB of total seats shall be kept reserved. Further, D.A. candidates will enjoy a 5% reservation in each of the categories, i.e. in SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B and in the Unreserved or UR category as per the Rules framed by the Government of West Bengal.
    • Candidates, who are seeking reservation against SC/ST/OBCA/OBCB category, must have to upload the photocopy of the respective caste certificate in support of his/her claim and to the produce original caste certificate along with a photocopy of the same at the time of verification of the documents in the department where he/she intends to get admission in Ph.D. Programme. The Certificate must be obtained from the competent authority to authenticate their claim. Relevant certificate must conform to THE W.B. GOVT. MEMO NO.1813-BCW/MR-94/11 dated Kolkata, 20th June, 2011. The certificate must be obtained from one of the authorities listed below:
      • Deputy Director, Backward Classes Welfare, West Bengal and Commissioner, Backward Classes Welfare, West Bengal in case of candidates claiming to be Scheduled Cast or Scheduled Tribe residing in any part of West Bengal.
      • Deputy Commissioner of Land Revenue, Kolkata, Collector of Stamp Revenue, Kolkata, Metropolitan Magistrate, Kolkata, Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Kolkata, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Kolkata, 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate, Executive Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Officer, Deputy Collector, Addl. District Magistrate, Collector and District Magistrate with their respective jurisdictions in case of candidates claiming to be Scheduled Cast or Scheduled Tribe and ordinarily residing within such jurisdictions.
    • Reservation for SC/ST/OBCA/OBCB candidates for admission will be as per Govt. Rules. vide Govt. Order No.:07-Edn (U)/1U-89/13.- dated. 2nd January, 2014 “for admission to different courses, an SC or ST candidate getting admission should have obtained in the previous examination; qualifying marks not lower by more than 25% of the marks obtained by the last candidate of the general category.” and “for admission to different courses, an OBCA or OBCB candidate getting admission should have obtained in the previous examination; qualifying marks not lower by more than 10% of the marks obtained by the last candidate of the general category.”
    • As per sub-rule (1) (e) of rule 6 of the Notification No. 07-Edn(U)/1U-89/13. – dated 2 January, 2014, issued by the Government of West Bengal, Higher Education Department “in case the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Category-A and Other Backward Classes, Category-B in Post-graduate and Doctoral courses including Medicine, Dental Science and Nursing is less than 0.5 in each stream, a 100 point roster for admission as specified in the Schedule appended to these rules shall be followed for filling up the seats.”
    • For D.A. Candidates only: Candidates, who are seeking reservation against D.A. category, must upload the self-attested photo copy of the Certificate obtained from the competent authority to authenticate their claim and the certificate must be obtained from the authority not below the rank of a Superintendent of Sub-Divisional Hospital. In the certificate, the extent of Physical disability must not be less than 40%. However, such candidates have to produce all relevant medical reports as well as the certificate in original before the department at the time of verification.

    + PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION

    Written Entrance Test

    • For getting admission to the Ph.D. Programme, a candidate shall have to appear for the written test of 100 marks, with 50 questions of 2 marks each in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) model on OMR sheet. Candidates will be allowed to retain the carbon copy of the OMR sheet with them after the completion of the examination. Each candidate has to secure minimum qualifying marks of 50% in the Written Entrance Test to qualify for the final viva voce. The syllabus of the Entrance Test shall cover two sections, viz, Research Methodology and the specific subject with 25 questions each from the two sections.

    Exemption from Written Entrance Test

    • Candidates who have a full-time regular M.Phil. Degree with course work or have qualified in the UGC-NET (including JRF)/CSIR-NET (including JRF)/ SET/SLET/GATE or teacher fellowship shall be exempted from appearing at the Written Entrance Test for admission to the Ph.D. Programme.

    Final Interview

    • Candidates after qualifying in the Written Entrance Test by securing minimum qualifying marks of 50 and all the exempted candidates will have to appear for Viva-voce of 30 marks to be conducted by the Doctoral Committee and the date of Interview will be notified later on in the university website (www.buruniv.ac.in). At the time of final interview, the Doctoral Committee will objectively assess the research interest of the candidate in the relevant field/ area as well as his/her past academic records, and award marks as per the following guidelines:
    • Component Marks Break-up if any Marks Remarks
      Academic Records 20 Under-Graduate Degree 10 To be awarded on the basis of % of marks obtained by the candidate.
      Post-Graduate Degree 10
      Viva-voce 30 - - -
      Total 50 - - -
    • Candidates qualified through the Primary Phase Written Entrance Test by securing minimum qualifying marks of 50, will get a weightage of 70% for the Entrance Test and 30% for the performance in the Final Phase Viva-Voce in preparation of the final result.
    • All in-service applicants (including those intending to prosecute Ph.D. as parttime scholar shall have to apply through proper channel and they have to submit N.O.C. from their employer at the time of admission.
Source : buruniv.ac.in

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