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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH UNIT Email: [email protected] Phone: (O) 011-29534326, 29571523/1524 Research Degree Programmes on Offer for January 2012 INVITATION FOR SUBMISSION OF FILLED-IN APPLICATION FORMS

The Research Unit of the University invites application forms for Ph.D programmes on the prescribed formats. Programmes offered by the University for Jan, 2012 are placed below. For detailed information candidates may visit the IGNOU website (www.ignou.ac.in) and download full Prospectus and Application Form on Research Degree Programmes.

1) Last Date for submission of filled-in application form to the Research Unit of the University :

(i) 21st October, 2011 – for all programmes where there is an Entrance Test (ii) 15th November – for all programmes where there is no Entrance Test

2) Entrance Test for all eligible candidates will be held on 20th November, 2011. Entrance Test will be held at IGNOU HQs, New Delhi only. Candidates who have qualified UGC NET, GATE of IIT, JEST of DAE etc recognized by the IGNOU will be exempted from the Entrance Test of the University. However, all such candidates will have to face an interview to be conducted by the faculty of the research discipline of the University.

3) Faculty of the Research Discipline concerned may even invite eligible applicants of “Category A” for Entrance Test if faculty desires so for various academic reasons.

4) Dates for Interviews/ Presentations for Admission/Registration will be decided by the Faculty of the Discipline and the same will be communicated through email/ letter. Please furnish email ids and contact telephone/mobile numbers.

5) The University offers Research Degree Programmes for Category A and Category B candidates subject to such Research Programmes are on offer for such Categories. Details are provided on each Research Discipline in the Prospectus.

Category A: Candidates having M.Phil or 5 years’ relevant teaching/ professional experience, who can directly undertake thesis work for Ph.D. (Candidates under Category A could also be given coursework subject to recommendations of the Doctoral Committee of the Research Discipline).

Category B : Candidates who have to undergo basic Course Work before or alongside undertaking thesis work. (Candidates who qualify UGC NET, GATE of IIT, JEST of DAE etc will be considered under Category B)

Note: Candidates with Post graduate degree or other equivalent degrees recognized by the UGC are eligible with the eligibility criteria specified for each research discipline in the prospectus. For details of specific eligibility criteria discipline-wise, candidates are required to see information given under each discipline on the eligibility criteria, selection procedure, etc in the prospectus placed on the website.

6) Prospective candidates can download the soft copy of the Prospectus & submit filled-in format along with a Demand Draft of Rs 750/- ( Only in favour of IGNOU payable at New Delhi) to the Director, Research Unit, IGNOU, New Delhi -110068.

7) Candidates should not submit any filled-in application if programmes are not under offer for Jan 2012. If any application is received for such programmes, applications will be rejected without any intimation. No correspondence will be made in such cases. 8) Please remember, it is the responsibility of the candidate to submit filled-in form for the research discipline under the specified category for which he/she is eligible. If any candidate submits filled in form ignoring these guidelines or in the prospectus, the University will not be responsible for his/her application and Demand Draft sent to the Research Unit.

Research Programmes on Offer for January 2012 Cycle

S.No School/Centre/Discipline Category 1 School of Management Studies(SOMS) i) Commerce (Ph.D) A ii) Management (Ph.D) A 2 School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET) Vocational Education and Training (Ph.D) A 3 School of Continuing Education (SOCE) i) Rural Development (Ph.D) A & B ii) Child Development (Ph.D) A iii) Nutritional Sciences (Ph.D) A

4 School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS) i) Gender and Development Studies (Ph.D) ii) Women’s Studies (Ph.D) A A 5 School of Agriculture (SOA) i) Agriculture Extension (Ph.D) B ii) Dairy Science and Technology (Ph.D) B 6 School of Sciences (SOS) i) Mathematics (Ph.D) A & B ii) Physics (Ph.D) A iii) Chemistry (Ph.D) A iv) Life Sciences (Ph.D) A v) Mathematics/ Science Education(Ph.D) A & B vi) Geology (Ph.D) A

7 School of Health Sciences (SOHS) Nursing (Ph.D) A 8 School of Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary (SOITS) Interdisciplinary & Transdisciplinary studies (Ph.D) A & B

9 School of Foreign Languages (SOFL) i) French (Ph.D) A & B ii) Arabic (Ph.D) A & B

10 National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS) Disability Studies (Ph.D) A & B 11 Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) Distance Education (M.Phil & Ph.D) A & B 12 School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST) Translation Studies (M.Phil & Ph.D) A & B 13 School of Humanities i) English (Ph.D) A ii) Hindi (Ph.D) A 14 Advanced Centre for Informatics & Innovative Learning Information Communication Technology, Informatics & A & B Knowledge Management 15 School of Law Law (Ph.D) A

Filled-in application forms for Ph.D Programmes should be submitted on the prescribed format at the following address only: The Director, Research Unit, Room No. 18, Block 6, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068. e.mail: [email protected] Phones (O) 011-29534326, 2957 1523/1524/1525, Fax: 011-29534229

Schedule for Admission/ Registration for Research Degree Programmes for January 2012 Cycle

1. Last date for submission of filled-in application at the (i) 21st Oct, 2011– for Research Unit, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi programmes with Entrance Test (ii) 15th Nov, 2011 – for programmes without Entrance Test

2. Hall Tickets/ Intimations to be sent for eligible 2nd week of Nov, 2011 candidates for Entrance Test (Category A&B) (Tentative)

3. Entrance Test for Category B (or even for category A if 20th November, 2011 faculty desires) at IGNOU HQs, New Delhi

4. Date of interview/ presentation for category A / B who To be decided by the qualify the Entrance Test of the University or those who faculty of the Discipline qualify UGC NET or other similar Tests recognized by & will be intimated to the the University candidates

5. Date of presentations for Category A To be decided by the faculty of the research discipline & will be intimated to the candidates

6. Issue of Offers for Provisional Admission/Registration January, 2012 for selected candidates (Tentative)

7. Last date for submission of Admission/Registration fee Jan & Feb, 2012 for M.Phil/Ph.D (Tentative)

Note : Prospective candidates should write to the Research Unit or the Director of the School/Centre (irrespective of the Research Discipline) for all pre-admission and post- admission/ registration and research related matters which includes advertisement for Research programmes, submission of filled-in application form, declaration of eligible candidates for entrance test, interview and research proposal presentations and related matters. Contact details are placed in the advertisement which includes research programme coordinators of relevant research disciplines.

Date : 15th June, 2011 Place : IGNOU, New Delhi

Director, Research Unit, IGNOU

Note : All Directors of Schools/ Centres and Research Programme Coordinators of each discipline are requested to keep a copy of this advertisement for their reference and information. M.Phil/ Ph.D Programme Coordinators

Sl.No. School M.Phil/Ph.D Coordinator 1 School of Management (i) Prof N.V. Narasimham Studies 011-29535266/29573030 ; (i) Ph.D in Commerce [email protected]

(ii) Prof. Nawal Kishor 011-29535266/29573026 ; [email protected]

(ii) Ph.D in Management Prof. P.C. Basak Tel. 011-29534905/29573005 ; [email protected] 2 School of Vocational Education and Prof C.G.Naidu Training 011-29532993; [email protected] Ph.D in Vocational Education and Training 3 School of Continuing Prof. M. Aslam Education 011-29536347 ; [email protected] (i) Ph.D in Rural Development (ii) Ph.D in Child Dr. Neerja Chadha ; 011-29572959 Development [email protected]

(iii) Ph.D in Nutritional Prof. Deeksha Kapur Sciences 011-29572960/29532302 ; [email protected] 4 School of Gender and Prof. Annu J.Thomas Development 011-29572961 ; [email protected] Studies (i) Ph.D in Gender & Development Studies Prof. Anu Aneja (SOGDS) (ii) Ph.D in Women Studies 011-29572998, 29532044 ; [email protected] 5 School of Agriculture Dr. B.S. Hansara, 0-11 2953-3166, 2957-2975 (i) Ph.D in Agriculture [email protected] Extension

(ii) Ph.D in Dairy Science Dr. M.K. Salooja and Technology 011-29533167/66 ; [email protected] 6 School of Sciences Prof. Parvin Sinclair (i) Ph.D in Mathematics 011-29535091 ; [email protected] Dr. Deepika Garg, Reader, 011-29572837 : [email protected]

(ii) Ph.D in Physics Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Assistant Professor 011-29572836 ; [email protected]

(iii) Ph.D in Chemistry Prof. Sunita Malhotra, (SOS Chemistry) 011-2957 2823 ; smalhotra @ignou.ac.in

Dr. Kamalika Banerjee, Assistant Professor 01129572841 ; [email protected]

(iv) Ph.D in Life Sciences Prof. Neera Kapoor 011-29572838 ; [email protected]

(v) Ph.D in Mathematics / Prof. P T Manoharan, (Raman Chair Professor Science Education for Science Education,SOS) 011-29572868; [email protected]

(vi) Ph.D in Geology (i) Dr. Meenal Mishra 011-29572858 (O), [email protected] (ii) Dr. M. Prashanth Email: [email protected] 7 School of Health Sciences (i) Prof. Bimla Kapoor Ph.D in Nursing 9910058606/011-29532965 ; [email protected]

(ii) Prof. Pity Koul, 9871812473/011-29532231; [email protected] 8 School of Inter- Disciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary (i) Ph.D in Inter-disciplinary Dr. Nandini Sinha Kapur, Associate Professor and 011-29571115 ; [email protected] Transdisciplinary Studies

9 School of Foreign Dr. Sushant Kumar Mishra, Associate Professor Languages 011-29572769 ; [email protected] (i) Ph.D in French

(ii) Ph.D in Arabic Dr. Mohammad Saleem ; Tel: 011- 29572765, E.mail: [email protected]

10 National Centre for Dr. Sanjay Kant Prasad, Deputy Director Disability Studies (NCDS) (NCDS) Ph.D in Disability Studies 011-29531574/29573078 ; [email protected] 11 Staff Training and Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) Dr. R. Satyanarayana, Associate Professor M.Phil / Ph.D. in Distance (STRIDE); 011-29572601 ; Education [email protected] 12 School of Translation (i) Dr. Deo Shankar Navin, Associate Professor Studies & Tranining 011-2957-3076, [email protected] (SOTST) (ii) Dr. Jagdish Sharma Ph.D. in Translation Studies 011-29573072; [email protected] (ii) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Pandey 011-29573075, [email protected] 13 School of Humanities Dr Nandini Sahu i) Ph.D in English 011-29536441, 2572780; [email protected]

ii) Ph.D in Hindi Prof Satyakam, 011-29532054, 29572786; [email protected]

14 Advanced Centre for Dr. K. Subramanian, Director, ACIIL informatics & Innovative 011-2953-3068, [email protected] Learning(ACIIL) Ph.D in ICT, Informatics & Knowledge Management 15 School of Law Prof. Elumalai (SOL) : Tel: 011-29532525, Ph.D in Law Email: [email protected]