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UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS Form of application for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

1 Name of the Candidate (as in the degree certificate in block letters)

2 Sex Male Female 3 Age and Date of Birth

4 Name of Father & Mother Father : Mother:

5 Nationality Religion Community

6 Address with Phone Numbers (in block letters to which communications should be sent)

Mobile: Landline:

7 Register number, month and year of passing the PG Degree, M.Phil. Degree Examination together with the Branch or optional Group offered and name of University

8 Date, Month and Year of the convocation at which the degree was taken

9 The Month and Year in which the candidate was provisionally registered for the Ph.D. Degree and quote the number and date of this office communication registering for the Ph.D. Degree

No.Ph.D dt .

Name & Place of Bank........................... Demand Draft No. Amount Rs Date of Payment..

Application Fee: Rs.60/- (Rupees Sixty only) For Full-time candidates

THESIS

OC BC MBC SC/ST

To be filled in by the candidate

10 Name of the Institution (University Department or College or Research Institute) in which the candidate is working for Ph.D. Degree and the name of the supervisor.

Institution: Supervisor:

11 Whether the candidate is related to the supervisor. If yes, state the nature of relationship

12 Date (month & year) on which the candidate submitted the Synopsis

13 Title of the thesis (in block letters)

14 Whether the applicant submitted the thesis previously for the degree. If yes, the month and year in which the thesis was submitted.

15 Signature of the Candidate

16 Signature of the Supervisor with Designation and Seal

Email id: Mobile: Landline:

17 Signature of the Co-Guide with Seal (if applicable)

18 Signature of the Head of the Department with Seal where the candidate is working for the Ph.D. Degree

19 Signature of the Head of the Institution /Principal/ Director with Seal where the candidate is working for the Ph.D. Degree

20 Station: Date :

For instructions to candidates, please see next page

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1. The application form marked THESIS should be submitted not less than three months and not later than six months after the submission of the synopsis and after the expiry of the period of research prescribed together with the following :-

i) Five Copies of thesis and also soft copy of thesis in CD.

Note: The maximum length of the thesis should not exceed 250 pages (typed matter) excluding bibliography, tables and diagrams and annexures. If the candidate desires he/she may include published papers or monographs along with the thesis. Exemption from the restriction on page limit will not be granted in normal circumstances.

ii) A certificate from the Supervisor under whom the candidate worked that the thesis submitted is a record of research work done by the candidate during the period of study under him/her and that the thesis has not formed the basis for the award to the candidate of any Degree, Diploma, Associateship, Fellowship or other similar title.

iii) A statement from the supervisor indicating the extent to which the thesis represents independent work on the part of the candidate.

If the thesis submitted has formed in part the basis for the award of a previous research degree, the candidate shall clearly set forth in a preface or written statement the portion or portions which have formed the basis for the award of the previous degree.

2. Candidate should write clearly in block letters his/her name as contained in the degree certificate and the title of thesis in the relevant columns of the application. 3. Candidates who have not taken their qualifying degree (i.e M.A., M.Sc., M.Com., M.Phil., etc.) cannot supplicate for the Ph.D., Degree. They should, before applying for the Ph.D. Degree have taken the qualifying degree at convocation.

4. The cost of application is Rs.60/-.

The fee should be paid through demand draft drawn in favour of The Registrar, University of Madras, Chennai-600 005. 5. The candidate shall publish one (For Humanities and Social Sciences) or two (for all Sciences) research papers in refereed journals before the submission of thesis and should produce evidence for the same in the form of acceptance letter or reprint while submitting the thesis.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

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