Doctor of Philosophy - Banasthali Vidyapith

Assessments Assignments, Projects and Case Studies
Delivery Mode Online, Hybrid and Part time
Accreditation Globally accredited

Overview

Banasthali Vidyapith is a fully residential women's university offering education from primary to Ph.D. levels. Established on October 6, 1935, by Smt. Ratan Shastri and Pandit Hiralal Shastri in memory of their daughter Shantabai, Banasthali emerged from personal loss and transformed into a national center for women’s education.

One of the five exclusive women’s universities in India, Banasthali promotes holistic development through its Five-fold Educational Programme (Panchmukhi Shiksha): Physical, Practical, Aesthetic, Moral, and Intellectual. The rural setting encourages simple living, self-reliance, and leadership.

With autonomy under deemed university status, Banasthali offers a wide range of innovative courses, from traditional subjects to advanced research. It holds an ‘A’ Grade (Five Star Rating) from NAAC and received the SANTBAL Award (2000) for its contribution to women's education.

ELIGIBILITY

 
A candidate who has obtained a Master’s degree in the subject or related field with at least 55% marks in aggregate or has qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission may apply for Admission for the Ph.D.  degree at any time during the academic year for pursuing his/her research work under the guidance of a supervisor approved by the Vidyapith. Every applicant is expected to attach Master's degree marks sheet along with application. Every candidate will appear in the Research Entrance Test (RET) which may also be conducted online. Qualifying RET is a mandatory requirement for enrollment, and until that stage the  admission shall be treated as Provisional.

STREAMS

1. Computer Science
2. Pharmacy
3. Chemistry
4. Chemical Engineering
5. Bio-science and  Biotechnology
6. Electronics
7. Mathematical Science
8. Physics
9. Sanskrit, Philosophy and Vedic Studies
10. Hindi and Modern Indian Languages
11. English and Modern European Languages
12. Economics
13. History and Indian Culture
14. Political Science and Public Administration
15. Sociology
16. Physical Education
17. Performing Arts
18. Visual Art
19. Home-science
20. Education
21. Commerce and Banking
22. Management
23. Design
24. Legal Studies
25. Psychology
26. Journalism and Mass Communication
27. Earth Sciences
28. Aviation
29. Automation

COURSE WORK PHASE

Research Methodology
 
Section - A:
Research: Meaning, Objective, Motivation, types, approaches and significance. Research Process, Criteria of good research. Literature Review. Formulation of research problem and research hypothesis. Research design: Meaning, need and importance. Basic principles of experimental design. Sampling design: Census survey and sample survey, types of sampling, Criteria of good sample.
 
Section - B:
Data collection: Types and sources of data, Methods of Data collection, Measurement scales. questionnaire design. Reliability and validity of a questionnaire. Classification and tabulation of data. Graphical representation of data. Interpretation of Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Standard Deviation, Framing of hypothesis and its testing.
 
Section - C:
Types of research report: Articles, report, thesis. Layout of research report. Style of references: APA (American Psychological Association) and MLA (Modern Language Association), Bibliography. Plagiarism, Copyright issues, Publishing a paper. Citation counting & Impact factor, Citation index. Online and open access journals.
 
 
 
IT Based Research Techniques
 
Unit 1:
  • Introduction to Computer System: Simple model of computer, Basic components of computer system, Generation of computers.
  • Introduction to Software: System and Application Software
  • Introduction to Operating System: Types and Function, MS DOS, Basic DOS and Unix Commands, Windows Operating System.
Unit 2:
  • Number System: Data Representation-Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal, 1’s and 2’s complement method of representation and binary arithmetic (addition, subtraction)
  • Characters and codes: BCD, ASCII, EBCDIC Unicode coding.
Unit 3:
  • Input/ Output devices: Types of I/O Devices, Serial, Parallel and Graphical.
  • Memory: RAM, ROM, EPROM, PROM and concepts of other types of memory, Storage devices – Sequential, Direct and Index Sequential. 
Unit 4:
  • Office automation with world and Excel: working with MS Office packages
  • MS Word: creating file, editing, inserting object, formatting, inserting table, mail merge, spell check etc.
  • MS Excel: Creating sheet, formatting, inserting function, creating charts etc.
Unit 5:
  • Presentation and data skill development 
  • MS Power Point: creating presentation, editing, inserting animation etc.
  • MS Access: concept of database and DBMS, database operation, creation, updation, selection, deletion, Report generation etc.
 
 
Research and Publication Ethics (RPE)
 
THEORY
 
RPE 01: PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS 
  1. Introduction to philosophy: definition, nature and scope, concept, branches
  2. Ethics: definition, moral philosophy, nature of moral judgements and reactions
 
RPE 02: SCIENTIFICCONDUCT 
  1. Ethics with respect to science and research
  2. Intellectual honesty and research integrity
  3. Scientific misconducts: Falsification, Fabrication, and Plagiarism (FFP)
  4. Redundant publications: duplicate and overlapping publications, salami slicing
  5. Selective reporting and misrepresentation of data
 
RPE 03: PUBLICATION ETHICS
  1. Publication ethics: definition, introduction and importance
  2. Best practices / standards setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc. 3. Conflicts of interest
  3. Publication misconduct: definition, concept, problems that lead to unethical behavior and vice versa, types
  4. Violation of publication ethics, authorship and contributorship
  5. Identification of publication misconduct, complaints and appeals
  6. Predatory publishers and journals
 
PRACTICE
 
RPE 04: OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING
  1. Open access publications and initiatives
  2. SHERPA/ROMEO online resource to check publisher copyright & self-archiving policies
  3. Software tool to identify predatory publications developed by SPPU
  4. Journal finder/journal suggestion tools viz. JANE, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer Journal Suggester, etc.
 
RPE 05: PUBLICATION MISCONDUCT
 
A. Group Discussions 
  1. Subject specific ethical issues, FFP, authorship
  2. Conflicts of interest
  3. Complaints and appeals: examples and fraud from India and abroad
 
B. Software tools
  1. Use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools
 
RPE 06: DATABASES AND RESEARCH METRICS 
 
A. Databases
  1. Indexing databases
  2. Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.
 
B. Research Metrics
  1. Impact Factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score
  2. Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics
 

 

ACADEMIC PHASE

Stage 1 – Project proposal

  • The scholar should prepare a project proposal (maximum 5 to 7 pages) which contains topic and title of the study

    Contents in the Project Proposal
  1. Introduction
  2. Back ground of study
  3. Significance and Scope
  4. Objectives of study
  5. Literature Review
  6. Research Methodology
  7. Proposed findings, Suggestions and Recommendations
  8. Bibliography and Appendices

Stage 2 – Synopsis stage

  • The scholar should prepare a draft of the proposal which expanded to 15 to 20 pages and contains the same chapters in a detailed draft as in the project proposal from the stage one.
  • Once the synopsis has been reviewed by the university, the scholar should present synopsis and defend in front of the academic panel.
  • Upon successful presentation and interaction the synopsis has been approved successfully and the scholar can continue his research to the thesis stage.

Stage 3 – Thesis stage

  • The scholar should prepare the final thesis (DISSERTATION) of minimum of sixty thousand words.
  • A thesis is an elaborative presentation of the entire research work which contains the chapters are as follows.
  1. Introduction- Background, Significance and Scope
  2. Literature Review
  3. Research Methodology
  4. Data Analysis and Interpretation
  5. Findings and Conclusions
  6. Suggestions and Recommendation
  7. Bibliography and Appendices.

Stage 4 – Articles Publications

  •  The scholar must prepare a minimum of two articles and it should be published in international journals either SSCI indexed or Scopus indexed.

Stage 5 – International Conference (Optional)

  • The scholar should attend one international conference either by offline or online on his research relevant area will be an added advantage to the completion of the Doctoral Degree.

AWARD CONDITIONS

FULL AWARD: The PhD will be awarded when you have successfully passed all components.

ACADEMIC PROGRESSION

The PhD is considered as the epitome of academic qualifications with graduates assuming ever more senior roles in corporations and governments.

HOW TO APPLY

How To Apply: Candidate may apply for registration for Ph.D. Programme at any time during the academic year .

Courses Infos

  • StartsRotational Intake
  • DurationMinimum 3 Years