Doctor of Philosophy - Sikkim ...

• Recognized under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act.
• Recognized by AICTE.
• Bar Council of India (BCI)
• Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
• Sikkim State Govt. Gazette of Sikkim Alpine University
• Membership of Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
• Pharmacy Council of India
• Sikkim Nursing Council (SNU)

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.

1. Computer Science

2. Mathematics

3. Chemistry

4. Zoology

5. Botany

6. Physics

7. English

8. Management

9. Commerce

10. Sociology

11. History

12. Psychology

13. Geography

14. Political Science

15. Economics

• 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.

• 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.

• 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. 

• 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.

• 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.

1. Introduction to philosophy: definition, nature and scope, concept, branches
2. Ethics: definition, moral philosophy, nature of moral judgements and reactions

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

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

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.

1. Subject specific ethical issues, FFP, authorship
2. Conflicts of interest
3. Complaints and appeals: examples and fraud from India and abroad

1. Use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools

1. Indexing databases
2. Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.

1. Impact Factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score
2. Metrics: h-index, g index, i10 index, altmetrics

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.

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

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

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

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