TERI School of Advanced Studies Admission Jan 2019 for Ph.D Program

The Department of Regional Water Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies has invited admission for both full time and part time PhD programmes in Water Science and Governance. Details of the admission are given below:

Name of Course: No. of Seats
Ph.D. (Water Science and Governance): 04

Preferred areas of research interest:
Climate change, gender, institutions and governance
Urban and peri-urban water in a changing climate
Climate change and agrarian distress
Artificial Intelligence applications in Water resource management

Eligibility criteria:
(a) M.Sc or M.Phil in a relevant field or equivalent.
(b) In extremely exceptional cases the admission committee may consider an application from a candidate who possess a B.Tech in a relevant field or equivalent. Only those who have a minimum CGPA of 8.0 on a 10 point scale or 75% marks  should consider applying in this category. It may be noted that consideration under this category would be evaluated extremely strictly by an evaluation and admissions committee and admissions would only be in extremely exceptional cases, and would entail extended pre-Ph.D course work requirement.

Candidates (sponsored/ non-sponsored) applying on part-time basis need to have a minimum work experience of 3 years in organizations approved by the department research committee.

Admission:
Admission will be made based on written tests and interview. A weightage 70% to the written tests and 30% to the performance in interviews shall be given. Written test will have two papers of equal weightage. Paper I will be on ‘Research Methodology’ which will be a common paper for admission in all departments of the University. Paper II will be department/ subject specific.

How to Apply:
Candidates are required to apply online through official website or the link given below. Candidate can apply online by following the following steps:
i) Candidate must logon to the website
ii) Fill in the On-line Application Form carefully with all the details by clicking on “START FORM FILL-UP” button Upload JPG/ JPEG file format- Photograph.
iii) Candidate must download application form and admit card and keep a copy of the same for future reference.

Important Dates:
Submission of Application Starts: 23rd Nov 2018
Last date of apply online: 01st Dec, 2019
Date of Entrance Examination: 13th Dec, 2019
Date of Interview: 14th Dec, 2019

For queries:
Contact Dr Fawzia Tarannum (fawzia.tarannum1@terisas.ac.in) for any query related to PhD admission in the Department of Regional Water Studies.