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Ph.D in POPULATION STUDIES/ BIO-STATISTICS and DEMOGRAPHY

Reference No: CGCD/036/2023

Last date for submission of online application: 02/04/2023

Applications are invited for admission to Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Population Studies/Biostatistics and Demography during the academic session 2023-24 at International Institute for Population Sciences.

Eligibility: : Candidates having MPS in Population Studies / MA/M.Sc in Population Studies / M.Sc. in Bio-statistics & Demography / Master Degree in any discipline with at least one paper/ one course /one subject in Population Studies /Demography/Bio-statistics/Health Statistics or M.Phil. in Population Studies/Demography/Biostatistics & Demography/ from a recognised university with at least 55% / B+ of aggregate marks in all subjects is eligible to apply. Marks and age are relaxable for candidates belonging to reserved categories and women as per GoI rules. Candidate who have already passed the qualifying examination and those who have already appeared/shall be appearing in the final qualifying examinations are eligible to apply.

Fellowship: Government of India Fellowships at Rs. 31,000/- per month for 1st and 2nd years and Rs. 35,000/- per month for 3rd and 4th years available for the Indian students who have qualified NET for Lectureship in Population Studies or its inter-disciplinary subjects conducted by the UGC. Such Ph.D. fellowship also carries a contingency grant of Rs. 10,000/- per year for the first two years and Rs. 20,500/- for the third and fourth year.

Selection : : The admission to Ph.D. programme is through a three-stage process; Online Entrance Test, research proposal writing, and personal interview. The Online Entrance Test will consist of objective type questions of multiple choices. The syllabus of Online Entrance Test will consist of questions on English, Logical Reasoning, Statistics, Mathematics, Bio-statistics, Research Methodology, Population Studies, Demography and Epidemiology. Based on the performance in the Online Test, shortlisted candidates will be called for research proposal writing and personal interview at IIPS. Final selection will be based on the weighted average of scores of Online Test, research proposal and interview in person.  

The non-refundable processing fee is Rs. 1000/- for General category, Rs. 500/- for OBC (NonCreamy Layer) and Rs. 500/- EWS category, Rs. 250/- for SC/ST/PWD category. 

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