NMIMS announced admission for Executive (part time) PhD in management and full time PhD 2018

25th March 2018

You first need to register online. After registering, you need to submit all the supporting documents to the university including Ph.D. Statement of Purpose (SOP) or research proposal. you are not allowed to appear for entrance if you have not submitted the research proposal and other documents.

Where to apply and get more details?
Please visit the following link:
http://sbm.nmims.edu/academics/programs/doctoral-program-in-management/

How supportive are the faculties and supporting staff?
Extremely supportive in most of the cases.

Copy of duly filled up the online application form

 Attested copies of Graduation Mark sheet and Degree Certificate (Convocation certificate)

 Attested copies of Post-Graduation Mark sheet and Degree Certificate (Convocation certificate)

 Work Experience certificate (5 years’ experience) (as applicable) (If the work experience certificate is in more than one company a separate work experience certificate signed by the employer stating clearly the nature of work experience is to be submitted.

The work experience certificate must contain the date of joining, designation, date of relieving (if applicable) and the level at which the designation is covered in the organization.

 If the current designation or the designation at the time of leaving the organization (as applicable) is/was different than the designation at the time of joining then in such case candidate must provide the copy of the appointment letter.

 Statement of Purpose (format available on website www.nmims.edu). SOP should describe the area of research.

 UGC-NET (including JRF)/UGC-CSIR NET (including JRF)/SLET/GATE examination or other equivalent examinations certificate (if appeared)

No Candidate will be permitted to attend admission test unless he/ she submits the application along with SOP in time AND completes the selection process successfully.

NMIMS Admission Department.

SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

V. L. Mehta Road, JVPD Scheme,

Vile Parle (West), Mumbai – 400 056.

Eligibility for Full Time / Part Time Ph.D.:

 Part Time Ph. D. (Working Executives / Academics Mode) will require at least 5 year Full Time Work experience in executive or supervisory capacity up to the date of written test / personal interview (out of which at least 2 years work experience should be after obtaining Master’s Degree)  The experience should be full-time experience and will NOT include part-time experience, internships, projects, training period, trainee (management, engineering) etc. Note for both Full Time and Part Time Ph.D.

 Those candidates who have obtained their degree by doing a part-time course or through distance learning, correspondence courses, externally, an open school/ university from recognized University are eligible to apply and register as per UGC guidelines. 

Candidates are required to submit Graduation & Master’s degree all mark sheets for all years, also AIU Certificate (University Equivalence) is mandatory for those candidates who have completed their post-graduation from Overseas Universities.

Duration of the Programme: Minimum 3 years and Maximum 6 years (including coursework)

Sr. No                     Specialization               Intake

1                              Finance                            9

2                             Operations                        3

3                             Economics                        5 

4                             Human Resources and Behavioural Science  3

5                             Marketing                         2

6                            Information Systems         3

7                            Communication                 2

SOP Title: The Title of the project should be concise (with sub-title, if any) reflecting the scope of the investigation.

Aim of the proposed area of research: The broad Aim of the research emphasizing the overall thrust of the proposed investigation should be clearly mentioned.

Statement of the Problem: The problem to be investigated should be clearly contextualized in the theoretical framework of the discipline.

Overview of Literature: The problem identified should be logically linked to other studies on the theme in the literature delineating the need for the present investigation.

Conceptual Framework: The concepts to be used, their relevance and applicability to the study and their operationalization should be indicated.

Research Questions or Hypotheses: The research questions to be answered/ addressed need to be unequivocally stated.

(a) Coverage: The proposal should clearly indicate the universe of the study, sampling frame, sampling methods, sampling size, units of observation etc.

(b) Data Collection: The proposal should indicate sources of data types of data, tools and techniques for collection of various categories of proposed data.

(c) Data Analysis: It should indicate the statistical techniques, if any, proposed to be used in data processing, specific packages for data analysis, content analysis, indices/scaling techniques proposed to be used etc.

Implications: The proposal should state whether this research would bring forth any implications for policy making either for the region concerned or the country, any methodological innovations or contribute to theory building.

References: The proposal should include a 'List of References' mentioned in the text along with other important recent additions to the literature on the theme. The references should indicate the author, title, publisher and year of publication.

Yes, as per the UGC norm (around 25000 per month) limited, subject to certain condition.

Yes, you can. However, for pre-PhD, please note that for a period of 1 year, you need to visit campus for 1 year every Saturday,

Yes, if it is NMIMS, focus on quality is very high. You cannot just do copy paste work. Your every work goes through the rigorous process and each soft copy of the work is checked for plagiarism. It is not like doing Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai or other mediocre public universities and degree selling private universities from Chattisgarh, MP, Rajasthan, Himachal, Uttarakhand, UP, and northeast. you really have to make yourself eligible to earn it. you cannot buy it.   

What is the benefit of doing Ph.D. from NMIMS?
Opportunity to get a tag of such a prestigious institute
Highest quality of research possible in India
Opportunity to connect with global alumni across the world.
Impressive for an academic career as well as consulting career and you can encash NMIMS brand value well.
Access to the highest quality of books, research journals from the library. 
An infrastructure of the highest standard, combined with the technology.
Learn from the faculties who comes with the corporate experiences and respected world over.