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Admissions to different Ph.D. courses (Full time and Part time) of Sharda University will be

made strictly on merit and availability of seats through entrance test followed by group

discussion/interview. The whole Ph.D. programme will be governed by Ph.D. ordinances ofSharda University*. The total number of seats in each subject is indicated in the table below

before each subject. Full time eligible students will get monthly fellowship as per ShardaUniversity rules. Applications are invited on prescribed application form.

No. of Full time and Part Time Students in School of Engineering and

Technology

S.No. Subjects Full

Time

Part

Time

Total

1 Nano Technology, 01 01 02

2 Materials Technology 01 01 02

3 Physics 01 01 02

4 Chemistry 01 01 02

5 Mathematics 01 01 016 Bio Technology 03 01 04

7 Environmental Engineering 02 05 07

8 Computer Science and Engineering 04 04 08

9 Electronics and Communication Engineering 01 01 02

10 Mechanical Engineering 05 04 09

11 Civil Engineering 01 01 02

12 Electrical Engineering 02 02 04

No. of Full time and Part Time Students in School of Business

Management

1 Finance 01 01 022 Human Resource - - -

3 Marketing/Brand Management 01 01 02

4 Economics & International Business 02 01 03

5 General Management 01 01 02

6 Journalism & Mass Communication 01 01 02

Application Fee: Rs. 1000.00 (Rupees One Thousand Only)

Last Date of Submission of form: 16th December 2012

Date of examination26

th

December 2012 (10.30 am to 1.00 pm)Date of interview27th December 2012 (10.00 am onward)

Application form, eligibility criteria, courses for entrance test and Ph.D.ordinances are attached

herewith.


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ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION

An applicant possessing any one of the following qualifications shall be eligible to apply(a)Masters degree in respective discipline with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average

(CGPA) of 6.75 on a 10 point scale or 60% marks in aggregate (of all the years/semesters)

where marks are awarded.(b)In exceptional cases a candidate with a B. Tech/ BS degree with minimum 75% marks or

CGPA of 8.0 may be directly enrolled in Ph.D in relaxation of the prescribed

qualifications, provided he/she has 05 years professional experience.

(c) Interdisciplinary research is also allowed and the qualifications will be decided on case to casebasis by CRC

Candidates must have consistently good academic records.

Application form (attached): Online Line or Hard Copy


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SHARDA UNIVERSITY

Greater Noida201 306

APPLICATION FORM FOR ADMISSION TO Ph.D. PROGRAMME

(Session 2012-2013)

1. Full Name (in Capital):___________________________________________________________2. Date of Birth: ____________________________3.Place of Birth:_________________________4. Sex: (Male/Female) ________________

5. Fathers Name: _________________________________________________________________

6. Mothers Name: ________________________________________________________________

7. Marital Status: ______________

8. Nationality: ______________________

9. Address for Correspondence:

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

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Ph: _______________________________________ Fax:

Email: _____________________________________ Mob:

10. Permanent Address:___________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

Ph: ________________________________________ Fax:

Email: _____________________________________ Mob:

11. Category: 12. Physically Challenged:

(GN/OBC/ST/SC) (Y/N)

Registration No.Full Time/Part Tim

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13. Examination Qualified (GATE/NET/SET/UET/Any Other):

14. Details of Other Academic Record (Secondary onwards) (Attach separate sheet for details, if required)

Exam

Passed/

Appeared

Branch

University/

Institute

Month/Year

of

Passing

Class

Divisio

% of

Marks

Grade/CPI/CGP

A (Please alsoentre equivalent

percentage of

marks in the

previous column)

Subject

15. Research/ Professional Experience, Papers published etc: (Attach separate sheet for details, if required):

Name of

University/

Institute/

Industry

PeriodPosition held/

Nature of duties

Name of

Supervisor

Title of Dissertation/

Topic of Research/

Papers Published*

* give title of paper, name of author(s), journal name, volume, page(s), year.

16. Employment details (after acquiring the qualifying degree):

Total duration(in months):_____________

Name and Address of the Organization Designation

Date

From

(MM:YYYY)

To

(MM:YYYY)


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17. Present employment status: (Employed/ Not Employed) ____________________

18. Please describe in brief about your proposed area of research (As Annexure)

19. How do you think that Ph.D. programme shall help you to achieve your career goals (As Annexure)

20. Name three referees who are acquainted to your area of work (with Ph. and email address):

(i)__________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

(ii) _________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

(iii)______________________________________________________________________________

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21. Declaration: I certify that the information given above is correct. I am fully aware that I must submit

attested copies of my qualifying degree certificates/final transcripts on or before Entrance test, failing

which; my admission will stand cancelled. I am also aware that providing incorrect information in the

application form can result in the cancellation of my admission at any stage.

Place: Date: Signature of Applicant

Fee Details:

Details of Demand Draft:

Demand Draft No.___________ Date.____________ Rs.:__________ Name of Bank:________________


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Syllabus for Ph.D Entrance test

MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY, NANOTECHNOLOGY, FUEL

TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY SCIENCES

Structure: Atomic structure and bonding in materials. Crystal structure of materials, crystal

systems, unit cells and space lattices,determination of structures of simple crystals by x-ray

diffraction, miller indices of planes and directions, packing geometry in metallic,ionic and

covalent solids. Concept of amorphous, single and polycrystalline structures and their effect on

properties of materials. Crystal growth techniques. Imperfections in crystalline solids and their

role in influencing various properties.

Diffusion: Ficks laws and application of diffusion in sintering, doping of semiconductors and

surface hardening of metals.

Metals and Alloys: Solid solutions, solubility limit, phase rule, binary phase diagrams,

intermediate phases, intermetallic compounds, iron-iron carbide phase diagram, heat treatment of

steels, cold, hot working of metals, recovery, recrystallization and grain growth. Microstrcture,

properties and applications of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys.

Ceramics: Structure, properties, processing and applications of traditional and advanced

ceramics.

Polymers: Classification, polymerization, structure and properties, additives for polymer

products, processing and applications.

Composites: Properties and applications of various composites.

Advanced Materials and Tools: Smart materials, exhibiting ferroelectric, piezoelectric,

optoelectric, semiconducting behavior, lasers and optical fibers, photoconductivity and

superconductivity, nanomaterials synthesis, properties and applications, biomaterials,

superalloys, shape memory alloys. Materials characterization techniques such as, scanning

electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning

tunneling microscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry.

Mechanical Properties: stress-strain diagrams of metallic, ceramic and polymeric materials,

modulus of elasticity, yield strength, tensile strength, toughness, elongation, plastic deformation,

viscoelasticity, hardness, impact strength, creep, fatigue, ductile and brittle fracture.

Thermal Properties: Heat capacity, thermal conductivity, thermal expansion of materials.


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Electronic Properties: Concept of energy band diagram for materials - conductors,

semiconductors and insulators, electrical conductivity effect of temperature on conductility,

intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, dielectric properties.

Optical Properties: Reflection, refraction, absorption and transmission of electromagnetic

radiation in solids.

Magnetic Properties: Origin of magnetism in metallic and ceramic materials, paramagnetism,

diamagnetism, antiferro magnetism, ferromagnetism, ferrimagnetism, magnetic hysterisis.

Environmental Degradation: Corrosion and oxidation of materials, prevention.

Chemistry of high polymers: Monomers, functionality, degree of polymerizations,

classification of polymers, glass transition, melting transition, criteria for rubberiness,

polymerization methods: addition and condensation; their kinetics, metallocene polymers and

other newer techniques of polymerization, copolymerization, monomer reactivity ratios and its

significance, kinetics, different copolymers, random, alternating, azeotropic copolymerization,

block and graft copolymers, techniques for copolymerization-bulk, solution, suspension,

emulsion.

Polymer Characterization: Solubility and swelling, concept of average molecular weight,

determination of number average, weight average, viscosity average and Z-average molecular

weights, polymer crystallinity, analysis of polymers using IR, XRD, thermal (DSC, DMTA,

TGA), microscopic (optical and electronic) techniques.

Synthesis and properties: Commodity and general purpose thermoplastics: PE, PP, PS, PVC,

Polyesters, Acrylic, PU polymers. Engineering Plastics: Nylon, PC, PBT, PSU, PPO, ABS,Fluoropolymers Thermosetting polymers: PF, MF, UF, Epoxy, Unsaturated polyester, Alkyds.

Natural and synthetic rubbers: Recovery of NR hydrocarbon from latex, SBR, Nitrile, CR, CSM,

EPDM, IIR, BR, Silicone, TPE.

Polymer blends and composites: Difference between blends and composites, their significance,

choice of polymers for blending, blend miscibility-miscible and immiscible blends,

thermodynamics, phase morphology, polymer alloys, polymer eutectics, plastic-plastic, rubber-

plastic and rubber-rubber blends, FRP, particulate, long and short fibre reinforced composites.

Polymer Technology: Polymer compounding-need and significance, different compounding

ingredients for rubber and plastics, crosslinking and vulcanization, vulcanization kinetics.

Polymer rheology: Flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, different flow equations,

dependence of shear modulus on temperature, molecular/segmental deformations at different

zones and transitions. Measurements of rheological parameters by capillary rotating, parallel

plate, cone-plate rheometer. viscoelasticity-creep and stress relaxations, mechanical models,


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control of rheological characteristics through compounding, rubber curing in parallel plate

viscometer, ODR and MDR.

Polymer processing: Compression molding, transfer molding, injection molding, blow molding,

reaction injection molding, extrusion, pultrusion, calendaring, rotational molding,

thermoforming, rubber processing in two-roll mill, internal mixer.

Polymer testing: Mechanical-static and dynamic tensile, flexural, compressive, abrasion,

endurance, fatigue, hardness, tear, resilience, impact, toughness. Conductivity-thermal and

electrical, dielectric constant, dissipation factor, power factor, electric resistance, surface

resistivity, volume resistivity, swelling, ageing resistance, environmental stress cracking

resistance.

PHYSICS

Mathematical Physics: Linear vector space; matrices; vector calculus; linear differential

equations; elements of complex analysis; Laplace transforms, Fourier analysis, elementary ideas

about tensors.

Classical Mechanics: Conservation laws; central forces, Kepler problem and planetary motion;

collisions and scattering in laboratory and centre of mass frames; mechanics of system of

particles; rigid body dynamics; moment of inertia tensor; noninertial frames and pseudo forces;

variational principle; Lagranges and Hamiltons formalisms; equation of motion, cyclic

coordinates, Poisson bracket; periodic motion, small oscillations, normal modes; special theory

of relativityLorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics, mass-energy equivalence.

Electromagnetic Theory: Solution of electrostatic and magnetostatic problems includingboundary value problems; dielectrics and conductors; Biot-Savarts and Amperes laws;

Faradays law; Maxwells equations; scalar and vector potentials; Coulomb and Lorentz gauges;

Electromagnetic waves and their reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction and polarization.

Poynting vector, Poynting theorem, energy and momentum of electromagnetic waves; radiation

from a moving charge.

Quantum Mechanics: Physical basis of quantum mechanics; uncertainty principle; Schrodinger

equation; one, two and three dimensional potential problems; particle in a box, harmonic

oscillator, hydrogen atom; linear vectors and operators in Hilbert space; angular momentum and

spin; addition of angular momenta; time independent perturbation theory; elementary scatteringtheory.

Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics: Laws of thermodynamics; macrostates and

microstates; phase space; probability ensembles; partition function, free energy, calculation of

thermodynamic quantities; classical and quantum statistics; degenerate Fermi gas; black body


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radiation and Plancks distribution law; Bose-Einstein condensation; first and second order phase

transitions, critical point.

Atomic and Molecular Physics: Spectra of one- and many-electron atoms; LS and jj coupling;

hyperfine structure; Zeeman and Stark effects; electric dipole transitions and selection rules; X-

ray spectra; rotational and vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules; electronic transition indiatomic molecules, Franck-Condon principle; Raman effect; NMR and ESR; lasers.

Solid State Physics: Elements of crystallography; diffraction methods for structure

determination; bonding in solids; elastic properties of solids; defects in crystals; lattice

vibrations and thermal properties of solids; free electron theory; band theory of solids; metals,

semiconductors and insulators; transport properties; optical, dielectric and magnetic properties of

solids; elements of superconductivity.

Nuclear and Particle Physics: Nuclear radii and charge distributions, nuclear binding energy,

Electric and magnetic moments; nuclear models, liquid drop model - semi-empirical massformula, Fermi gas model of nucleus, nuclear shell model; nuclear force and two nucleon

problem; Alpha decay, Beta-decay, electromagnetic transitions in nuclei; Rutherford scattering,

nuclear reactions, conservation laws; fission and fusion; particle accelerators and detectors;

elementary particles, photons, baryons, mesons and leptons; quark model.

Electronics: Network analysis; semiconductor devices; Bipolar Junction Transistors, Field

Effect Transistors, amplifier and oscillator circuits; operational amplifier, negative feedback

circuits , active filters and oscillators; rectifier circuits, regulated power supplies; basic digital

logic circuits, sequential circuits, flip-flops, counters, registers, A/D and D/A conversion.

CHEMISTRY

Physical Chemistry

1. Basic principles and applications of quantum mechanics hydrogen atom, angular

momentum.

2. Variational and perturbational methods.

3. Basics of atomic structure, electronic configuration, shapes of orbitals, hydrogen atom spectra.

4. Theoretical treatment of atomic structures and chemical bonding.

5. Chemical applications of group theory.

6. Basic principles and application of spectroscopy rotational, vibrational, electronic, Raman,

ESR, NMR.

7. Chemical thermodynamics.


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8. Phase equilibria.

9. Statistical thermodynamics.

10. Chemical equilibria.

11. ElectrochemistryNernst equation, electrode kinetics, electrical double layer, Debye-Hckel

theory.

12. Chemical kinetics empirical rate laws, Arrhenius equation, theories of reaction rates,

determination of reaction mechanisms, experimental techniques for fast reactions.

13. Concepts of catalysis.

14. Polymer chemistry. Molecular weights and their determinations. Kinetics of chain

polymerization.

15. Solids - structural classification of binary and ternary compounds, diffraction techniques,bonding, thermal, electrical and magnetic properties

16. Collids and surface phenomena.

17. Data analysis.

Inorganic Chemistry

1. Chemical periodicity

2. Structure and bonding in homo- and heteronuclear molecules, including shapes of molecules.

3. Concepts of acids and bases.

4. Chemistry of the main group elements and their compounds. Allotropy, synthesis, bonding

and structure.

5. Chemistry of transition elements and coordination compoundsbonding theories, spectral and

magnetic properties, reaction mechanisms.

6. Inner transition elementsspectral and magnetic properties, analytical applications.

7. Organometallic compounds - synthesis, bonding and structure, and reactivity. Organometallics

in homogenous catalysis.

8. Cages and metal clusters.

9. Analytical chemistry- separation techniques. Spectroscopic electro- and thermoanalytical

methods.


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10. Bioinorganic chemistry photosystems, porphyrines, metalloenzymes, oxygen transport,

electron- transfer reactions, nitrogen fixation.

11. Physical characterisation of inorganic compounds by IR, Raman, NMR, EPR, Mssbauer,

UV-, NQR, MS, electron spectroscopy and microscopic techniques.

12. Nuclear chemistry nuclear reactions, fission and fusion, radio-analytical techniques and

activation analysis.

Organic Chemistry

1. IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds.

2. Principles of stereochemistry, conformational analysis, isomerism and chirality.

3. Reactive intermediates and organic reaction mechanisms.

4. Concepts of aromaticity.

5. Pericyclic reactions.

6. Named reactions.

7. Transformations and rearrangements.

8. Principles and applications of organic photochemistry. Free radical reactions.

9. Reactions involving nucleophotic carbon intermediates.

10. Oxidation and reduction of functional groups.

11. Common reagents (organic, inorganic and organometallic) in organic synthesis.

12. Chemistry of natural products such as steroids, alkaloids, terpenes, peptides, carbohydrates,

nucleic acids and lipids.

13.Selective organic transformationschemoselectivity, regioselectivity, stereoselectivity,

enantioselectivity. Protecting groups.

14. Chemistry of aromatic and aliphatic heterocyclic compounds.

15. Physical characterisation of organic compounds by IR, UV-, MS, and NMR.

Interdisciplinary topics

1. Chemistry in nanoscience and technology.

2. Catalysis and green chemistry.


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3. Medicinal chemistry.

4. Supra-molecular chemistry.

5. Environmental chemistry.

MATHEMATICS

Analysis: Elementary set theory, finite, countable and uncountable sets, Real number system as a

complete ordered field, Archimedean property, supremum, infimum. Sequences and series,

convergence, limsup, liminf. Bolzano Weierstrass theorem, Heine Borel theorem. Continuity,

uniform continuity, differentiability, mean value theorem. Sequences and series of functions,

uniform convergence. Riemann sums and Riemann integral, Improper Integrals. Monotonic

functions, types of discontinuity, functions of bounded variation, Lebesgue measure, Lebesgue

integral. Functions of several variables, directional derivative, partial derivative, derivative as a

linear transformation. Metric spaces, compactness, connectedness. Normed Linear Spaces.

Spaces of Continuous functions as examples.

Linear Algebra: Vector spaces, subspaces, linear dependence, basis, dimension, algebra of

linear transformations. Algebra of matrices, rank and determinant of matrices, linear equations.

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, Cayley-Hamilton theorem. Matrix representation of linear

transformations. Change of basis, canonical forms, diagonal forms, triangular forms, Jordan

forms. Inner product spaces, orthonormal basis. Quadratic forms, reduction and classification of

quadratic forms.

Complex Analysis: Algebra of complex numbers, the complex plane, polynomials, Power

series, transcendental functions such as exponential, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions.Analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations. Contour integral, Cauchys theorem, Cauchys

integral formula, Liouvilles theorem, Maximum modulus principle, Schwarz lemma, Open

mapping theorem. Taylor series, Laurent series, calculus of residues. Conformal mappings,

Mobius transformations.

Algebra: Permutations, combinations, pigeon-hole principle, inclusion-exclusion principle,

derangements. Fundamental theorem of arithmetic, divisibility in Z, congruences, Chinese

Remainder Theorem, Eulers - function, primitive roots. Groups, subgroups, normal subgroups,

quotient groups, homomorphisms, cyclic groups, permutation groups, Cayleys theorem, class

equations, Sylow theorems.

Rings, ideals, prime and maximal ideals, quotient rings, unique factorization domain, principal

ideal domain, Euclidean domain. Polynomial rings and irreducibility criteria. Fields, finite fields,

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Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs):

Existence and Uniqueness of solutions of initial value problems for first order ordinary

differential equations, singular solutions of first order ODEs, system of first order ODEs.

General theory of homogenous and non-homogeneous linear ODEs, variation of parameters,

Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem, Greens function.

Partial Differential Equations (PDEs):

Lagrange and Charpit methods for solving first order PDEs, Cauchy problem for first order

PDEs. Classification of second order PDEs, General solution of higher order PDEs with constant

coefficients, Method of separation of variables for Laplace, Heat and Wave equations.

Numerical Analysis :

Numerical solutions of algebraic equations, Method of iteration and Newton-Raphson method,

Rate of convergence, Solution of systems of linear algebraic equations using Gauss eliminationand Gauss-Seidel methods, Finite differences, Lagrange, Hermite and spline interpolation,

Numerical differentiation and integration, Numerical solutions of ODEs using Picard, Euler,

modified Euler and Runge-Kutta methods.

Calculus of Variations:

Variation of a functional, Euler-Lagrange equation, Necessary and sufficient conditions for

extrema. Variational methods for boundary value problems in ordinary and partial differential

equations.

Linear Integral Equations:

Linear integral equation of the first and second kind of Fredholm and Volterra type, Solutions

with separable kernels. Characteristic numbers and eigenfunctions, resolvent kernel.

Classical Mechanics:

Generalized coordinates, Lagranges equations, Hamiltons canonical equations, Hamiltons

principle and principle of least action, Two-dimensional motion of rigid bodies, Eulers

dynamical equations for the motion of a rigid body about an axis, theory of small oscillations.

Descriptive statistics, exploratory data analysis.

Sample space, discrete probability, independent events, Bayes theorem. Random variables and

distribution functions (univariate and multivariate); expectation and moments. Independent

random variables, marginal and conditional distributions. Characteristic functions. Probability

inequalities (Tchebyshef, Markov, Jensen). Modes of convergence, weak and strong laws of

large numbers, Central Limit theorems (i.i.d. case).


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Markov chains with finite and countable state space, classification of states, limiting behaviour

of n-step transition probabilities, stationary distribution.

Standard discrete and continuous univariate distributions. Sampling distributions. Standard errors

and asymptotic distributions, distribution of order statistics and range.

Methods of estimation. Properties of estimators. Confidence intervals. Tests of hypotheses: most

powerful and uniformly most powerful tests, Likelihood ratio tests. Analysis of discrete data and

chi-square test of goodness of fit. Large sample tests.

Simple nonparametric tests for one and two sample problems, rank correlation and test for

independence. Elementary Bayesian inference.

Gauss-Markov models, estimability of parameters, Best linear unbiased estimators, tests for

linear hypotheses and confidence intervals. Analysis of variance and covariance. Fixed, random

and mixed effects models. Simple and multiple linear regression. Elementary regression

diagnostics. Logistic regression.

Multivariate normal distribution, Wishart distribution and their properties. Distribution of

quadratic forms. Inference for parameters, partial and multiple correlation coefficients and

related tests. Data reduction techniques: Principle component analysis, Discriminant analysis,

Cluster analysis, Canonical correlation.

Simple random sampling, stratified sampling and systematic sampling. Probability proportional

to size sampling. Ratio and regression methods. Completely randomized, randomized blocks and

Latin-square designs. Connected, complete and orthogonal block designs, BIBD. 2K

factorial

experiments: confounding and construction. Series and parallel systems, hazard function and

failure rates, censoring and life testing.

Linear programming problem. Simplex methods, duality. Elementary queuing and inventory

models. Steady-state solutions of Markovian queuing models: M/M/1, M/M/1 with limited

waiting space, M/M/C, M/M/C with limited waiting space, M/G/1

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Microbiology: Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure; Microbial nutrition, growth and

control; Microbial metabolism (aerobic and anaerobic respiration, photosynthesis); Nitrogenfixation; Chemical basis of mutations and mutagens; Microbial genetics (plasmids,

transformation, transduction, conjugation); Microbial diversity and characteristic features;

Viruses.

Biochemistry: Biomolecules and their conformation; Ramachandran map; Weak inter-molecular

interactions in biomacromolecules; Chemical and functional nature of enzymes; Kinetics of

single substrate and bi-substrate enzyme catalyzed reactions; Bioenergetics; Metabolism


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(Glycolysis, TCA and Oxidative phosphorylation); Membrane transport and pumps; Cell cycle

and cell growth control; Cell signaling and signal transduction; Biochemical and biophysical

techniques for macromolecular analysis.

Molecular Biology and Genetics: Molecular structure of genes and chromosomes; DNA

replication and control; Transcription and its control; Translational processes; Regulatorycontrols in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; Mendelian inheritance; Gene interaction;

Complementation; Linkage, recombination and chromosome mapping; Extrachromosomal

inheritance; Chromosomal variation; Population genetics; Transposable elements, Molecular

basis of genetic diseases and applications.

Process Biotechnology: Bioprocess technology for the production of cell biomass and

primary/secondary metabolites, such as bakers yeast, ethanol, citric acid, amino acids, exo-

polysacharides, antibiotics and pigments etc.; Microbial production, purification and bioprocess

application(s) of industrial enzymes; Production and purification of recombinant proteins on a

large scale; Chromatographic and membrane based bioseparation methods; Immobilization ofenzymes and cells and their application for bioconversion processes. Aerobic and anaerobic

biological processes for stabilization of solid / liquid wastes; Bioremediation.

Bioprocess Engineering: Kinetics of microbial growth, substrate utilization and product

formation; Simple structured models; Sterilization of air and media; Batch, fed-batch and

continuous processes; Aeration and agitation; Mass transfer in bioreactors; Rheology of

fermentation fluids; Scale-up concepts; Design of fermentation media; Various types of

microbial and enzyme reactors; Instrumentation in bioreactors.

Plant and Animal Biotechnology: Special features and organization of plant cells; Totipotency;Regeneration of plants; Plant products of industrial importance; Biochemistry of major metabolic

pathways and products; Autotrophic and heterotrophic growth; Plant growth regulators and

elicitors; Cell suspension culture development: methodology, kinetics of growth and production

formation, nutrient optimization; Production of secondary metabolites by plant suspension

cultures; Hairy root cultures and their cultivation. Techniques in raising transgencies.

Characteristics of animal cells: Metabolism, regulation and nutritional requirements for mass

cultivation of animal cell cultures; Kinetics of cell growth and product formation and effect of

shear force; Product and substrate transport; Micro & macro-carrier culture; Hybridoma

technology; Live stock improvement; Cloning in animals; Genetic engineering in animal cellculture; Animal cell preservation.

Immunology: The origin of immunology; Inherent immunity; Humoral and cell mediated

immunity; Primary and secondary lymphoid organ; Antigen; B and T cells and Macrophages;

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC); Antigen processing and presentation; Synthesis of

antibody and secretion; Molecular basis of antibody diversity; Polyclonal and monoclonal


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antibody; Complement; Antigenantibody reaction; Regulation of immune response; Immune

tolerance; Hyper sensitivity; Autoimmunity; Graft versus host reaction.

Recombinant DNA Technology: Restriction and modification enzymes; Vectors: plasmid,

bacteriophage and other viral vectors, cosmids, Ti plasmid, yeast artificial chromosome; cDNA

and genomic DNA library; Gene isolation; Gene cloning; Expression of cloned gene;Transposons and gene targeting; DNA labeling; DNA sequencing; Polymerase chain reactions;

DNA fingerprinting; Southern and northern blotting; In-situ hybridization; RAPD; RFLP; Site-

directed mutagenesis; Gene transfer technologies; Gene therapy.

Bioinformatics: Major bioinformatics resources (NCBI, EBI, ExPASy); Sequence and structure

databases; Sequence analysis (biomolecular sequence file formats, scoring matrices, sequence

alignment, phylogeny); Genomics and Proteomics (Large scale genome sequencing strategies;

Comparative genomics; Understanding DNA microarrays and protein arrays); Molecular

modeling and simulations (basic concepts including concept of force fields).

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Water requirements: Quality standards, basic unit processes and operations for water

treatment. Drinking water standards, water requirements, basic unit operations and unit processes

for surface water treatment, distribution of water. Sewage and sewerage treatment, quantity and

characteristics of wastewater. Primary, secondary and tertiary treatment of wastewater, sludge

disposal, effluent discharge standards. Domestic wastewater treatment, quantity of characteristics

of domestic wastewater, primary and secondary treatment Unit operations and unit processes of

domestic wastewater, sludge disposal.

Air Pollution: Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts, air pollution meteorology, air

pollution control, air quality standards and limits.

Municipal Solid Wastes: Characteristics, generation, collection and transportation of solid

wastes, engineered systems for solid waste management (reuse/ recycle, energy recovery,

treatment and disposal).

Noise Pollution: Impacts of noise, permissible limits of noise pollution, measurement of noise

and control of noise pollution.

Highway Planning: Geometric design of highways, testing and specifications of pavingmaterials, design of flexible and rigid pavements.

Traffic Engineering: Traffic characteristics, theory of traffic flow, intersection design, traffic

signs and signal design, highway capacity.


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ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER

ENGINEERING

Digital Logic: Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and

sequential circuits; Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).

Computer Organization and Architecture: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU

and data-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode),

Instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage.

Programming and Data Structures: Programming in C; Functions, Recursion, Parameter

passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees,

Binary search trees, Binary heaps.

Algorithms: Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and

average case analysis; Design: Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide-and-conquer;

Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing,

Sorting, Searching. Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average cases) of time and space, upper

and lower bounds, Basic concepts of complexity classesP, NP, NP-hard, NP-complete.

Theory of Computation: Regular languages and finite automata, Context free languages and

Push-down automata, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Undecidability.

Compiler Design: Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments,

Intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization.

Operating System: Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Concurrency,Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File

systems, I/O systems, Protection and security.

Databases: ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design

(integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files,

indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control.

Information Systems and Software Engineering: information gathering, requirement and

feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, process specifications, input/output design, process life

cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance.

Computer Networks: ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), Flow and error

control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4),

Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop, ftp, http); Basic concepts of hubs, switches,

gateways, and routers. Network security basic concepts of public key and private key

cryptography, digital signature, firewalls.


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Web technologies: HTML, XML, basic concepts of client-server computing.

Networks:Network graphs: matrices associated with graphs; incidence, fundamental cut set and

fundamental circuit matrices. Solution methods: nodal and mesh analysis. Network theorems:

superposition, Thevenin and Nortons maximum power transfer, Wye-Delta transformation.

Steady state sinusoidal analysis using phasors. Linear constant coefficient differential equations;time domain analysis of simple RLC circuits, Solution of network equations using Laplace

transform: frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits. 2-port network parameters: driving point

and transfer functions. State equations for networks.

Electronic Devices: Energy bands in silicon, intrinsic and extrinsic silicon. Carrier transport in

silicon: diffusion current, drift current, mobility, and resistivity. Generation and recombination of

carriers. p-n junction diode, Zener diode, tunnel diode, BJT, JFET, MOS capacitor, MOSFET,

LED, p-I-n and avalanche photo diode, Basics of LASERs. Device technology: integrated

circuits fabrication process, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, photolithography, n-tub, p-tub

and twin-tub CMOS process.

Analog Circuits: Small Signal Equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs and analog

CMOS. Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifier. Biasing and bias stability of

transistor and FET amplifiers. Amplifiers: single-and multi-stage, differential and operational,

feedback, and power. Frequency response of amplifiers. Simple op-amp circuits. Filters.

Sinusoidal oscillators; criterion for oscillation; single-transistor and op-amp configurations.

Function generators and wave-shaping circuits, 555 Timers. Power supplies.

Digital circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of Boolean functions; logic gates; digital IC

families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS). Combinatorial circuits: arithmetic circuits, codeconverters, multiplexers, decoders, PROMs and PLAs. Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops,

counters and shift-registers. Sample and hold circuits, ADCs, DACs. Semiconductor memories.

Microprocessor(8085): architecture, programming, memory and I/O interfacing.

Signals and Systems: Definitions and properties of Laplace transform, continuous-time and

discrete-time Fourier series, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier Transform, DFT and

FFT, z-transform. Sampling theorem. Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems: definitions and

properties; causality, stability, impulse response, convolution, poles and zeros, parallel and

cascade structure, frequency response, group delay, phase delay. Signal transmission through

LTI systems.

Control Systems: Basic control system components; block diagrammatic description, reduction

of block diagrams. Open loop and closed loop (feedback) systems and stability analysis of these

systems. Signal flow graphs and their use in determining transfer functions of systems; transient

and steady state analysis of LTI control systems and frequency response. Tools and techniques

for LTI control system analysis: root loci, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Bode and Nyquist plots.

Control system compensators: elements of lead and lag compensation, elements of Proportional-


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Integral-Derivative (PID) control. State variable representation and solution of state equation of

LTI control systems.

Communications: Random signals and noise: probability, random variables, probability density

function, autocorrelation, power spectral density. Analog communication systems: amplitude and

angle modulation and demodulation systems, spectral analysis of these operations,superheterodyne receivers; elements of hardware, realizations of analog communication systems;

signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculations for amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency

modulation (FM) for low noise conditions. Fundamentals of information theory and channel

capacity theorem. Digital communication systems: pulse code modulation (PCM), differential

pulse code modulation (DPCM), digital modulation schemes: amplitude, phase and frequency

shift keying schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK), matched filter receivers, bandwidth consideration and

probability of error calculations for these schemes. Basics of TDMA, FDMA and CDMA and

GSM.

Electromagnetics: Elements of vector calculus: divergence and curl; Gauss and Stokestheorems, Maxwells equations: differential and integral forms. Wave equation, Poynting vector.

Plane waves: propagation through various media; reflection and refraction; phase and group

velocity; skin depth. Transmission lines: characteristic impedance; impedance transformation;

Smith chart; impedance matching; S parameters, pulse excitation. Waveguides: modes in

rectangular waveguides; boundary conditions; cut-off frequencies; dispersion relations. Basics of

propagation in dielectric waveguide and optical fibers. Basics of Antennas: Dipole antennas;

radiation pattern; antenna gain.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Engineering Mechanics: Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work;

kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion, including impulse and

momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations; impact.

Strength of Materials: Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohrs

circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment diagrams;

bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; Eulers theory of

columns; strain energy methods; thermal stresses.

Theory of Machines: Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms;

dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels.

Vibrations: Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems; effect of damping;

vibration isolation; resonance, critical speeds of shafts.


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Design: Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N

diagram;principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints,

shafts, spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and clutches.

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Mechanics: Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams. Simple stress and

strain relationship: Stress and strain in two dimensions, principal stresses, stress transformation,

Mohrs circle. Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, unsymmetrical bending, shear

centre. Thin walled pressure vessels, uniform torsion, buckling of column, combined and direct

bending stresses.

Structural Analysis:Analysis of statically determinate trusses, arches, beams, cables and

frames, displacements in statically determinate structures and analysis of statically indeterminate

structures by force/ energy methods, analysis by displacement methods (slope deflection and

moment distribution methods), influence lines for determinate and indeterminate structures.Basic concepts of matrix methods of structural analysis.

Concrete Structures: Concrete Technology- properties of concrete, basics of mix design.

Concrete design- basic working stress and limit state design concepts, analysis of ultimate load

capacity and design of members subjected to flexure, shear, compression and torsion by limit

state methods. Basic elements of prestressed concrete, analysis of beam sections at transfer and

service loads.

Steel Structures: Analysis and design of tension and compression members, beams and beam-

columns, column bases. Connections simple and eccentric, beamcolumn connections, plate

girders and trusses. Plastic analysis of beams and frames.

Soil Mechanics:Origin of soils, soil classification, three-phase system, fundamental definitions,

relationship and interrelationships, permeability & seepage, effective stress principle,

consolidation, compaction, shear strength.

Foundation Engineering: Sub-surface investigations- scope, drilling bore holes, sampling,

penetration tests, plate load test. Earth pressure theories, effect of water table, layered soils.

Stability of slopes-infinite slopes, finite slopes. Foundation types-foundation design

requirements. Shallow foundations-bearing capacity, effect of shape, water table and other

factors, stress distribution, settlement analysis in sands & clays. Deep foundationspile types,dynamic & static formulae, load capacity of piles in sands & clays, negative skin friction.


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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Electric Circuits and Fields: Network graph, KCL, KVL, node and mesh analysis, transient

response of dc and ac networks; sinusoidal steady-state analysis, resonance, basic filter concepts;

ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenins, Nortons and Superposition and Maximum Power

Transfer theorems, two-port networks, three phase circuits; Gauss Theorem, electric field and

potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions; Amperes and Biot-Savarts

laws; inductance; dielectrics; capacitance.

Signals and Systems: Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals; shifting and

scaling operations; linear, time-invariant and causal systems; Fourier series representation of

continuous periodic signals; sampling theorem; Fourier, Laplace and Z transforms.

Electrical Machines: Single phase transformer - equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests,

regulation and efficiency; three phase transformers - connections, parallel operation; auto-

transformer; energy conversion principles; DC machines - types, windings, generatorcharacteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors; three

phase induction motors - principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed

control; single phase induction motors; synchronous machines - performance, regulation and

parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications; servo and

stepper motors.

Power Systems: Basic power generation concepts; transmission line models and performance;

cable performance, insulation; corona and radio interference; distribution systems; per-unit

quantities; bus impedance and admittance matrices; load flow; voltage control; power factor

correction; economic operation; symmetrical components; fault analysis; principles of over-current, differential and distance protection; solid state relays and digital protection; circuit

breakers; system stability concepts, swing curves and equal area criterion; HVDC transmission

and FACTS concepts.

Control Systems: Principles of feedback; transfer function; block diagrams; steady-state errors;

Routh and Niquist techniques; Bode plots; root loci; lag, lead and lead-lag compensation; state

space model; state transition matrix, controllability and observability.

Electrical and Electronic Measurements: Bridges and potentiometers; PMMC, moving iron,

dynamometer and induction type instruments; measurement of voltage, current, power, energy

and power factor; instrument transformers; digital voltmeters and multimeters; phase, time and

frequency measurement; Q-meters; oscilloscopes; potentiometric recorders; error analysis.

Analog and Digital Electronics: Characteristics of diodes, BJT, FET; amplifiers - biasing,

equivalent circuit and frequency response; oscillators and feedback amplifiers; operational

amplifiers - characteristics and applications; simple active filters; VCOs and timers;

combinational and sequential logic circuits; multiplexer; Schmitt trigger; multi-vibrators; sample


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and hold circuits; A/D and D/A converters; 8-bit microprocessor basics, architecture,

programming and interfacing.

Power Electronics and Drives: Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs,

GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs static characteristics and principles of operation; triggering

circuits; phase control rectifiers; bridge converters - fully controlled and half controlled;principles of choppers and inverters; basis concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives.

Electrical and Electronic Measurements: Bridges and potentiometers, measurement of R,L

and C. Measurements of voltage, current, power, power factor and energy. A.C & D.C current

probes. Extension of instrument ranges. Q-meter and waveform analyzer. Digital voltmeter and

multi-meter. Time, phase and frequency measurements. Cathode ray oscilloscope. Serial and

parallel communication. Shielding and grounding.

Control Systems and Process Control: Feedback principles. Signal flow graphs. Transient

Response, steady-state-errors. Routh and Nyquist criteria. Bode plot, root loci. Time delaysystems. Phase and gain margin. State space representation of systems. Mechanical, hydraulic

and pneumatic system components. Synchro pair, servo and step motors. On-off, cascade, P, P-I,

P-I-D, feed forward and derivative controller, Fuzzy controllers.

Analytical, Optical and Biomedical Instrumentation: Mass spectrometry. UV, visible and IR

spectrometry. X-ray and nuclear radiation measurements. Optical sources and detectors, LED,

laser, Photo-diode, photo-resistor and their characteristics. Interferometers, applications in

metrology. Basics of fiber optics. Biomedical instruments, EEG, ECG and EMG. Clinical

measurements. Ultrasonic transducers and Ultrasonography. Principles of Computer Assisted

Tomography.

MANAGEMENT

Unit-I

Managerial Economics-Demand Analysis, Production Function, Cost-output relations,Market structures, Pricing theories, Advertising, Macro-economics, National Income

concepts, Infrastructure-Management, and Policy, Business Environment, Capital

Budgeting

Unit-II

The concept and significance of organisational behaviour-Skills and roles in anorganisation-Classical, Neo-classical and modern theories of organisational

structure-Organisational design-Understanding and Managing individual behaviour

personality-Perception-Values-Attitudes-Learning-Motivation. Understanding and

managing group behaviour, Processes-Inter-personal and group dynamics-


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Communication-Leadership-Managing change-Managing conflicts, Organisational

development

Unit-III

Concepts and perspectives in HRM; HRM in changing environment Humanresource planning-objectives, Process and Techniques Job analysis-Job description,Selecting human resources, Induction, Training and Development, Exit policy and

implications, Performance appraisal and evaluation, Potential assessment, Job

evaluation, Wage determination, Industrial Relations and Trade Unions, Disputeresolution and Grievance management Labour Welfare and Social security

measures

Unit-IV

Financial management-Nature and Scope Valuation concepts and valuation of

securities Capital budgeting decisions-Risk analysis Capital structure and Cost ofcapital, Dividend policy-Determinants, Long-term and short-term financing

instruments Mergers and Acquisitions

Unit-V

Marketing environment and Environment scanning; Marketing Information Systems

and Marketing research: Understanding consumer and industrial markets: DemandMeasurement and Forecasting; Market Segmentation-Targeting and Positioning:

Product decisions, Product mix, Product Life Cycle; New product development;Branding and Packaging; Pricing methods and strategies. Promotion decisions-Promotion mix; Advertising; Personal selling; Channel management; Verticalmarketing systems; Evaluation and control of marketing effort; Marketing ofservices; Customer relation management; Uses of internet as a marketing medium-other related issues like branding. market development, Advertising and retailing onthe net. New issues in Marketing.

Unit-VI

Role and scope of production management; Facility location; Layout planning andanalysis; Production planning and control-production process analysis; Demandforecasting for operations; Determinants of product mix; Production scheduling;Work measurement; Time and motion study; Statistical Quality Control. Role andscope of Operations Research; Linear Programming; Sensitivity analysis; Duality;Transportation model; Inventory control; queueing theory; Decision theory; Markovanalysis; PERT/CPM.


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Unit-VII

Probability theory; Probability distributions-Binomial. Poisson. Normal andExponential; Correlation and Regression analysis; Sampling theory; Samplingdistributions; Tests of Hypothesis; Large and small samples; t, z, F. Chi-square tests.

Use of Computers in Managerial applications: Technology issues and Dataprocessing in organizations; Information systems; MIS and Decision making; Systemanalysis and design; Trends in Information Technology; Internet and Internet-basedapplications.

Unit-VIII

Concept of corporate strategy; Components of strategy formulation; Ansoffs growthvector; BCG Model; Porter's generic strategies: Competitor analysis; Strategicdimensions and group mapping; Industry analysis; Strategies in industry evolution,fragmentation, maturity, and decline; Competitive strategy and corporate strategy;

Transnationalization of world economy; Managing cultural diversity; Global Entrystrategies; Globalization of financial system and services; Managing internationalbusiness; Competitive advantage of nations; RTP and WTO.

Unit-IX

Concepts-Types, Characteristics; Motivation; Competencies and its development;Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Small business-Concepts Government policyfor promotion of small and tiny enterprises; Process of business opportunityidentification; Detailed business plan preparation; Managing small enterprises;Planning for growth; Sickness in Small Enterprises; Rehabilitation of sickenterprises; Intrapreneurship (organtsational entrepreneurship) .

Unit-X

Ethics and Management. system; Ethical issues and analysis in management;Value based organizations; Personal framework for ethical choices; Ethical

pressure on individual in organizations; Gender issues; Ecological consciousness;Environmental ethics; Social responsibilities of business; Corporate governanceand ethics.

ECONOMICS

Micro-economic Analysis

Demand analysis - Marshallian, Hicksian and Revealed preference approaches, Theory of

Production and Costs Pricing and output under different forms of market structure Factor

Pricing analysis, Elements of general equilibrium and new welfare economics


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Macro-economic Analysis

Determination of output and employment - Classical approach! Keynesian approach!Consumption hypotheses, Demand for Money - Fisher and Cambridge versions! Approaches of

Keynesian! Friedman! Patinkin, Baumol and Tobin, Supply of Money! Determinants of money

supply! High-powered money, Money multiplier, Phillips Curve analysis, Business cycles -Models of Samuelson, Hicks and Kaldor.Macro-economic Equilibrium - Relative roles of monetary and fiscal policies

Development and Planning

Economic Growth! Economic Development and sustainable Development - Importance of

institutions - Government and markets - Perpetuation of underdevelopment - Vicious circle of

poverty, circular causation, structural view of underdevelopment - Measurement of developmentconventional, HDI and quality of life indices Theories of Development - Classical, Marx and

Schumpeter; Economic Growth Harrod-Domar model, instability of equilibrium, Neoclassical

growth - Solow's model, steady state growth. Approaches to development: Balanced growth!Critical minimum effort, big push, unlimited supply of labour, unbalanced growth, low

income equilibrium trap Indicators and measurement of poverty Importance of agriculture

and industry in economic development - choice of techniques and appropriate technology -

Investment criteria - Elementary idea of cost-benefit analysis Trade and Aid - International

trade as 'engine of growth' - Globalization and LDC's Objectives and role of monetary and

fiscal policies in economic development Techniques of planning; Plan Models in India;

planning in a market-oriented economy

Public Finance

Role of the Government in Economic activity -r-r- Allocation, distribution and

stabilization functions; Private, Public and Merit goods The Public Budgets - Kinds of

Budgets, Zero-base budgeting, different concepts of budget deficits; Budgets of the Union

Government in India

Public Expenditure -' Hypotheses; effects and evaluation Public Revenue - Different

approaches to the division of tax burden, incidence and effects of taxation; elasticity and

buoyancy; taxable capacity Public Debt - Sources, effects, burden and its management

Fiscal Federalism -Theory and problems; Problems of Centre-State Financial relations in

India Fiscal Policy - Neutral and compensatory and functional finance; balanced budget

multiplier

International Economics

Theories of International Trade: Empirical verification and Relevance International Trade

under Imperfect competition Terms of Trade and Economic Growth - Secular

Deterioration of Terms of Trade Hypothesis - a critical review Equilibrium/ disequilibrium

in Balance of Payment - Traditional, Absorption and Monetary approaches for adjustment

in the Balance of Payments, Foreign Trade multiplier Impact of Tariffs, Partial and general

equilibrium analysis; Political economy of NonTariff Barriers Theory of regionalism at


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Global level- Collapse of Bretton-Wood System ~ Recent Monetary reforms Trade Policy

and Reforms in India

Indian Economy

Basic Economic indicators - National income, performance of different sectors. Trends inprices and money supply, Agriculture - Institutional and technological aspects, new

agricultural policy Industry - New industrial policy and liberalization Money and banking

- Concepts of money supply, inflation, monetary policy and financial sector reforms Public

finance - Trends in revenue and expenditures of the Central and State Governments, Public

debt; analysis of the Union Budget

Foreign trade - Trends, Balance of payments and trade reforms Poverty, unemployment,

migration and environment

Statistical Methods

Measures of Central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis Elementary theory ofprobability - Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions Simple correlation and regression

analysis Statistical inferences - Applications, sampling distributions (t, X2

an d F tests) ,

sampling of attributes, testing of Hypothesis Index numbers and time series analysis

Sampling and census methods, types of sampling and errors

Mass Communication

Unit-I

Communication and Jourrialism - Basic terms, Concepts and definition, Natureand process; Types of Communication; Mass communication-Nature of mediaand content; Mass comrnunication in India-Reach, access and nature of audience.

Unit-II

Role of media in society; Characteristics of Indian society-Demographic andsociological impact of media in general; Impact of media on specific audiences -Women, children, etc.; Mass media effects studies and their limitations; Masscampaigns for specific issues-Social concerns, environment, human rights,gender equality; The press, radio, television, cinema and traditional form ofcommunication.

Unit-III

Journalism as a profession; Journalists-Their role and responsibilities; IndianConstitution and freedom of press; Research restrictions; Ethics and journalism;Careers in Journalism and mass media; Training-Problems, perception and


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response by the Industry; Media management-Principles and practices;Professional organisations in Media; Media Laws in India .

Unit-IV

History of Print and Broadcast media in general with particular reference to India;Post-independent developments in print; Newspapers-English and Indianlanguage; press-major landmarks; Magazines-Their role, book phase andcontemporary situation; Small newspapers-Problems and prospects; PressCommission, Press Councils-Their recommendations and status; Development ofRadio after independence-Extension role; Radio rural forums and local

broadcasting-General and specific audience programmes; Development oftelevision-Perception, initial development and experimental approach; SITE phaseand evaluation; Expansion of television-Post-Asiad phase, issues concerns anddebates over a period of time; Committees in broadcasting-Background,

recommendations and implementation;

Cinema - Historical overview and contemporary analysis-Commercial, parallel anddocumentary genres-Problems and prospects for the film industry.

Unit-V

Communication and theories of social change; Role of media in social change-Dominant paradigms; Critique of the Dominant paradigm and alternativeconception; Development initiatives-State, market and the third force (NGOsector); Participatory approaches and community media - Ownership andmanagement perspectives. Unit-VI

Introduction of research methods and process; Mass communication research-Historical overview; Administrative and critical traditions; Effects research-

Strengths and limitations; Communication research in India-Landmark studies

related to SITE; Content analysis-Quantitative and qualitative approaches; Marketresearch and its relationship to Communication particularly advertising; Sampling

techniques-Strengths and limitations; Statistical methods of analysis basics.

Unit-VII

Colonial structures of communication; Decolonisation and aspirations of nations;

Conflicts related to media coverage and representation, International news agencies

Critique; MacBride Commission-Recommendations and policy options;

Contemporary issues related to transnational broadcasting and its impact on culture,

various perspectives and cultural impact; Convergence of media-Problems and

options; Media Policies in an International Context; India's position and approachto international communication issues.


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Unit-VlII

Radio & TV and Video as Media of Communication; Grammar of TV & Radio andVideo; The production team; Role of Producer; Different types of programmes;

Writing for Radio; Writing for TV Researching for Scripts; The Visual Language;

Camera Movements; Basic Theories of Composition-Cues and Commands; Formatsfor Radio-Television-News. Sitcoms, Features, Commercials, Operas,Documentaries, Cinema, Theatre, Drama; Editing Theory and Practice; SoundDesign, Microphones, Sets and Lighting; Satellite, Cable television, Computers,Microchips.

Unit-IX

Advertising; Marketing; Ad copy and Layout; Public Relations; Public Opinion;Propaganda.

Unit-X

The Techniques; Different forms of writing; Printing Technology and Productionmethods; News agencies Syndicates and Freelancing; Specialised areas ofJournalism.


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Ph.D.Ordinances

SHARDA UNIVERSITYPlot No. 32, 34, Knowledge Park-III, Greater Noida201306 (UP)

Ordinances for Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).

Sharda University established as a state private university in Greater Noida through the U.P.

State Legislative Act in 2009 and approved by UGC, hereby makes the following Ordinances,

regarding Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) programme.

1. SHORT TITLE, APPLICATION AND COMMENCEMENT1.1 These Ordinance shall be called the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Ordinances, 2012.1.2 These Ordinance shall come into effect as per notification.1.3 The University shall award Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in the disciplines of

Science, Engineering and Technology, Management, Arts, and Humanities etc. These

Ordinance shall not be applicable to the Medical and Dental Faculty.

1.4 There will be Board of Research (BoR), Central Research Committee (CRC),Departmental Research Committee (DRC) and Student Research Committee (SRC).

1.5 All the papers for approval of the vice-chancellor will be processed through CRC1.6 The term of all the committees prescribed in these Ordinances will be for two years.1.7 Before admission process starts, the number of students to be admitted in each subject

will normally be displayed on the university website

2.ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSIONAn applicant possessing any one of the following qualifications shall be eligible to apply

(d)Masters degree in respective discipline with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average(CGPA) of 6.75 on a 10 point scale or 60% marks in aggregate (of all the years/semesters)

where marks are awarded.

(e) In exceptional cases a candidate with a B. Tech/ BS degree with minimum 75% marks orCGPA of 8.0 may be directly enrolled in Ph.D in relaxation of the prescribed

qualifications, provided he/she has 05 years professional experience.

(f) Interdisciplinary research is also allowed and the qualifications will be decided on case to casebasis by CRC

3.0 ENTRANCE TEST

3.1 The University shall conduct an entrance test followed by a group discussion/ interview

for admission to Ph.D. Programme. The examination shall be conducted either at theUniversity premises or through any other mode which the University deems suitable.
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3.2 For admission in the Ph.D. programme advertisement will be made and displayed on SU

website giving total number of seats in each department. Entrance test shall be conducted

twice in an academic year on a suitable date preferably in December and June. The CoE of SUwill conduct the entrance test.

3.3 Short listing of applications for the purpose of entrance test/interview will be done byconcerned DRC.

3.4 The interviews will be conducted after entrance test (normally next day) by committeesconstituted by the Dean of concerned school as per criteria laid down by CRC.

3.5 The committees would consider criteria such as the performance in the entrance test,interview, papers published, patents and any other distinction as decided by CRC.

3.6 UGC/CSIR (JRF), NET/GATE qualified candidates may be exempted from appearing inthe entrance examination. However, they will necessarily have to undergo an interview.

3.7. For faculty members of SU and Sharda Group of institutions and for senior executives orpersonnel of Corporate/Public/Government sector including Defence etc., a separate

entrance test followed by an interview shall be conducted as prescribed by the University

as required.

4.0 ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION

4.1Admissions will be made after the candidate qualifies the entrance test/interview anddeposits the fees within the time as per notification.

4.2The students shall be provisionally registered for Full-time and Part-time Ph.D. Programme at theinitial stage and the date of provisional registration will be from the date of confirmation ofadmission.

4.3The candidates working elsewhere (both as teacher and non teacher), in academicinstitutions, industries or research laboratories may be registered as Part Time candidates

provided no objection certificate (NOC) from the employer is submitted. Teaching and non

teaching candidates from SU seeking admission to Ph.D. programme will be considered as

part time student.4.4A student of foreign nationality can be considered for admission if recommended by the

competent authority of Government of India.

4.5A foreign student can also be admitted and the entrance test/interview shall be performedonline/personal interview and other formalities can be decided on case to case basis byCRC.

4.6Every student shall be required to register in each semester by paying the requisite fee. Thefirst installment of fees will be deposited within the notified time but second and consecutiveinstallments after every six month from the date of provisional registration (within 15 days fromdue date). Faculties and employees of SU if enrolled for Ph.D. degree are required to pay the fees as

per SU rules. Any student failing to register for two consecutive semesters will be

considered to be withdrawn from the programme. After due date late fees will be charged

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5.0 SUPERVISOR

5.1 An admitted student shall be assigned a Research Supervisor(s) by the concerned Deanon the recommendation of DRC and the preference of the student.

5.2 A Supervisor(s) can be any full-time faculty member/adjunct faculty/visiting professor of

SU with a Ph.D. degree.5.3 Persons of imminence having vast experience in industries/research organizations

without Ph.D degrees may also be considered as research guides on recommendation of

the DRC and approval of the Vice Chancellor provided they require other requirements.5.4 The Supervisor shall be appointed during the course work.

5.5 The candidates working elsewhere in academic institutes may opt for a co-supervisor(s)

not exceeding a total of two co supervisors to supervise the student from their work place

or any other institution of repute after approval of the DRC and the Vice Chancellor. Thequalification is the same as that of supervisor.

5.6 Change of guide, if deemed necessary by the DRC, can be considered by respective

Deans and put up to the Vice Chancellor for approval.

5.7 In case a supervisor retires, leaves the university or any other genuine reason, Dean mayappoint a new supervisor on the recommendation of DRC.

5.8 The Registrar of the University shall maintain the database of the research students andsupervisors, both internal and external.

6.0 COURSE WORK

6.1 Each student having M.Tech/MBA/LLM will be required to take a minimum course workof 12 credits (one semester). However those with B.Tech degree/ Master Degree (Arts,

Science and Commerce) will be required to take courses of at least 20 credits (two

semester). A paper on research methodology will be compulsory. Other paper(s) will beprescribed by the supervisor(s). The courses will be designed by SRC and approved by

vice chancellor on the recommendation of DRC.

6.2 A candidate will not be allowed to take more than 12 credit course in one semester.

6.3 The minimum CGPA requirement for the course work is 7.0 on a 10-point scale. If theCGPA at the end of any semester is above 6.0 but less than 7.0, the student shall be askedto take more courses or repeatin order to make up the CGPA.

6.4 Candidates shall not be allowed to pursue any other course/ programme during the tenureof their Ph.D. Programme.

6.5 During the course work, every student is expected to attend all the classes. However only

those students will be allowed to appear in the examination who have at least 75%attendance.

7.0 COMPREHENSIVE VIVA-VOCE EXAMINATION AND RESEARCH PLAN

7.1 Each student will be required to have comprehensive viva voce examination which willtest students comprehension of his broad field ofresearch and his academic preparation

to carry out the proposed research plan. The comprehensive examination as per


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guidelines proposed by DRC and approved by CRC will be an oral examination and will

be conducted by SRC with an external expert proposed by SRC and approved by VC.

7.2 The committee on the basis of comprehensive viva voce examination may make one of

the following recommendations:

(i) Passed(ii) To reappear comprehensive viva voce examination after a defined period of timespecified by the above committee

7.3 A student will normally be provided a maximum of two attempts to pass thecomprehensive examination.

7.4 After the student clears the comprehensive viva voce examination, he/she is required to

submit a research plan in consultation to the supervisor(s) which will be evaluated byCRC.

7.5 The research plan must be approved by the supervisor and co supervisor(s)(if any). Thecandidate shall be required to present his/her research plan before CRC. CRC may

approve or recommend modifications. The supervisor (s) will be special invitee to the

particular meeting of CRC.

7.6 CRC on the basis of clearing of comprehensive viva voce examination and approval of

research plan presentation will recommend the registration of the student in the Ph.D.

programme for the approval of vice chancellor.

7.7 Normally pre Ph.D. courses, comprehensive examination and evaluation of research plan

should be completed within a maximum of 18 months from the date of provisional

registration.

7.8 Normally if the candidate does not clear the above in stipulated period of time he/she

may be dropped from the Ph.D programme.

8.0 REGISTRATION

After successful completion of course work, comprehensive viva voce examination andevaluation of research plan, the registration of the student will be confirmed for Ph.D

programme by concern Dean. Normally the date of registration will be the date of

approval of Research Plan. However in exceptional cases, CRC may decide the date withthe approval of vice chancellor. The registration number and date of registration will be

issued by Admission cell.

9.0 REVIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF THE STUDENTS

9.1 The academic/research progress of each student/candidate will be monitored by SRC. Forthis purpose, each candidate will be asked to submit a progress report at the end of each


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semester to his/her supervisor(s). On receipt of the progress report, the supervisor(s) shall

arrange with DRC for a review.

9.2 If the two consecutive progress reports are found unsatisfactory, the candidate may be

dropped from the Ph.D. programme after the approval of vice chancellor.

9.3 Change in the research topic, if deemed necessary, may be considered after due approvalof the SRC, DRC and the vice chancellor.

10.0 PERIOD OF STAY

The minimum period of stay for full time research scholars shall normally be two years

from the date of formal registration for all the candidates. However the time requirementcan be relaxed on case to case basis on the recommendation of SRC/DRC/CRC and

approval of Vice Chancellor. A part time candidate must spend at least six months on

campus during the registration period either in one stretch or in parts. For this purpose a

certificate from supervisor and approved by DRC will be issued.

11.0 TIME LIMIT FOR THESIS SUBMISSION SHALL BE AS UNDER

11.1 The candidate can submit his/her Ph.D.thesis only after 24 months of registration.

11.2 The candidates of all categories shall normally submit their thesis within a period of five

years from the date of their initial registration for the Ph.D. Programme. However, as a

special case, this limit may be extended to a maximum of seven years by the

recommendation of SRC and approved by DRC and vice chancellor after which theregistration shall stand cancelled automatically.

12.0 TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION

12.1 If a student is already registered for Ph. D. programme in some other University/Institutein India or abroad and has passed pre Ph.D. courses by getting 7.0 CGPA or more and

cleared comprehensive viva voce examination or its equivalent, the total credit can be

transferred to Sharda University on the recommendation of concerned DRC.

12.2 If a person has done research work in any other University/Institute in India or abroad as

per work plan to be approved by DRC and CRC, due recognition may be given for that

research work. However he/she can submit the thesis only after a period which shall notbe less than 01 year and has published/accepted at least two research papers in indexed

journals out of which atleast one research paper will be published during his/her stay at

Sharda University.

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Conversion from full time to part time and vise versa of Ph.D. registration can be allowed

only on the recommendation of DRC and approval of the Vice Chancellor. The

conditions for part time registration shall remain the same.

14.0 ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS/LEAVE RULES

14.1 A minimum of 75% attendance is required during each semester during the course work.

In case attendance falls short of 75% in any course during a semester, the student will not

be paid Research Assistantship for the subsequent semester. The candidate shall not beallowed to write the end semester examination and awarded an F Grade in the course in

which the attendance falls below 75%. The candidate will be allowed to re-register for

the course and all credits/ marks in the Mid Semester Examination (MSE) and

assignments shall be treated as null and void.

14.2 A full time research scholar after having completed the course work must attend to his/her research work on all the working days and mark attendance except when he/ she

is on duly sanctioned leave. Leave without approval of the Research Supervisor will beconsidered as an act of indiscipline and will be dealt with as per rules of SU.

14.3 A research student awarded Research Assistantship will be governed by the rules of SU.

14.4 A research student not awarded Teaching/ Research Assistantship will be treated at par

with postgraduate students for provisions of leave etc.

14.5 A women research scholar will be allowed to take one year off for maternity leave.

14.6 A proper leave account of each student shall be maintained by the Deptt. / Centre/

Programme co-coordinator as per the University rules.

15.0 THESIS REQUIREMENT & EVALUATION15.1 Holding of Pre-Ph.D. seminar is an essential requirement before the SRC considers the

synopsis/summary of the thesis of a Ph.D. student. On completion of the research work,

the candidate shall submit to DRC/CRC through supervisor(s), 8 copies of the synopsis

including bibliography of research work. The Ph.D student will be required to defend the

summary of the draft thesis before the DRC, faculty members and research students.Based on the performance, the DRC would either recommend submission of thesis or ask

the candidate to carry out further research and re-submit the work within 6 months. If the

work of the candidate, even after the expiry of six months, is not found satisfactory by theDRC, the case will be referred to CRC for appropriate decision. The candidate will be

allowed to submit the thesis only when he/she publishes or has acceptance of two

research papers in a refreed indexed journal.

15.2 The thesis as approved by the guide & DRC will be submitted to the Controller ofExaminations (CoE), who in turn will forward the thesis to the expert members. The

supervisor will suggest names of the experts from any premier institute/

university/organisation in the relevant area to the concerned DRC. The panel must consist

of minimum six experts from India and five from abroad . DRC will forward the names toCoE for approval of the Vice Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor shall approve names of


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two experts one each from India and abroad. Two experts shall be kept in the panel as

stand by, one each from India and abroad. In addition the supervisor(s) will also be

examiner.

15.3 The research student shall submit normally six hard bound copies of the thesis (alongwith a soft copy) through the supervisor(s) along with the following to the Controller of

Examinations (CoE):

(a)A summary of thesis, important results and publications.(b)A no-dues certificate from all concerned.(c)A copyright certificate and undertaking that the work is of original nature.(d)Proof of having two research papers accepted/published in refreed indexed journals.The certificate at (c) will be signed by the candidate and countersigned by the supervisor

and the certificate at (d) will be signed by the candidate and supervisor.15.4 The CoE will send the synopsis/summary of thesis to all the examiners approved by the

vice chancellor for their consent for evaluation. On receipt of the consent from the expert

members, the thesis in hard and soft copy would be sent to them for evaluation. If theconsent of the experts is not received within one month, CoE will send the summary of

thesis to the next expert as approved by the Vice Chancellor.

15.5 The examiners will be required to submit their evaluation report (either a hard copy orsoft copy) within 3 months from the date of dispatch of the thesis.

15.6 In case, minor modifications are suggested by the expert examiners, the same shall becommunicated to the candidate to be incorporated in the thesis for final submission prior

to Viva Voce examination.

15.7 In case major modifications are suggested, the same shall be communicated to the studentand detailed point wise reply suggesting incorporation or amendment undertaken in thethesis will be re-sent to the examiner for evaluation before Ph.D. viva voce examination

is held.

15.8 In the event of disagreement between the examiners, the vice chancellor may appointanother examiner, if the merit of the case so demands and the decision of such examiner

will be final.

15.9 In case, the experts accept submission of the thesis without any major modifications,chairman DRC will process for viva Voce examination of the research scholar and he

shall be required to present his/ her work before the supervisor(s), one of the external

examiners nominated by VC, research students, faculty members, DRC and otherUniversity authorities. Finally, on successful completion of the viva voce examination,

the result will be declared by CoE on the approval of VC and the candidate will beawarded the Ph.D degree in the convocation of the University.

15.10 The thesis shall normally be written in English in the specific format and shall contain acritical account of the candidates research. It should be characterized by discovery offacts, of fresh approach towards interpretation of facts and theories or significant

contribution to knowledge in areas of design/ development, or a combination of them. It

should bear evidence of the candidates original work.


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16.0 AWARD OF DEGREE

16.1 On receipt of report from the chairman DRC, the CoE will issue a letter indicating thereinthat all requirements for the award of the PhD degree have been completed and the

candidate shall be awarded the degree in the convocation of the University.

16.2 The office of the Controller of Examinations shall lay on the table of the AcademicCouncil the one-page resume of the thesis for ratification and award of Ph.D degree to the

candidate. The names of such candidates shall also be included in the agenda of the

Executive Council for information either before or after the convocation is held.

17.0 CONSTITUTION OF BOARD/COMMITTEES

17.1 Board of Research:

In order to implement PhD Programmes, the university shall constitute a Board ofResearch nominated by the Vice Chancellor. Constitution of the Board for each

department shall be as under:

Vice Chancellor ChairmanPro-Vice Chancellor/Senior most professor Member

(In the absence of Pro vice chancellor)

Chairman CRC Member (convener)Deans of Schools Member

Director RTDC Member

Three eminent academicians nominated by the

Vice Chancellor for a period of two years Members

The Board shall be responsible for all academic policy matters and clarifications,wherever required, during the implementation of these Ordinances.

17.2 The Constitution of the CRC

1. Nominee of vice chancellor Chairman2. Deans of Schools Member3. Director RTDC Member4. CoE Member

17.3 Constitution of the DRC

1. HOD/Nominee of Dean from the Department(s) Chairman2. Professors, One assoc. Professor and

One assistant Professor with Ph.D. Degree Members

3. Concerned Supervisor(s) Invited as and when required

If sufficient number of professors is not available in a single department, two or three

departments may be clubbed together in one DRC.


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17 .4 Constitution of SRC

(a) Nominee of Dean of school from the Department(s) - Chairman(b) One expert in the field from the Department/Centre - Member

(c) One Institute faculty expert, preferably in the concerned area, from outside the

Department/Centre to which the student belongs - Member(d) Supervisor(s). - MemberExperts at (b) and

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