The Ph.D. Course will be allowed only in those subject where in Post-Graduate Courses are being taught in this Vishwavidyalaya. However, the permission given earlier for subjects by the Academic Council of Vishwavidyalaya and approved by Senate will continue. Shradhanand Vedic Sodh Sansthan will conduct Ph.D. Programme in Sanskrit, as earlier. The subjects approved by Academic Council for Ph.D. Programme shall be covered by these rules and regulations. The number of vacant seats for Ph.D. in each subject shall be notified by the Registrar office before the schedule of the meeting of departmental committee.
A candidate holding Master Degree or its equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% for SC / ST/ Physically disabled candidates) in the main subject or in an allied subject is eligible for the Research Entrance Test and registration for Ph.D. Degree. Eligible candidate shall be permitted to carry on research in concerned department of the Vishwavidyalaya.
ENGLISH (Code No. GKV-14) Note : (i) Paper setter shall set 100 questions from the syllabus and each question shall carry one mark. (ii) Number of questions should be set equally from each unit (ten questions from each unit) of the prescribed syllabus for RET.
UNIT- I Literary Critical Theory: Main features and major exponents/works 1. New Criticism 2. Stylistics 3. Structuralism 4. Deconstruction 5. Discourse Analysis 6. Feminism 7. Post-Colonialism 8. Protest literature
UNIT-II Indian Critical Theories: Main features and major exponents/works 1. Rasa Theory 2. Alankar Theory 3. Riti Theory 4. Dhvani Theory 5. Vakrokti Theory 6. Auchitya Theory 7. Function of Kavya 8. Word Power
UNIT-III Study of Language 1. Speech Mechanism 2. Vowels 3. Consonants 4. Varieties of Language: Dialects, Register etc. 5. Free and Bound Morphemes 6. Affixation 7. Compounding, blending, acronym, clipping 8. ELT
UNIT-IV Indian English Literature 1. Toru Dutt, Tagore, Sri Aurbindo, Sarojini Naidu 2. Ezekiel, A.K.Ramanujan, Kamala Das, Parthasarthy 3. Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K.Narayan, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Manohar Malgonkar 4. Anita Desai, Arun Joshi, Nayantara Sahgal, Shashi Deshpande, Shobha De, Amitabh Ghosh 5. Asif Currimbhoy, Girish Karnad, Mahesh Dattani, Vijay Tendulkar 6. Gandhi, Nehru, Nirad C. Chaudhury 7. Prem Chand, Mohan Rakesh, Mannu Bhandari 8. Indian Autobiographies and biographies in English
UNIT-V 1. British Drama 2. Classical and Romantic Dramas 3. University Wits 4. Shakespeare 5. Jacobean Drama 6. Restoration Drama 7. Comedy of Ideas 8. Poetic Drama 9. Absurd Drama
UNIT-VI British Poetry 1. Chaucer 2. Elizabethan Lyrics and Sonnets 3. Metaphysical Poetry 4. Neo Classical Poetry 5. Romantic Poetry 6. Victorian Poetry 7. Modernist Poetry 8. Post Modernist Poetry
UNIT-VII British Fiction 1. Four Wheels of English Novel 2. Early 19th Century Women Novelists 3. Victorian Novelists 4. Early 20th Century Novelists 5. English Novelists of Post 1950s.
UNIT-VIII English Prose 1. Bacon 2. Addison and Steele 3. Charles Lamb 4. Hazlitt, Carlyle, Ruskin 5. Chesterton, A.G.Gardiner, Robert Lynd
UNIT-IX Diasporic Literature 1. V.S.Naipaul 2. Salman Rushdie 3. Bharati Mukharjee 4. Vikram Seth 5. Rohinton Mishtri 6. Uma Parmeshwaran 7. Himani Banerjee
UNIT-X Post Colonial Literature 1. Chinua Achebe 2. Wole Soyinka 3. Nadine Gordimer 4. I.M.Koetzee 5. Michael Ondachu 6. Gabriel Marcia Marquez
HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS & YOGIC SCIENCE (Code No. GKV-16) Note : (i) Paper setter shall set 100 questions from the syllabus and each question shall carry one mark. (ii) Number of questions should be set equally from each unit (ten questions from each unit) of the prescribed syllabus for RET.
UNIT - I Fundamental of Yogic Science Origin & definitions of yoga. Scope of yoga, Personality of a yogi - its characteristics. Nature of yoga in Upnishads, Gita, Yoga Vashistha, Saddarshan & Ayurveda. Types of yoga - Rajyoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnan Yoga, Karma Yoga, Astangyoga. Life Sketch & their contributions in the field of yoga Patanjali,Yajnavalkya, Gorakshnath, Swami Dayanand, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Kuvalayananda.
UNIT - II Yoga Sutra Historical and compositional knowledge of Patanjal Yoga Sutras, Concept of Yoga; Chitta- its Bhumis and Vrittis, methods of Vritti control; Samadhi- concept and its types, God- its concept and need.Yogantrayas; Kriya Yoga, Principle of Karma, Astang Yoga, Panch Kleshas, Sanyama, Occult powers, Prakriti, Purusha & Kaivalya.
UNIT - III Principles of Hathyoga Hathyoga- concept, definition, Proper place, time, season for Hathyogic practices, elements of success and failure in Hath yoga, Sign & symptoms of success in Hath yoga, Scope of Hath yoga in modern times. Basic knowledge of Hath yoga texts. Knowledge of Asanas, Shatkarmas, Pranayama, Mudra & Bandha, Pratyahara, Meditation & Samadhi as described in Hath pradipika & Gherand Samhita; Nadanusandhan, Kundalini- its form & means of awakening, Nadis, Chakras & Koshas- their basic knowledge.
UNIT - IV Samkhya & Geeta (A) Three types of miseries in accordance with Samkhya, means to overcoming them, origin of 25 elements, Satkaryavada, form of Gunas, Purusha, Prakriti. Eight major functions of Buddhi, Thirteen causative factors, eight occult powers, liberation.
(B) Geeta- Soul, Law of Karma, form of religion & Samnyas, means to achieve Braham-Jnan, Abhyasa & Vairagya, Meditation, Elusion & Concept of God.
UNIT - V Human Anatomy & Physiology (A) Basic knowledge of anatomical & physiological aspects of human skeletal, muscular, digestive, respiratory, cardio-vascular, excretory, endocrinal, sense organs & nervous systems and the effects of yogic practices on them. Place, form & functions of mind. Tridoshas, Dhatus & Malas- place their salient features & functions.
(B) Various Yogic practices described in Hathpradipicka & Gherand Samhita viz. Satkarma, Asanas, Pranayama, Mudras & Bandhas, Meditation etc. - their theoretical & practical aspects.
UNIT - VI Human Consciousness Consciousness- its meaning, concept, definition & its form. Need of study for Human consciousness, Present problems and their means of eradication, Consciousness in Vedas, Upnishads, Philosophy, Tantra, Astrology & Ayurveda. Consciousness in Western world and principle of Quantam, Consciousness - its attitude in modern psychology, different mysteries of Consciousness - birth & life & luck, purusarth, fruits of Karma, Sanskar & rebirth. Various methods of development of Human consciousness.
UNIT - VII Yoga & Health Health- its concept & aims, Swasthvrat Vigyan- meaning & aims, Yoga & Ayurveda based daily regime, night regime, seasonal regime, Sadvrat and Achar Rasayan. Diet- its concept, definition, types, Balanced diet and its components, quantity, timing, Rules & regulations of diet based upon Hathyoga & Swara Yoga, Indicated and contraindicated dietary articles for a yoga practitioner.
UNIT - VIII Naturopathy Naturopathy- its concept, history & basic principles. Principles, technique & benefits of Mud therapy, water therapy, Air therapy, Diet therapy, Sun rays therapy, fasting therapy, Massage therapy.
UNIT - IX Yogic & Alternative therapies (A) Concept of Health & disease, Principles of Yogic therapy causes, sign & symptoms and yogic treatment of skeletal, digestive, respiratory cardio-vascular, endocrinal, nervous system & mental disorders, sense organs related problems.
(B) Alternative therapy - its concept, aims & objectives, types- Acupressure, Pranic healing, Magneto therapy, Swarayogic therapy.
UNIT - X Research Methodology (A) Nature of Research, Scientific approach & methods, Importance of Research methods in yoga. Problems- meaning & nature, nature & statement of Hypothesis. Sampling - meaning & method. Research methods - Observation Technique, correlation Techniques, Experimental method. Control nature, Dependent & Independent variables; experimental research method- Experimental designs, Research Designs. (Two randomized groups designs & factorial designs.)
(B) Statistics Meaning & Importance of statistics, Frequency distribution, Measures of Central tendency, mean, median & mode, Standard deviation, Correlation method, Chi-Square Test, Regressio
PhD (Hindi Literature), PhD (Chemistry), PhD (Mathematics), PhD (Computer Science), PhD (Zoology), PhD (Botany), PhD (Microbiology), PhD (Environmental Science), PhD (Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology), PhD (Human Consciousness and Yogic Science), PhD (Psychology), PhD (Management), PhD (Physics), PhD (Sanskrit Literature), PhD (Philosophy), PhD (English)
Written Test / Examination : 100 marks Duration of Examination : 2 hrs Objective / multiple - choice type questions.
Note : (i) Paper setter shall set 100 questions from the syllabus of concerned subject and each question shall carry one mark.
(ii) Normally ten questions from each unit should be set from each unit of the prescribed syllabus of the concerned subject.
(iii) No scrutiny / re-evaluation of the answer books of the written test shall be allowed in any case at any stage.
(iv) There shall not be any negative marking.
(v) The Qualifying Percentage of Marks would be 50%. However,for SC/ST/OBC/PWD/SW candidates minimum qualifying percentage of marks shall be 45%.
01 Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar (Main Campus) (for male candidates only)
02 Kanya Gurukula Campus, Haridwar (for female candidates only)
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