Osmania University Notifies PhD Admissions After 3-Year Gap

Hyderabad: Osmania University re-notified the PhD admission notification on Monday giving a huge sigh of relief to the aspirants who have been waiting for three years. The last date for application for the admissions into PhD 2013-14 is November 16.

Of the total 10,828 applicants, 6,747 qualified in the admission test for PhD programe for 2013-14, the results of which were declared in 2015.

“The admission process was postponed in the wake of protests by candidates, who demanded reduction in the minimum qualifying marks by five for all categories," the Times of India reported.

OU registrar Suresh Kumar said that,"We had to halt the process after the High Court had issued an interim order following the notification issued by us in May. After the High Court order, the qualifying marks were reduced by 10 in all categories by the university.

"In 2014, the cut-off marks for research courses at OU were fixed at 50 for general category, 45 for BC and 40 for SC/ST candidates respectively. But now, cutoff marks have been fixed at 40 for general category, 35 for BC and 30 for SC/ST," the report says.

As per notification, candidates with a research fellowship in a national level test such as UGC-NET, CSIR-NET and, ICMR can apply for the PhD programe under category-1.

Meanwhile, those with fellowships from national-level bodies having qualified in NET or SET (through regular mode from OU) or PhD by eligibility test conducted by OU from Telangana or Andhra Pradesh during January 2015 too can apply for the programe under category-2