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60 MonthsPh.D. Regular is a full-time course offered by Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The course is affiliated with Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Areas of Research: Bayesian Statistics, Energy and Environmental Policy and Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management, Industrial Economics, Innovation Management, Knowledge Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Operations Research, Organizational Behaviour, Public Policy, R&D Management, Reliability Theory, Technology Management.
ME / M Tech or equivalent degree or MBA or equivalent PGDBM or BE / B.Tech or equivalent degree or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Application, Commerce, Economics, Mathematics, Psychology, Operations Research, Social Work, Statistics.
Candidates with ME/M.Tech or an equivalent degree including MBA (post BE/B.Tech) are eligible for direct interview. Candidates with BE/B.Tech/M.Sc. or an equivalent degree opting for Ph.D in Management should qualify in any one of the following tests given
below (a) to (c). They will be short-listed for interview based on their performance in the qualifying test.
a) GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)
b) Joint CSIR-UGC NET for JRF (with a valid certificate) (Please note that Joint CSIR-UGC NET for Lecturership is NOT considered as a qualifying test for admission to research programs).
c) UGC NET for JRF (with a valid certificate)
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