Question 1

What is the maximum duration allowed for completing PhD?

Accepted Answer

The duration for the Ph.D. depends upon the student’s qualifications at the time of admission and also the category of admission. The maximum duration for both part-time and full-time is 7 years. Extension will be given on exceptional basis, where the student will have to submit a written request citing the reasons for extension to the thesis advisor, who will then forward this to ASB PhD committee for approval. Usually an extension of six months will be given. Beyond 2 such extensions, the student will be asked to withdraw from the program.

Under special circumstances, the Chair, PhD may provide extension of period based upon a written justification provided by the student and approved by the Doctoral Committee.

Question 2

Do I have to take CAT or any other admission test?

Accepted Answer

ASB conducts its own Management Research Aptitude Test. The aptitude test consists of five sections having a total of 60 questions (Duration: 120 minutes). The sections are vocabulary, reading comprehension, reasoning, aptitude and data interpretation. The questions are of multiple choice types where correct answer would give you 1 mark and wrong answer would fetch a negative score of 0.25 marks. It is a closed-book test and calculators are not allowed. You may prepare for the aptitude test using standard books for CAT, MAT, GMAT or XAT.

Question 3

What are the areas of specializations offered in the programme?

Accepted Answer

PhD is offered broadly in the research areas – Sustainable Development, Marketing, Finance & accounting, HR, Organizational Behaviour, Operations, Economics and Analytics. Many of our students are pursuing their research in many interdisciplinary areas as well.

Question 4

What are the core technical departments?

Accepted Answer

B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology), M.Tech (Master of Technology), B.Arch (Bachelor of Architecture), B.Des (Bachelor of Design), B.Sc. (Hons.) (Bachelor of Science - Honours)

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