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b. Details of Courses and Seminar
The stream-specifi c Courses and Seminars shall be decided as approved
by the Director on the recommendation of the candidate’s Guide(s) and
the Research Advisory Committee.
c. Duration for earning Credit.
All the credits specifi ed above shall be earned within a maximum
of four years from the date of admission to the Programme.
Extension after the four years shall be approved by the Director
for a period of one year with a review of progress every six
months. Final approval shall be given by the Director of the
Institution.

d. Credit Course Requirement
A research scholar shall undergo 4 Courses of the
total 12 credits in the fi rst module and during the
second module he/ she shall undergo three streams-
specifi c Courses of 9 credits and give three credit
Seminar on general management topic in the
third module, the candidate shall give three
credits Seminar and write a review paper on
the literature related to his/ her research topic
for publication purpose of 3 credits. Thus, a
candidate shall earn 12 credits in the fi rst
and second module and 6 credits in the
third module together adding up to 30
credits in all.

e. Grading System of Credit
Courses/Seminar
The minimum of CGPA of 6.5
on a 10-point scale or 60% is
required for passing Course/
Seminar. A candidate
getting less than 60%
shall be given one more
opportunity to repeat
the Course/ Seminar.
If he/ she still does
not pass in the
Course/ Seminar,
he/ she shall be
terminated from
the Fellow
Programme.