Ph.D. (Rural Development) From IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur

All candidates seeking admission to the Ph.D. program under the categories mentioned below shall have to possess requisite marks/grades in the qualifying degree as shown below:

a) A minimum of 60% marks or a CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale in the qualifying examination (3.2.a and/or 3.2.b) in Engineering /Science /Commerce /Management/ Law and/or equivalent

OR

b) A minimum of 55% marks or a CGPA of 6.0 on a 10-point scale in the qualifying examination (3.2.a and/or 3.2.b) in Humanities/Social Science/MBBS degree and/or equivalent

Note:

i) Candidates appearing in the final year of the qualifying degree program whose final result is awaited are required to enter and upload the CGPA/Marks of all other preceding semesters except the final semester for that particular program e.g., for the B.Tech program of 8 semesters, CGPA/Marks upto the 7th semester or M.Sc./M.Tech. program of 2 years, CGPA/Marks up to 3rd semester, and so on. An application not meeting this requirement can be rejected at any stage.

ii) CGPA will not be converted into percentage marks if the degree awarding Institute provides marks in the CGPA system or vice versa. Their admission will be based on the CGPA or Percentage of Marks awarded in the transcript.