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Areas of Specialisation in the PhD Programme Structure of the PhD Programme
The programme comprises of two phases, i.e. Coursework and Thesis work. Both the phases have been summarised
PhD Programme is being launched in two areas of specialisa on i.e. Finance & Accoun ng and Produc on & below in Table 1.
Opera ons Management.
Table 1: Phases of the PhD Programme

Finance & Accoun ng area currently has two full- me faculty members Phase 1 - Coursework Phase 2 - Thesis Work
complemented by visi ng faculty, all with experience in research and teaching. This phase covers the first two years of
The current research interests lie in the areas of Capital Markets, Corporate the programme.
Finance, Corporate Governance, Credit Ra ng, Microfinance & Islamic finance. On comple on of Phase 1, the
students begin thesis work
consis ng of a thesis proposal and
The Ins tute is in an advanced stage of expanding its faculty-cohort to diversify its This phase includes coursework and a final thesis-evalua on and
research agenda and promote interdisciplinary research. The doctoral courses the independent study. defence.
Finance & area plans to offer include Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Accoun ng Theory &
Accoun ng Empirical Research, and Financial Econometrics.
Successful comple on of the first phase
requires passing the Comprehensive
Examina on (Wri en & Viva) at the end
of the second academic year.

Produc on & Opera ons Management area currently has two full- me faculty
members complemented by visi ng faculty, all with experience in research and Students will need to work as a Research Assistant (RA) or Teaching Assistant (TA) throughout the programme. These
teaching. The current research interests of the faculty members in this area ac vi es will help the students equip themselves with be er learning skills and teaching methods.
include Scheduling, Supply Chain Management, Flexible Manufacturing
Systems, Inventory Control, Supply Chain Risk Management, Analy cs in Sports The first two years of the programme are devoted to coursework, and a student is required to take 18 three-credit
and Product Alloca on for e-Campaigns. The faculty-strength of the area is set to courses over this period as shown in Table 2.
witness expansion, in the immediate future. Table 2: Course distribu on for Year 1 and 2

Produc on & The doctoral courses that the area plans to offer include Op misa on Theory,
Opera ons O.R. Applica ons, Advanced Opera ons Research, Heuris cs in Decision Year - 1 Year - 2
Management Making, Supply Chain Risk, Game Theory, Supply Chain Management, PGP Courses - Max 7 2
Opera ons Strategy, Management of Manufacturing Systems.

PGP Courses* - Min 5 -

Compulsory Research Methodology Courses 2 -

PhD Courses - Max 2 9

PhD Courses** - Min 1 7

* Out of the min PGP courses, four should be from four different areas to provide breadth.

**Out of the min PhD courses, six should be the core area courses and remaining can be from other areas.

The area concerned can decide on the combina on of PGP and PhD courses to be offered each year, subject to the
minimum requirements. Apart from these courses, there is a requirement of independent study (term paper) for six
credits during the summer term, so that the student completes 60 credits before the comprehensive qualifying
examina on. Students will be subject to a minimum GPA requirement of 2.75 for each of the first two years.

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