The application has to submit the attached application form along with the required certificates.
The Documents list is as under :-

a) Bachelor Degree - Mark Sheet & Degree Certificate
b) Post -graduate - Mark Sheet & Degree Certificate
c) 10 copies of Proposed research outline
d) Experience Certificate (if any)
e) Caste Certificate (if applicable)
f) Photo- 01 Copy
g) Candidates in permanent employment at the time of registration must produce written permission of their employers for conducting the research work.
A candidate shall work for the Vidyavachaspati (Ph. D) degree under a
Research Guide is appointed by the Vidyapeeth.

h) Candidate should submit six monthly progress report throughout the period of
research.

i) The candidate selected in the personal interview will have to pay prescribe fees
within period of one month after selection, otherwise his name will be
cancelled from the list of selected candidates.

j) Failure to submit six monthly reports will be warning to the candidate for the
automatic cancellation of his / her Ph. D. registration.

k) Fees once paid will not be refunded on any ground.

l) Candidates in permanent employment at the time of registration must procure a
written permission of their employers for conducting the research work.

B) However, as a very special case, the Committee may permit a candidate to
work for vidyavachaspati (Ph. D.) independently, i.e. without working under
the supervision of a Guide provided he/she satisfies the conditions for
eligibility given in Rule 1 above and has demonstrated his/her ability to
undertake independent research work.

C) Normally a candidate shall be required to complete his doctoral research
under the supervision of the initially allocated Guide. However a candidate may be permitted by the Committee to transfer to a new Guide to be appointed who agree to accept the candidate as his/her vidyavachaspati (Ph. D.) student. Such a student shall work under the new Guide for at least one year before the submission of his/her thesis.

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B) A candidate for the Vidyavachaspati degree will have to submit to the
Registrar four copies of the thesis. All copies of the thesis shall be presented in a permanent and legible from in typescript or print copies produced by Photocopying or by similar permanent process on A4 size of the paper.

C) A certificate in form 'B' from the supervisor of the candidate that the work reported in the thesis has been carried out by the candidate himself and that the material from the other sources, if any, is duly acknowledged, shall be incorporated at the beginning of the bound volume of the thesis.

D) The candidate will not be permitted to submit a thesis for which a degree has already been conferred upon him/her in this Vidyapeeth or in any other university but a candidate may be allowed to incorporate his/her work in appropriate cases, which has already been submitted for the Vidyanishnat. (M. Phil.) in this or in any other Vidyapeeth, provided that he/she shall indicate this fact in a signed declaration. (Form A)

E) The thesis shall be written either in Marathi or in English Language.

F) Rules governing the presentation of the thesis are elaborated separately below.

B) After giving acceptance, external referees are expected to return the thesis
with report within 90 days. If it is clearly mentioned in both reports that, the
thesis is acceptable the candidate will be invited for the Viva-Voce and open
defence of his/her thesis. If two of the three Referees find the thesis
unacceptable, the candidate will be declared to have failed.

C) The day, date, time and place where the will give the Viva Voce and defend his
thesis shall be duly notified by the Registrar. One of the External Referees shall
be invited for the open defence. Registrar will provide the reports of the external
referees to the candidate.

D) If none of the external Referees is able to remain present for the Viva Voce and the open Defence, the Kulguru on recommendation of the Head of the Department shall appoint a referee from outside or an Expert in the subject who may not be in service of the Vidyapeeth at the time of Viva-Voce of the candidate.

E) The Dean shall nominate the Chairman for the open defence from a panel of
three senior research guides to be suggested by the internal referee.

F) All persons interested in the topic can attend the open thesis and they shall have
a right to ask question and participate in the discussion on the thesis. The
Chairman appointed for the open defence will exercise his discretion to allow
or not to allow a question. However, the members of the audience at the
defence shall have no right to express their opinion on the suitability or
otherwise of the thesis for the award of the Vidyavachaspati (Ph. D.) degree.

G) The examiners who are present for the Vice Voce shall submit to the Registrar
their final consolidated Report about the award of the Vidyavachaspati Degree
immediately after the Viva Voce and the Open Defence. Their
commendations shall be specific and shall state either that the
Vidyavachaspati degree be awarded to the candidate or that the candidate
should undertake a fresh Viva-Voce after a specific period.

H) If it is recommended by the referees after viva voce to award the
Vidyavachaspati (Ph. D.) degree to the candidate, the first copy of the four
copies will be deposited in the Vidyapeeth Library, the second copy will be
kept in the Department where the research has been carried out, the third
copy will be returned to the candidate, and the fourth copy will be retained by
the guide.