Categories of Students for MA Programme in Development Studies

The Institute admits MA students under the following categories:

I) REGULAR (FULL -TIME)

These are students who work full-time for their MA degree.

II) SPONSORED (FULL-TIME)

A candidate in this category is sponsored by a recognised R&D organisation, academic institution, governmental organization, NGO, development agency or industry for doing MA in the Institute on a full-time basis. The applicant must be a regular employee of his/her organisation with at least two years of experience at the time of admission and be engaged in professional work in the discipline in which admission is sought. He/She will not receive any financial support from the Institute. Sponsorship letter must be attached with the application.

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Eligibility for Regular ** MA Candidates

A Bachelor’s Degree of minimum 3 years’ duration or its equivalent from a recognised University, in any discipline with a minimum average of 50 % marks or 5.5 CPI in a 10-point scale [ 45 % or 5.0 CPI in a 10-point scale, for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Person with Disability (PD) candidate].

Eligibility for Sponsored (Full-Time) MA Candidates

Same as for `Regular’ candidates, but also fulfilling additional conditions specified for Sponsored (Full-Time) candidates, as indicated under “Categories of Students for MA Programme”.

Reservation of Seats for SC, ST, OBC and PD categories: As per Govt. of India rules.

** Please note that eligibility criteria required for admission into MA programme of the institute are likely to change from time to time.