The registered Ph.D. students in social sciences in any Indian University/ Institute are eligible to apply for the workshop. MPhil students and Faculty members are not eligible for this programme. This programme is sanctioned under the Special Component Plan for ST Government of India. Hence preference will be given to participants from ST category. However if required number of candidates in ST category are not available then candidates from SC, OBC, Minority and Women categories will be considered.

There is no registration fee for the Workshop. Interested candidates may send their duly filled in registration form to the course director on or before 20th May 2015. Registration form and brochure can be downloaded from the university website (http://www.bhu.ac.in/fms) . The candidates may send scanned copies of registration form and other documents by Email to [email protected], followed by hard copy.

The duly filled in registration form forwarded by supervisor and Head of the Department/ Institute be accompanied by the following documents:

1. One page bio-data of the candidate along with mark-sheets of X, XII, Graduation and Post Graduation.
2. Ph.D registration certificate.
3. Two-page synopsis containing Title of Study, Statement of Problem, Scope of Study, Objectives of Study, Hypotheses, Census/ Population / Sample design - Sample Size, Sample Unit, Sampling frame, Data collection and Data Analysis..
4. Attested copy of Caste/Community certificate of ST/SC/OBC/Minority.

The course is planned to be completed in ten days time period from 15th to 24th June 2015.
Last date for submitting application form: 20th May 2015.
Notification for selected Candidates: 27th May 2015 by Email/Phone.
Venue: Faculty of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005