Title: Doctor of Philosophy (Yoga) abbreviated as PhD (Yoga)

Objective of PhD Yoga

• To bring about all-round personality development of yoga teachers with holistic vision of yoga and spiritual lore.
• To train yoga teachers to introduce yoga in schools & colleges.
• To introduce the yoga research dimensions and make them conduct internal & external research

Duration and Timetable:

• The course shall be normally of three academic years duration for full time and five years for part time
• The calendar of events in respect of the course shall be fixed by the University from time to time.
• The examination for the subjects shall be conducted at the end of each semester except when there are no candidates taking examination for any subjects.

Admission and Eligibility Prerequisites:

• To be eligible for admission to the course, the student shall have passed any Master degree of any discipline or Medical/Engineering/Agriculture/Veterinary graduation or plus Yoga Instructor’s Course (YIC).
• The candidate shall have secured a minimum of 50% of marks.
• Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Group I shall be considered eligible for admission if they have passed the qualifications obtaining not less than 40% of marks in aggregate.

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