The Ph.D. programme at Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (CVV) encourages scholars to pursue interdisciplinary research that integrates Indic wisdom with contemporary knowledge systems. As a ‘de novo’ institution, the programme aims to create original and cutting-edge research that highlights the Indic wisdom traditions and their applications in the present context. Furthermore, CVV also encourages the scholar to pursue any other disciplinary or interdisciplinary research that investigates a national or human concern. The Ph.D. programme complies with the regulatory guidelines issued by UGC.
A Master's degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to a Master’s degree by a corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever a grading system is followed).
School of Ethics, Governance, Culture and Social Systems (EGCS)
Name of the Faculty | Designation & School | Research Areas |
Dr. Pramod Dinakar | Assistant Professor, School of EGCS | Education |
Dr. Bindu M. P. | Assistant Professor, School of EGCS | Education |
School of Linguistics and Literary Studies
Name of the Faculty | Designation & School | Research Areas |
Dr. L. Sampath Kumar (Sanskrit Faculty) | Assistant Professor, School of LLS | Ramayana Studies, Vedic Literature, Alankara Shastra
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Dr. Anil Narayanan N. (Sanskrit Faculty) | Assistant Professor, School of LLS | Classical Sanskrit Literature, Poetics, Textual Criticism, History of Indian Mathematics. |
Dr. Pavankumar Satuluri (Sanskrit Faculty) | Assistant Professor, School of LLS | Pāṇinian Grammar, Sanskrit Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing and Philosophy of Language |
Dr. M. Sudarshan Chiplunkar (Sanskrit Faculty) | Assistant Professor, School of LLS | Sahitya Shastra Sanskrit Literature Manuscriptology |
Dr. Sandhya Shankar (English Faculty) | Assistant Professor, School of LLS | Psycholinguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Pedagogy |
Dr. Vishaka Venkat (English Faculty) | Assistant Professor, School of LLS | Humour, Children’s Literature, Aesthetics, Popular Culture, Temples |
Dr. Hari M. G. (English Faculty) | Assistant Professor, School of LLS | Mysticism, Literary Theory, Indian Literature, Film Studies |
Dr. Rajnish Kumar Mishra (Hindi Faculty) | Assistant Professor, School of LLS | Hindi Media, Journalism, Hindi literature |
School of Philosophy Psychology & Scientific Heritage (PPSH)
Name of the Faculty | Designation & School | Research Areas |
Dr. Johnson Alex | Professor, School of PPSH | Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Learning Disabilities, Sleep, and Stress & Resilience |
Dr. Satheesh Varma M. | Assistant Professor, School of PPSH | Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Marketing Psychology, Advertisement Psychology, Indian Psychology, Transpersonal Psychology, Eco-Psychology, Cultural Psychology |
Dr. Archana Chandran | Assistant Professor, School of PPSH | Social Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Health Psychology, Counselling Psychology |
Dr. Susan Varghese | Assistant Professor, School of PPSH | Organisational Behaviour, Positive Psychology and Social Psychology |
School of Kalayoga
Name of the Faculty | Designation & School | Research Areas |
Dr. Atul Kamble
| Assistant Professor–Tabla, School of Kalayoga | Music-related |
Dr. P. N. Prabhavathy
| Assistant Professor–Carnatic Vocal, School of Kalayoga | Music-related |
Dr. Tara Kannan
| Assistant Professor–Carnatic Vocal, School of Kalayoga | Music-related |
CVV-IST
Name of the Faculty | Designation & School | Research Areas |
Dr. Raisun Mathew
| Assistant Professor–English | Identity Studies, Liminality and Transition, Gender Studies, Diaspora Studies |
School of Contemporary Knowledge Systems (CKS)
Name of the Faculty | Designation & School | Research Areas |
Dr. Vinod R. R. | Assistant Professor, School of CKS | Banking and Financial Markets |
Dr. Manjula R. Iyer | Associate Professor, School of CKS | Finance, Corporate Social responsibility, Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Practices |
Dr. Bindusree A. R. | Assistant Professor, School of CKS | Applied Mathematics and its Application in Management, Operations Management, Business Analytics |
Dr. Ambily A. S. | Associate Professor, School of CKS | Finance, HRM, Organisational Behaviour, Marketing, Rural Studies |
Dr. Renju Chandran | Assistant Professor, School of CKS | HRM. Service Marketing, General Insurance |
Dr. Abha Mohan | Assistant Professor, School of CKS | Finance, International Finance, Financial Markets |
Dr. Rakhy K. S. | Assistant Professor, School of CKS | Organizational Behaviour, Occupational Psychology, Psychosocial Work Environment, Job Burnout, Emotional and Mental Health at Workplace, Public Health |
Full-time
Full-time Research Scholars are those who will normally be full-time residents of the University campus for their research or report to the campus daily.
Sponsored
The applicant in this category is sponsored by a recognised R&D organisation, academic institution, government organisation or industry for doing research in the University full-time. The University does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a candidate.
Quality Improvement Programme (Indian/International)
This category refers to a student selected under the Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) of the AICTE/UGC or any other Indian/international organisation. The student works full-time in the Ph.D. programme per the rules and regulations of QIP.
Part-time
An applicant in this category is a professionally employed and/or qualified person, who pursues the Ph.D. programme while continuing the duties of his/her service. The candidate while applying in this category should upload a no-objection certificate duly signed by the employer. The University does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to candidates in this category.
Admissions shall be as per applications made available from March of every year. For all categories, admission will be granted based on the Ph.D. admission test of CVV (CVV-PAT) followed by an interview, held normally once a year, during August, duly notified in advance.
Important Dates
- Last date for applying is 31st August 2023
- CVV-PAT is to be conducted during the first week of August. The date will be updated soon. It will be an online examination.
- Students will join the programme from September 2023
Two-stage Admission Process
- Stage One: An online admission test (CVV-PAT) conducted in August every year.
- Stage Two: The list of eligible candidates for the interview will be notified on the CVV website after the conduct of the CVV-PAT.
- Admissions will be based on an admission test and interview conducted by the respective schools
Exemptions to the Two-stage Process
- Candidates who have qualified UGC-NET (including JRF/UGC-CSIR NET/SLET/GATE/ teacher fellowship holder or Ph.D. programmes from a recognised university (UGC approved) shall be exempted from appearing for the test.
Admission Registration
- A candidate shall be recommended based on the following:
- Performance in the entrance test
- Availability of an approved research supervisor
After submission and verification of all eligibility documents and payment of the prescribed fee by the due date, the provisional admission will be officially conveyed to the candidate. The candidate would be required to submit a letter of consent signed by the Research Supervisor to the office of the Dean-Research. The admission will be confirmed thereafter.
The Ph.D. programme shall be for a minimum duration of three years, inclusive of course work and a maximum of six years including permissible extensions as per the Ph.D. regulations 2023. After the completion of six years, the admission will get cancelled unless otherwise decided by the University.
Programmes | Annual Programme Fee INR (Indian Domicile Students) |
Ph.D. (Full-time) | ₹52,500/- |
Ph.D. (Part-time) |
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Application Fee |
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