Change of Registration:- Full-Time to Part-Time Ph.D. Programme
  A Student admitted to a full-time Ph.D. programme may be permitted to change to a part-time Ph.D. programme. A student requesting such a conversion must:
        have completed the course-work, passed the comprehensive examination, given in the "State of Art " Seminar in the topic no. 10 which is adjudged as satisfactory, and completed the residence requirements.
        get the request endorsed by the supervisor(s) and the DPGC.
        produce a "No Objection" Certificate from the Head of the Institution/organizatio, which he/she proposes to join.
  Such conversion, if approved by the SPGC, will be subject to the following conditions:
        The student must complete his/her thesis with in 7 years counted from the date of his/her first registration in the programme.
        provision of conversion from full-time to part-time status can be availed of only once by the student during his/her programme. and
        the status of the student will be reviewed by the supervisor and the DPGC at least once every two semesters after the conversion, and his/her continuation on part-time status will be subject to his/her making satisfactory progress towards completing the Ph.D. thesis.