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hi friends,
I am pursuing Mtech as distance education in Electrical engg and doing job, Am i eligible for Phd?. Please get back to me friends. Thanks

Yes, you are applicable for Ph.D course after master in engineering course in distance mode. You must have done your masters from recognised Indian institution.

You can apply for National Eligibility Test which is an all india level Ph.D entrance examination. It is conducted by university grants commission twice in a year. To apply for this examination, you must have passed masters with more than 55 percentage marks from recognised Indian institution. There will be five percentage relaxation applicable for reserved category candidates. This score is applicable for lectureship eligibility also.

The duration of this examination is three hours. All the questions will be of objective type. There is no negative marking applicable in this examination.

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hi friends,
I am pursuing Mtech as distance education in Electrical engg and doing job, Am i eligible for Phd?. Please get back to me friends. Thanks

You have completed M.Tech in Electrical Engineering so you are eligible for Ph.D admission.

Those candidates who have completed masters degree from a recognized university are eligible for Ph.D entrance exam. General and OBC candidates should hold 55% and above marks in masters degree. For SC/ST candidate its 50% and above in masters degree.

Your age should be below 28 years for JRF post.

I am 29years old completed mtech in embedded systems .can i do PhD now?