Education and Career Forum

I am doing my MA english and litretaure from ignou university through distant education so can i do my PhD ..is that valid? Which is the best university to do phd ..what are the stages? I hope my doubts will be clear soon....Thank you......

Stages of the PhD journey:-

1) Preparing a research proposal.
2) Carrying out a literature review.
3) Conducting research and collecting results.
4) Completing an MPhil to PhD upgrade.
5) PhD teaching, conferences and publications.
6) Writing your thesis.
7) Defending your PhD results at a viva voce etc .