Pondicherry University Sanskrit Department

My brother would like to take admission in the Ph.D Sanskrit from the Department of Sanskrit affiliated to the Pondicherry University? Can you please tell me about the admission process of the Ph.D Sanskrit in Pondicherry University?

I want to know the programs offered by the Department of Sanskrit of Pondicherry University so will you please tell me?

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The Department of Sanskrit, Pondicherry University aims to train students who are oriented towards research and teaching in advanced areas of Vedanta, Nyaya, Yoga and Sahitya.

A Centre for Simple Sanskrit Speaking, sponsored by the UGC, is attached to this Department.

Programmes Offered

M.A. Sanskrit

Ph.D. Sanskrit (Full-time & Part-time (Internal & External))

Entrance Examination for admission-

The entrance examination for admission to M.A. programme will include questions of B.A. Sanskrit level on the following topics: Prose, Poetry, Drama, Historical Kavya and Alankaras.

The entrance examination for admission to M.Phil and Ph.D will be of the level of M.A. in the following areas: Prose, Poetry, Drama, Historical Kavyas, Alankaras, Technical Literature and Sad-darsanas.

A majority of the questions will be descriptive in nature which would test the research aptitude of the candidate.

Entrance exam pattern for M.A. in Sanskrit: twenty short type questions of 2 marks, ten short notes of 4 marks, and one essay type for 20 marks.

Faculty

Dr. J. Krishnan ( Associate Prof. &
H.O.D

Dr. C.S. Radhakrishnan
Professor

Dr. K.E. Dharaneedharan
Associate Professor

Dr. Chakaradhar Behera
Associate Professor

Mr. C. Palaiah
Assistant Professor

Dr. Anil Pratap Giri
Assistant Professor

Contact

Dr. J. Krishnan, Associate Professor & Head, Department of Sanskrit, School of Humanities, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605 014.
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