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🎓 Ph.D. Admissions Open
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)

Applications are invited for the following Ph.D. programmes. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply before the deadline.

1. PhD in Economics
2. PhD in Development Studies
3. PhD in Energy, Environment and Climate Change

Last Date for Acceptance of the Filled Application Form – May 31st, 2026

Eligibility

(i) The applicants to Ph.D. programmes must have a valid UGC-JRF/CSIR-JRF/GATE score topursue Ph.D.
A valid GRE score along with other international level scholarship to pursue PhD is a must in the case of international applicants.

(ii) The applicants to PhD programmes must have studied Mathematics at the higher secondary or higher level.

(iii) The applicants to different PhD programmes must have the qualifying percentage of marks or its equivalent in the qualifying degrees as indicated below:

Programme Qualifying Degree GEN SC/ST/ GEN-EWS/ OBC-NCL /PwD
PhD in Economics Master degree in
Economics/Statistics/Operations Research/Physics/Mathematics		 55% 50%
Four year BA/BSc/BStat and BE/B.Tech 60% 55%
PhD in Development Studies Master degree in
Economics/Statistics/Operations Research/Development Studies/Physics/Mathematics/ Management 		55% 50%
Four year BA/BSc/BStat and BE/B.Tech 60% 55%
PhD in Energy, Environment and
Climate Change		 Master degree in Economics/Environment Studies/
Statistics/ Operations Research/ Physics/Mathematics/ Management/ Development Studies		 55% 50%
Four year BA/BSc/BStat and BE/B.Tech 60% 55%

Note: GEN is General, GEN-EWS is General-Economically Weaker Sections, OBC-NCL is Other Backward Classes-Non-creamy Layer, PwD is People with Disabilities, SC is Schedule Castes, ST is Schedule Tribes
1) Any student having done mathematics at 10+2 level is eligible to apply.
2) Any student having done mathematics from NIOS that is equivalent to 10+2 level is eligible to apply.
3) Any student having done mathematics of any type as part of the allowed set of qualifying bachelor
degrees are eligible to apply, even if he/she has not done mathematics at 10+2 level.

(iv) All candidates appearing for their final degree examinations on or before 15th July
2026 are eligible to apply. However, their admission in the PhD programme will be treated as provisional
and subject to meeting the eligibility requirements as applicable. The final official marks sheet of the
qualifying degree, as relevant, must be submitted to IGIDR on or before 31st August 2026.