School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Programs In Bangalore

Domains: Economics, English, Media Studies, Political Science, Sanskrit, Culture Studies, Development Studies, Gender Studies and Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS).

Eligibility: 2 Years Master’s degree with an aggregate of 55% / 4 Year UG degree with a Professional Qualification having minimum of 60% or Equivalent grade from Indian/ Foreign Educational institution recognized by the competent authority and approved by the statutory bodies of the University. 

Fee: The Annual Fee for the PhD program is INR 60,000 (Rupees Sixty Thousand) 

Fellowship: Select Fellowships are offered to eligible candidates pursuing research in key focus areas, as prescribed by the regulations.

Commencement of the Program: June 2023  

Procedure: 

  • Qualifying in the Chanakya PhD Eligibility Test* 
  • Personal Interview
  • Candidates qualifying in the UGC/CSIR JRF or NET or KSET or GATE are exempted from the PhD written test.

Candidates may visit the University website to apply in the prescribed format for submission along with a registration fee of Rs. 1000.  

Last Date 10th April 2023.

The details of the Test Centres, Mode of Test and Hall Tickets shall be communicated to the candidates on acknowledgement of application.

You application shall be submitted after the Payment.

Faculty

Arjun Bharadwaj

Visiting Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Prof. K. V. Raju

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., Sardar Patel University, Gujarat

Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
Sandeep Nair

Professor & Dean, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A. In Economics and PhD in Management

Member, State Advisory Committee, RTE GoK.
H. S. Ashok

Professor of Psychology, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Honorary Professor at Centre of Education Social Sciences
Ashwin Kumar A. P.

Dean, Academics

Ph.D., Manipal University

Former Director, Centre for Learning Futures, Ahmedabad University
Dr. Padmavathi B.S.

Deputy Director- Academics, Chanakya University

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Former Director, Centre for Educational and Social Studies (CESS)
Rajesh Aruchamy

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

Ramakrishna Pejathaya

Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Director, Centre for IKS

Ph.D., National Sanskrit University, Tirupati

Dasha Avadhani-Poet
Naveen Bhat

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central Sanskrit University, Delhi

Author, Researcher
Sritha Sandon

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong.

Priyanka Dwivedi

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Speaker & Faculty Trainer
Sudeshna Mukherjee

Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Charu Ratna Dubey

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Researcher, Taipei University, Taiwan
Saurav Sarmah

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Ajay Chandra

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.Sc., Bangalore University

Giridarshan M.

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

(Ph.D.), University of Mysore

Deepak Raj Pandaya

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Sindhu D. M.

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central University of Karnataka

Shubhashri Gopalkrishna Kamalapur

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.S.W., KSET

Swaraj Kumar Dey

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., in economics from IIM Kozhikode

Renjith Raj

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., BITS Pilani

Isha Sharma 

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., Centre for Development Studies, JNU, Thiruvananthapuram

Aarti Nagpal Mehta

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., University of Hyderabad.

Sangeeta Ramesh

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D.

Tukaram Badiger

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Central University of Karnataka

NFSC Awardee
Shruti Kanitkar

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., IIT Bombay

Chari Kanakavalli Santhanam

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

(Ph.D.), University of Mumbai,

Basavaraj Kumasi

Assistant Professor, School of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Kuvempu University, Shivamogga

Heddari Ravikumar

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A., University of Mysore

Keshava Chandra

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M.A.

Author and Poet
Shilpa. R 

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences  

Ph.D., Bangalore University

Neethu S Kumar 

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D.,(pursuing), Christ University, Bangalore

Varsha Gupta

Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

(Ph.D.) Tumkur University

Rakshit Kweera

Assistant Professor, School of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., University of Hyderabad

Sujit Kumar Chowdhury

Professor of Practice, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

M. Phil.(Sociology), JNU, New Delhi

Former Chief Postmaster General of Bihar State
Rajendrakumar Joshi

Adjunct Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., IIT Mumbai

Faculty Trainer- Philosopher
Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy

Consultant, Strategic Initiatives

Ph.D., Pondicherry University

Director Indica Yoga, Guest Faculty at University of Ghent, Belgium
Paul A. Barresi

Visiting Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Boston University

Professor, Southern New Hampshire University (U.S.A.)
Habil Narahari Rao

Visiting Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., Universität des Saarlandes, Germany

Former Privatdozent (Adj. Professor), Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Meena Nair

Adjunct Faculty, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ph.D., JNU, New Delhi

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