Comprehensive examination is conducted after successful completion of PhD course work. Student will be required to appear in comprehensive exam within year after completion of course work. Schedule and structure of this exam will be as per IST policy. Students, who fails in comprehensive exam, will be allowed only once to reappear, failing which, the PhD-studentship will be terminated from IST
After successfully passing comprehensive exam, a student will write research proposal and present/defend proposal in front of DBGS. The presentation/defense of proposal will be accepted or rejected by DBGS
On the successful completion of research work, the student will write a detailed report/ thesis about research outcome. This thesis/ report will then be recommended by DGBS. Moreover, A plagiarism check will also be and endorsed by the respective supervisor as per HEC policy. After getting a clearance certificate, this thesis will be sent to the international reviewer of technologically advanced countries (see guidelines of HEC for the advance countries list) and national expert of the relevant research area. An open defense of the thesis after positive feedback from foreign and national expert will be arranged. This defense will be conducted in the presence of defense committee and general audience. A viva meeting between candidate and defense committee to discuss corrections required in the dissertation will be held and the candidate will be informed about the outcome of defense
PhD degree will be awarded to the students after completion the following requirements