Students registered in the Ph.D. programme must pass a comprehensive examination designed to test the overall comprehensive of the student in the various subjects. A student can appear in the comprehensive examination only after he/she has completed the course requirements and satisfied the minimum specified CPI requirement.

  Students admitted with B.Tech, M.Sc, M.A. or M.Phil degrees may appear in the comprehensive examination earliest at the end of the second semester, but must pass it before the end of the fifth semester after their first registration. Students admitted with M.Tech or equivalent degrees may appear in the comprehensive examination earliest at the end of the first semester, but must pass it before the end of the fourth semester after their first registration. The above time limits are exclusive of the period of sanctioned leave, if any.

  The examination will be in oral form but may be supplemented with a written part.

  The comprehensive examination board will consist of at least three but not more than five faculty members of the student's department plus one faculty member from outside the department ( discipline, in the case of Humanities & Social Sciences). Constitution of the board will be proposed by the DPGC  in consultation with the head of the department and the thesis supervisor, if already assigned, and will be forwarded to the chairperson, SPGC who will send it to the Chairman, Senate for approval. The thesis supervisor of the student, if already assigned, will be the convener of the board. In case no thesis supervisor is assigned, the Convener, DPGC will be the convener of the board.

  A Student will be considered to have passed the comprehensive examination if all except at the most one member of the board are satisfied with student's performance in the examination. The report of the comprehensive examination must be sent to the Chairperson, SPGC with in 8 weeks of the date of approval of the board.

  When a student has not passed the comprehensive examination in his/her first attempt, a second comprehensive examination will be conducted by the same board that was constituted earlier unless otherwise approved by the Chairperson, Senate on the recommendation of the DPGC and the SPGC. A student will not be allowed to appear in the comprehensive examination more than twice. All such cases shall be brought to the notice of the Senate.