Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Overview
Eligibility Criteria
| For Indian and International Students | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Candidates with a: 1-year/2-semester master's degree after a 4-year/8-semester bachelor’s degreewith at least 55% marks (or equivalent grade) OR 2-year/4-semester master's degree after a 3-year bachelor’s degreewith at least 55% marks (or equivalent grade) OR Equivalent foreign qualification with at least 55% marks (or equivalent grade) must be from accredited institutions approved by relevant authorities. OR CA/CS/ICWA is considered equivalent to PG degree with at least 55% marks (or equivalent grade). 2. Candidates with an M.Phil. degree: At least 55% marks (or equivalent grade) Note: 5% relaxation for SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS), and others (as per Commission's decision). |
Ph.D. Advertisement
Application Start Date: 01st April 2025
Application End Date: 15th May 2025
PhD Program Guildelines
Industry PhD Program specially designed for working professionals
Admission Procedure
Marwadi University
Rajkot-Morbi Highway, Gauridad
Rajkot-360003, Gujarat, India
Email : research.office@marwadieducation.edu.in
1. Online Entrance Test (MCQs)
Note: The candidates who qualify for fellowship/scholarship in UGC-NET/UGC-CSIR NET/GATE/CEED and similar national level test are exempted from the university entrance examination and eligible for Interview by submitting the certificate/mark sheet to the University at the time of application.
2. Interview (Presentation & Personal Interview)
A short list of candidates will be prepared based on the performance in entrance examination. Exemption given for the entrance examination test as per note mentioned above.
3. Declaration of result
The merit list will be prepared based on overall performance in written test and interview. The candidates shortlisted will be offered admission to the PhD program.
Ph.D Entrance Exam Syllabus
Ph.D. Admission Schedule
Date of Examination: 31st May 2025 (Saturday)
Reporting Time: 10 am to 10.30 am (Location: MB201)
Mode of Examination: Computer-based
Examination Time: 11 am to 12 pm
Venue: Computer Lab (2nd Floor)
Lunch Time: 12 pm to 12.45 pm
Declaration of Final Result: Will be uploaded on website and Intimated by email.
Date of Personal Interview: 31st May 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 1 pm to 6 pm
Location: Respective Department
Results
Ph.D. Entrance Examination and Interviews
Personal Interview Timings & Details
1) Time: 1 pm to 6 pm2) Result declaration: 6 pm.
3) Venue: MB 350
Documents to Carry
1) Filled Application Form Copy2) Patents & Publication (If any)
3) UG Degree Certificate & Mark Sheets (Originals)
4) PG Degree Certificate & Mark Sheets (Originals)
5) Cast Certificate (If applicable)
6) Non-Creamy Layer Certificate (If applicable)
7) GATE/GPAT/NET (If Applicable)
8) Experience Certificate (If any)
9) Research proposal
Duration and Fees Structure
| For Indian Student (INR) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | 3 Years | 37500/- (Per Sem) |
| For International Student (USD) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | 3 Years | 1600/- (Annual) |
Supervisor Details

DR. SANJAY KUMAR
Waste water Treatment, Vanadium Redox Flow Battery. CFD, Fuel Cell

DR. AVANISH KUMAR
Waste Minimization & Utilization

DR. SWATI DUBEY
WATER TREATMENT, SEPARATION TECHNIUES

DR. AJAY SUJAN
MASS TRANSFER, DEEP LEARNING, MODELLING AND SIMULATION, COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

DR. DHARMESH HARESHKUMAR SUR
Chemical Molecules studies- (carbon capture, cancer, pharmacolgical important derivatives), petroleum,paint and cosmetics sectors

DR. VICKY DEVENDRA JAIN
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Green Chemistry

DR. SUBRATA PATRA
Supramolecular Chemistry, Phtochemical studies, host-guest chemistry, dendrimers and nano sensors

DR. YASHWANTSINH SURENDRASINH JADEJA
Analytical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry

DR. SABERA HASAMBHAI BIJANI
Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Synthesis of new novel molecules

DR. PRAVIN NARAYANRAO BHALERAO
Organic synthesis

DR. SUBRATA PAL
Theoretical Chemical Physics and Theoretical Physical Chemistry

DR. SURANJANA VISHALBHAI MAYANI
Adsorption, Heterogeneous catalysis, Waste water treatment, Material synthesis (Nanocomposite material, Hybrid organic-inorganic material, Polymer), Environmental, Organic synthesis and medicinal applications

DR. MITAL RAJBHAI SONI
PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS, ADSORPTION

DR. SIDDHARTH GOPALKRISHNA SHAH
Geotechnical engineering

DR. ANKUR CHANDRAKANT BHOGAYATA
Characterization of Concrete and composites; Waste utilization in construction, Sustainable construction materials, Optimization and application of AI and automation in concrete technology; Development of nanomaterials from construction materials

DR. TARAK PRAFULKUMAR VORA
Strengthening of Structures, Experimental Stress Analysis, Structural Health Monitoring, Seismic Analysis

Dr. Bhavna Ajudiya
River hydraulics, Ground Recharge by Rain water Harvesting Technique, Reservoir Operation, Soft Computing Techniques, Water Supply, Water Distribution Network Design & Analysis, Building planning, Estimating and Costing , Preparation of Drawing

DR. SHOBHITKUMAR KIRITKUMAR PATEL
Photonics, Metamaterials, Antenna, Machine learning

DR. KRUNAL NARUMALBHAI VAGHELA
Cloud Computing, AI/ML, Networks, Security

DR. DAMODHARAN PALANIAPPAN
Data Mining, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Software Engineering

DR. MADHU SHAMBHU SHUKLA
Stream Data Mining, Mining, Massive Data, Software Engineering

DR. ANJALI DIWAN
Artificial Intelligence, Image Proceeding, Video Processing, Multimedia Forensics

DR. DEEPAK KUMAR VERMA
Data Security/Machine Learning

DR. SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH
BLockchain, AI, IoT and SMart City Security

DR. MEGHA PANKAJ MUDHOLKAR

DR. KIRTIRAJSINH JAYENDRASINH ZALA
Cloud Computing, Privacy, E Health Care, Data Mining, Block Chain

DR. MUNINDRA HASMUKHBHAI LUNAGARIA

DR. R SRIDARAN
Cloud Computing, Cloud, IoT and Blockchain Security

DR. DIVYAKANT THAKARSHIBHAI MEVA
Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence

DR. SUNIL LALCHAND BAJEJA
Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, Machine Learning

DR. KALPESH ASHOKKUMAR POPAT
Mobile Computing, Cellular Networks, IoT, AI & ML, Security

DR. JAYPALSINH ASHWINSINH GOHIL
Advanced DBMS, Temporal Database, Concurrency Control in DB, Blockchain, AI, ML

DR. ASHWIN RAMJIBHAI DOBARIYA
Machine Learning & Deep Learning, Image Processing & Machine Vision Technology , Text & Pattern Recognition

DR. DIMPLE MITUL THAKAR
Image Processing & Network Security

DR. PANKAJ KESHAVRAO MUDHOLKAR
Internet of things

DR. RAJENDRASINH BAHADURSINH JADEJA
Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Systems

DR. RAJESH MEGHAJIBHAI PATEL
Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis, Industrial Automation, Electrical Machines, Power Quality

DR. AMIT DILIPKUMAR VED
control of grid connected converters, Battery Management System, Microgrid control.

DR. ATUL VANJIBHAI KUNPARA
Power Electronic converters, Renewable energy, Electric vehicles

DR. KRISHNA ISHVARBHAI PATEL
Special Electrical machines
High voltage engineering
Numerical analysis of Electrical equipment

DR. TAPANKUMAR ANIRUDHDH TRIVEDI
POWER QUALITY ISSUES AND MITIGATION TECHNIQUES, CONTROL OF GRID-CONNECTED POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTER

DR. NISHANT HARSUKHRAY KOTHARI
Power System Protection, Power System Analysis, Electrical Machines, AI applications to Power System.

DR. RHISHIKESH NARENDRA DAVE
International Law, Human Rights Law, Criminal Law, Conflict of Laws, Law of Evidence, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Laws

DR. RAHUL JAIRAM NIKAM
Corporate Law; Science Technology and Law; IPR; International Trade Law

DR. NONGTHOMBAM BANGKIM SINGH
Sociology of law, gender, Sociological thinkers, Indian communities

DR. SUNIL KUMAR JAKHORIA

DR. BHUMIKA MANISH ACHHNANI
Organisational Behaviour, Leadership, Human Resources

DR. MEETA JOSHI
Business Management & Economics, Industrial Psychology, Strategic Management, Labor Laws, Human Resource Management, Public Policy

DR. SHRIKANT RATLEY
Marketing

DR. UMA SHARMA
Human Resource Management, Public Policy.

DR. NIHARIKA SUNIL BAJEJA
Economics , Marketing

DR. MONICA VERMA
Microfinance, Banking, Labour studies, International trade

DR. BIJAY BHUJABAL
Marketing, OB, Strategic Management

DR. PRAMOD GOYAL
Marketing – Consumer behavior, Services and Brand Management

DR. SITANSU PANDA
Industrial Relations, Performance Management, Diversity Management, Trade Unionism, Crisis Management, Migrant Labour

DR. SRIJIB SHANKAR JHA
Marketing Analytics

DR. SATHI JYOTHIRMAYE REDDY
HRM

DR. RAMESH SAFARE
Marketing

DR. SRINIVASA RAO MEDA
Finance

DR. VAISHALI JAIN
PRICE DISCOVERY MECHANISM, BEHAVIOURAL FINANCE, TIME SERIES MODELLING, MARKET EFFICIENCY AND MACRO ECONOMIC ISSUES

DR. NEERAJ KUMAR DUBEY
MARKETING & GENERAL MANAGEMENT

DR. PRAGNESH DASHRATHBHAI NAVLAKHA
Marketing

DR. VINOD MOHANLAL LAKHWANI
Mergers & Aquisitions, Valuation Techniques and Security Analysis

DR. GAUTAM SURESHBHAI HATHIWALA
Number Theory, Mathematical Analysis & History of Mathematics

DR. MINAKSHI BISWAS HATHIWALA
Topology, Algebra, Mathematical Biology

DR. SUBHANSHU GOYAL
Image Processing, Machine Learning, Optimization Techniques

DR. DIVYA GHANSHYAMBHAI ADALJA
Graph Theory

DR. JEKIL ANILBHAI GADHIYA
Graph Labeling, Graph Domination, Graph Energy, Graph Labeling with Python Programming

DR. SANKET MUKUNDBHAI BADIYANI
GRAPH THEORY

DR. NIKUNJ VINODRAI RACHCHH
Composite Materials

DR. SARANG SADASHIV PANDE
Additive Manufacturing, Process Planning

DR. RAMDEVSINH LALUBHA JHALA
Design Engineering

DR. AMIT VINOD SATA
Manufacturing engineering, Metal Casting, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Manufacturing Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, SMART manufacturing, Digital Twin

DR. RAMESHKUMAR MULJIBHAI BHORANIYA
Thermal-Fluid Engineering

DR. PINANK ANILBHAI PATEL
Optimization, Machine Design, Dynamic Analysis, Composite Materials

DR. GAURANG RAJENDRAPRASAD JOSHI
Welding Technology, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing

DR. PARAG KIRIT RAJPARA
Engine Combustion, Low Emission Technologies, Alternative Fuels, Numerical Modeling and Numerical Analysis

DR. BHAVESH KANTILAL KANABAR
Thermal

DR. KARAN HIRALAL MOTWANI
Solar Energy, Thermal and Energy Conservation

DR. NIKHIL JAGJIVANBHAI CHOTAI
Air engine, Control system, Automation, Solar energy harvesting system

DR. KANTHA DEVI ARUNACHALAM

DR. MAHENDRAPALSINGH MANMOHANSINGH RAJPUT
Fields: Microbiology & Biotechnology.
Areas: Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria, Microbial Physiology & Molecular Biology.

DR. GAURAV VINODBHAI SANGHVI
Enzymology, Applied Microbiology

DR. ADITYA SARAN
Mycology, Nanosensors

DR. ASHOK KUMAR BISHOYI
Transcriptomics, genomics, Molecular marker analysis, Biomolecular engineering, In-vitro production of valuable compounds/ secondary metabolites

DR. SUMIT KUMAR JAISWAL
Selenium bio-transformation
Oxidative stress in plant and animal system
Phyto-nutrients and Antioxidants

DR. VIRALKUMAR BHIKHALAL MANDALIYA
Microbiology, Biotechnology, IPR

DR. PURVI RAKHASHIYA
Plant Pathology, Microbial Bioinformatics, Plant Tissue Culture

DR. NIRALEE GAUTAMBHAI PATEL
NON CODING RNA, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, PROTEOMICS, GENETIC ENGINEERING

DR. ANJISHA RAMBHAWAN MAHARSHI
Mycology, Molecular biology, Nanoparticle and Pathology

DR. NIKITASINH ANIRUDHSINH GOHIL

DR. LALJI HAKUBHAI BALDANIYA
Artificial intelligence (AI) integrated formulation development, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), nanotechnology, 3D-printed drug delivery systems, the quality by design approach, novel dissolution apparatus design, and the PKPD study.

DR. ASHISHKUMAR VRAJLAL KYADA
Endocrine and cardiovascular disorders

DR. RAMESH BHANAJIBHAI PARMAR
Formulation development, QbD based formulation, Novel drug delivery System

DR. NASIRBHAI HAJIBHAI VADIA
Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Impurity Profiling, Extractable and Leachable Studies, Nanotechnological Approaches to Enhance Bioavailability of Poorly Soluble Drugs, Preparation and Evaluation of Herbal Drug Formulations, Pharmaceutical Regulation, Quantitation of Pesticide Residues in different Food Items

DR. G SANTHANAKUMAR
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

DR. MEGHNABEN HARDIKBHAI SETA
QUALITY ASSURANCE

DR. MAUSAMI CHANDRAKANTBHAI VAGHELA
REGULATORY AFFAIRS

DR. YOGESH NARMADASHANKAR JANI
Space Science, Renewable energy , Material Science

DR. PRAKASH VASHRAMBHAI KANJARIYA
Development of Multiferroics and first principal study of different materials.

Dr. Malay Nitinkumar Udeshi
Material Science and Nanotechnology

DR. ASHISH DHIRAJLAL KAKKAD
Electro diagnosis, Stroke, Health Device Development, Predictive Model in Health Science

DR. ANKURKUMAR PREMJIBHAI KHANT
Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy, Aerobic Exercise, Advance Techniques

DR. KHUSBOO TRISHANT CHOTAI
ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS

Dr. Yagnik Dave
Pulmonary conditions, Cardiac conditions, Intensive Care Unit Care

DR. SEJAL SHAH
Bioinformatics, Cancer Omics, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology

DR. MUKTESH CHANDRA
LIFE SCIENCES

DR. ARJAV AMBARAM BAVARVA
Wireless communication and networks, Ad Hoc wireless network, Wireless Sensor Networks

DR. SUNIL PRABHATBHAI LAVADIYA
Antenna, Photonics

DR. TAPAN NAHAR
PLANAR ANTENNAS, MM WAVE AND MOCROWAVE ANTENAS, 5G HEALTH CATE

DR. MITESHBHAI SURESHBHAI SOLANKI
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION(MASSIVE MIMO SYSTEM)

DR. NITIN KUMAR SINGH
Sustainability Assessment; Fate of Bioaerosols in biological wastewater treatment; AI & ML application in wastewater treatment and optimization

Dr. DEBLEENA BHATTACHARYA
Environmental Biotechnology, Wastewater treatment and Bioremediation

Dr. Abhishek Gupta
Air quality assessment and modelling, Wastewater treatment

DR. HIMALAY PATEL
Genetics and Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Technology

DR. VATSAL SANJAYBHAI RANPARIYA
Soil science and agronomy

DR. ARCHANA SHARMA
Bioremediation, Industrial Waste water treatment, Solid waste management

DR. SARYU JALDHIBHAI TRIVEDI
Floriculture and Landsccape Architecture

DR. HARSH ARVINDBHAI KAMANI

DR. VIDHI MEHTA
Comparative Studies, Translation Studies, New Literature

Dr. JIGAR ABHANI
English Language Teaching (ELT), Linguistics

Dr. Rajeshkumar N. Joshi
Diaspora Studies, English and Non-British Literature (i.e. American Literature, Indian Writing in English, Asian Literature in English), Professional Communication

DR. KULDIPSINH DILIPSINH JADEJA
PARTITION FICTION, INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH

DR. ANJANA MANSUKHABHAI PRAJAPATI
Translation studies, Translation historiography
Dr. Rajendrasinh Jadeja (PhD)
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