1. Applying for a PhD in Social Sciences (India)
Veena Mani
Doctoral candidate
IIT Madras

2. Institutions Central universities
Science and Technology institutes (IITs, NITs, IISER)
ICSSR-supported institutes
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengluru
Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSS), Kolkata
Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai
Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS), New Delhi
National Institute of Advance Studies, Bengaluru

3. Steps UGC NET / JRF Research statement CV Entrance exams Interviews
Admission
Summer Schools

4. Funding UGC JRF MHRD-IIT, NIT
Maulana Azad National Fellowship (for students belonging to minority communities)
Institute-specific fellowships
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies Fellowships
ICSSR

5. Sociology/Anthropology
Distinctions clearly marked
Make note of the faculty in the respective institutions
Be aware of the methods - basics
Be aware of the theories - basics
Interdisciplinary works are encouraged
But rooting in one discipline should be demonstrated in the initial years