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time duration of phd in India???

In India maximum duration of PhD is 6 years and minimum is 3 years. It will totally depend on your subjects and your works. Also in between you can take a break and that's my increase your duration of the course. Maybe the delay in reviewing your journals and papers by the officials take a while, which can also contribute to increase in duration. Some universities set a maximum registration period of 5 years to complete the phd. It can also depends upon your knowledge in your research area and experience, your research guide, relevance of your research work, availability of resources and your dedication. Hence usually on an average to complete the phd it's may take 327 years maximum and based on circumstances it can increase.

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In India PHD are of minimum 3 year duration and maximum 6 year duration

However, the course duration may vary from one institute to the other. Aspirants need to possess a master's degree to be eligible to pursue a PhD programme.

Hi aspirant,

Minimum of three years, including course work, and a maximum of six years .

It depends on a person how fast he is exploring and learning all the concepts.

In PHd the person should explore all the concepts in the particular field and he/she must have sufficient skills and knowledge to complete PHd.

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