Career

After completing your Masters with minimum 55%, you need to qualify a test such as GATE/CSIR-NET/ JEST and TIFR /NEST /SLET etc. If you qualify written, then you'll be called for interview. In some university, you'll be required to undergo their separate written test and interview. Ph.D. is offered in two modes: Part Time and Full Time
Part Time: A candidate has to attend classes on weekends. Full Time: A candidate has to attend regular classes (56 days a week). Both Full Time & Part time Ph.D. programs are available in LPU. It will not very difficult to get admission in Ph.D. programme in LPU if you prepared well. Admission steps involved 55% in Post-Graduation + LPU NEST Exam + Interview. You will get proper guidance with sample questions, question paper pattern, Syllabus etc. Before taking up Exam & Interview. LPU offers flexible course work in three different options :
Option I Duration - One semester - every Saturdays & Sundays
Option II Duration - 4 days every month
Option III Duration - 15 days
Special benefit for Full Time Ph.D. students :
After presenting a State-Of-the-Art (SOTA) seminar, there is fair chance to the students to pursue teaching assistantship in LPU only. Though the selection is completely depends upon selection committee & requirement. Scholarship Opportunity:
There are huge scholarship opportunities for the Ph.D. students majorly in the following basis (Upto 90% for Full Time and 70% for Part Time)
1) On the basis of LPU NEST cut off
2) On the basis of GATE/ GPAT/ SPM/ JRF/ NET (LS)/ affiliations and/ or research outcomes provided candidate working in Defence Labs / ICAR / ICMR / Comes /DRDO/CSIR/Space-Atomic.
3) Based on Scopus or Web of Science Indexed Publications excluding ESCI (Emerging Source Citation index) or Patents.
4) To Industry Professionals from Private / Public listed companies (depends upon standard of company)
& many more options in terms of scholarship. For more details you may visit LPU website. Hope this helps.

CAREER COUNSELLING & GUIDANCE today help students to understand their ambitions, interests, qualifications, abilities, the job market, the education system, and also what they know about themselves. Comprehensive career guidance and mentoring try to teach students to plan and make decisions about work and learning. It facilitates individuals to acquire the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to identify options, explore alternatives and succeed in society. A Career Counsellor is a trained and certified professional who guides students towards the right career path. If you are a career coach, you must have a valid identity as a professional so that the students/ parents can trust you and you can also contribute well in the career direction process. To become a Career Counsellor, one needs to be qualified enough to understand the techniques and methods of Career Counselling. One can start practising Career Counselling on their own, or intern under a renowned professional or join an organisation/school and the list goes on. Therefore, if you'll ask me which is the best career counselling certification programme in India, I would say, "The Global Career Counsellor programme. " I have personally checked their website, modules, and feedback. Let me tell you that I have also spoken to people who have done this course and fortunately, they all are satisfied with it. They say that it is the best programme for career counselling as
- It is an online course and one can do it at his/her own pace. - The modules are vast and extensive to understand every aspect of career counselling
- There are real-life case studies also
- Online tests too
- After completing the programme, you will get a Green Belt Certificate from Univariety & Record of Participation from UCLA Extension. - Not only this, but you will also get access to a Facebook community called Inner Circle where you can ask all your doubts, you can answer someone's questions to help them, avail different learning & earning opportunities. This is the information from my side. You can also go through their website, speak to their advisors and make a decision on your own.