National Institute of Siddha PhD Admission 2025-26

National Institute of Siddha, Chennai invites application for PhD Admission 2025-26.

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates seeking admission to the Ph.D programme should have obtained a Post Graduate Degree in Siddha, in the concerned subject under Indian Medicine Central Council Act,1970.
• Age limits – No age limits

Fellowship

• The Ph.D candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs. 50315/-+DA for the First Year and Rs. 51990/-+DA for the Second year, which may be revised from time-to-time as per the orders received from the Ministry of AYUSH. The stipend period will commence from July 1st or January 1″ every year, based on their joining session, subject to the condition that the stipend will be disbursed only after the candidate obtains confirmation of his/her provisional registration from The Tamil Nadu DrM.G.RMedical University, Chennai. The stipend will be released on the basis of the attendance certified by the respective Supervising Guide and/or Biometric attendance.
• As per the extant rules, no stipend is admissible after 2 years. Stipend / Salary will not be admissible for regular in-service Faculty Members/Medical Officers of Central/State Government organizations who join the Full Time Ph.D programme by availing study leave or scholarship/fellowship from other sources.

Selection Process

• Selection of the candidates will be done on the basis of merit that will be ascertained through a Written Test and Personal Interview.
• The minimum qualifying marks in the Written Test would be 50% for UR and OBC candidates and 45% for SC/ST candidates.
• The Written Test will be followed by the Personal Interview by the duly constituted Selection Committee.
• The Selection Committee will consist of The Director, Dean, Supervising Guide and a Senior Faculty member in the concerned subject.
• If two candidates of the same category/specialty score equal marks in the Written Test, their dates of birth will be considered for preparing the final merit list.
• In case the dates of birth are similar then the total marks obtained in final year M.D (Siddha) examination will be considered for preparing the final merit list.

Examination Pattern

• The Question Paper will consist of 100 MCQ Questions from the following subjects:
  • Concerned PG subjects: 70 marks
  • Research Methodology and Bio Statistics: 30 marks
• One mark will be awarded for each correct answer. Negative marks will also be there.
• 25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer or if more than one answer has been selected. Zero marks will be given for unattended questions.

Application Process

• The application form for Ph.D Programme will be available in the NIS Website: https://nischennai.org. Candidates can download the form and fill all the required details. The filled in application form along with all required documents (as per check list) shall be scanned as a single PDF and can be uploaded in the link provided for uploading in the NIS website. The payment of fees should be made by the way of UPI Payment to the current account of National Institute of Siddha standing at Bank of Baroda by scanning the QR code available in the NIS website. The payment receipt generated should be attached and uploaded along with the application form failing which the Application Form will be summarily rejected. Service candidates must submit their application only through their Competent Authority with the required documents. Otherwise such applications will not be considered at any cost.
• Application Fee once remitted will not be refunded under any circumstances. Inadequately filled up/incomplete applications will also be summarily rejected. The Application Fee of such applicants will also be forfeited.

• Downloading application form from the website: 14 July, 2025
• Last date for receipt of the filled-in application: 13 August, 2025
• Date of written examination: 3 September, 2025

• Application
• Prospectus
• National Institute of Siddha Website