Ans. Candidates who go beyond the stipulated time may be allowed to continue in the program depending upon their progress and with payment of continuation fee but not beyond 7 years as under:

• After completion of 4 years into the program an extension of one year will be given subject to a payment of continuation fee of Rs.25,000/- every 6 months.
• After completion of 5 years into the program an appeal to the Director has to be made and such participants may be allowed to continue in the program on a six-monthly extension basis for a period of maximum of two years subject to payment of a continuation fee of Rs. 50,000/- every 6 months.
• Beyond 7 years there will be no further extension.

Ans. The following categories of candidates are exempt from standard tests, but will require to produce two reference letters from senior leadership:

• Postgraduates of PGP programs (2-years, Full-time) of IIMs or an Indian Institute/ University that has featured in the top 50 institutes/universities as per the NIRF list released by the Government of India (List of Management Schools, any year) with CGPA 6.5 out of 10 or equivalent, with at least 5 years of post-PGP experience OR
• Individuals with at least 10 years of rich managerial/work experience from the government and non-government sectors.

Ans. IIM Shillong PhD (WP) fees is INR 10,00,000. The detailed fee structure is as follows:

Ans. There are 7 Areas of Specialization available for PhD (WP) Program, they are as follows:

• Economics and Public Policy
• Marketing
• Finance and Control
• Information Systems and Analytics
• Operations and Quantitative Techniques
• Organizational Behavior and Human Resource
• Strategy and Liberal Studies

Ans. Reservation for Eligible categories will be as per Government of India rules applicable for the Doctoral program at the time of Admission.