PATNA: It is official now. All the universities of the state would adopt uniform regulations governing the award of PhD
degrees from the academic session 2012-13. The governor-cum-chancellor,
Devanand Konwar, has accorded his assent to the revised regulations.
The uniform regulations were recommended by the chancellor's advisory committee in the light of the University Grant Commission (UGC) guidelines of 2009 and Bihar government's letter of 2010. Now, they stand approved by the statutory bodies of different universities of the state. The UGC had directed the universities to adopt new regulations in 2011.
The new regulations provide that admission for a PhD programme shall be advertised in leading newspapers and uploaded on the respective university's website. The university will conduct an entrance test followed by an interview for the admission of research scholars.
The regulations further provide that after having been admitted to the PhD programme, each student shall be required to undertake a pre-PhD course work for a minimum of one semester (six months). The minimum qualifying requirement for allowing a student to proceed further shall be decided by the departmental council.
The maximum number of candidates to be registered under an assistant professor, associate professor and professor shall be four, six and eight, respectively. A retired teacher can supervise not more than two scholars.
Prior to the submission of the final thesis, the candidate shall have to publish at least one research paper in a standard referred journal. The scholar will also have to make a pre-PhD presentation in the department concerned along with a draft of the thesis. For the appointment of examiners, the supervisor shall submit a panel of seven teachers, including himself. The panel must include at least four teachers of different universities of India and there shall not be more than two names of external examiners from the universities of Bihar.
After the successful completion of the evaluation process and announcement of the award of the degree, the university shall submit a soft copy of the thesis to the UGC within a month for hosting the same on INFLIBNET, making it accessible to all the institutions and universities.
Source:TOI
The uniform regulations were recommended by the chancellor's advisory committee in the light of the University Grant Commission (UGC) guidelines of 2009 and Bihar government's letter of 2010. Now, they stand approved by the statutory bodies of different universities of the state. The UGC had directed the universities to adopt new regulations in 2011.
The new regulations provide that admission for a PhD programme shall be advertised in leading newspapers and uploaded on the respective university's website. The university will conduct an entrance test followed by an interview for the admission of research scholars.
The regulations further provide that after having been admitted to the PhD programme, each student shall be required to undertake a pre-PhD course work for a minimum of one semester (six months). The minimum qualifying requirement for allowing a student to proceed further shall be decided by the departmental council.
The maximum number of candidates to be registered under an assistant professor, associate professor and professor shall be four, six and eight, respectively. A retired teacher can supervise not more than two scholars.
Prior to the submission of the final thesis, the candidate shall have to publish at least one research paper in a standard referred journal. The scholar will also have to make a pre-PhD presentation in the department concerned along with a draft of the thesis. For the appointment of examiners, the supervisor shall submit a panel of seven teachers, including himself. The panel must include at least four teachers of different universities of India and there shall not be more than two names of external examiners from the universities of Bihar.
After the successful completion of the evaluation process and announcement of the award of the degree, the university shall submit a soft copy of the thesis to the UGC within a month for hosting the same on INFLIBNET, making it accessible to all the institutions and universities.
Source:TOI
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