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Regulations pertaining to Credits, Academic Programmes and Award of Degrees:

(ii) It shall be followed by an interview to be organized by the School/Department/
Institution/University as the case may be.
(iii) At the time of interview, doctoral candidates are expected to discuss their research
interest/area.
(iv) Only the predetermined number of students may be admitted to M.Phil./Ph.D. programme.
10 The admission to the Ph.D. programme would be either directly or through M.Phil.
Programme.

11 While granting admission to students to M.Phil./Ph.D. Programmes, the Department/Institute/
School will pay due attention to the National/State Reservation Policy.

ALLOCATION OF SUPERVISOR
12 The allocation of the supervisor for a selected student shall be decided by the Department
in a formal manner depending on the number of student per faculty member, the available
specialization among the faculty supervisors, and the research interests of the student as
indicated during interview by the student. The allotment/allocation of supervisor shall not be
left to the individual student or teacher.
COURSE WORK

13 After having been admitted, each M.Phil./Ph.D. student shall be required by the Universities,
Institutions, Deemed to be Universities and College/Institutions of National Importance, as
the case may be, to undertake course work for a minimum period of one semester. The course
work shall be treated as pre M.Phil./Ph.D. preparation and must include a course on research
methodology which may include quantitative methods and Computer Applications. It may
also involve reviewing of published research in the relevant field. The individual Universities,
Institutions, Deemed to be Universities and College/Institutions of National Importance, as
the case may be, shall decide the minimum qualifying requirement for allowing a student to
proceed further with the writing of the dissertation.
If found necessary, course work may be carried out by doctoral candidates In sister
Departments/Institutes either within or outside the University for which due credit will be
given to them.
EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT METHODS
14 upon satisfactory completion of course work and research methodology, which shall form part
& parcel of M.Phil./Ph.D. Programme, the M.Phil./Ph.D. Scholar shall undertake research work
and produce a draft thesis within a reasonable time, as stipulated by the Institution concerned.
15 Prior to submission of the thesis, the student shall make a pre-M.phil./Ph.D. presentation in
the Department that may be open to all faculty members and research students, for getting
feedback and comments, which may be suitably incorporated into the draft thesis under the
advice of the supervisor.
16 Ph.D. candidates shall publish one research paper in a referred Journal before the submission
of the thesis/monograph for adjudication, and produce evidence for the same in the form of
acceptance letter or the reprint.
17 The thesis produced by the M.Phil./Ph.D. student in the Institutions/Departments and
submitted to the University, Institution, Deemed to be University, College/Institution of
National Importance, as the case may be, shall be evaluated by at least two experts, out of
which at least one shall be from outside the State. It shall be upto the University, Institution,
Deemed to be University, College/Institution of National Importance concerned to have one
examiner from outside the Country.

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