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

5.3 The admission shall be based on the criteria notified by the Institution, keeping in
view the guidelines/norms in this regard issued by the UGC and other statutory
bodies concerned, and taking into account the reservation policy of the Central/State
Government from time to time.

5.4 HEIs as mentioned in Clause 1.2 shall admit candidates by a two stage process through:
5.4.1 An Entrance Test shall be qualifying with qualifying marks as 50%. The syllabus
of the Entrance Test shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall
be subject specific. The Entrance Test shall be conducted at the Centre(s) notified
in advance (changes of Centres, if any, also to be notified well in advance) at the
level of the individual HEI as mentioned in clause 1.2; and
5.4.2 An interview/viva-voce to be organized by the HEI as mentioned in clause 1.2
when the candidates are required to discuss their research interest/area through a
presentation before a duly constituted Department Research Committee.
5.5 The interview/viva voce shall also consider the following aspects, viz. whether:
5.5.1 the candidate possesses the competence for the proposed research;

5.5.2 the research work can be suitably undertaken at the Institution/College;
5.5.3 the proposed area of research can contribute to new/additional knowledge.
5.6 The University shall maintain the list of all the M.Phil. / Ph.D. registered students on its
website on year-wise basis. The list shall include the name of the registered candidate,
topic of his/her research, name of his/her supervisor/co-supervisor, date of enrolment/
registration.
6. Allocation of Research Supervisor: Eligibility criteria to be a Research Supervisor, Co-
Supervisor, Number of M.Phil./Ph.D. scholars permissible per Supervisor, etc.
6.1 Any regular Professor of the University/Institution Deemed to be a University/College
with at least five research publications in refereed journals and any regular Associate/
Assistant Professor of the university/institution deemed to be a university/college
with a Ph.D. degree and at least two research publications in refereed journals may be
recognized as Research Supervisor.
Provided that in areas/disciplines where there is no or only a limited number of refereed
journals, the Institution may relax the above condition for recognition of a person as
Research Supervisor with reasons recorded in writing.
6.2 Only a full time regular teacher of the concerned University/Institution Deemed to
be a University/College can act as a supervisor. The external supervisors are not
allowed. However, Co Supervisor can be allowed in inter-disciplinary areas from other
departments of the same institute or from other related institutions with the approval of
the Research Advisory Committee.

6.3 The allocation of Research Supervisor for a selected research scholar shall be decided
by the Department concerned depending on the number of scholars per Research
Supervisor, the available specialization among the Supervisors and research interests
of the scholars as indicated by them at the time of interview/viva voce.
6.4 In case of topics which are of inter-disciplinary nature where the Department concerned
feels that the expertise in the Department has to be supplemented from outside, the
Department may appoint a Research Supervisor from the Department itself, who shall be
known as the Research Supervisor, and a Co-Supervisor from outside the Department/
Faculty/College/Institution on such terms and conditions as may be specified and
agreed upon by the consenting Institutions/Colleges.
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