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

9.6 The M.Phil. dissertation submitted by a research scholar shall be evaluated by his/her
Research Supervisor and at least one external examiner who is not in the employment
of the Institution/College. The viva-voce examination, based among other things, on
the critiques given in the evaluation report, shall be conducted by both of them together,
and shall be open to be attended by Members of the Research Advisory Committee,
all faculty members of the Department, other research scholars and other interested
experts/ researchers.
9.7 The Ph.D. thesis submitted by a research scholar shall be evaluated by his/her Research
Supervisor and at least two external examiners, who are not in employment of the
Institution/College, of whom one examiner may be from outside the country. The viva-
voce examination, based among other things, on the critiques given in the evaluation
report, shall be conducted by the Research Supervisor and at least one of the two
external examiners, and shall be open to be attended by Members of the Research
Advisory Committee, all faculty members of the Department, other research scholars
and other interested experts/researchers.
9.8 The public viva-voce of the research scholar to defend the dissertation/thesis shall be
conducted only if the evaluation report(s) of the external examiner(s) on the dissertation/
thesis is/are satisfactory and include a specific recommendation for conducting the
viva-voce examination. If the evaluation report of the external examiner in case of
M.Phil. dissertation, or one of the evaluation reports of the external examiner in case of
Ph.D. thesis, is unsatisfactory and does not recommend viva-voce, the Institution shall
send the dissertation/ thesis to another external examiner out of the approved panel of
examiners and the viva-voce examination shall be held only if the report of the latest
examiner is satisfactory. If the report of the latest examiner is also unsatisfactory, the
dissertation/ thesis shall be rejected and the research scholar shall be declared ineligible
for the award of the degree.
9.9 The Institutions shall develop appropriate methods so as to complete the entire process
of evaluation of M.Phil. dissertation/ Ph.D. thesis within a period of six months from
the date of submission of the dissertation/thesis.
10. Academic, administrative and infrastructure requirement to be fulfilled by Colleges for
getting recognition for offering M.Phil./Ph.D. programmes:
10.1 Colleges may be considered eligible to offer M.Phil./Ph .D programmes only if they
satisfy the availability of eligible Research Supervisors, required infrastructure and
supporting administrative and research promotion facilities as per these Regulations.
10.2 Post-graduate Departments of Colleges, Research laboratories of Government of India/
State Government with at least two Ph.D. qualified teachers/scientists/other academic
staff in the Department concerned along with required infrastructure, supporting
administrative and research promotion facilities as per these Regulations, stipulated
under sub-clause 10.3, shall be considered eligible to offer M.Phil./Ph.D. programmes.
Colleges should additionally have the necessary recognition by the Institution under
which they operate to offer M.Phil/Ph.D. programme.
10.3 Colleges with adequate facilities for research as mentioned below alone shall offer
M.Phil./Ph. D. programmes:
10.3.1 In case of science and technology disciplines, exclusive research laboratories
with sophisticated equipment as specified by the Institution concerned with
provision for adequate space per research scholar along with computer
facilities and essential software, and uninterrupted power and water supply;

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