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

k. “Foreign Educational Institution” means–(i) an institution duly established or
incorporated in its home country and offering educational programmes at the
undergraduate, postgraduate and higher levels in its home country and (ii) which offers
programme(s) of study leading to the award of a degree through conventional face-to-
face mode, but excluding distance, online, ODL mode;
l. “Grade Point” means a numerical weight allotted to each letter grade on a 10-point
scale;
m. “Guide/Research Supervisor” means an academician/researcher recognized by Higher
Educational Institution to supervise the Ph.D. scholar for his/her research;
n. “Higher Educational Institution” means a university or institution specified under
clause 2 of Regulation 1 of these Regulations;

o. “Interdisciplinary Research” means research conducted by a Ph.D. scholar in two or
more academic disciplines;

p. “Open and Distance Learning Mode” shall have the same meaning as defined under the
UGC(Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations
2020;
q. “Online Mode” shall have the same meaning as defined under the UGC (Open and
Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations 2020;

r. “Plagiarism” means the practice of taking someone else’s work or idea and passing
them asone’s own;

s. “Programme” means a higher education programme pursued for a degree specified by
the Commission under sub-section (3) of section 22 of the Act;

t. “Prospectus” means any document, whether in print or otherwise, issued for providing
fair and transparent information relating to a Higher Educational Institution and
programmes, to the general public (including to those seeking admission in such Higher
Educational Institutions) by the Higher Educational Institutions;
u. “Research Proposal” means a brief write-up giving an outline of the proposed research
work which the Ph.D. scholar shall submit along with the application for registration
for Ph.D. programme;
v. “University” means a Higher Educational Institution established or incorporated by or
under a Central Act, a Provincial Act, or a State Act, and shall include any institution
for higher education deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the Act.
(2) Words and expressions used and not defined in these Regulations but defined in Act and
not consistent with these Regulations shall have the meanings assigned to them in that
Act.
3. Eligibility criteria for admission to the Ph.D. Programme.-The following are eligible to
seek admission to the Ph.D. programme:
(1) Candidates who have completed:
i. A 1-year/2-semester master’s degree programme after a 4-year/8-semester
bachelor’s degree programme or a 2-year/4-semester master’s degree programme
after a 3-year bachelor’s degree programme or qualifications declared equivalent
to the master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at
least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade in a point scale wherever
grading system is followed or equivalent qualification from a foreign educational
institution accredited by assessment and accreditation agency which is approved,

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