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

(3) A Ph.D. scholar must obtain a minimum of 55% marks or its equivalent grade in the
UGC 10-point scale in the course work to be eligible to continue in the programme and
submit his or her thesis.
10. Research Advisory Committee and its Functions.- (1) There shall be a Research Advisory
Committee or an equivalent body as defined in the Statutes/Ordinances of the Higher
Educational Institution concerned for each Ph.D. scholar. The Research Supervisor of the
Ph.D. scholar concerned shall be the Convener of this committee, and this committee shall
have the following responsibilities:
i. To review the research proposal and finalize the topic of research.

ii. To guide the Ph.D. scholar in developing the study design and methodology of
research and identify the course(s) that he/she may have to do.
iii. To periodically review and assist in the progress of the research work of the Ph.D.
Scholar.
(2) Each semester, a Ph.D. scholar shall appear before the Research Advisory Committee
to make a presentation and submit a brief report on the progress of his/her work for
evaluation and further guidance. The Research Advisory Committee shall submit its
recommendations along with a copy of Ph.D. scholar’s progress report to the Higher
Educational Institution concerned. A copy of such recommendations shall also be
provided to the Ph.D. scholar.
(3) In case the progress of the Ph.D. scholar is unsatisfactory, the Research Advisory
Committee shall record the reasons for the same and suggest corrective measures. If
the Ph.D. scholar fails to implement these corrective measures, the Research Advisory
Committee may recommend, with specific reasons, the cancellation of the registration
of the Ph.D. scholar from the Ph.D. programme.
11. Evaluation and Assessment Methods, minimum standards/credits for award of the
degree, etc.-
(1) Upon satisfactory completion of course work and obtaining the marks/grade prescribed
in clause (3) of Regulation 9 above, the Ph.D. scholar shall be required to undertake
research work and produce a draft dissertation/thesis.
(2) Before submitting the dissertation/thesis, the Ph.D. scholar shall make a presentation
before the Research Advisory Committee of the Higher Educational Institution
concerned, which shall also be open to all faculty members and other research scholars/
students.
(3) The Higher Educational Institution concerned shall have a mechanism using well-
developed software applications to detect Plagiarism in research work and the research
integrity shall be an integral part of all the research activities leading to the award of a
Ph.D. degree.
(4) A Ph.D. scholar shall submit the thesis for evaluation, along with (a) an undertaking
from the Ph.D. scholar that there is no plagiarism and (b) a certificate from the Research
Supervisor attesting to the originality of the thesis and that the thesis has not been submitted
for the award of any other degree/diploma to any other Higher Educational Institution.

(5) The Ph.D. thesis submitted by a Ph.D. scholar shall be evaluated by his/her Research
Supervisor and at least two external examiners who are experts in the field and not
in employment of the Higher Educational Institution concerned. Such examiner(s)
should be academics with a good record of scholarly publications in the field. Wherever

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