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

14. Grant of M.Phil. Degree.- Higher Educational Institutions shall not offer the M.Phil.(Master
of Philosophy) programme.
15. Issuing a Provisional certificate.-Prior to the actual award of the Ph.D. degree, the degree-
awarding Higher Educational Institution shall issue a provisional certificate to the effect that
the Ph.D. is being awarded in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
16. Award of Ph.D. degrees prior to Notification of these Regulations.- Award of degrees
to candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme on or after July 11, 2009, till the date of
Notification of these Regulations shall be governed by the provisions of the UGC (Minimum
Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009 or the UGC
(Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degrees) Regulations,
2016 as the case may be. Further, the award of degrees to candidates already registered
and pursuing Ph.D. shall be governed by these Regulations or UGC (Minimum Standards
and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2016. Nothing in these
Regulations shall impact the M.Phil. degree programmes commencing prior to the enactment
of these Regulations.
17. Depository with INFLIBNET.- Following the successful completion of the evaluation
process and before the announcement of the award of the Ph.D. degree(s), the Higher
Educational Institution concerned shall submit an electronic copy of the Ph.D. thesis to
INFLIBNET, for hosting the same so as to make it accessible to all the Higher Educational
Institutions and research institutions.

RAJNISH JAIN, Secy.

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