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The minimum academic qualifications to be satisfied by the candidates seeking admission to the Ph. D Programme, shall be as given below:
The following norms / procedure shall be strictly adhered to while assigning the Research Supervisors to the candidates admitted at a Research Centre. Any violation of these norms/ procedures shall result in the University taking serious steps like de-recognition of the Research Centre or the Research Supervisor.
Ph.D. programme of a candidate shall consist of three parts in sequence, namely,
A candidate shall be free to apply for a change in the Research topic / Coursework for the consideration of the Doctoral Committee before the completion of Part-I. But, the candidate shall not be permitted to change the Research topic after the completion of Part-I.
All the Ph.D. registrations shall be provisional initially and they shall be confirmed only on the successful completion of both Part-I and Part-II.
The written examinations for the Coursework shall be conducted normally along with the PG Examinations of the University. The candidates shall be permitted to apply and appear for one or more courses at a time in a given examination.
The Doctoral Committee shall scrutinize and approve the courses proposed by the Research Supervisor(s) in each case, with or without modification.
In order to pass the coursework (Part I), the candidate shall obtain a minimum of 50% of the marks allotted to each Course in the University Examination.
Letter Grades shall be awarded to the candidates declared successful in each course as follows:
The University shall have the provision to issue Grade Card(s) to the candidates for the Coursework.
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The following norms/standards shall be applicable to all the candidates for maintaining their provisional registration:
Full-Time candidates for the Ph. D Degree including those upgraded to the M.Sc. (Engg.) by Research + Ph.D. and M.E./ M. Tech./M. Arch. + Ph.D. Integrated Dual Degree programmes, shall be normally eligible for submission of the thesis after a minimum period of three years from the date of provisional registration, subject to fulfillment of all the prescribed requirements. But, in exceptional cases having outstanding research contributions to be substantiated in writing by the Doctoral Committee, it shall be possible for a Full- Time Candidate to submit the Thesis in less than three years.
The maximum period for submission of the Ph.D. thesis by Full-Time candidates including those upgraded to the M.Sc. (Engg.) by Research + Ph.D. and M.E./M. Tech./M. Arch. + Ph.D. Integrated Dual Degree programmes, shall be five years from the date of provisional registration. But, the Vice Chancellor shall have the powers to extend the maximum period for submission of the Ph.D. thesis by such a candidate by one year on the specific recommendations of the Doctoral Committee forwarded through the Research Centre on receipt of a request for extension from the candidate not less than six months prior to the completion of the stipulated period. The decision of the Vice Chancellor in this regard shall be final. In the case of failure of the candidate to submit the thesis even after the extended period, the registration shall be cancelled, after issuing a show-cause notice to the candidate.
Part-time candidates for the Ph. D Degree shall be normally eligible for submission of the Thesis after a minimum period of four years from the date of provisional registration, subject to fulfillment of all the prescribed requirements. But, in exceptional cases having outstanding research contributions to be substantiated in writing by the Doctoral Committee, it shall be possible for a Part – time Candidate to submit the thesis in less than four years.
The maximum period for submission of the thesis for Part-time candidates shall be six years. But, the Vice Chancellor shall have the powers to extend the maximum period for submission of the thesis by such a candidate by one year on the specific recommendations of the Doctoral Committee forwarded through the Research Centre on receipt of a request for extension from the candidate not less than six months prior to the completion of the stipulated period. The decision of the Vice Chancellor in this regard shall be final. In the case of failure of the candidate to submit the thesis even after the extended period, the registration shall be cancelled, after issuing a show-cause notice to the candidate.