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The University
Grants Commission (UGC), in a note sent to all universities, has stated that
students should appear for an entrance examination for admission to PhD programmes.
The note states:
"Admission should be based on combined merit of the entrance exam and interviews
conducted by the universities." |
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The Mungekar Committee Report found that students with the poorest
percentage can get enrolled and acquire a doctorate degree in 3-5
years. There were instances where research guides wrote theses for
students and even stage-managed experts during viva-voce. | |
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Getting a PhD degree in India will not be a cakewalk anymore. Alarmed
at a panel report citing malpractices in the process of getting a PhD,
UGC has made entrance exams mandatory for PhD and MPhil aspirants. The
entrance will be followed by an interview where aspirants will
discuss their research area. After admission to PhD, students will have
to do course work for at least a semester. The course will be treated
as pre-research preparation and universities will fix the minimum
qualifying criteria to proceed with writing of dissertation. |
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UGC has exempted PhD holders who do their doctoral programmes under the
new norms from clearing the National Eligibility Test (NET) for
lectureship. | |
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Supervisors cannot have
more than eight PhD and five MPhil scholars at a time. |
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UGC has also restricted the number of seats for PhD/MPhil in
universities but it will be compulsory for them to advertise the seats
to encourage students from other states. | |
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