University Of Pune PhD Rules
University Of Pune PhD Rules
Placed in northwestern part of the city, Pune University was once famous as the University of Poona. The university has its jurisdiction in Pune, Ahmednagar and Nasik districts. Placed in 400 acre campus, Pune University has state of the art facilities providing a wide array of academic programs. Pune University furnishes an ideal atmosphere to pursue research in several fields of Science, Arts, Commerce and Languages to its students. The University has around 40 several departments which furnish a wide range of academic programs. The University has carved a high place for itself in several fields of research and teaching, and continues to endeavor for excellence.
PhD Rules
Almost all the senate members, except a few, admitting arts faculty dean Ashok Thorat, spoke in favour of the resolution moved by Dhananjay Kulkarni, which demanded that the rules not be implemented in the university as “they killed the spirit of research”.
Kulkarni said that the marks got in exams had no linkage with intellectual merit and research mentality.
In the debate, the members spoke against the revised rules which specify that a student needs to have at least 55 per cent and 60 per cent marks at the graduate and postgraduate levels, respectively, for PhD registration.
Though the gesture demanding a rethink was accepted, vice-chancellor Ashok Kolaskar said he agreed in principle with the members demand, adding that the rules were binding on the universities as they were passed by the governor.
The clause in the new rules which states that a student should pass a state-wide aptitude test, which would be carried on by the UoP, also came under fire.
Members objected to Kolaskar’s remarks about the rules not being applicable to foreign students “as they were concerned more about the caliber of the Indian students and not foreign students”.
Kolaskar said the university had proposed to the university grants commission (UGC) and the All-India council for Technical teaching (AICTE) that the rule about a college principal compulsorily containing a doctorate be altered.
The psychology based test for students would be an appropriate barometer to gauge their aptitude and a thought was being given to make the test walk-in and online in the future, Kolaskar said. The testing process was likely to start by December, he added.
Senate member Swati Rajan alleged that the new rules, which gave no relaxation to the backward and scheduled classes, heaped injustice on the Dalits and the rural students.
Members also alleged that the students from outside Maharashtra would be at an advantage as there were no such rules in their states.
Moreover, the possibility of students from Maharashtra going to other states to secure doctorate degrees and using dubious methods to secure the necessary marks for eligibility could not be ruled out. Introducing a subject wise entrance test instead of a uniform one was also suggested.
However, arts faculty dean Ashok Thorat argued that degrees like M.Phil had a cut off percentage of 55 per cent and, hence, introducing a cut off percentage for PhD was needed.
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October 16th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
I do not think research is related with merrit. Research can not be improved by an entrance test (PET) as suggested by U.G.C. I suggest to keep publication criteria as a option to select candidate for Ph.D degree.