Rules & Regulations

Registration and Approval of Topic:

1. Consequent upon confirmation of his/her admission in the Board of Studies and/or School Board shall, the topic of dissertation shall be approved by the School Board/BOS on the recommendations of the Department/Centre concerned and the DRC on a proposal submitted by the student.
2. After approval of the topic of research, the candidate shall deposit the prescribed registration fees and his/her date of registration shall be determined on the basis of the date on which he/she deposited the registration fees.
3. No candidate shall be eligible to register for the programme/course if he/she is already registered for any full-time programme of study of this University or in any other University/Institution/Deemed to be University/College/Institution of National importance.
4. The Board of Studies and/or School Board may cancel the registration of a student for breach of the provisions of clauses given above.

Requirements during Registration Period:

1. Every research scholar shall be required to show continuous progress during the period of his/her registration and it shall be monitored by the supervisor of the candidate.
2. Every research scholar shall be required to submit half-yearly report.
3. The supervisor of the research scholar shall give his/her assessment about the progress of the scholar as whether satisfactory or The Report shall be placed before the Departmental Research Committee for its evaluation in its forthcoming meeting.
4. In case two consecutive half-yearly reports are found unsatisfactory, Head of the Department, on the recommendations of the Departmental Research Committee (DRC) may recommend to the Board of Studies for cancellation of the registration.
5. The research scholar shall present a seminar on his/her research at the completion of each year after his/her registration to Ph.D. programme till submission of Ph.D. thesis. This seminar will be organized by the concerned Department.
6. Every research student shall pursue full time research as a regular student for a minimum period of two years from the date of registration.
7. Candidates already in employment shall also have to pursue full-time research as a regular student for the minimum period of two years after registration of Research Topic.

Removal of the Name from the Rolls of the University:

1. The name of a student shall be deemed to have been removed from the rolls of the University if he/she
   1. fails to qualify any pre-requisite course within the stipulated duration
   2. fails to secure a CGPA of 5.5 in the course work
   3. fails to submit the two half-yearly reports consecutively
   4. fails to deposit the registration/annual/continuation fee within the stipulated time
   5. fails to submit his/her thesis within six years from the date of admission to the Ph.D. programme. Provided further that the Vice Chancellor may, on the recommendation of the DRC/BOS grant extension to the scholar to submit the thesis for a maximum period of one
2. The Board of Studies/School Board, on the recommendation of the Departmental Research Committee, may, however, accept the request of a candidate whose name has been removed from the rolls of the University to get re-admitted and become eligible for submission of his/her thesis, provided he/she submits his/her thesis within one year from the date of such re-admission or within maximum seven years of the date of his/her admission, whichever is earlier.