University of Engineering & Management Jaipur
Viva Voice Examination
- On satisfactory evaluation of the report the student shall undergo a viva voce, which shall be openly defended by the candidate.
- The public viva-voce of the research scholar to defend the dissertation/thesis shall be conducted only if the evaluation report(s) of the external examiner(s) on the dissertation/thesis is/are satisfactory and includes a specific recommendation for conducting the viva-voce examination. If the evaluation report of the external examiner, in case of Ph.D. thesis, is unsatisfactory and does not recommend viva voce, the University shall send the dissertation/ thesis to another external examiner approved by the Vice Chancellor out of the approved panel of examiners and the viva voce shall be held only if the report of the latest examiner is satisfactory. If the report of the latest examiner is also negative, the dissertation/ thesis shall be rejected and the research scholar shall be declared ineligible for the award of the degree.
- The viva voce, based on, among other things, the critiques given in the evaluation report, shall be conducted by the Research Supervisor and at least one of the two external examiners, and shall be open to be attended by the then Members of the Research Advisory Committee, all faculty members of the Department, other research scholars and other interested experts/researchers. Where the Supervisor is unable to be present within a reasonable time to participate in the viva voce, the DRC/BOS may recommend another member of the faculty in his/her place.
- At the viva voce, the Viva Voce Board shall satisfy itself;
- That the thesis submitted by the candidate is his/her own work, and
- That the grasp of the candidate on the field of his/her study is satisfactory.
- The Viva Voce Board may, on the basis of the unanimous opinion of its members, recommend:
- That the candidate be awarded the Ph.D. degree;
- That the thesis is suitable/fit for publication in its present form;
- That the thesis may be published with revisions;
- That the thesis be referred back to the candidate for revision;
- That the thesis be rejected and the candidate may not be awarded the Ph.D. Degree
- The manner in which the viva voce to be conducted shall be as prescribed.
- In case the Viva-Voce Board recommends that the candidate be awarded the Ph.D. degree, the Departmental Research Committee shall recommend to the Vice Chancellor that the Ph.D. degree may be awarded to the candidate.
- Along with the Degree, the University shall issue a certificate stating that the degree has been awarded in accordance with the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awards of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulation, 2016 (as amended from time to time).
- In case the viva-voce Board recommends that the thesis of the candidate be rejected, the Board of Studies shall direct accordingly.
- In case the recommendation of one member of the Viva-Voce Board is positive and of the other negative, the Departmental Research Committee shall refer the case to the Board of Studies for its consideration and recommendation, and take a decision after considering such recommendation.
- A candidate whose thesis has been referred back by the Viva-Voce Board for revision shall be permitted to re-submit it for the award of the degree not later than one year from the date of intimation of the decision of the University to him/her.
- In exceptional cases, the Academic Council may, on the recommendations of the Board of Studies/School Board, extend the period by one semester.
- A thesis which has been re-submitted shall normally be examined by the original examiner(s) unless any one of them is, or all of them are, unable or unwilling to act as such, in which case another examiner(s) may be appointed by the Vice Chancellor on the recommendation of Board of Studies.
- No candidate shall be permitted to re-submit his/her thesis for the award of the Ph.D. degree more than once.
