The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) is awarded to a candidate who, as per these regulations, has submitted a thesis based on the original research either in any particular discipline or involving more than one discipline (inter-disciplinary) that makes a contribution to the advancement of knowledge, which is approved by duly constituted Board of Examiners as required.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations or any other Rule or regulation, for the time being in force, this University shall not conduct M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes through distance education mode.
The number of available seats for Ph.D. programmes shall be decided well in advance and notified in the University website and widely advertised in popular dailies to conduct admission on a regular basis.
Board of Research
Board of Research Studies (BoRS) is an Advisory Body constituted by the ViceChancellor and approved by the Syndicate. The BoRS is aiming to discuss and frame the rules and regulations of both Ph.D and M.Phil programmes, including, recognition of Research Centers and approval of Ph.D. guides. The BoRS also decides on annual basis, a predetermined and manageable number of doctoral students depending on the number of the available eligible research supervisors in the departments and sanctioned strength of research students allotted by the University.
The BoRS prepares plans to encourage the teaching faculty of Colleges and Departments of the University to carry out the research work and help them to apply projects to different funding agencies, to create awareness among the teaching staff targeting young people to apply projects by providing them the format for different funding agencies, and to recommend for establishing central equipment facility and to help the research scholars of Departments of the University and Colleges for their research work.