6-month PhD coursework begins today

PATNA: Nearly 800 scholars were selected for the six-month PhD coursework of Patna University (PU) which is able to get started from Monday.

While categories of the primary paper on research methodology can be conducted by means of the dean of the faculty concerned till July 21, Paper II categories (at the subject concerned) can be held by means of different departments from July 22 to October 21. The examination of the candidates can be finished by means of November and the entire certified candidates given certificate and mark sheets as soon as possible. A pupil will have to obtain no less than 55% marks in the examination. Registration of all such candidates can be finished in November and December.


As in keeping with PU information, as many as 810 vacancies for PhD scholars exist in different departments, including 181 in humanities, 200 in social sciences, 369 in science, 17 in law, 11 in education and 32 in commerce.

PU had conducted the PhD registration test in February last 12 months and the results had been revealed soon after. The ultimate selection of candidates for pursuing research paintings, on the other hand, could no longer be made, owing to the court cases made by means of a bit of candidates to the chancellor’s secretariat and the Patna high court docket. PU was once ready to make a transfer on this regard only when the matter was once in spite of everything decided by means of the court docket almost a fortnight ago.


The registration of students in PU was once suspended ever for the reason that University Grants Commission (UGC) announced the brand new PhD rules, 2016. Earlier, PU had taken its own time in imposing even the revised UGC tips (2009). Consequently, various NET-qualified candidates, who had been awarded research fellowships, migrated to a few other universities because of lengthen in registration.


An research of the PhD levels awarded by means of PU all through the previous couple of years displays a revolutionary decline in the number of candidates getting doctorate levels 12 months after 12 months.


“In 2011-12, as many as 216 scholars had been awarded PhD levels whilst the number of recipients in 2012-13 was once 212. In 2013-14, the determine slumped to 187 and in 2014-15, only 174 candidates had been awarded levels. The number of PhD degree recipients in 2015-16 was once just 52. In 2016-17 altogether 78 scholars, including 14 as in keeping with the brand new rules, had been awarded doctorate levels, whilst 89, including 33 as in keeping with the brand new tips, had been awarded levels in 2017-18. Almost 15 years ago, the university used to award greater than 300 PhD levels once a year,” stated PU examination controller R K Mandal.


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