RSU PHD Regulations 2016 PDF
RSU PHD Regulations 2016 PDF
RSU PHD Regulations 2016 PDF
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2.1. Faculty of Doctoral Studies – FDS (See Annexure B for Proposed Structure)
2.1.1 Faculty of Doctoral Studies shall exercise its powers to
change/amend/interpret/implement any provisions of these Regulations at any time.
These changes shall be subsequently placed before the BoG.
2.1.2 All the minutes of the meetings of RDC, RPMC, PhD Admission Committee and EC
shall be submitted to Academic Council through Faculty of Doctoral Studies.
2.1.3 The tenure of the members of FDS shall be ___ years (To be decided by the Academic
Council).
2.2. The Research Development Committee - RDC (See Annexure C for List)
2.1.1 There shall be a Research and Development Committee (RDC). The members of the
committee shall hold office for a period of five years from the date of constitution of the
committee. The functions of the RDC will be to review Research Proposals and
allocation of the supervisors.
2.1.2 The recommendations of the Research and Development Committee (RDC) shall be
placed before the Faculty of Doctoral Studies and their recommendations shall be placed
before AC & BOG for final approval.
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3 PhD Programme
3.1 Full Time PhD Programme
The regular (full time) candidates are expected to work full time for their PhD at Raksha
Shakti University. In addition, the candidates who are receiving
assistantship/scholarship/fellowship from UGC/ICSSR/BPR&D or any other funding
agency and/or from industry sponsored projects shall be regular (full time) candidates.
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creamy layer)/differently-abled and other reserved categories of candidates as per the
decision of Govt./University from time to time.
5.3 A person whose M.Phil. Dissertation has been evaluated and the viva voce is pending may
be admitted to the PhD programme of the same Institution;
5.4 Candidates possessing a Degree considered equivalent to M.Phil. Degree of an Indian
Institution, from a Foreign Educational Institution accredited by an Assessment and
Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority,
established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority
in that country for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of
educational institutions, shall be eligible for admission to PhD programme.
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qualifying with qualifying marks as 50%. The syllabus of the Entrance Test shall consist of
50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject specific.
7.4 Candidates who have passed UGC-NET (including JRF)/UGC-CSIR NET (including
JRF)/SLET/GATE/teacher fellowship holder or have passed MPhil are exempted from
Entrance Test and required to appear for Interview/viva-voce directly.
7.5 An interview/viva-voce of candidates who pass Entrance Test (Including Exempted
candidates) shall be organized by the University; in which the candidates are required to
discuss their research interest/area through a presentation before RDC. The interview/viva
voce shall also consider the following aspects:
i. Competence of the candidate for the proposed research
ii. Suitability of research work at RSU
iii. Contribution of proposed research to new/additional knowledge
7.6 The University shall prepare merit list of candidates after completion of the entire process of
Entrance Test and Personal Interview/ viva-voce. The Entrance Test shall be of qualifying
nature and the marks of Entrance Test shall not be counted for preparing Merit List. The
Merit List shall be prepared based on following criteria:
Sr. No. Description Max.Marks
2 MPhil 10
7.7 The University shall adhere to the reservation policy of Govt. of Gujarat, as applicable from
time to time.
7.8 Admissions shall be given based on the merit list and available seats in the respective
subject/discipline.
7.9 The admitted candidates shall have to pay the prescribed fees within 10 days from the date of
offer of admission, failing which the seat shall be allotted to the next eligible candidate on
the merit list.
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7.10 If, there are any vacancies arise by any means in the second term/semester, the same shall
be filled from the waiting list. The candidates who are recommended by RDC but placed as
wait listed candidates shall be eligible for admission in Ph.D. programme in second
term/semester as per the available seats in the respective subject. The Waiting List shall be
valid for concerned Academic Year.
8. Registration of Candidates
8.1 The candidates admitted to the Ph.D. programme shall be registered by paying prescribed
Registration and Annual Course Fees. The period of registration shall start from the date of
admission.
8.2 The candidate shall be required to and submit a brief research proposal to RDC containing
the title, significance and scope of the topic, rationale, justification, national-international
status, theory and research methodology/techniques involved, references, bibliography,
place of research, etc., in coordination with supervisor/co-supervisor.
8.3 The RDC shall either confirm the acceptance of the research proposal or ask the scholar to
make necessary changes. In case of change in the proposal, revised proposal after
incorporation of necessary changes may be resubmitted to
8.4 After the title clearance of the research proposal, the University shall notify the scholar
about approval of the topic of the thesis. (Format given in Appendix ).
8.5 A registered Ph.D. scholar shall not be allowed to pursue any other course/programme from
any University simultaneously. If any such violation is noticed, the registration of the
scholar shall be cancelled automatically.
8.6 A scholar shall not be permitted to submit a thesis for which a degree has been conferred on
him/her in this or in any other University. But a scholar shall not be precluded from
incorporating any work which he/she has already submitted for a degree in this or any other
university, in a thesis covering a wider field, provided that he/she shall indicate in a written
statement accompanying the thesis any work which has been so incorporated.
8.7 The candidate who has cleared Ph.D. Entrance Test and recommended by RDC/RRC for
registration, but awaiting for M.Phil. dissertation results shall be registered immediately
after the notification of M.Phil. degree for his/her Ph.D. programme throughout the year.
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9.4 In case of relocation of an PhD woman scholar due to marriage or otherwise, the research
data shall be allowed to be transferred to the University provided all the other conditions in
these regulations are followed in letter and spirit and the research work does not pertain to
the project secured by the parent institution/ supervisor from any funding agency. Any
student who wants to transfer under this clause is required to send request through parent
Supervisor and University. The transfer admission is subject to the approval of RDC.
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11.2 The Progress Report shall be submitted with the remarks of the concerned Supervisor
whether the progress is satisfactory or not and whether the work done during the period
under consideration is relevant and adequate or not.
11.3 The Progress Report shall be submitted in the month of August and February every year.
11.4 A research scholar shall also appear before the RPMC once in six months to make a
presentation of the progress of his/her work for evaluation and further guidance. In case
the progress of the research scholar is unsatisfactory, the RPMC shall record the reasons
for the same and suggest corrective measures. If the research scholar fails to implement
these corrective measures, the RPMC may recommend FDS with specific reasons for
cancellation of the registration of the research scholar.
11.5 A scholar shall select and finalise the research title within a period of six months from the
date of registration, in consultation with the supervisor. If a change of topic/title becomes
necessary to address the desired objectives, the RDC may, on the recommendation of the
supervisor, permit to change the topic/title, prior to submission of the synopsis.
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f) On the recommendations of the RPMC on account of lack of progress as reported by
the supervisor and also after giving due opportunity to the scholar for defending
his/her case
g) Scholar fails to submit the Ph.D. synopsis within maximum allowed time limit under
this regulation.
13.3 The Faculty of Doctoral Studies shall be competent to cancel the registration of a research
scholar in any of the event mentioned above.
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iii. Access of facilities of the neighbouring Institutions/Collages, or of those
Institutions/Colleges/R&D Laboratories/Organisations which have the required
facilities.
16.2 FDS shall review the eligibility criteria of Research Laboratories of Govt. of India/State
Government for being recognized for the purpose of PhD.
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