New Delhi, August 11: Getting a Ph.D degree will soon get tougher with University Grants Commission bringing in stiff regulation which bans offer of such degrees in distant mode and stipulates that the thesis paper be evaluated by two experts, including one from outside the state.
According to the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awards of M.Phil/Ph.D Degree) Regulation 2009, no university, institution or deemed university shall conduct M.Phil or Ph.D programme through distant education mode.
To ensure quality, the regulation says the students will be given admission through entrance test followed by interview. The doctoral candidates will discuss their research area.
After admission, the students will have to undergo course work for a minimum period of one semester. The course work is a sort of preparatory course that will touch upon research methodology.
–PTI