The UGC, earlier this week, notified significant modifications to the PhD programme, including in the qualification for admissions and evaluation procedures.
UGC rules notified Monday are applicable with immediate effect; notification also says any PhD registered after 1 July, 2009 shall be governed by regulations of 2009 or 2016.
PhD scholars also faced fee hike before partial rollback was announced Friday. Students says they've already paid increased fees and no refund has been announced.
Number of students pursuing doctoral degrees at IIT Bombay almost doubled over past 10 years, from 1,895 in 2011-12 to 3,534 in 2020-21, says annual director's report released Saturday.
It's a fallacious argument that research in India is done only in standalone institutions and universities need only focus on teaching. Universities without research are as good as a dead duck.
The problem starts when Ph.D. students collect their degrees and go out into the world. The academic jobs they're accustomed to pursuing have been drying up.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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