ugc guidelines for phd thesis evaluation

UGC guidelines for the award of PhD

PhD is considered the highest degree in India. If you are looking for UGC rules and regulations for awarding PhD degrees , you are at the right place.

Here, we have provided University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines for awarding PhD degrees, which one must fulfill before submitting the PhD Thesis.

PhD admission without UGC NET

List of 11 criteria as per UGC (minimum standard and procedure for award of Ph.D. degree) Regulation, 2009 amended 2016

• Admission by entrance test/interview or both.
• Maximum number, M. Phil: 5, Ph.D.: 8 /Supervisor.
• National/ Reservation Policy.
• Coursework/Research Methodology Theory.
• Research Advisory Committee- Review of the progress.
• Part-1 methodology exam.
• PRE Ph.D. presentation before summary submission.
• Publication of at least 2 papers before thesis submission.
• Presentation of 2 papers in conferences or seminars (One National & One International).
• Evaluation of thesis by two experts other than the Supervisor, one out of the State.
• Soft copy of the Thesis in the University for Shodhganga.

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I am a working professional, want to pursue the PhD course in HR Management.

Register with a university and start your course.

Look out for advertisement by any University which is nearer to your place of work for the admission requirements. Normally, January and July is the months wherein the admission by most of the University hold admission test advertisement.

list of article published for phd

Publication of at least 2 papers before thesis submission as a first author is necessary or as contributing author is enough.

Just publication of papers matters regardless of first author or second author. But University also imposes its own rules and regulations.

Is it compulsory to publish paper for PhD degree .I think it’s depend on guide and Researcher they want publish or not

It is mandatory to have publications beforehand. However, there are a very few subjects that are exempted.

I AM RETIRED PERSON HAVING PASSED M A EXAM IN SECOND CLASS WITH 55% IN ECONOMICS. WANT TO PERSUE Ph D

You can do.

Is it mandatory to publish the papers in WOS/SCOPUS journals?

It is not mandatory to publish in WOS/ Scopus journals.

How many papers are required to be published before submiting PhdThesis..and which journals should we publish

According to UGC guidelines, One paper must be published in the referred journal (UGC CARE, or Scopus, or Web of Science).

What if our article is published in the journal which is in UGC list at the time of publication and later in the revised list it has been removed. Will that publication be counted for Thesis submission ?

What if our article is published in the UGC list at the time of publication and later in the revised list it has been removed. Will that be counted ?

Yes, you will get credit for that publication. https://phdtalks.org/2021/04/list-of-journals-removed-from-ugc.html

sir, My research paper has been published in valid Scopus indexed journal and is available on journal website, but it is (author name and surname) not found in Scopus author search. So University is not allowing to submit thesis.

Please guide regarding

You can mail to the editor of the Journal. They will help you in this regard. However, you can also contact to the Scopus.

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