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JNU admission 2017-18: Massive seat cut in M.Phil, PhD courses

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) drastically reduced M.Phil, PhD seats for the upcoming session of 2017-18, with only 194 seats available for the research aspirants in comparison to last year's figure of 1174 seats.

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The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) drastically reduced M.Phil, PhD seats for the upcoming session of 2017-18, with only 194 seats available for the research aspirants in comparison to last year's figure of 1174 seats.

According to the prospectus released by the Varsity late on Tuesday night, only 194 seats are available that includes both integrated Mphil-Phd and direct PhD. In fact, there is "no" Mphil/PhD seat available in most of its centers.

The  prospectus came after the Delhi High Court last week rejected the plea of some Varsity students who moved to the court challenging the adoption of UGC May 2016 notification.

The notification puts cap on the number of students a professor can supervise during their M.Phil, PhD​. JNU students also held a month-long protest against the notification.

Among the worst hits, is the School for International Studies, where only three out of its 13 centers have offered any seats for integrated Mphil and Phd. Last year, the school had offered total 238 seats which has been reduced to 11 this time. 

Similarly, only four out of 12 centers in School of languages are having seats in that category

While students called it a "shut down" like situation, the JNU teacher's association said in a statement, "we consider the first responsibility of teachers in this scenario is to ensure supervisory arrangements for the nearly 1000 students who took admission in the academic year of 2016 at once."

"It is essential that all students admitted into the M.Phil, PhD​ and Direct PhD programmes be assigned supervisors first, before the intake for 2017-18 is addressed," they added.

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