Bangalore University to reform culture of PhD scholarship

Bangalore University (BU) will soon issue a new ordinance for PhD courses, to ensure that there is monitoring of the progress of the student every six months. The university recently received the approval of the syndicate for a new ordinance for examinations, and is now all set to reform the culture of PhD scholarship.

University officials said that the ordinance is ready, and will be placed before the academic council at its next meeting. Under the new ordinance, a research scholar will be expected to submit reports of progress of work once every six months. “The scholar must submit a progress report, signed by the guide, which would be sent to the professional registration committee of the university, which will be set up soon,” explained Dr N Prabhu Dev, vice-chancellor,  BU, adding that the existing system does not require such regular feedback of progress, and once the research scholar is admitted into the PhD course, he or she is only expected to submit a report at the completion of the programme.

The university is also planning to restrict the number of scholars who can work with one guide. “This suggestion has come up from experts and senior professors to  bring out quality research papers,” Prabhu Dev said.