UGC NET Exam is a “National Eligibility Test” (NET) conducted by the National Educational Testing Bureau of University Grants Commission. This test is taken to establish the eligibility of the candidate of Indian nationality, for the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) award and lectureship. This exam has be designed to attain a level of minimum standards in the field of research and the profession of teaching.
Should PhD supervisors publish with their students? Should PhD students include their supervisors as co-authors on articles emanating from their PhD projects? To many academics, the answer seems, self-evidently, yes. But some – especially, in our experience, in the social sciences – remain adamantly unconvinced. We have worked in two universities where PhD supervisors publishing […]
PhD degrees obtained through distance mode will no more be recognised after the University Grants Commission (UGC) issued a circular stating the same. It says that only full-time and part time programmes will be treated as degrees. It further mentions that PhD should be in regular mode in order to maintain standards in higher education, […]
Understanding the unwritten rules of graduate study is vital if you want to get the most from your PhD supervision ‘Doctoral students may need to think like UN peacekeepers, detectives and divorce lawyers at different points of their studies’ Resources: Top PhD Entrance Exams in India PhD Admission Procedure in Detail – Reference Guide UGC […]
Does a Ph.D. really have to take a thousand years to complete? I’ve compiled a list of suggestions to help you overcome various physical, intellectual, and emotional hurdles to degree completion
For many people, acquiring a doctorate degree is the absolute pinnacle of academic achievement; the culmination of years of commitment to higher education, giving them the right to call themselves “doctor”. These are perfectly good reasons to do a PhD. However, the act of pursuing a PhD can be a complex, frustrating, expensive and time-consuming […]
If you are planning to embark on a PhD journey as many lucky and brave ones have done before you, make sure to do your research on eligibility and PhD entry requirements early on. As First step student need to decide on the area of interest and the university one would love to pursue their doctoral degree. […]
University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.PHIL./PH.D Degrees) Regulations, 2016
What is a review of the literature? A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. Occasionally you will be asked to write one as a separate assignment (sometimes in the form of an annotated bibliography—see the bottom of the next page), but more often […]
I was concerned that they might question my ability to balance a full-time (and full-on) career with doctoral studies in a topic completely unrelated to the industry I work in.