Delay in thesis evaluation hits asst professors
Shanmughasundaram.J@timesgroup.com
Vellore: Several
assistant and associate professors of colleges affiliated to
Thiruvalluvar University (TU) have been waiting for more than two years
for their M Phil/Ph D degrees after submitting their theses.
According to Association of University Teachers
(AUT) and the Tamil Nadu Government Colleges Teachers’ Association, the
university has failed to adhere to the norms laid down by the UGC.
The UGC had notified the ‘University Grants
Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M Phil/Ph D
Degrees) Regulations 2016’ in the gazette of India on July 5, 2016,
which say that institutions should develop appropriate methods so as to
complete the entire process of evaluation of M.Phil dissertation/Ph.D
thesis within a period of six months from the date of submission of the
dissertation or thesis.
University officials have been delaying the
process of evaluation of the thesis for 18 months to 36 months. Several
candidates have been waiting for nearly four years, according to members
of the AUT.
“I submitted my thesis in mid-2014. Until today,
the university has not processed its evaluation. When we approach the
controller of examinations, he simply replies that it is being
processed,” said a professor of Cheyyar Arignar Anna Government Arts
College in Tiruvannamalai district.
“We are losing financially and academically by not
getting our degree within the stipulated period,” said a maths
assistant professor, who submitted her thesis in mid-2014. Eight other
candidates who submitted their theses with her were also facing the same
problem.
Controller of examinations (in-charge), B Senthil
Kumar, said that there is no delay on the university’s part in awarding
degrees. The delay is due to the response on the reports from the
international or national level examiners. Vice-chancellor of varsity K
Murugan also denied the charges and said that there is no such delay.
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