Gap between submission of thesis and PhD viva reduced
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:23.03.2019
University of Madras has decided to reduce the number of days between the final submission of PhD thesis and the public viva voce. It was decided at a syndicate meeting on Friday, sources said.
Currently, the university gives a gap of 30 days between the submission of all reports and the viva voce. The syndicate has decided to reduce it to 15 days, sources said. The decision will be taken forward to the senate due on March 30 for approval, sources said.
This regulation has remained unchanged for the past 40 years, say professors.
“Earlier, one had to send communications in the form of snail mail to the student and other stakeholders like examiners who would be present during the viva, which necessitated a 30-day gap. However, now with different electronic modes of communication, such a gap is not needed,” said a senior official.
Research scholars are supposed to face a viva voce in which members of the public are also allowed. One copy of the thesis would have to be kept at library for public scrutiny.
The syndicate also discussed the qualification approval to be given to the principals of three minority institutions which had approached the Madras high court against the university. A syndicate member said the body had resolved to allow the university to give approval to the colleges.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:23.03.2019
University of Madras has decided to reduce the number of days between the final submission of PhD thesis and the public viva voce. It was decided at a syndicate meeting on Friday, sources said.
Currently, the university gives a gap of 30 days between the submission of all reports and the viva voce. The syndicate has decided to reduce it to 15 days, sources said. The decision will be taken forward to the senate due on March 30 for approval, sources said.
This regulation has remained unchanged for the past 40 years, say professors.
“Earlier, one had to send communications in the form of snail mail to the student and other stakeholders like examiners who would be present during the viva, which necessitated a 30-day gap. However, now with different electronic modes of communication, such a gap is not needed,” said a senior official.
Research scholars are supposed to face a viva voce in which members of the public are also allowed. One copy of the thesis would have to be kept at library for public scrutiny.
The syndicate also discussed the qualification approval to be given to the principals of three minority institutions which had approached the Madras high court against the university. A syndicate member said the body had resolved to allow the university to give approval to the colleges.
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