NOW YOU CAN DO PhD IN PARTTIME

The University grand commission has permitted candidates to pursue a PhD through part time mode, For this the institute will require a No Objection Certificate from authority concerned in the organization where the candidates is employed. 

The NOC should specify that he or she is permitted to pursue studies on a part time basis and that his official duties permit to devote sufficient time for research. If require he or she will be relieved from the duty to complete the course work. 

The part time PhD will give working professionals an opportunity to pursue a career in academic. 

In the research intensive areas, such as VLSI design, preference is being given to PhD candidates, says official, pointing to the fact that many of the industries do not have their own R and D centers, which makes it necessary for them to survive on borrowed technology. They can now invest in innovation and research where working professionals with PhD can contribute significantly. 

Till 2010, it was normal to have part time PhDs. The guidelines post that emphasized PhD being the highest, second highest qualification, needs to be pursued on a full time basis to ensure research excellence. The present guidelines has gone back to the earlier prac6, qamar says. Most non NET /non JRF candidates, according to him, would now want to pursue PhD on a part time basis and getting a NOC from the employer would not be a problem. 

The UGC regulations have also removed the mandatory clause of PhD regulations of 2016 that stated PhD scholars must publish at least one research paper in a refereed journal and make two papers presentations in conferences or seminars before the submission of the thesis for adjudication. 

But then, this does not mean PhD scholars need to stop engaging in the exercise altogether. Doing away with the requirements of quality publication may lead to the ease of doing a PhD but it will dilute the quality. The argument that the publication requirements was leading to unethical practices such as plagiarism, and publishing in predatory journals may not hold ground in all cases  the official ads