RESEARCH PROGRAMME (Ph.D.)
Subjects in which Research facility is available
1. Bio-Science
2. Biotechnology
3. Chemistry
4. Computer Science
5. Drawing & Painting
6. Economics
7. Education
8. Electronics
9. English
10. Hindi
11. History
12. Home Science (Human Development, Food Science & Nutrition, Clothing & Textile and Extension Education )
13. Management
14. Mathematics, Statistics
15. Music (Vocal/ Instrumental/ Dance)
16. Physical Education
17. Political Science
18. Sanskrit
19. Sociology
20. French
21. German
22. Physics
Bye-Laws related to Research Programme for award of Ph.D. Degree
C.1(1) A candidate who has obtained a Master’s degree in the subject concerned or related field with at least 55% marks in the aggregate or has qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission may apply for registration for the Ph.D. degree at any time during the academic year for pursuing her research work under the guidance of a Supervisor approved by the Banasthali.
Note : A candidate who had some work experience (Research/Teaching/Industrial or otherwise) may
be given relaxation of 5% by the Vice Chancellor for registration for Ph.D. programme.
C.1. (2) (i) The Research Board may, on the recommendation of the Head of the Department concerned, permit, as a special case, a candidate to work under the guidance of a recognized research supervisor not belonging to the Banasthali.
(ii) In special cases, the Research Board may permit a candidate to work under the joint supervision of two persons belonging to the different Faculties/subjects; one belonging to Banasthali and one from outside the jurisdiction of Banasthali.
C.1.(3) No person will be normally allowed to guide his/her close relations. If somebody wants to do so, prior permission of the Research Board will be necessary. If such permission is granted, the supervisor will not act as one of the examiners when the thesis is submitted. All the three examiners shall be external. The supervisor will not even suggest the names of examiners to evaluate the thesis. The term ‘close relation’ includes wife, husband, son, daughter, grand-son, grand-daughter, brother, sister, nephew, niece, grand-niece grand-nephew, uncle, aunt, first cousin, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and sister-in-law and nephew, niece, grand-niece and grand-nephew of supervisor’s wife.
C.1(4) The candidates may work under an approved supervisor at their own risk till the Vice Chancellor takes a decision on their application. If the Vice Chancellor grants them permission, the period of their research will be counted from the date of their application to Banasthali.
C.1(5) After enrolment every research scholar will be expected to submit a research proposal (synopsis) in four copies through his/her supervisor, duly recommended by the Head of the Department, to the Vice Chancellor, Banasthali University for registration. The Head of the Department shall recommend the application after proper scrutiny and test (including viva-voce) of adequate general knowledge in his/her field of study.
C.1(6) The synopsis submitted by the candidate shall be referred to two/three external expert nominated by the Vice Chancellor out of the panel suggested by the Research Supervisor.
C.1(7) The application for registration together with the opinion of the external expert shall be placed before the Vice Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor, after satisfying herself/himself that the subject offered is one which is considered suitable for research to be pursued and that the candidate possesses the requisite qualifications, will pass necessary orders for registration of the candidate concerned as a Ph.D. scholar. The orders of the Vice Chancellor will be reported to the Research Board.
C.1(8) The candidate will be duly enrolled as a research student of Banasthali after the Vice Chancellor’s order and after submitting Master’s degree and the migration certificate of the University from which he/she took the Master’s degree. Candidates who have already been enrolled once in Banasthali shall be issued the same enrolment number automatically on submission of the migration certificate.
C.1(9) Every accepted candidate shall pursue a course of research as a student of Banasthali for not less than two years from the date of application. If a candidate is unable to submit her thesis at the end of five years, he/she shall seek the permission of the Vice Chancellor for extension of time, as may be necessary, subject to a maximum of three years. Registration of a candidate will be automatically cancelled if he/she has not submitted the thesis and has not applied for extension.
C.1(10) If a candidate fails to submit her thesis after availing herself of the maximum possible extension in time, he/she may be allowed fresh registration on the same subject on the special recommendation of the supervisor concerned on payment of usual fee, provided an application for fresh registration is made within three months from the date on which the extension lapsed. If a candidate is allowed fresh registration under such circumstances, he/she will be required to submit her thesis within a period of three years from the date on which fresh registration is granted, failing which the registration will finally stand cancelled.
C.1(11) A student who has been registered as a candidate for the degree of Ph.D. in another University and has worked on the approved subject for not less than one year from the date of admission may be permitted by the Vice Chancellor, on the recommendation of the supervisor, to register himself/herself as a research student of Banasthali and to submit his/her thesis after the expiry of the remaining period if his/her original subject is not changed. The date of admission in such cases shall be the date of admission in another University.
C.1.(12) Educational fee as may be prescribed from time to time shall be paid in the beginning of the academic session in the month of July. The fee will be charged from the date of admission to Banasthali, and it shall be paid till the candidate submit his/her thesis to Banasthali.
C.1.(13) A ‘No dues’ certificate duly signed by the Head of the Department concerned, Librarian of Banasthali, Accounts Section and the Hostel Warden concerned, shall be required to be submitted along with the thesis.
C.1.(14) A candidate may incorporate in his/her thesis contents of any of her published papers, provided that they have not been already used for obtaining a degree of Banasthali or of any other University and he/she shall state this in unambiguous terms in the relevant parts of the thesis.
C.1.(15) Normally no candidate registered for the Ph.D. degree shall be allowed to take up any other examination. However, in exceptional cases in the interest of research, the Vice Chancellor may grant such permission on the recommendation of the supervisor and the Head of the Department concerned.
C.1.(16) Every research scholar shall submit a progress report once a year along with the remarks of the research supervisor to Banasthali.
C.1.(17) A candidate ordinarily shall not be permitted to change the scheme of his/her subject during the courses his/her study. If, however, an occasion arises due to technical difficulties, the Vice Chancellor may, on the recommendation of the supervisor and Head of the Department concerned permit modification of the subject.
C.1.(18) When the supervisor notifies to Banasthali that the thesis is ready for submission, the candidate will ordinarily submit his/her thesis within six months of this notification by the supervisor.
C.1.(19) 1. (i) After the thesis is complete, the candidate shall supply six printed or type-written copies of the thesis, together with the prescribed supplication fee.
(ii) The language used in the thesis shall be English or Hindi unless otherwise specifically permitted by the Vice Chancellor.
2. The thesis shall comply with the following conditions :
(a) It must be a piece of research work characterized either by the discovery of new facts or by a fresh approach towards interpretation of facts or theories. In either case, it should prove the candidate’s capacity for critical examination, sound judgement and clarity of expression. The candidate shall indicate how far the thesis embodies the result of his/her investigations and in what respect it appears to his/her to advance the study of the subject.
(b) A critical edition or translation of a work, approved specially for the purpose by the Research Board at the time of registration, when accompanied by an adequate introduction and commentary of a scholarly nature, may also be considered for the award of a Ph.D. degree provided that the other requirements are fulfilled.
3. A certificate shall be furnished by the supervisor indicating how far the work is the original work of
the candidate.
C.1.(20) The thesis when received shall be referred for evaluation to the supervisor and three external examiners who will be appointed from the panel suggested by the supervisor. This panel will have eight names giving details regarding designation, postal address, telephone numbers and field of specializations out of which at least five must be of professor’s rank. The Vice Chancellor shall appoint three examiners out of this panel. However, the Vice Chancellor may also appoint examiners from outside the panel suggested by the supervisor.
C.1.(21) (a) The referees shall be requested to send their reports on the thesis normally within three months. If all the three referees recommend that the thesis is suitable for the award of Ph.D. degree, a viva voce examination (to be conducted by two examiners including the supervisor) shall be held in all cases.
(b) If the original examiner(s) are not available for viva-voce, another person from within the country may be appointed by the Vice Chancellor.
(c) The referees shall send their reports independently to the Secretary by name marked
‘Confidential’.
(d) If in the first instance, all the examiners evaluating the thesis as well as those conducting the viva-voce examination recommend the award of the degree to the candidate, the degree shall be awarded.
(e) If the majority of the referees recommend rejection of the thesis, the thesis shall be rejected.
(f) In case of divergence of opinion among the three referees, the report of each referee will be sent to the other two, with a view to obtaining agreement among them. If even on exchange of reports, the case is not decidable under clauses (d) and (e), the following procedure shall be followed :
(i) If two examiners have accepted the thesis, while the third has asked for its revision, the Vice Chancellor, on the recommendation of the supervisor, shall either allow the candidate to revise the thesis or appoint a fourth examiner. If a fourth examiner is appointed, his opinion shall be final.
(ii) If two examiners have accepted the thesis and the third has rejected it, the thesis shall be sent for evaluation to a fourth examiner and his/her opinion shall be final.
(iii) If one of the three examiners has accepted the thesis, another has rejected it, while the third has asked for its revision, the thesis shall be rejected, When the thesis is rejected under such circumstances, the candidate can get himself/herself registered afresh on the same subject.
(iv) If the candidate fails to satisfy the viva-voce examiners or if there be a difference of opinion between the viva-voce examiners, the candidate may be allowed, on payment of the prescribed fee, to appear at a second viva voce examination to be held not later than one year from the date of first viva-voce. If at the second viva-voce examination, the candidate fails to satisfy the examiners, his/her thesis shall be finally rejected.
C.1(22) If a candidate is permitted to improve and resubmit his/her thesis, he/she shall be required to resubmit it not earlier than six months and not later than twelve months from the date of such permission along with the prescribed fee.
The thesis so resubmitted shall be sent to the same panel of examiners, if any, who evaluated the original one, for adjudication, unless they or any one of them expresses inability to adjudicate. The Vice Chancellor shall, in such contingency, appoint another external examiner or examiners, as the case may be, from the original panel suggested by the supervisor and approved by the Research Board.
The revised thesis shall be accepted if at least three examiners recommend acceptance.
N.B. : Candidate shall not be allowed to resubmit his/her thesis more than once.
C.1(23) The reports of the referees (including those of the viva voce test) shall be placed before the Vice Chancellor for approval. After approval of the Vice Chancellor, the degree be awarded to the candidate at the next Convocation of the Banasthali. Meanwhile if the candidate wants to have a copy of the certificate, the provisional certificate may be issued on submission of an application and prescribed fee by the candidate.
C.1(24) Notwithstanding anything contained in the above Bye-laws, if any work relating to edited texts or calendars of unpublished manuscripts, records or documents, duly accompanied by an adequate introduction and critical appreciation of an outstanding nature, is submitted to Banasthali and the experts to whom it is referred for opinion find it suitable for the purpose, the same may be considered on its own merits for the award of the Ph.D. degree of Banasthali provided the other requirements are satisfied.