LUCKNOW: Beginning this academic session, Lucknow University will follow the Jawaharlal Nehru University model for admissions to Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD).
University will admit students not once but twice a year. If all goes as planned, LU will be the first state university to hold PhD admissions twice in one academic session. In UP, only Banaras Hindu University (central university) follows the JNU model.
LU vice-chancellor S B Nimse said "this will benefit primarily, qualified candidates who appear for the exam in December to get NET/JRF. The one-time admission process in PhD forced these students to wait for six months (till June) and sometimes even more. This way we will attract more students to the university."
Admissions to PhD in LU were according to temporary changes in its ordinances. In 2011, LU changed its PhD ordinances as per the University Grants Commission regulations, 2009. The amendments helped the university carry its admission process in 2012 and 2013. Last year, the admission process began in September and continued till December. Delay in admissions was, however, not confined to LU.
Due to inordinate delay in admissions in different state universities, state government has drafted a model ordinance which increased the number of supervisors and allowed experts from the industry to take up research. This year, LU has decided to incorporate the changes in its ordinances.
After changes, admissions will be in a phased manner. In fact, PhD admissions will be every semester. In the first phase, admissions will be in July while the second time in January. According to officials, the amended ordinances will be included in executive council (EC) which will be held in June for approval. After this, it will be submitted to the Raj Bhawan for confirmation.
Officials informed that admission process for the first phase was supposed to begin with the UG admission process mid-May. In absence of ordinances, however, the process would now begin in June. A list of vacant seats in each department has been sought from heads of the departments.
The state government on August 26, 2011 announced that admissions to PhD would be through a common entrance test (CET). The decision was taken as per the recommendations of UGC to hold subject-wise CET for PhD courses. The major reason for holding CET was to enable students to apply for admissions in all state universities through one application form and to bring uniformity to the admission process. But it didn't work, forcing government to re-think de-centralising PhD admissions.
University will admit students not once but twice a year. If all goes as planned, LU will be the first state university to hold PhD admissions twice in one academic session. In UP, only Banaras Hindu University (central university) follows the JNU model.
LU vice-chancellor S B Nimse said "this will benefit primarily, qualified candidates who appear for the exam in December to get NET/JRF. The one-time admission process in PhD forced these students to wait for six months (till June) and sometimes even more. This way we will attract more students to the university."
Admissions to PhD in LU were according to temporary changes in its ordinances. In 2011, LU changed its PhD ordinances as per the University Grants Commission regulations, 2009. The amendments helped the university carry its admission process in 2012 and 2013. Last year, the admission process began in September and continued till December. Delay in admissions was, however, not confined to LU.
Due to inordinate delay in admissions in different state universities, state government has drafted a model ordinance which increased the number of supervisors and allowed experts from the industry to take up research. This year, LU has decided to incorporate the changes in its ordinances.
After changes, admissions will be in a phased manner. In fact, PhD admissions will be every semester. In the first phase, admissions will be in July while the second time in January. According to officials, the amended ordinances will be included in executive council (EC) which will be held in June for approval. After this, it will be submitted to the Raj Bhawan for confirmation.
Officials informed that admission process for the first phase was supposed to begin with the UG admission process mid-May. In absence of ordinances, however, the process would now begin in June. A list of vacant seats in each department has been sought from heads of the departments.
The state government on August 26, 2011 announced that admissions to PhD would be through a common entrance test (CET). The decision was taken as per the recommendations of UGC to hold subject-wise CET for PhD courses. The major reason for holding CET was to enable students to apply for admissions in all state universities through one application form and to bring uniformity to the admission process. But it didn't work, forcing government to re-think de-centralising PhD admissions.
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