The Board of Affiliation

(a) The thesis shall be a piece of research work characterized either by discovery of new facts or enunciation of a new theory or theories or by fresh interpretation of known facts. It should bear evidence of the candidate’s capacity for analysis and judgement as well as his ability to carry out independent investigation, design or development. A thesis may be supplemented by published work if necessary. No part of the thesis or supplementary published work, shall have been submitted for the award of any other diploma or degree. (b) The thesis shall be written in English in specified format in accordance with the instructions contained in Annexure-A to this Ordinance. (c) A candidate may submit his thesis within the time period as stipulated in Clause 10 of this Ordinance, provided he has: (i) Completed the minimum period of registration as provided in Clause 10. (ii) Has published minimum of 2 research papers in international (referred) journals. However, wherever it has been not possible to do so then, apart from publishing two research papers in referred national journals, this fact must be brought to the notice of SRC alongwith sufficient reasons to justify as to why the thesis should be accepted in the absence of two published research papers in international journals? And, this justification should be acceptable to both the SRC and the Vice-Chancellor of the University. (d) Three copies of the thesis in soft binding alongwith one copy on Electronic media for record must be submitted to the COE for evaluation. In case of a candidate being supervised by more than one supervisors, appropriate number of additional copies must be submitted.