Ph.D.

ORDINANCES
ORDINANCES FOR ENROLLMENT, REGISTRATION AND AWARD OF THE
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN VARIOUS FACULTIES OF
PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA

PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA

(Established Under Punjab Act No. 35 of 1961)

(Effective from Session 2022)

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ORDINANCES FOR ENROLLMENT, REGISTRATION AND AWARD

OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN VARIOUS
FACULTIES OF PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA
(Effective from Session 2022)

The Ph.D. Programme

Nothing in these Ordinances shall be deemed to debar the University from
amending the Ordinances and the amended Ordinances, if any, shall apply to all
enrolled/registered students w.e.f. Session 2022-23.

1. CANDIDATES

Three types of candidates shall be admitted into this programme

(i) Full time with scholarship/fellowship
(ii) Full time but without any financial support
(iii) Part time

2. ELIGIBILITY FOR PH.D. PROGRAMME IN RESPECTIVE SUBJECTS

i) First Class Master Degree in Pharmacy (M. Pharm.)/Engineering and Technology

(M.Tech.)

ii) For all other Subjects: Masters Degree* in the concerned/allied subject (as
determined by the Departmental Research Board) with 55% marks at Masters
Degree (without rounding off) or its equivalent Grade 'B' in the UGC 7-point scale
(or an equivalent Grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed).

(A relaxation of 5% of marks or an equivalent relaxation of Grade, is allowed for

those belonging to SC/ST/OBC(non-creamy layer)/Differently-Abled (provided
they have 40% physical disability)
or
iii) M.Phil./M.Litt. Degree with B+ or equivalent.**
or
iv) In case of Defense Personnel who have obtained Masters Degree on the basis of
Staff-College, admission will be allowed if the candidate has obtained at least 60%
marks in the Master’s Degree.
or
v) Candidates who have passed C.A./I.C.W.A./Company Secretary Examinations are
eligible for getting admission to Ph.D. Degree.

*For doing Ph.D. in the Science Departments the candidate should have passed regular M. Sc. Degree from U.G.C.
recognised University. Candidates with M.Sc. through Distance Education will not be eligible for admission to Ph.D.
Degree in the Science Departments.
**Equivalence is established as:
If a candidate is awarded percentage of marks instead of Grade in M.Phil., then 55% or more marks will be treated
equivalent to B+ Grade.
OR
If a candidate is awarded Grade in M.Phil. but the grading pattern of the M.Phil. awarding University is different
from that applicable in Punjabi University, then the CGPA of the candidate will be converted into percentage of
marks. If the percentage so obtained is 55% or more, then the candidate's grade will be considered as B+ Grade for
the purpose of admission to Ph.D. programme.
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3. ADMISSION PROCEDURE

I) Direct Admission
Every candidate interested in taking admission to Ph.D. Programme has to
appear and qualify the Entrance Test to be held twice every year (January and July)
by Punjabi University, Patiala.
The following category of candidates may be exempted from taking Entrance Test
for Ph.D. programme.
i) Candidates who have qualified UGC-CSIR NET (JRF)/ NET/SLET (Punjab
State)/GATE/GPAT examinations.
ii) The Holders of teacher fellowships.
iii) Direct Awardees of Fellowships from Government Agencies like
DBT/DST/ICMR/ ICAR/INSPIRE/NFSC/MANF.
(Students appointed in the project sponsored by above agencies are not
exempted from Entrance Test)
iv) Foreign students sponsored by Government of India agencies like ICCR,
Ministry of HRD, etc. and foreign students sponsored by their respective
Governments/Embassies under UNDP.
v) Other Foreign students residing outside India (Foreign Pass Port Holders) who
wish to seek admission directly (without any sponsorship) to Ph.D.
Programme.

II) Through M. Phil.

For candidates seeking admission to Ph.D. programme after M.Phil. Course
following will be applicable:
i) Candidates who have obtained M.Phil. Degree with minimum B+ Grade or
equivalent from Punjabi University, Patiala or from Autonomous Colleges
affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala, as a regular student and whose
admission to M.Phil. Course has been through an Entrance Test are exempted
from the Entrance Test for Ph.D. Programme. However, candidates who have
completed M.Phil. Degree from Autonomous Colleges affiliated to Punjabi
University, Patiala shall have to produce the following documents to avail
exemption from Entrance Test:
 Copy of Advertisement of Entrance Test
 Gazette Notification of Entrance Test result
 Copy of Pool (Eligible Candidates)
ii) Candidates who have passed M.Phil. (with minimum B+ Grade or equivalent)
from another University as regular student or through Distance Education will
have to appear in the Entrance Test.
iii) Candidates who have passed M.Phil. with minimum B+ Grade or equivalent
from Punjabi University (regular as well as Distance Education) whose
admissions were made without the Entrance Test will have to appear in the
Entrance Test.

The candidates who qualify the Entrance Test and also attended the interview will be
included in the pool of candidates for Ph.D. Their candidature will remain valid for
two years i.e. up to the date of Ph.D. Entrance Test to be held after two years. If a
candidate having passed Ph.D. Entrance Test is unable to take admission to Ph.D.
Course Work because of non-availability of Supervisor but finds a Supervisor after
the last date of admission to Ph.D. Course Work, he/she is allowed to enroll in Ph.D.
Programme. However, he/she will have to take admission to Ph.D. Course Work in
the next year.
The Entrance Test for Ph.D. Programme is an eligibility test for short-listing the
applicant for purpose of consideration by the Department. Merely qualifying the
Ph.D. Eligibility Test will not entitle the student secure admission to Ph.D.
Programme.
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A Merit List shall be prepared by each Department after the Ph.D.

Entrance Test in the following manner:

Sr. No. Criteria Weightage

1 Marks obtained in Entrance Test 70%

2 Interview 15%
3 Writing Skill Test (Ph.D. Proposal/ Summary/ 15%
Extempore Assignment.)
Supervisor will be allotted on the basis of merit of the candidate obtained
above and preference of the candidate for the Supervisor subject to availability
of seat(s) with the Supervisor of his/her specialization.
Foreign Students:
(i) Foreign students sponsored by the Government of India agencies like ICCR,
Ministry of HRD, etc., and foreign students sponsored by their respective
Governments/Embassies, are exempted from Entrance Test.
(ii) Self-financing foreign students shall be exempted from the Entrance Test for
admission to Ph.D. Programme.
(iii) Foreign students shall have to pass Punjabi test (Elementary Course in Punjabi
-2) as prescribed by the University before their Ph.D. Viva-Voce examination.
(iv) Foreign students shall have to pass TOEFL/IELTS or a test in English
Language designed by Punjabi University, to prove their competence in
English Language.
Foreign students will have to fulfill all requirements regarding eligibility and
pay the requisite fees as applicable from time to time. It will be their
responsibility to select a Supervisor from the University and take written
approval of the Supervisor on the enrollment/admission form for doing Ph.D.
Course Work.

4. COURSE WORK FOR Ph.D. PROGRAMME

The candidate qualifying the Entrance Test or those who are exempted from
Entrance Test will have to pass Ph.D. Course Work during the initial one or
two semesters before their Registration in the Ph.D. Programme of the
University. However, they will have to choose Supervisor from Punjabi
University Patiala/Colleges affiliated to Punjabi University Patiala/Regional
Centers/Neighbourhood Campuses/Constituent Colleges of Punjabi University
Patiala, on their own before taking admission to Ph.D. Course Work or before
enrollment to the Ph.D. programme.

(A) In case of M.Phil. pass candidates following conditions will be applicable for
Course Work :

(i) Candidates who have passed M.Phil. Degree with minimum B+ Grade as
regular student or through Distance Education from Punjabi University,
Patiala and have studied paper on Research Methodology and
Publication Ethics are exempted from doing Ph.D. Course Work for
getting registered to Ph.D. Programme.
(ii) A candidate who has done M.Phil. from State/Central or from National
Institutes as regular student and has studied the subject of Research
Methodology and Publication Ethics is also exempted from doing Ph.D.
Course Work.
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(iii) The candidates who have done M.Phil. as regular students but have not
studied and passed the paper on Research Methodology and Publication
Ethics are required to pass the paper of Research Methodology and
Publication Ethics after taking admission to Ph.D. Course Work. They
have to pay fee and other charges as applicable to other students taking
admission to Ph.D. Course Work.
(iv) The candidates who have obtained M.Phil. Degree through Distance
Education from another University are required to pass the Course Work
for Ph.D. programme.
(v) Candidates who have done M.Phil./Ph.D. Course Work from
Autonomous Colleges affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala and other
Autonomous Colleges/Deemed/Private Universities and Colleges and
passed the subject of Research Methodology and Publication Ethics can
seek exemption from Ph.D. Course Work subject to the condition that
they produce a certificate, recommended by DRB:
a) That they have done the respective Course after Entrance Test and
have been full time students of M.Phil./Ph.D. Course Work.
b) Proof of having successfully passed the examination of Research
Methodology and Publication Ethics or as prescribed by UGC, New
Delhi from time to time.
(B) A candidate who has passed first semester of M.Phil. programme of Punjabi
University with minimum B+ Grade and studied and passed four papers
including the paper on Research Methodology and Publication Ethics and
whose admission to M.Phil. programme was done through joint Entrance
Test, provided the marks secured by the candidate in M.Phil./Ph.D. Entrance
Test were not less than the minimum qualifying marks fixed by the University
for taking admission to Ph.D. programme of that year in which the candidate
had taken admission to the M.Phil. programme, is exempted from Ph.D.
Entrance Test for Enrollment and Ph.D. Course Work.
(C) Officer of Army War College, Mhow who have passed one year Executive
Post Graduate Programme in Security & Strategic Studies from Department of
Defense & Strategic Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala will be exempted
from Ph.D. Course Work.

5. ENROLLMENT TO PH.D. PROGRAMME

5.1 Procedure for enrollment:

An eligible candidate seeking admission to Ph.D. programme shall be required to

attend an interview conducted by the Department in order to assess and discuss his/her
competence for the research and area of interest.
An eligible candidate seeking admission to Ph.D. programme will select a Supervisor
for himself/herself from the Punjabi University Patiala/Colleges affiliated to Punjabi
University Patiala/Regional Centers/Neighbourhood Campuses/Constituent Colleges of
Punjabi University, Patiala and take the written approval of the Supervisor before
enrollment to Ph.D. programme.
The eligible candidates can enroll themselves for Ph.D. Degree by filling up the
Enrollment-cum-Admission Form. The candidate who are required to do the
Ph.D. Course Work as per rules will fill up the forms by the stipulated date in order to
join the Course Work. The candidates who are exempted from doing the Ph.D. Course
Work as per rules can enroll themselves for Ph.D. Degree round the year by filling up
the Enrollment-cum-Admission Form. The candidates who are UGC-CSIR
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(JRF)/NET/SLET/SET/GATE/GPAT/Teacher Fellowship holders can also enroll
themselves for Ph.D. Degree round the year but they will have to join the Ph.D.
Course Work if the deadline for admission is not yet over. Otherwise, they will have
to take admission to the Ph.D. Course Work within a year from the date of enrollment.
If such candidates fail to take admission to Ph.D. Course Work within a year, then
their Enrollment will be cancelled.
Applications for enrollment along with an enrollment fee (as well as an eligibility
certificate issued from the Registration Branch of Punjabi University, Patiala, will
also accompany the application for enrollment), shall be entertained by the Head of
the Department. The Head of the Department after verifying the eligibility conditions
shall forward the same to the office of Dean Research within a week. The Dean
Research will accord the permission for enrollment on the recommendations of the
Head of the Department. Head of the Department will issue Enrollment Letter to the
candidate on the basis of intimation issued by Academic Research Branch
(Annexure-I).

The verification of the eligibility of candidates for Ph.D. Course Work will be done
at two stages. At the first stage, the eligibility of a Ph.D. candidate, seeking admission
to Course Work, will be done by the Admission Committee of the Department during
interview. Once a candidate is found eligible by the Department he/she will have to
get eligibility certificate from the Registration Branch of the University before being
enrolled for Ph.D.

5.2 Enrollment duration, Re-Enrollment and Cancellation:

 Student admitted to Ph.D. Course Work will have to fulfill the conditions to get
registered for Ph.D. within a period of 12 months (1 year) from the date of
Enrollment in the Ph.D. Course Work. In case of those, who are exempted from
Course Work shall have to fulfill the conditions to get registered for Ph.D. from
the date of joining the Department. If any student fails to submit Synopsis to the
Academic Research Branch for Registration for Ph.D. Degree due to any reason
within this period he/she will have to seek Re-Enrollment by paying an amount of
Rs. 5000/- (Total period of Enrollment + Re-Enrollment is 18 months (1½ year).
 On expiry of Re-Enrollment period, the student can apply for “Condoning the
Delay” (to get extension for 3 months) by paying an amount of Rs. 5000/-. The
candidate can apply for this extension twice. After the end of "Extension of
Enrollment" period, if the candidate fails to submit the Synopsis, his/her
Enrollment will be cancelled automatically. He/she can apply for fresh
Enrollment after a gap of one year. In this case the application will be considered
according to new rules existing at the time of fresh Enrollment.
 During Re-Enrollment period students shall not be provided hostel facilities. If a
student was residing in the hostel during Enrollment period then the hostel has to
be vacated during Re-Enrollment period.

5.3 Structure and Duration of Ph.D. Course Work:

This is a Pre-Registration Course Work required for the Registration to Ph.D.
programme of the University. The Ph.D. Course Work is compulsory for all
candidates who have passed Ph.D. Entrance Test or are holders of UGC-CSIR
(JRF)/NET/SLET/SET/GATE/GPAT/Teacher Fellowship or have done M.Phil. with
at least B+ Grade but without Course Work of at least one semester duration. In
service or working candidates are also required to do Ph.D. Course Work and produce
a No Objection Certificate from their present employer for this purpose.
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The Ph.D. Course Work comprises of four papers of one semester duration. There
will be at least three compulsory papers including the paper of "Research
Methodology and Publication Ethics". The structure and contents of the Ph.D. Course
Work will be prepared by Departmental Ph.D. Course Committee.
Passing of Ph.D. Course Work is only an essential requirement for the Registration to
Ph.D. Programme of the University. Hence, no Degree will be awarded to successful
candidates in Ph.D. Course Work, only detailed mark sheet will be issued. The Course
Work should be of minimum 8 Credits and must include the subject of Research
Methodology and Publication Ethics (or otherwise as suggested by UGC, New Delhi
from time to time).

5.4 Attendance:
A candidate admitted to Ph.D. Course Work must fulfill the following requirements:
(i) Has been on the rolls of the Department throughout the semester
preceding the examination.
(ii) Every candidate has attended a minimum of 75% of the delivered
number of lectures in each paper.
(iii) The shortage in the attendance of lectures by the candidate will be
condoned as per rules made by the University from time to time.

5.5 Curriculum:
There will be four papers. Three papers will be core papers and are compulsory to all
candidates. The fourth paper will be elective. Every student will have to take one
elective paper out of a list of elective papers being offered by the Department. The
elective papers will normally be offered to students by the Department depending on
the areas of interest of the candidates. The composition of the Course is given as
under:

 One paper on "Research Methodology and Publication Ethics"

(Compulsory to all candidates) (4 Credits)
 Two papers on core Courses (Compulsory to all candidates) (4x2=8 Credits)
 One elective paper (4 Credits)
 Total Credits = 4 x 4 = 16

The minimum number of lectures will be 50 per paper. Each lecture will be of one
hour duration. Each paper will carry 4 Credits.

5.6 Medium of Research and Thesis Writing:

In general, the medium of research and thesis writing shall be Punjabi or English. For
language subjects, the medium of research and thesis writing shall be the language
concerned only.
In case a candidate wants to write and submit his/her research work in other than the
concerned language, permission of the Vice-Chancellor shall be mandatory.

In addition to this, candidates of all the subjects will have to submit 'Summary of
Thesis' in Punjabi of minimum 10 pages.
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5.7 Approval of Syllabus:
Outline of tests, syllabi and Courses of reading shall be prepared and finalized by the
concerned Departmental Ph.D. Course Committee. It will be approved by Dean
Academic Affairs.

5.8 Continuous Assessment and Final University Examination:

In each paper 50% weightage will be given to continuous assessment or Sessional
Work which will consist of two house tests (30%), one assignment (10%), and one
seminar (10%). Out of two house tests, the one best will be considered. A weightage
of 50% in each paper will be given to final University examination.

5.9 Eligibility to Appear in University Examination:

Candidates appearing in the University examination should satisfy the following

requirements:
(a) Have been on the rolls of Department concerned throughout the
semester preceding the examination.
(b) Have earned a minimum B Grade in the Sessional Work.
(c) Have their names submitted to the Dean Academic Affairs by the
Head of the Department along with certificate to be signed by the Head
of the Department of having attended not less than 75% of the total
lectures delivered in each paper (theory/practical/tutorials/seminars),
separately.

5.10 Compilation of Results:

The result of Course Work (separately for internal assessment and final University
examination) shall be compiled in letter grades.

(i) Point Value of Grades: The letter grades shall have the following point
values:

Letter Grade Point Value

A+ (Outstanding) 10.0
A (Very Good) 9.0
B+ (Good) 7.5
B (Satisfactory) 5.5
C (Poor) 4.0
D (Very Poor) 2.5

(ii) Conversion of Marks into Grades: The following relationship shall be used
to convert marks (m%) into grades obtained by a student in a paper:
Percentage of marks (m) Grade
m greater or equal to 90 A+
m greater or equal to 75 and less than 90 A
m greater or equal to 55 and less than 75 B+
m greater or equal to 40 and less than 55 B
m greater or equal to 25 and less than 40 C
m less than 25 D
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(iii) Computation of Grade Point Average (GPA): The grades obtained by

candidates in different examinations including internal assessment (Sessional
Work), final University examination, practical, etc. will be shown as
cumulative grade or as Grade Point Average (GPA). The grades in various
units or papers can be combined to compute GPA as:
C1G1+C2G2+C3G3+...
GPA = C1+C2+C3+...

Where C1, C2, C3 etc. are credit points of the papers and G1, G2, G3 etc. are the
respective grade points obtained by the students.
The GPA will be converted into overall grade obtained by a student for passing Ph.D.
Course Work, using the following table:

Value of GPA Overall Grade

greater than 9.0 A+
greater than 7.50 but less than or equal to 9.0 A
greater than 5.50 but less than or equal to 7.5 B+
greater than 4.0 but less than or equal to 5.5 B
greater than 2.50 but less than or equal to 4.0 C
less than or equal to 2.5 D

(iv) Conversion of GPA into Percentage of Marks: The GPA shall be converted
into percentage of marks by multiplying the GPA by 10. For example, if a
candidate gets GPA of 7.245, then the percentage of marks shall be 72.45%.

(v) Minimum Requirement to Pass Ph.D. Course Work: A candidate shall be

required to earn at least Grade B in a paper (continuous assessment and final
University examination taken together) in order to pass the entire Course.
Candidates getting Grade in the Course Work lower than Grade B shall have
to improve the Grade by reappearing in the concerned Course Work paper(s)
For this he/she shall be provided only one chance in the subsequent
examination.

Provided that if a candidate gets ‘D’ Grade in any individual paper he/she will have
to reappear in that Course or offer a new Course if it is not a part of Core Course.
 A candidate getting ‘D’ Grade in more than two papers will be declared "failed".
 A candidate getting ‘D’ Grade in one or two papers will be declared "re-appear".
 A "re-appear" candidate shall be allowed only one chance in the subsequent
examination to pass the paper(s).

5.11 Declaration of Result:

The Controller of Examinations shall publish a list of candidates who have passed the
Ph.D. Course Work examination and issue detailed marks certificate indicating the
grades and grade point average (GPA) obtained by the candidate separately in internal
assessment (sessional work), and final University examination. No Degree will be
awarded for passing Ph.D. Course Work.
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5.12 Constitution, Powers and Functions of Departmental Ph.D. Course

Committee

The term of the Departmental Ph.D. Course Committee shall be two years and shall
consist of the following:
1. The Head of the University Teaching Department - as Chairman (ex-officio);
The Head should possess Ph.D. Degree. If the Head is non-Ph.D. then senior
most teacher possessing Ph.D. Degree will be the Chairman.

2. Professors from the University Teaching Departments or Professors in the

subject concerned from the Department of Distance Education (only those
teachers will be the members who possess Ph.D. Degree and are associated
with Post-Graduate Teaching & Research).

3. Two from amongst the Associate Professors from the University Teaching
Departments and two Associate Professors in the subject concerned from the
Department of Distance Education (only those teachers will be the members
who possess Ph.D. Degree and are associated with Post-Graduate Teaching
and Research) by rotation according to seniority provided that at least one
Associate Professor shall be from the University Teaching Department.

4. Two from amongst the Assistant Professors from the University Teaching
Department and two Associate Professors in the subject concerned from the
Department of Distance Education (only those teachers will be the members
who possess Ph.D. Degree and are associated with Post-Graduate Teaching &
Research) by rotation according to seniority provided that at least one
Assistant Professor shall be from the University Teaching Department.

5. If the strength of the faculty members is less and there are no Professors in the
Department, then, two Professors will be nominated by the Dean Academic
Affairs from the allied subjects.

6. In the case of Ordinances of Ph.D. Course Work, the proceedings of

Departmental Ph.D. Course Committee will be placed before the Academic
Council through Dean, Academic Affairs for consideration and approval. The
outlines of tests, Syllabi and Courses prepared by the Departmental Ph.D.
Course Committee will be approved by Dean, Academic Affairs.

6. REGISTRATION

Submission and Presentation of Synopsis for Ph.D. Registration

(a) The candidate will submit his application for Registration on the prescribed
form. The process of presentation of Synopsis for Ph.D. Registration can be
done during the period of Ph.D. Course Work. The Department will
forward the case for the Registration of the student to the office of Dean
Research, only after the student passes the Ph.D. Course Work. In this case the
date of Registration for Ph.D. Degree will be the date of passing of Ph.D.
Course Work. The Title for Ph.D. and Synopsis shall be approved in
Registration Seminar.
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Copies of the Synopsis for Registration for Ph.D. Degree will be provided
to the members of Departmental Research Board at least one week in advance
from the date of presentation of Seminar. It is understood that all the
deficiencies/improvements to be made in the Synopsis will be settled in the
meeting of Departmental Research Board.

The candidate shall also submit along with the application for Registration a
fee of Rs.2000/- and seven copies of the Synopsis giving brief outlines
indicating the purpose/objective of the research, review of literature, general
approach and/or research methodology to be used, tentative plan of
work/chapter scheme, bibliography, etc. to the Academic Research Branch.
The Ph.D. Registration Synopsis should comply with Plagiarism Rules and
Plagiarism Compliance Certificate signed by the candidate, supervisor and co-
supervisor (if any) and countersigned by Head of the Department should be
produced.

The date of Registration for Ph.D. Degree will be either the date of presenting
the Synopsis before the DRB or the date of passing of Ph.D. Course Work,
whichever is later.

(b) (i) The candidate shall be required to present a Synopsis pertaining to

Registration on the topic of his/her study in the presence of
Departmental Research Board to which other members of the
Department or Faculty may also be invited.

(ii) Those candidates who are exempted from Ph.D. Course Work are
deemed to be registered for Ph.D. Degree from the date of presentation
of Seminar before the Departmental Research Board.

(c) The Departmental Research Board while recommending Registration of the

candidate for consideration of BPSAR shall send a detailed note about the
suitability of the topic as also the methodology proposed by the candidate.

The note shall include the names of the members of faculty present at the
meeting, the duration of the discussion and its final outcome. The Research
Supervisor would be required to give specific comments on the Synopsis
submitted by the candidate. In case the Departmental Research Board does not
approve the topic, the case will be referred to BPSAR giving detailed report with
reasons thereof for its final decision. After the date of BPSAR is fixed and a cut-
off date is circulated by the Dean Research to the Heads of the Departments, no
cases of Registration will be entertained in the scheduled meeting of BPSAR.
(d) Each Supervisor is required to submit one PPT with Three Slides as detailed
below:
 Title Page
 Research Methodology with one-minute Audio.
 Objectives with one-minute Audio.

(e) Application for Registration would be processed in the concerned Department in

all respects within a period of 45 days from the date of submission of application
on the prescribed Proforma. In case of any delay, the candidate can request Dean
Research for necessary action, who shall ensure that necessary formalities with
regard to the processing of the application in the Department viz., holding of
Seminar and Departmental Research Board meeting are completed at the earliest.
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All the formalities for Ph.D. Registration including the presentation of

Registration Seminar of the enrolled candidates should be completed by the
Departmental Research Board and communicated to the Academic Research
Branch for processing the case for Registration within a maximum period of 24
months (one year Enrollment plus six months re-enrollment plus three months
extension of re-enrollment period plus another three months extension of re-
enrollment period).

7. APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISOR/ CO-SUPERVISOR*

(a) On the recommendations of the Departmental Research Board, the Supervisor of

the candidate shall be appointed either from Punjabi University, Patiala or
Colleges affiliated to Punjabi University Patiala/Regional Centers/Neighbourhood
Campuses/Constituent Colleges of Punjabi University Patiala. The Supervisor/
Co-Supervisor must be a regular teacher possessing Ph.D. Degree. Professor
should have at least five research publications in refereed journals while
Associate/Assistant Professor should have at least two research publications in
refereed journals. The regular teachers from affiliated Colleges must be
University approved teachers.

No retired teacher is allowed to enroll any student for Ph.D. programme as

Supervisor. In addition, in-service teachers are allowed to enroll fresh Ph.D.
students till the age of 57 years only. Further, appointment of Co-Supervisor
(having at least 5 years of service left) from within Punjabi University, Patiala
will be essential if a teacher wishes to enroll Ph.D. student after attaining the age
of 57 years. It shall be mandatory for the Supervisor to get a Co-Supervisor
appointed if the Ph.D. Thesis of the candidate is not submitted till the age of his
retirement.
If Faculty members of Punjabi University, Patiala who have obtained Ph.D.
Degree from Private/Deemed Universities wish to become Supervisor or Co-
Supervisor of Ph.D. candidates in Punjabi University, Patiala they shall have to
produce the following documents:
i) Certificate of NAAC with minimum ‘A’ Grade.
ii) Certificate 2 (f) and 12 (b) awarded by UGC to his/her Ph.D. Awarding
University.
iii) Recommendation of Departmental Research Board (DRB) of the
respective Department.
Final decision for such request shall be taken by Dean Research.

If necessary, Co-Supervisor may be appointed not later than two years of

Registration of the candidate from the same Department or from a different
Department of the University or from outside the University. However, a written
justification for requesting the appointment of a Co-Supervisor should
accompany the application duly recommended by the Departmental Research
Board. No Objection Certificate from the concerned University/Institute is to be
submitted by the Co-Supervisor if he/she is from outside Punjabi University,
Patiala.
The doctors working in Medical Universities/Colleges approved by MCI, DCI,
Central Council of Indian System of Medicine, etc. and having the Degree of
MS/MD/MDS/DM or equivalent of the rank not below Assistant Professor or
equivalent can also become Co-Supervisors, if needed. As per the prevalent
practice other medical doctors can also be appointed as Co-Supervisor under
special circumstances. In case the Co-Supervisor is from Punjabi University,
Patiala or Colleges affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala/Regional
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Centers/Neighbourhood Campuses/Constituent Colleges of Punjabi University,
Patiala and Supervisor leaves the University service or shows his/her inability to
supervise the scholar, Co-Supervisor will automatically become the Supervisor of
the candidate.
The University signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with reputed
educational institutions and research institutions. The Ph.D. candidates working
in such institutions are allowed to enroll for Ph.D. Programme/Ph.D. Course
Work at Punjabi University, Patiala. The research scientists not below the level of
Assistant Professor holding Ph.D. Degree and having requisite research
publications in refereed journals are allowed to become Supervisor. In such a
case, the Co-Supervisor shall be from the relevant Department of the University.

If there is a collaborative research work being carried out by any Department of

the University and an outside Institution and if the major work of the
collaborative research work is being done in the outside Institution, then the
Supervisor shall be from that Institution and the Co-Supervisor shall be
from the relevant Department of the University. Similarly, if the major work is
being done in a Department of the University, then the Supervisor shall be from
the concerned Department of the University and the Co-Supervisor shall be from
the concerned institution.
The following is the upper limit regarding the number of candidates who can be
registered for Ph.D. Degree with a Supervisor/Co-Supervisor:

Assistant Professor - 4
Associate Professor - 6
Professor - 8

In case of joint Registration, the Supervisor and Co-Supervisor will each share
half seat for the Ph.D. candidate being supervised/jointly-supervised.

Additional slots over and above the quota fixed for the candidates enrolled or
registered under the NFSC Fellowship for SC/ST candidates, MANF for
minority students as per the guidelines of the UGC, foreign students sponsored
by Government of India Agencies like ICCR, Ministry of HRD etc. and foreign
students sponsored by their respective Governments/Embassies under UNDP will
be permitted to all the eligible teachers working in different Departments of
Punjabi University or Colleges affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala/Regional
Centers/Neighbourhood Campuses/Constituent Colleges of Punjabi University,
Patiala.

At the time of Registration of the candidate, the Heads of the Departments shall
ensure that they recommend candidates within the upper limit as above for
approval by the Board of Post-Graduate Studies and Research. It is understood
that the upper limit includes all such candidates who are whole time and part-time
research scholars put together with a Supervisor or Co-Supervisor. A certificate in
this regard shall be given by the Supervisor/Co-Supervisor.
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(b) Anyone who is registered for Ph.D. Degree shall not be eligible for appointment
as Supervisor/ Co-Supervisor.

(c) No relative of the candidate such as wife, husband, son, daughter, sister, brother,
wife's or husband's brother and sister, brother's son and daughter, sister's son and
daughter, first cousin, nephew, grand-son, grand-daughter, or such other person
as might be deemed a close relation by the Vice-Chancellor, shall not be
appointed as Supervisor/Co-Supervisor. A certificate to this effect will be given
by the Supervisor/Co-Supervisor along with the application for enrollment.

(d) Normally, request of the candidate regarding the choice of Supervisor or a Co-
Supervisor will be accepted. However, in case the Departmental Research Board
does not agree with the request of the candidate then the Board's report along with
the reasons and the issue regarding the appointment of Supervisor/Co-Supervisor
shall be communicated to the Dean Research. The case will be finally decided by
the Vice-Chancellor.

(e) Request for change of the Supervisor could be entertained through Departmental
Research Board only:

(i) In case the Supervisor has left the service of the University or by
mutual consent of both the Supervisor and the candidate.

(ii) In case of extreme hardship where it becomes almost impossible for a

candidate to work with the existing Supervisor and the Vice-
Chancellor has satisfied himself, then the matter may be placed before
the BPSAR for approval.

(iii) (a) The change of Supervisor shall be allowed within two years of
Registration on the recommendation of the DRB. Normally, no
change will be allowed after this period, except in exigency. If a
candidate wishes to change the Supervisor after two years from
the date of Ph.D. Registration due to unavoidable circumstances,
he/she would submit an application to the Head of the
Department giving reason thereof for such a change. This will be
examined by DRB of the concerned Department. Final approval
will be given by Vice-Chancellor on the basis of DRB
recommendations in anticipation of BPSAR.
(b) If a teacher proceeds on long leave of three or more than three
years, he/she may not be allowed to act as Supervisor. However,
Ph.D. scholars who are already registered prior to his/her
proceeding on long leave may be allowed to continue provided a
Co-Supervisor is also appointed to supervise the work of the
candidate.
(c) In case of relocation of an Ph.D. woman scholar due to
marriage or otherwise, the research data shall be allowed to be
transferred to the University to which the scholar intends to
relocate provided all the other conditions as per UGC
Regulations-2016 are followed in letter and spirit and the
research work does not pertain to the project secured by the
parent Institution/Supervisor from any Funding Agency. The
scholar will however give due credit to the parent Supervisor
and the institution for the part of research already done.
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8. TOPIC MODIFICATION
A candidate may within one year of his/her Registration modify the scheme of his/her
Ph.D. work after obtaining recommendations of DRB followed by the approval of
BPSAR. Provided that the BPSAR may allow modification to be made in the title of
subject even after one year if in the considered opinion of the board, the modification
proposed did not involve any drastic change in the original scheme and scope of the
subject.

9. REQUIREMENTS DURING REGISTRATION

(a) The candidate registered for Ph.D. Degree shall be required to pass the subject
of Punjabi of matriculation or an equivalent examination, any time before the
Viva-Voce examination, except those who have already passed examination in
Punjabi of that level. Foreign candidates shall have to pass the 'Elementary
Course in Punjabi'. Those candidates who want to submit their Ph.D. Thesis in
Punjabi Language shall have to produce certificate of having attended Seven
Days Workshop organized by Punjabi Computer Help Centre/Department of
Punjabi, Punjabi University, Patiala.
(b) A candidate registered for Ph.D. Degree shall be required to appear before the
DRB once in a span of 12 months to present Annual Seminar and show the
progress of his/her research work for evaluation and further guidance. In
addition, Annual progress report of the candidate shall be submitted office of
the Dean Research through the Head of the Department each year for the work
done during the year or fraction of the year. The report will include all the
teaching engagements, surveys, tours, publications, research work etc. The
Supervisor of the candidate will give an assessment about the progress of the
candidate. All reports should be signed by Supervisor and Co-Supervisor (If
any).

(c) If any shortcomings are pointed out in the Annual Seminars the DRB shall
record the reasons for the same and suggest corrective measures. If the
research scholar fails to implement these corrective measures, the DRB may
send the case to the Dean Research with specific modifications, reasons and
the matter shall be placed before BPSAR for appropriate action.

(d) Students registered between 1st January to 30th June shall present their
Annual report between 15th April and beginning of summer vacations.

Students registered between 1st July to 31st December shall present their
Annual report between 15th November and beginning of winter break.

(e) The candidate has to pay annual fee and laboratory fee regularly within
financial year ending 31st March every year, failing which requisite fine etc.
shall be charged.
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(f) If a candidate wants to submit his/her Thesis, he/she will give a

Pre-Submission Seminar before submission of Thesis.

(g) The Pre-Submission Seminar shall be organized by the Head of the

Department. To these presentations members of the Departmental Research
Board, the Supervisor of the candidate, other research students of the
Department and the teachers of the Department/Faculty shall be invited. In
Departments where the Faculty strength is inadequate, the Dean Research will
nominate two or more Faculty members from the same or allied Faculty to
complete the required quorum. A report of the presentation along with the
write-up shall be sent to the Dean Research. In case presentation is not held,
the matter shall be reported to BPSAR through the Dean Research.

(h) A Ph.D. candidate residing in a foreign country shall have to be physically

present before the Departmental Research Board for presenting the Synopsis
for his/her Registration to Ph.D. Degree. For all other purposes such as
presentation of Annual Seminar, Viva-Voce examination etc., the candidate
may face the respective boards through video-conferencing for which the
candidate will have to pay the required fees.
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10. FEE *

(A) Indian Students

All candidates will have to pay fees as prescribed by the University for various
purposes for as detailed below:
Enrollment/Enrollment-cum-Admission
(B) Form Fee Rs. 2000/-

Rs. 1400/- (for SC/ST)

Candidates who have done M.Phil./Ph.D. Course Work from Rs. 5000/-
Private/Deemed/Punjabi University Autonomous Colleges desiring + Rs. 2000/- Enrollment Fee
exemption from Ph.D. Course Work.
Registration
(C) Fee
4 Rs. 2000/- + Rs. 100/-
(D) Registration Form Fees if
downloaded
Annual Fee (Annual Fee from Registration date to 31 March) Rs. 3000/- (Per Annum)

Laboratory Fee:
For Science Students, Mechanical, Electronics & Communication Rs. 5000/- (Per Annum)
Engineering and Civil Engineering students (for three years)

Computer Lab Fee (Annual) (for three years) Rs. 3000/- (Per Annum)
For students of Computer Science, Computer Engineering,
Geography, Psychology, Statistics, Management, Commerce or for
other students wherever applicable
Topic Modification Fee Rs. 5000/-
Late Fees
Late Fees for paying Annual Fee Rs. 50/- (per month)
Late presentation of Annual Seminar and Annual Report Rs. 1000/- for the first month
Rs.500/-(for subsequent
months)
Thesis submission Fee if submitted late after Pre- Submission Rs. 1000/- per month
Seminar
7th Year Extension Rs. 1,00,000/-

8th Year Extension Rs. 3,00,000/-

9th Year Extension Rs. 5,00,000/-

Late Fee for applying for Extension Rs. 500/- per month

Thesis Evaluation Fees Rs. 4000/-

*Video-Conferencing US $ 300 or equivalent in
Indian Rupees
* GST as applicable will be charged extra.

(B) Fees for International Students and NRI (Foreign Passport Holders) o t h e r t h a n
t h o s e s p o n s o r e d u n d e r ICCR/MHRD etc.
1. Non-SAARC Countries US $ 3500.00 Per Annum
SAARC Countries US $ 1250.00 Per Annum
(Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, US $ 100 One Time Eligibility Fees.
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) US $ 100 One Time Thesis Submission Fees.

The Annual Fees will include all charges other than hostel charges, mess charges and medical charges.
Note: Fee for International Students will be updated by Directorate of International Affairs from time to
time as directed by respective Funding Agencies like ICCR/MHRD etc.

*The Ph.D. Candidates who have gone to foreign countries or residing in foreign countries can avail the facility of
video-conferencing for presenting Annual Seminar/Ph.D. Viva-Voce Examination. For each Seminar/Examination
requisite Fees shall be charged. This facility shall also be available to Indian Students for justified reason who cannot
present themselves physically. Approval of Vice-Chancellor shall be necessary for such Indian Students.
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The fine for late presentation of Seminar and Annual Report shall become applicable
one month after the date of issue of Registration Letter by the Research Branch
Office.
The Annual Fees will include all charges other than hostel charges, mess charges,
medical charges if treatment is done from outside University Health Centre. The
Hostel accommodation will be provided on the basis of availability of hostel
accommodation.
The contingency amount charged from the student will be transferred to the
"Contingency" of the concerned Department.
11. SUBMISSION OF THESIS
A Thesis to be presented by the candidate must be a piece of original research
work characterized either by the discovery of new facts or by fresh
interpretation of facts or theories or should consist of applied work such as
developing and fabricating special instruments or apparatus and should show
the candidate's capacity for critical examination and judgment and for lucid
presentation.
It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that the Dissertation/Thesis is
free of plagiarism which means that no part of the Thesis has been copied
from other sources and all sources used for Thesis/Dissertation have been
properly cited (Annexure II).

All students are required to check their Thesis through plagiarism detection
software. The supervisors are required to sit with their students and run the
Thesis through plagiarism detection software available in the University
Computer Centre for this purpose. The Plagiarism Report of the Ph.D. Thesis
should bear the signatures of the student, Supervisor, Co-Supervisor (if any)
and should be counter signed by the Head of the Department. Ph.D. Thesis
should comply with Plagiarism Rules & Plagiarism Compliance Certificate
should be appended at the end of the thesis. The Plagiarism Report should be
generated for the entire text of the thesis. Tables, figures, spectral data,
references may be excluded for the purpose, if justified.
The candidate will not be permitted to submit his Thesis for the Degree unless
his Supervisor is satisfied that the Thesis presented is worthy enough to be
evaluated by the examiners for award of the Ph.D. Degree. In case of an
adverse report of the Supervisor, the candidate may make a representation to
the Vice-Chancellor.
(a) A candidate is required to apply in writing to the Head of the Department that
he/she is in a position to submit his/her Thesis and deliver a Pre-Submission
Seminar. The Head of the Department will conduct such a Seminar at the
earliest but not later than 30 days from the request of the candidate. In case,
the presentation is not organized within 30 days from the date of application,
the candidate may approach Dean Research who will ensure that needful is
done without any further delay.
(b) The Head of the Department will ensure that panel of examiners suggested by
Examiner Panel Committee (EPC) along with one copy of summary of the
Thesis and one soft copy (CD) of the summary is submitted to Thesis Cell
within TEN working days of the Pre-Submission Seminar. The office of Dean
Research would then process the applications and take steps for seeking
acceptance from the concerned Examiners.
(c) A candidate shall submit the Ph.D. Thesis not later than three months from the
date of presentation of Pre-Submission Seminar.
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(d) In case of non-submission of Thesis within the stipulated period, the candidate
can seek extension of time from the Dean Research by depositing a late fee of
Rs. 1000/- per month.
(e) The candidate may incorporate in his/her Thesis the contents of any work
which he/she may have published on the subject and shall give due reference
to the work in the Thesis. However, he/she shall not submit his/her Thesis on
any work for which a Degree has already been conferred on him/her by this or
any other University. The candidate may, however, incorporate in his/her
Ph.D. Thesis any work from his/her M.Phil./M.Litt. Dissertation with due
reference to the Thesis and acknowledgement to the Supervisor, provided the
work has been carried out at this University.
In case the work was done through collaboration, a certificate duly signed by
all collaborators and countersigned by the concerned Supervisor to the effect
that none of the collaborators has made or will make use of the joint work
(published/unpublished) incorporated in this Thesis for the award of any
Degree/Diploma of any University/Institution, shall be furnished along with
the Thesis.
(f) For more details, candidates are also advised to consult Ph.D. Thesis Format
Annexure III for reference.
(g) Abstract of the Thesis :
Along with the Thesis each candidate is required to submit an Abstract of
Thesis in Punjabi (250-300 words in 12 pt Unicode Font in single space).
Abstract should have title of Thesis, name of student, name of Supervisor,
name of Co-Supervisor (if any), Department, Faculty and Registration No., etc.
English Version of the Abstract shall also be submitted. If the thesis is in
Hindi/Urdu Language, Abstract should be submitted in the respective language
also.
(h) At the time of submission of Ph.D. Thesis by the candidate, a certificate should
be submitted by the candidate that the Thesis is a bonafide work of the
candidate (See Ph.D. Thesis Format Annexure - III).

(i) In case of a complaint by the External Examiner or by any one of plagiarism

or copying of certain portions in the Ph.D. Thesis or Project Reports, they will
be examined by a committee consisting of :
(i) Dean Academic Affairs (Chairperson)
(ii) Dean Research
(iii) Dean of the Faculty
(iv) Concerned Head of the Department
(v) Controller/Additional Controller, Examination
(vi) Two Professors from the same or allied Faculty to be nominated by the
Vice-Chancellor
If any one of the above is a Supervisor or Co-Supervisor, he/she will not be a
member of the above committee.
If plagiarism or copying is established, the quantum of punishment to be
recommended by the committee will be in accordance with UGC Guidelines,
issued from time to time regarding plagiarism.
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(j) Number of Copies :

(i) The candidate shall submit two copies of the Thesis in Spiral Bound
Form and one soft copy of the Thesis in single pdf. file (CD) to the
Thesis Evaluation Cell.
(ii) The candidate shall submit the third copy of Thesis in Hard Bound
Form meant for Library (Library Copy) along with the Viva-Voce
examination report.
(iii) Library Copy of the Thesis must be complete in all respects and must
incorporate the suggestions of the examiners regarding typographical/
grammatical errors, if any.

12. Duration of Ph.D. Programme and requirements for submission of Thesis

(a) Ph.D. Programme shall be for a minimum duration of 3 years including

Course Work (6 months for Course Work and 30 months to be counted from
the date of Registration) and a maximum of 6 years. The women candidates
and persons with disability (more than 40% disability) may be allowed a
relaxation of two years for Ph.D. in the maximum duration. For International
Ph.D. Students the maximum time to submit Ph.D. Thesis shall be three years
from the date of Enrollment. Further extension will have to be approved by
Directorate of International Affairs, Punjabi University, Patiala on the basis of
guidelines issued by the respective Funding Agency from time to time.
(b) At the time of submission of Ph.D. Thesis by the candidate, he will have to
produce evidence of having at least one research paper published or accepted
for publication in Refereed Journals and having presented two papers in
Conferences/Seminars related to his/her topic on which he has been registered
for Ph.D. Degree and out of academic work included in the Thesis. Evidence
for the same has to be provided at the time of thesis submission.

(c) The Registration of candidates who fail to submit their Thesis within the
stipulated period as above or who fail to apply for grant of extension would be
processed according to prevailing University Rules.

(d) Heads of the Departments while forwarding a Ph.D. Thesis to the office of the
Dean Research for evaluation will ensure that the candidate submits a copy of
"No Dues Certificate" complete in all respects including that of Department,
Library and Hostel/Dean Students Welfare and Directorate of Sports. A Ph.D.
Thesis not followed by the "No Dues Certificate" will not be accepted in the
Thesis section (except for teachers and employees who are on the pay-rolls of
Punjabi University).

Extension in Period
At least three months before the expiry of six years, a candidate can seek extension
for the seventh year by submitting a Comprehensive Progress Report of the work
done by him/her after paying a fee of Rs.1,00,000/-. He/she will have to appear before
the Comprehensive Report Review Committee (CRRC) chaired by the Dean of the
Faculty. The CRRC will review the Comprehensive Progress Report and will
recommend/reject extension for a period of one year. It is mandatory for the students
to present himself/herself before the committee. These cases will be forwarded to
Vice-Chancellor for approval. Same procedure will be followed for seeking the
extension of eighth year with fee of Rs.3,00,000/- and extension of ninth year with
Fee of Rs.5,00,000/-.
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In addition to the above extension fee for respective years, a candidate shall
have to pay Rs.500/- per month as late fees. Further extension shall be at the
discretion of the Vice-Chancellor.

13. REGISTRATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY

No candidate is allowed to appear in two major examinations of this University

simultaneously or to get himself enrolled simultaneously in two Universities.
Candidates are advised in their own interest, to observe this rule strictly and not to
appear in any other major examination till their result for Ph.D. Degree is declared. A
copy of the Registration Letter to be issued to the candidate will also be sent to the
Registration Branch stating the Registration number, if any, with which the candidate
is already registered with Punjabi University, Patiala. It will be the duty of the
Registration Branch to guard against violation of this rule.

14. PUBLICATION
The Thesis approved shall only be published with the permission of Vice- Chancellor
and on the recommendation of the Thesis Publication Committee provided that a
request is made by the candidate within three years from the award of Ph.D. Degree.
Applications received after three years will not be entertained.

15. PANEL OF EXAMINERS

The Ph.D. Thesis submitted by a research scholar shall be evaluated by at least two
external examiners who are not employed in Punjabi University, Patiala. An
Examiners Panel Committee (EPC) would submit a panel of minimum of ten
examiners at least 50% of whom will be from within the region i.e., Punjab, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh and Delhi, while 50% examiners
should be from outside the region including foreign countries, full particulars of all
the examiners including their name, specialization, designation, official address,
phone numbers, email Id, etc. should be provided. The Vice-Chancellor will appoint
two examiners from the panel and at least one of them would be from outside the
region except in the case of the Thesis submitted in Punjabi medium.

The persons recommended as examiners for evaluation of the Thesis should not be
below the rank of Associate Professor or its equivalent. The research profile of
Associate Professor recommended as examiners should also be attached with the
panel. The EPC should be extremely cautious while proposing the examiners. It
should be ensured that the proposed examiners are active researchers of high repute as
evident from their latest publications/research contributions.
For the subject of Law, Judges of High Court/Supreme Court could also be appointed.
In case the panel of examiners is not received from the Head of the Department
within one month from the date of request, the Dean Research may convene a meeting
of the (EPC) and submit the panel.
In case of retired persons, their last designation should be indicated without which the
panel would be considered incomplete.

If the Thesis is written in Punjabi medium and Punjabi knowing examiners of

Associate Professor/Professor rank are not available from outside the region, all the
examiners could be taken from within the region.
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The Examiners Panel Committee (EPC) will record a certificate to this effect, that
sufficient Punjabi knowing examiners of Associate Professor/Professor rank are not
available from outside the region.

The examiner will be free to seek clarification on any matter from candidate's
Supervisor or the Co-Supervisor through the Dean Research. The Dean Research will
ensure the secrecy of examiner's identity.

The examiner will state in his/her report:

(a) Whether he/she recommends the award of the Degree to the candidate
after holding Viva-Voce examination.
(b) Whether he/she recommends resubmission of the Thesis after revision. In
case an examiner recommends revision of the Thesis he/she will also
indicate the required nature of changes.
(c) Whether he/she recommends rejection of Thesis.
(d) A list of questions that he/she would like the candidate to answer in the
Viva-Voce examination be supplied in a separate cover.
(e) Whether he/she recommends that the Thesis is fit for publication or not. If
fit for publication, then with or without changes.

In the event of an examiner making recommendations for revision/modification of the

Thesis, the candidate shall be free to defend his/her point of view through the Dean
Research, if he/she so desires. However, if the examiner is not satisfied with the
candidate's defense, the candidate shall be required to carry out necessary
revision/modification for Viva-Voce Examination as finally suggested by the
examiner before his/her case is processed further. It may be added that one Examiner
can recommend revision of Thesis only once. If a second revision is recommended by
the same External Examiner, then it will be treated as rejection of Thesis.

The candidate who is required to resubmit the Thesis, must do so within one year with
requisite evaluation fees, from the date of supply of comments of the examiner to
him/her by the University irrespective of his/her submission of defense unless
extension is specially given by the Vice-Chancellor. A resubmitted Thesis will be
examined by the examiner who has recommended re-submission unless he/she
himself/herself is unable to do so or declines to do so.

In the event of one of the examiners recommending the award of the Degree and the
second examiner recommending rejection of the Thesis; on the recommendation of
the Vice-Chancellor, the Thesis shall be referred to a third examiner to be appointed
by the Vice-Chancellor from the original panel of examiners. The third examiner shall
not be informed of the recommendations of the two examiners. The recommendations
of those two examiners who submit similar recommendations shall be final. This
procedure shall also be followed if the examiner who had suggested modification,
rejects the revised Thesis.

Each examiner shall be given one month's time for the evaluation of Thesis. In case
report from him/her is not received, he/she may be reminded telephonically.
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After the expiry of a period of three months if no report is received, the next examiner
may be appointed. The first examiner will be requested to send the Thesis back. If in
due Course, the report is received from the first examiner, the report will not be
considered.
16. GIST OF REPORTS

o The reports of examiners (excluding the questions suggested for the viva- voce)
will be opened by the Screening Committee meeting. The Screening Committee
will prepare a gist of the reports of the examiners and the Dean of the Faculty
will send the gist of reports within two weeks to Dean, Research. These will be
placed before the Dean, Academic Affairs for decision regarding the conduct of
Viva-Voce examination and the appointment of one of the examiners will be
made by Vice-Chancellor in case of reports of both examiners being positive.
o The Screening Committee will point out the strengths and weaknesses, if any, in
the reports. A copy of the report of Screening Committee without disclosing the
names of the examiners will be provided to the candidate for carrying out
necessary modifications including those of typing, references and factual errors
etc. before the Viva-Voce examination.
o Corrections/Shortcomings suggested by the external examiners (if any), should
be incorporated by the candidate in his/her Thesis. A certificate regarding
compliance of the suggested modifications should be submitted by the candidate
duly signed by him/her, Supervisor, Co-Supervisor (if any) and Head of the
department. This certificate should be counter-signed by Dean of the respective
faculty.
o The procedure for conducting Viva-Voce examination of the candidate shall be
initiated only after submission of corrected Thesis (Hard-Bound) by the
candidate to the Head of the Department.

17. VIVA-VOCE EXAMINATION

The Viva-Voce examination will be of at least of 45 minutes’ duration and will be

compulsory for all the candidates. This will be normally conducted at Patiala by one
of the two external examiners who have evaluated the Thesis. The Head of the
Department and the Supervisor of the candidate will be associated with the conduct of
the Viva-Voce to be arranged by the Head of the Department within one month of
receipt of intimation. There will be a presentation by the candidate for 20 minutes
before a committee consisting of Dean of the Faculty, Head of the Department and
Supervisor of the candidate. Two senior Professors will be nominated by the Dean
Research to the above committee from the same Faculty or allied Faculty. The entire
Department/Faculty would be invited to the Viva-Voce. The quorum for holding the
Viva-Voce examination will be minimum of three members. In special cases, Dean
Academic Affairs and Dean Research may be invited to the Viva-Voce examination
of the candidate.

After the presentation by the candidate, questions will be asked to the candidate by
the Examiner. In case of delay in the conduct of Viva-Voce, the candidate or
Supervisor can approach the Dean Research for the needful.
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In case an External Examiner is unable to conduct the Viva-Voce examination, a set
of questions will be obtained by the Dean Research and the Viva- Voce examination
will be conducted by an Examiner appointed by the Vice-Chancellor. A copy of the
Thesis will be sent to this Examiner.
In case report(s) of the Thesis sent by of the Examiner(s) are not favorable the viva-
voce examination of the candidate shall not be conducted.

The report about the performance of the candidate in the Viva-Voce examination
shall be recorded by the External Examiner(s) only.

Depository with the University and UGC

All Ph.D. candidates shall have to submit two soft copies of their Ph.D. Thesis in two
separate CDs to the office of Dean Research after the conduct of Viva-Voce
examination through their Supervisors and Head of the Departments. If during Viva-
Voce examination any changes are suggested by the Examiners which are to be
incorporated by the candidate in his/her Thesis, then the same will be incorporated
and two soft copies of the final Thesis in the form of CDs will be submitted again.
The candidate through his/her Supervisor and Head of the Department will give an
undertaking that all changes as suggested by the Examiner(s) have been incorporated
in the Thesis and CDs. The Thesis Evaluation Cell will send one CD to the University
Library and another CD for uploading the Ph.D. Thesis to UGC Website, after the
meeting of Research Award Committee (RAC) and notification of the Ph.D. Degree.

After Viva-Voce examination each candidate shall submit the following to the
Thesis evaluation cell:
1. Library Copy of the Thesis. (Hard-Bound Form)
2. Two CDs of the Thesis
Each CD should have following folders/files :
Folder (1) Thesis
Folder (2) Abstract in English (PDF)
Folder (3) Abstract in Punjabi (PDF & Unicode)
Folder (4) Abstract in Hindi/Urdu PDF (If thesis in Hindi/Urdu)
Thesis Folder should have following files :
1 Title page (Scanned Copy) .pdf
2 Certificate (Scanned Copy) .pdf (Signed)
3 Preliminary pages (Includes the following)
(Declaration (Scanned Copy) .pdf (Signed), Acknowledgements
Scanned Copy) .pdf (Signed), Contents .pdf, List of Tables .pdf, List
of Figures .pdf. Abbrevations .pdf)
4 Chapter 1 .pdf
5 Chapter 2 .pdf
6 Chapter 3 .pdf
7 Chapter 4 .pdf upto last chapter make separate file of each chapter
8 Conclusion & Summary .pdf
9 References/Bibliography .pdf
10 Appendix/Annexure/Research Papers .pdf
11 List of publication (word file)
12 Cover page of each publications (pdf)
13 Plagiarism report pdf file.

NOTE : Number of chapter and their titles may vary depending upon thesubject requirement.
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18. AWARD OF DEGREES

(a) If the two Examiners of the Thesis have recommended the award of
the Degree and the Viva-Voce Examiner having satisfied himself
on the basis of performance of the candidate in the oral examination,
that the candidate has written the Thesis himself, he/she may
recommend the Award of the Degree to the Research Award
Committee (RAC).
The RAC would consider the gist of reports prepared by the
Screening Committee as well as the report of the examiner who
conducted the Viva-Voce examination for arriving at a decision
with regard to the Award of the Degree.

(b) In case the Examiner, who conducts Viva-Voce examination, does

not recommend the Award of Ph.D. Degree, the Thesis shall be
rejected and the Registration of the candidate will be cancelled.

(c) Each Supervisor is required to submit one PPT slide and one minute
Audio/Video highlighting the main achievements/novelty of the
Thesis before fixation of RAC date to the Thesis Evaluation Cell
(racppt@pbi.ac.in).

(d) The result of Ph.D. Degree of a candidate be deemed to have been

declared on the date of meeting of RAC where he is declared
eligible for the Award of Degree. The Registrar/Controller of
Examination shall publish the result.

19. SUPPLY OF REPORTS

The reports of the examiners may be supplied to the candidate and the
Supervisor after declaration of the result.

20. GENERAL CONTROL

The Department shall exercise disciplinary and general control over the
research students and their work.

21. COMMITTEES & BOARDS

The composition of the committees and Board at the Department/Faculty
level shall be as given below:

(I) DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH BOARD (DRB)

(a) Head of the Department (Chairperson)
(b) (i)All Professors in the subject, employed in Punjabi University, Patiala
(ii)Associate Professors and Assistant Professors who hold Ph.D. Degree.
(c) One/two teachers from allied/supporting Departments to be
nominated by the Dean, Academic Affairs.
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(II) BOARD OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH (BPSAR)

(a) Vice-Chancellor (Chairperson)
(b) The Dean, Academic Affairs
(c) The Dean Research
(d) Associate Dean Research
(e) The Dean of Faculty
(f) All Professors and the Heads of University Teaching Departments in
the Faculty
Provided further that Professors/Heads from only such Departments as
are engaged in imparting instructions and doing research work shall be
eligible for appointment as member.
(g) Two experts from outside the University to be nominated by the Vice-
Chancellor for two years.

(III) COMPREHENSIVE REPORT REVIEW COMMITTEE (CRRC)

(a) Dean of the Faculty concerned (Chairperson)
(b) Head of the Department
(c) Supervisor and Co-Supervisor (if any)
(d) Two senior most teachers (other than Head and Supervisor). In multi-
faculty Department/Centers two senior most teachers of the subject
(other than Head and Supervisor)
Where the quorum (three members) is incomplete, Dean Research may
nominate two professors from allied Department/Faculty.

(IV) EXAMINERS PANEL COMMITTEE (EPC)

(a) The Head of the Department (Chairperson)
(b) All Professors in the Department
(c) If there is no Professor other than Head of the Department or the Head
of the Department is a Associate Professor, a Professor from an allied
Subject/Department to be nominated by Dean, Academic Affairs.
(d) Supervisor of the Candidate
(e) Where the quorum is incomplete, Vice-Chancellor may nominate one
or two Professors from allied Subject/Department.

(V) THESIS EVALUATION REPORT SCREENING COMMITTEE

(a) The Dean of the Faculty (Chairperson)

(b) The Head of the Department
(c) The Supervisor of the Candidate
(d) One or Two Professors from within the Faculty to be nominated by the
Vice-Chancellor
(e) Where quorum is incomplete, the Vice-Chancellor may nominate one
or two Professors from relevant/allied subjects
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(VI) RESEARCH AWARD COMMITTEE (RAC)

1. Vice-Chancellor (Chairperson)
2. Dean, Academic Affairs
3. Dean Research
4. Associate Dean Research
5. Dean of the Faculty
6. All Heads of the Departments in the Faculty and one Professor from
each Department in the Faculty by rotation according to seniority for a
term of two years.
7. Concerned Supervisor of the candidate.

(VII) THESIS PUBLICATION COMMITTEE

1. Dean of the Faculty (Chairperson)

2. Head of the Department
3. Supervisor
Where the Dean of the Faculty or Head of the Department is the
Supervisor, the Vice-Chancellor would nominate one expert on the
committee. In case the Dean of the Faculty, Head of the Department
and Supervisor are the same, Vice-Chancellor would nominate two
experts on the committee. Two members would form the quorum.

(VIII) QUORUM

The quorum for all the committees and the Board provided herein shall
be one third of the total strength with at least three persons including
Chairman/Convener. In such cases where Supervisor/Head of the
Department/Dean of Faculty is the same person, one or two persons
may be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, depending upon the case.
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Annexure - I

Name of the Department

Punjabi University, Patiala
(1961 ਦੇ ਪੰ ਜਾਬ ਐਕਟ ਨੰ: 35 ਤਹਿਤ ਸਥਾਹਪਤ)

No.
Date:

Candidate Name:
Address:

This is to certify that your application for enrollment to Ph.D.

Course has been approved on .................................. by Dean Research,
Punjabi University, Patiala.

Head of Department,
(Name & Designation)
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Annexure - II

PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA

Policy on Plagiarism

Context
Punjabi University, Patiala aims to foster and maintain an ethos of honesty
and academic integrity. All staff and students have an obligation to act in an
ethical manner, consistent with the requirements of academic integrity.
Punjabi University, Patiala has a well defined policy on plagiarism in place in
order to avoid acts of academic dishonesty.
Plagiarism is a serious academic offence that may be easy to commit
unintentionally, it is defined by the act not the intention. It is the
responsibility of all students to familiarize themselves with the University's
policy on plagiarism. The students are advised to seek guidance from their
teachers/ staff member.

Purpose
The aim of the policy document is to provide a definition of plagiarism and
the procedures adopted by the University for detection of plagiarism.

Scope
This policy applies to Synopsis for Ph.D./dissertations/Thesis/project
reports submitted by students of Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Tech., master
programmes.

DEFINITION OF PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is defined as the passing off of one's own work or another

person's work as if it were one's own, by claiming credit for something that
was actually done by someone else.
Plagiarism is an act of fraud committed knowingly or unknowingly bystealing
someone else’s work, idea (both scientific and literary work) and/or published
materials. The act of plagiarism can be manifested in the form of publishing
someone else’s work, audio and video broadcasting, or circulation of copied
words and images, ideas and opinions, discoveries, artwork and music,
recordings or computer generated work (like circuitry, software or computer
programs, websites-internet content).

Plagiarism takes many forms. Some common types of plagiarism include:

 Copying and Pasting (copying and pasting portions of text from online
journal articles or websites without proper citation)
 Downloading or buying research papers (Downloading a free paper
from a web site or paying to download a paper and submitting it as
your own work).
 Paraphrasing of another’s work by simply changing a few words or
altering the order of presentation without clear identification,
appropriate reference and acknowledgement.
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 Copying or submitting someone else's written or creative work (in the

form of words, images, ideas, opinions, graphics, formula,
discoveries, invention, artwork, design, music, recordings,
choreography, photographs, software, computer programs).
 Submitting a work/document that had been submitted previously
 Submitting a work that had been prepared by falsification/
fabrication of data.
 Submitting a collaborative work without obtaining consent from the
concerned collaborator.
 Submitting a cross language content translation and use without
reference to original work.
 Using work of a third party (for a fee/free) and represented by a
student as his or her own work (Ghost writing).
 Indulging in acts of collusion and purloining–
o Collusion-Different students submit work that is so alike in
content that similarity goes beyond coincidence. This is contrary
to the declaration given by the student that the given work is
their own and has not previously been submitted for
assessment for award of a Degree.
o Under purloining form of plagiarism, a student takes
information/text/data without the consent or knowledge of
another student and submits it as his or her own.
 There are instances that the sources are cited but it is still considered
plagiarized. For example:
o The writer mentions an author's name for a source, but neglects
to include specific information on the location of the material
referenced (forgotten footnote).
o The writer provides inaccurate information regarding the
sources, making it impossible to find them.
o The writer properly cites a source, but neglects to put in
quotation marks, text that has been copied word-for-word, or
closes to it.
o The writer properly cites all sources, paraphrasing and using
quotations appropriately. The catch? The document contains
almost no original work!

Accordingly, plagiarism is not only limited to copying someone else’s work

completely, or in part, but also tweaking of a portion or portions from
several sources so as to make it read as original work. In some instances,
copying from one’s own work can be an act of plagiarism, if the published
material is copyright protected and was previously transferred to a
publication house.
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HOW TO DETECT PLAGIARISM?

It is the prime responsibility of faculty members and students to distinguish

between original content and plagiarized work. The detection of plagiarism is
a judgment to be made by a person who understands the subject and who is
also aware of the definition of plagiarism.
Common methods of detection of plagiarism are
i. A portion of work or whole of it is found belonging to another author
and a formal complaint is received about it.
ii. A sudden change is found in the style of writing of a text inconsistent
with the style used in the entire text- reported by examiner/
evaluator.
iii. Under Software based detection a soft copy of the work is uploaded in
plagiarism detection software. The common material content is found
in submitted work and the original work in the database.

The present document chiefly focus on the procedure adopted by the

Punjabi University, Patiala for Plagiarism detection using software.

General Guidelines
These guidelines are provided to assist the student and the faculty in
ensuring a plagiarism free dissertation.

Important:
It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that the
dissertation/Thesis is free of plagiarism which means that no part of the
dissertation has been copied from other sources and all sources used for the
dissertation have been properly cited.

Requirement:
All students are required to check their theses, project reports, etc. through
plagiarism detection software. The Supervisors are required to sit with their
students and run the Thesis or project report through plagiarism detection
software in order to provide guidance on any revisions that may be required
as a result of this process.

Compliance Statements:
All students are required to submit a signed statement that they are
aware of the plagiarism policy of the University and no part of their work be
it assignment, term paper, project report, Thesis or dissertation etc. is not
copied in any form and it is their own creation.
Candidate shall submit the report generated on the plagiarism checking
software of his draft Thesis along with a soft copy of the draft Thesis for the
consideration of Departmental Research Committee.
Supervisors must sign the relevant forms indicating that the student
has indeed run their work through a plagiarism detection software.
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Software Settings
While performing the plagiarism check using a software the following
optional settings may invariably be set to reduce the percentage of matching.
 Exclude Quotations, methodology, legal quotes, bibliography, phrases.
 Exclude Small Matches up to 10 word counts. (This is to exclude the
matching of common phrases and established facts related to the topic
which may come across the documents)
 Exclude Small similarity less than 1%.
 Exclude Mathematical, statistical and scientific Formula
 Exclude the title of the paper, name of the institute, Department,
author name etc. from screening to reduce the percentage of
matching.
 Exclude one's own published work

Practical Orientation
Practical orientation on the use of the software will be provided by the
Computer Centre. The interested staff/students may contact Director,
Computer Centre for Plagiarism Detection Service.

Materials to be screened
It is mandatory to screen through plagiarism detection software the
Ph.D. Thesis, postgraduate dissertations, project reports before submission
to Punjabi University, Patiala i.e. before presenting the pre- submission
seminar.
The faculty, staff and students are also encouraged to screen all the
research papers they prepare to communicate to national and international
journals and research proposals/reports to different agencies.

Originality Report Guidelines-

The report generated by the software upon submission of a
Thesis/dissertation for screening, only displays what percentage of
submitted text is similar to or matching with the information sources
included in the database. This is done through the Similarity Index, which
is a percentage of words in the paper that match all the primary sources to
all words in the document.
 As a general rule, a submitted text having an overall similarity index
of more than the prescribed limit will be considered. (The prescribed
permissible limit: The substantial common material shall be taken as any
common material exceeding 20% in area of sciences basic as well as Applied
and Technology and 30% in Humanities and Social Sciences, Law,
Management and Education).
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 The overall similarity index excluding bibliography/references must be

around permissible limit or less with not more than 5% similarity from
one particular source.
 A high matching percentage does not automatically mean that
plagiarism has occurred and a low percentage does not mean that it
has not occurred. In other words, the software generated report
cannot be taken for granted and human judgment is needed to
determine whether the matching text is plagiarized. This can be done
only by cross checking the individual matching portions of the
submitted Thesis/report with the corresponding sources by the
committee consisting of Dean faculty, Head of the Department,
Supervisor and a Professor from faculty to be nominated by Dean
Research.
o A Thesis with an overall similarity index of more than permissible
limit may also be accepted provided it is formed by cumulating
more number of unintentional individual matches constituted of
common phrases and professional jargons/terminology of not
more than two lines of continuous text.
o Similarly, a submission with an overall similarity index of less than
permissible limit may also be considered as plagiarized and hence
liable to be rejected if there are instances of continuous blocks of
matching text of two or more lines not constituted of common
phrases and professional jargons/terminology.
o Also, if matching with a particular source, even though small,
occurs across the length of a submitted Thesis it could be an
attempt to hide plagiarism and hence will not be allowed.

GUIDELINES AND EXPLANATIONS

Examples of Fabrication:
 In the social sciences, a researcher/interviewer completing a
questionnaire for a fictitious subject that was never interviewed.
 In the biological sciences, the creation of a data set for an
experiment that was never actually conducted. The practice of
adding fictitious data to a real data set collected during an
actual experiment for the purpose of providing additional
statistical validity.
 In clinical research the insertion of a clinical note into the
research record to indicate compliance with an element of the
protocol.

Examples of Falsification
 Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or
processes, or changing or omitting/suppressing data or results
such that the research is not accurately represented in the
research record.
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 Examples of Falsification : Alteration of data, falsification of

dates and experimental procedures, misrepresenting the results
from statistical analysis, The addition of false or misleading
statements, misrepresenting the methods of an experiment and
falsification of research accomplishments by publishing the
same research results in multiple papers (self plagiarism)

Guidelines on Do’s:
 Only one’s original work to be submitted,
 Precise and accurate citation of others’ work,
 Any downloaded information from internet to be appropriately
created/referenced,
 Submitted material should not contain any artwork, pictures,
and graphics from someone else’s work and such materials
should be authentic with no use of others’ electronic storage
media.
Guidelines on Don’ts:
The following must be avoided unless source of material/information
is credited appropriately:
 Direct or indirect copying,
 Any act of translation without proper accreditation ,
 Paraphrasing others’ work,
 Tweaking and piecing together work of others,
 Resubmission of one’s own or someone else’s work,
 Claim of a collaborative work without consent from the
concerned collaborator(s) (includes unauthorized collaboration
and claiming a collaborative work as an independent one or vice
versa),
 Ghost writing – i.e. writing a document(s) on someone’s behalf.
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Annexure - III

Ph.D. THESIS FORMAT

A Ph.D. Degree is awarded mainly for making an original contribution to the
knowledge in a research field. Every student enrolled for Ph.D. has to write a research
proposal (Synopsis) to justify the research idea and prove to be a suitable candidate
for PhD studies. The Synopsis should describe the research problem you plan to
address (question/s or hypo Thesis), state why it is important and outline the research
methods you plan to use and why they are appropriate and feasible. An extensive
initial exercise should help in designing a sound research project, which is likely to
add to the existing knowledge and make a significant contribution in successful
completion of Ph.D.

The Layout of the Ph.D. Synopsis

o Title Page
o Introduction
o Review of Literature
o Justification of proposal
o Aims and objectives
o Methodology
o Plan of work
o Chapter scheme
o Work already done
o References / Bibliography / Literature Cited

THE LAYOUT OF THE Ph.D THESIS

The Ph.D Thesis should comply with the following specifications

o Title Page
o Declaration
o Certificate
o Acknowledgements
o Abbreviations if any
o Contents
o List of Tables (where applicable)
o List of Figures (where applicable)
o Text of Thesis (Chapter scheme may vary depending upon the subject
matter/requirements)
 Introduction
 Review of Literature
 Material and Methods
 Results
 Discussion (including Conclusion/s, Recommendation/s where
applicable)
 Summery
 References / Bibliography / Literature Cited
 Appendices (where applicable)
 Any other ( Reprint of published papers)
 Plagiarism report
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The Researcher would be required to adhere to the following standards for submission
of Ph.D. Thesis:

Paper: A4-size paper

Printing: A high-quality laser printer should be used, preferably on both sides.

Title and Inner first pages : Sample given below

Various Specifications are

 Thesis title (18pt Bold, all CAP)
 A THESIS presented to the Faculty of Life Sciences of the Punjabi University,
Patiala in Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of (14 pt)
 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (14pt Bold)
 IN (14pt Bold)
 NAME OF SUBJECT (14pt Bold)
 by (12pt)
 NAME OF THE SCHOLAR (14pt Bold, all CAP)
 University Emblem
 NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY (14 pt CAP)
 ADDRESS (14 pt CAP)
 MONTH …………. YEAR ........... (14pt CAP)

Thesis text: 12 pt, For Gurmukhi: Unicode, for English: Times New Roman /
Arial; line 1.5 spacing
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Headings:
 Chapter title: 18 – 24 pt size, bold
 Main Section Headings: 14 pt size, bold.
 Second Headings: 12 pt size, bold, cap
 Sub headings: 12 pt size, bold, sentence case.
Foot note: The footnote (if any) shall be typed 1.5 spaced with Font Size 10

Margins: Odd page: Left- 4 cm; top, bottom and right- 2.5 cm.
Even page: Right- 4 cm; top, bottom and left-2.5 cm. These are
necessary to allow for binding and trimming.

Page Numbering: All pages of the Thesis shall be on the right bottom of the
page in format (Page 1 of 100) except the preliminary pages which shall
be numbered in lower case Roman Numerical (ii, iii, iv ….).

Supervisor’s CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that this Thesis entitled " ……Title of

Thesis ..................................................................... " Embodied the work carries out by --

---Name of student) ……….himself/herself under my supervision and that is

worthy of consideration for the award of the Ph.D Degree.

Co-Supervisor’s signature, Supervisor’s signature,

(Name & Designation) (Name & Designation)
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CANDIDATE’S DECLARATION

I, ……………………………………, certify that the work embodied in this

Ph. D. Thesis is my own bonafide work carried out by me under the
supervision of ……………………………….. and the Co-supervision of
…………………………. from ………... to ………... at Department of
…………….., Punjabi University, Patiala and Department of
……………………………………………(if applicable). The matter
embodied in this Ph. D. Thesis has not been submitted for the award of any
other Degree/diploma.
I declare that I have faithfully acknowledged, given credit to and referred to
the research workers wherever their works have been cited in the text and the
body of the Thesis. I further certify that I have not willfully lifted up some
other’s work, para, text, data, results, etc. reported in the journals, books,
magazines, reports, dissertations, theses, etc., or available at web-sites and
included them in this Ph. D. Thesis and cited as my own work. I also declare
that I have adhered to all principles of academic honesty and integrity and
have not misrepresented or fabricated or falsified any idea/data/fact/source in
my submission. I understand that any violation of the above will be cause for
disciplinary action by the University.

Date: ……………….. Signature of the candidate

Place : Patiala (Name of the candidate)

This is to certify that the above statement made by the candidate is correct to
the best of my/our knowledge.

Co-Supervisor’s signature, Supervisor’s signature,

(Name & Designation) (Name & Designation)