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RECOGNITION OF EXAMINATION OF OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND STATUTORY EXAMINING BODIES
R.1 In all cases in which recognition has been given to the
examinations of other Statutory Universities and Examining Bodies as equivalent to the
corresponding examinations of this University such recognition
is available only to those Universities and Examining Bodies which reciprocate with this University, and applicable only to such students as
have attended a regular course of study laid down for the examination at a collage affiliated to the said
University or included among its constituent collages, or at an
Institution recognized by the Examining Body concerned.
Notwithstanding anything contained hereinabove external examination is deemed as
equivalent to the corresponding external examination of
this University, provided corresponding regular examination of the University or Board is
recognized on
reciprocal basis.
R.2 In no circumstances examination conducted by collages affiliated
to any other University be considered equivalent to the corresponding
examination held by this University.
R.3 In special cases, the Academic Council shall have power on the
recommendation of the Standing Committee on equivalence of
examinations, to grant recognition to examinations of the other
Universities and Examining Bodies on the merits of
each individual case.
R.4. Notwithstanding anything contained in foregoing Regulations, Academic
Council shall have power, on the recommendation of the Standing
Committee on equivalence of examinations on the merits of each individual case, to recognize a term
or terms kept by a student in another University or Board for any examinations, as equivalent to the corresponding terms at a collage or collages affiliated to this University,
provided that the terms are of the
same duration and that the migration of the student is due to communal disturbances. civil commotion or
other causes of like nature.
R.5 The examinations held by Statutory Universities/ Boards be recognized
as equivalent to the corresponding examinations of this University on
reciprocal basis.
PH.D. ORDINANCE
O.Ph.D.1.
(1) A candidate for the degree of Ph.D. must have worked for
at least four terms after qualifying himself for the Master's degree in the Faculty
concerned under the guidance of a University teacher duly recognized for guiding research for Ph.D.
degree.
(2) It shall not be obligatory for a candidate registered for
the Ph.D. degree to reside in the same town where his teacher resides or works, unless
the research work of the candidate concerned involves laboratory and/or field work the candidate
concerned will be required to keep in close touch with his teacher and have personal discussions with him on his close touch with his teacher and have personal discussion with him on his research problem at least
twice in a term.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing
provisions it shall be competent for the Vice - Chancellor to permit a candidate for
the Ph.D. degree working as a teacher in an affiliated collage or a University Department to do his
research work for the Ph.D. degree at his own Collage or Institution or Department, as the case may be, even
if his research guide does not stay or work in the same town , provided that the Vice-Chancellor is
satisfied that suitable laboratory facilities are made available to the candidate where he is working,
provided further that the candidate concerned will seek periodical guidance in person as may be deemed
necessary by his guide.
O.Ph.D.2.
No candidates shall be registered for the Ph.D. degree in
faculty different from he one in which he has obtained his Master's degree of
this University or of any other University considered equivalent provided that-
(1) a candidate in the Faculty of Arts who has taken a
Master's degree in Mathematics may be registered for Ph.D. degree in Science in the
Subject of Mathematical Physics.
(2) a candidate in the Faculty of either Arts, or Education or
Science or Commerce who has taken his Master's degree in Economics or
Statistics may be registered for Ph.D. degree in any one of these Faculties.
(3) candidate who have obtained the degree of Master of
Engineering with Electronics and Telecommunication as one of the subjects of this University or of any other University recognized as equivalent thereto, may be
registered for the Ph.D. degree in Science with Physics as a subject.
Provided
further that the Vice-Chancellor be authorized to take decision in the matter of
granting permission to change the Faculty
other than the one in which the candidate has obtained his Master's degree and granting registration to
such student for the Ph.D. degree in the respective or corresponding subject under the respective Faculty.
O.Ph.D.3.
A candidate
will not be permitted to submit as his thesis, a thesis for which a degree has
been conferred on him in this or in any other University, but a candidate
shall not be precluded from incorporating work which he has already submitted for a degree in this or in any
other University, in a thesis covering a wider field, provided that he shall indicate in a written statement
accompanying the thesis any work which has been so incorporated.
O.Ph.D.4.
Each candidate for the degree
shall send (through his teacher) four type written or printed copies of his
thesis embodying the result of his research and stating whether the work is
based on the discovery of new facts by the candidates or of new relations of
facts observed by others and how the work contributes to the general advancement
of knowledge. He shall along with the thesis, also submit an abstract of the
Ph.D. thesis in about 10 pages. The candidate shall further forward a statement
indicating the sources from which his information has been derived and the
extent to which he has bases he claims original. Where a candidate present a
joint work, he shall clearly state that which is his own contribution, as
distinguished from the portion contributed by his collaborator. This statement
shall be certified as correct by the University teacher as well as the
candidate. The candidate may also forward with his application four copies of
any original contributions, to the advancement of knowledge on the subject
selected by him for his thesis or any cognate subject published by him
independently or jointly with others upon which he relies in support of his
candidature. The thesis shall be written or printed in English or Gujarati save
that when the subject matter of the thesis relates to a modern European or
modern Indian language, it may, with the previous permission of the Board of
University Teaching and Research be written or printed in that language.
O.Ph.D.5.
Two months before submitting the
thesis, the candidate shall forward to the Registrar, through his guiding
teacher, a statement giving the title and a synopsis of his thesis along with a
fee of Rs. 200/-. The thesis may be submitted any time during the year and shall
be forwarded by the candidate through his guiding teacher.
O.Ph.D.6.
Every thesis shall be examined by
three referees to be appointed in the manner indicated here below.
On the recommendation of the Board of
University Teaching and Research, the Executive Council shall appoint a panel of
three Examiners, one of whom shall be an internal reference, i.e. the University
Teacher guiding the candidate's work and the other two must be external ones. On
the Executive Council appointing the said panel, the Registrar shall forward a
copy of the thesis to each of them. Of the two external referees, the first
referee, and failing him or in the event of the first referee being from abroad,
the next one in order shall hold the viva voce examination of the candidates
jointly with the internal referee. All the three referees shall report to the
Executive Council, through the Academic Council and the thesis should be
accepted or rejected or resubmitted in a modified from; and if their report is
unanimous. It shall be treated as final. In the absence, however of the
unanimity of option among the referees, the following procedure shall be adopted
:
(1) In the event of any two of the referees rejecting the
thesis, it shall rejected outright.
(2) In the event of any one of the three referees rejecting
the thesis, it shall constitute a tie, in which case the Executive Council shall appoint a
fourth referee, whose decision shall be final.
All the reports shall be circulated
among the members of the relevant Board of Studies.
O.Ph.D.7.
There shall be a viva-voce
examination of a candidate submitting thesis for the degree of Ph.D. It shall be
held at a suitable place in the North Gujarat University area or, under special
circumstance, at a place outside the North Gujarat University area with the
previous permission of the Vice-Chancellor, and on the date or dates to be
decided by the referees concerned by mutual concert. In the event of both the
external referees being from outside India, a third (external ) referee from
within India shall be appointed by the Executive Council, in consolation with
the relevant Board of studies. If a candidate does not satisfy the Examiners at
the vice-voce examination only, he shall be re-examined after a period of not
less than three months. The candidate shall not be declared eligible for the
degree unless all the Examiners unanimously declare him eligible for the degree.
However, in case of a candidate who,
after having submitted his thesis, has gone abroad and is likely to stay there
for a period of at least a year, his viva-voce examination may, at his request
and at the discretion of the Executive Council, be held in that Country, if the
Board of Studies in the relevant subject recommends a referee or referees for so
holding the viva-voce examination of the candidate, provided the candidate
concerned undertakes to present himself before the referee or referees at his
own experience.
O.Ph.D.8.
The degree of Ph.D. shall not be
conferred as an addendum honorary degree.
O.Ph.D.9
A thesis that has been rejected, may
be resubmitted after the necessary revision along with the payment of half the
original fee.
O.Ph.D.10
A teacher working in a collage
affiliated to the University or in an institution recognized by it or in an
institution recognized by it or in a department of this University, desiring to
work for the Ph.D. degree in the University shall, within one month one month of
the commencement of an academic term, apply for registration as a post-graduate
student and work under a teacher recognized by this University for the duration
of the period required under O.Ph.D.1.
Such teacher should finish his work
during the time limit and should submit his thesis within four years, from the
date of registration. If he fails to submit his thesis within that period his
registration shall be cancelled, provided further that the Vice-Chancellor may
grant him an extension of one year if he feels that there were sufficient
reasons for the teacher for not being able to complete his work. In no case
shall extension beyond one year be granted.
O.Ph.D.11
A teacher desiring to work for the
Ph.D. degree in a subject for which there is no teacher recognized for guiding
Ph.D. student in the University shall select a teacher as his guide for consolation
from outside the University area and submit his name for the approval of the University
authorities at the time of seeking registration. On approval of the name of the
guide, the candidate shall be enrolled as a post-graduate student for the Ph.D.
degree.
O.Ph.D.12
A teacher so registered as a
Post-graduate student for the Ph.D. degree shall pay to the University the tuition
fees prescribed for the other Ph.D. students.
RULES RELATING TO POST-GRADUATE
STUDIES
P.G.
Rule
1 :
Every candidate for a post-graduate degree of the University
shall--
(a) enroll
himself at a centre for a subject
or attach himself to
a University teacher or teachers, as
the case may
be, in the
subject or
subjects of
his studies and
receive instructions for the period
prescribed under
the Ordinances, and
(b) apply to the University
Office in the prescribed
form for registration as a
Post-graduate student along
with the prescribed
fees for
the same.
However, while applying
for registration for
the Ph.D.
degree the
candidate shall have
to submit, along
with the
prescribed application form; a brief
elaborating
the aim
of his proposed thesis, the problem
he proposes to undertake for research, the
procedure he
proposes to adopt and the areas he intends to explore.
P.G.
Rule 2 :
The institution which the student joins shall--
(a) collect the registration
fee of Rs.50/-for the master's and Rs.
100/ for the Ph.D. degree as the case may be,
and the prescribed tuition fees for each term at the time of
admission.
(b) forward
to the University Office
fees so
collected together with
the counterfoils of the receipts of tuition
and applications received
from the students on or before the
31st July in the first term
and on or before the
31st of December in the second term
every year.
In case
no post-graduate centre is
instituted by
the university at the institution the student be asked to remit the fees directly to the university within the aforesaid prescribed time-limit.
P.G.
Rule-2 (b):P.243
Amended
Version:
Forwarded to the
university office
fees so
collected together with the
counter foils of the receipts of tuition fees
and application received from the students on or before the 31st of December in
the second term every year.
P.G.Rule
3 :
A student cannot register
him self simultaneously for more
than one
post-graduate course
of studies. The period
of registration for a post-graduate degree ends with his
completion of the required terms.
P.G.Rule
4:
The last date for admission to post-graduate student at
the centre shall
be the 15th July and
last date
for submitting applications
in the prescribed form for
registration as
post-graduate student
by the Centre/University
Departments to
the University shall be the 31st of July, every year.
P.G.
Rule 5(a):P.243
Amended
Version:
In a
Post-graduate centre, the professor-in-charge
of the centre
subject to the limit of the
maximum number of students admissible at the
centre shall admit students in part-1 on the
basis of a merit list to be prepared of all the applicants based on the
marks at the external
examination of the
qualifying examination. i.e. T.Y.B.A./ B.Com./B.Sc./B.Ed. and
Second L.L.B. Internal marks shall
not be counted for preparing the merit list. For
admission to
M.Ed. Part-I, marks of only B.Ed. Part-1 examination
shall be taken into consideration.
(i) Those who have obtained a first class in the qualifying degree
examination; and then;
(ii) Those
who have
obtained a
second class
in the qualifying
degree examination; and then;
(iii) Those who have obtained a Pass Class.
P.G.Rule
5(b) P:244
Amended
Version:
For admission
to M.A., M.Sc., M.Com.,
Part-1 weightage shall be
given by adding the percentage mentioned below
to the percentage of the total marks
mentioned in (a) above.
(i) For N.C.C. 'B' of 'C' certificate
1%
(ii) For the award of the university level best N.S.S. volunteer, male and female each
1%
(iii) For national level championship in any sport
won by an individual or by a team
in which case for every member of the team.
(iv) For national level, prize in a youth festival by an individual, or by a group
in which case for every individual member.
1%
P.G.
Rule-5(c):
Newly
Framed:
The merit
list for admission to M.A., M.Com.,M.Sc and
L.L.M. Part-1 shall be prepared as under:
(i) Only
the marks
of the
external examination, i.e. T.Y.B.A., M.Com., B.Sc.
and Second
LL.B.
shall
be taken into consideration and
converted into
exact percentage up to
two decimal points.
(ii) Where ever applicable, percentage of weightage shall be
added as per P.G. Rule-5(b) above.
(iii) Admission
shall be given first on the
basis of the
merit list to
those candidates
who have
passed the
qualifying
for admission
as the
main subject at the qualifying
examination.
(iv) If there
are any vacancies after filling up the seats
according to
(iii) above they shall be filled
up with
those candidates who
have passed the qualifying examination
with a first
or a second
class and
have offered the subject chosen for
admission as
the first subsidiary subject
at the
qualifying examination.
P.G.
Rule-5(d) :
Newly
framed:
For admission to M.Ed. Part-1 a merit of 100 marks shall
be prepared by assigning percentage as under:
(i) T.Y.B.A./B.Com./B.Sc.
examination
marks
25%
(external marks only)
(ii) M.A./M.Com./M.Sc. examination marks
25%
(iii) B.Ed. Part-1 examination marks
50%
P.G.
Rule 6(a) P.244
Amended
Version:
The maximum
number of students that can be admitted
to a Post-graduate centre in
the following subjects
shall be as under:
(i) Chemistry:
In organic
15
Organic
25
Physical
15
Analytical
10
(ii) Physics
15
(iii) Mathematics 30
(iv) Botany
10
(v) Zoology
10
(vi) Education:
Full-time course 15
Part-time course 30
(Note:- The ratio of students per one teacher in education shall be 1:3 for both M.Ed. Part-1 & II taken
together.
P.G.Rule
6(b) P.244
Amended
Version:
In the
subject comprised
under the Faculties
of Arts, Commerce
and Law the college / Institution / University Department
in a
subject concerned shall in
no case admit more than
50 students in a class.
However, this shall not include the number admitted in the subject concerned at the subsidiary level.
P.G.Rule
6 (c):
The College/Institution
where a post-graduate centre in
education has been instituted shall
have atleast nine candidates for running the centre.
P.G.
Rule 6(d) P.244
Amended
Version:
The following
shall be
the distribution
of seats
for admission to the Post-graduate centres in Arts, Science, Commerce and Law.
(i) 37% Seats shall be open filled up with graduates of North
Gujarat University.
(ii) 7%
Seats shall be reserved for Scheduled Caste candidate who should be
graduates of the North
Gujarat University.
(iii) 13% Seats shall be reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates
who should be graduates of the North
Gujarat University.
(iv) 10% Seats shall be reserved for S.E.B.C. Communities of the
Bax1 Commission who should be
graduates of the North
Gujarat University.
(v) 3%
Seats shall be reserved for Physically handicapped candidates who should
be graduates of the
North
Gujarat University.
(vi) 5% Seats shall be reserved for
students graduating from the college
where the Post-graduate centre is
located. Such students
must have passed their qualifying examination with atleast a second class and
the
difference between their
marks and those of the last
student admitted on the open seats in (i) above
should
not be more than 5%.
(vii) 5% Seats shall be reserved for
applications who have graduated from a university other than the North
Gujarat
University.
Note
:
(i) Any reserved seats laying vacant for want of candidates on the
merit list in categories No. (iv), (v), (vi), &
(vii) above
shall be filled up with
candidates from category No. (i) above with
prior permission of the
Vice-Chancellor.
(ii) Any seats lying vacant
for want of candidates on the merit
list in category (ii) shall be filled up by
candidates from category (iii) and vice-versa.
However, if
there are
no candidates in both the
categories (ii) & (iii) and any seats are
lying
vacant they will be filled up from category (i) above with the
prior
permission of the
Vice-Chancellor.
P.G. Rule 6 (e):
Seats in M.Ed. Part-1 shall
be distributed as under subject to overall
reservation of seats mentioned in
P.G. Rule 6 (d) (1
to 7)
(i) 75% seats shall be reserved for
candidates who are permanent assistant
teachers/Principals working in
Secondary / Higher Secondary Schools.
(ii) 25% Seats shall be reserved for candidates having the B.Ed. degree but
having no experience of school
teaching.
P.G.
Rule 7:
No College/Institution
where a post-graduate centre in
a subject has been instituted shall open a second division in that subject without the prior permission of the
Vice-Chancellor.
P.G.
Rule 8:
For the
purpose of fulfilling the condition of
keeping terms
and required by O.Ph.D.1, the first term of the said four terms shall be counted as under:-
(a) If the topic of the thesis for Ph.D. is approved by
the University on
any date falling during the
first half
of an academic
term that academic term shall be counted as the
first term.
(b) If the topic of the thesis for Ph.D. is approved by
the University on
any date falling during the
second half of an academic
term the term following the said academic term shall be counted as the first
term.
P.G.Rule
9:
Every application
for registration as a
post-graduate student of the University
shall be (a)
filled up in the
prescribed form (b) accompanied by
the prescribed registration fee
and (c)
submitted through the centre or the
Head of the Institution to
which the University
Teacher under
whom the student proposes to work.
P.G.
Rule 10:
No post graduate student shall be allowed to appear for part-1 or I1 examination by papers as the case may be,
unless he, has attend not less than two-thirds of the number of lectures
delivered in the subject or group subject in each term during two terms of
part-1 or part-II, by recognized post-graduate teachers, provided
that students
in history Economics
Sociology and Political
science at the M.A. Examination
shall be required to attend two
thirds of the lecturer in each group separately
and students for M.Com.
examination two-thirds of
the lecturers delivered in
all the subjects of examination taken together and
not in individual subject.
P.G.
Rule 11:
If shall be competent for
the Principal to condone on
the recommendation of
the professor-in-charge of a
post-graduate centre in
the subject
concerned, or
for the Head
of the University department
of the subject concerned the deficiency in attendance
of a candidate caused on account of bonafide illness or participation in sports of
extracurricular activities on
behalf of
the college or the
University as the case may be, provided
that the candidate has attended not less than 25 percent of
the total
number of lectures delivered in a
term and
45 percent of the
total number of lectures delivered in both the terms taken together, provided that in the case of a
student of the
M.A. class offering History
or Economics or
Sociology or political
science, he
must have
notwithstanding anything
contained elsewhere,
not less
than 25 per cent
of the
total number of lectures
delivered in each group separately in a term and
45 percent of the total number of
lectures delivered in each group separately in both the terms taken together for the purpose of condonation of deficiency.
P.G.
Rule 12:
Any registered post-graduate
Student of the University who is
on the roll of a University
department or a centre or of a
University teacher or
teachers, may be allowed, without payment
of any
extra fee, to attend all the lectures
relating to his subject or group,
delivered under the auspices or on behalf of the University.
Note:- The
Registrar will provided such students with
a permit for the purpose.
P.G.
Rule 13:
(1)
Candidates registered for certain groups, viz.,
History (Groups 'A' &
'B' ),
Economics (Group 'C' &
'D') Sociology (Groups 'E' &'F') and
Political science (Groups 'G' &'H') for
the M.A. degree
may be
permitted to change their group or groups, if the application
for such a change is received by the Registrar
through the
Professor-in-Charge of the Institution/University
department concerned before the16th August
of every year.
Candidate changing both the groups must
register their names afresh and keep necessary
terms prescribed for Part I and II examinations.
(2)
Candidate registered with certain groups, viz., History (Group
'B'), Political Science
(Group 'H')
Indian Culture, or Psychology may
be permitted to change their optional
group or groups
prescribed
for Part I1 examination if applications for a change
are received by the Registrar through
the
Professor-in-charge
of the
post-graduate centre
and the
Head of
the Institution/University
department concerned before 31st
August every year.
P.G.
Rule 14:
Notwithstanding anything contained
above it
will be permissible
for students in the case of
subjects for the M.A., M.Sc., M.Com.
examinations which provide for options
of sub-groups
or branches at Part II stage,
to change or to opt for a sub-group
or a branch at Part I1
examinations in
this behalf through the
Professor-in-charge of the centre or the University
department concerned are received by the University Registrar on or before 31st August
every year. No extra fees shall be charged for effecting such a change.
P.G.
Rule-15:
A change
in the
sub-groups under
'B' at
the M.Com. examination may be permitted only if applications, therefore, are received by the
Registrar through the Professor-in-charge, of
the post-graduate centre and the Head of the Institution before 31st of August in the first
term of the Part 1 examination.
P.G.
Rule 16:
The students may be permitted by the Professor-in-charge
of the Post-graduate centre
where they desire to join on sufficient reasons
being shown to shift from
one, institution to
another during the
course of their study
after having obtained the permission
from the University in that
behalf by
forwarding their applications with no
objection certificates
of the
Professor-in-charge of both post-graduate centre concerned.
Those
students who migrate from
one institute to another shall do so immediately after the commencement of a term but
not later than 31st August or 31st December as the case may be.
P.G.
Rule 17:
A student
intending to take a post-graduate degree
in a subject
different from the one for which he has been registered
himself afresh by paying the prescribed registration fee.
Such registration will be permissible if an application in this behalf is
received by the Registrar through the Professor-in-charge
of
P.G.
Rule 18:
A change
in the principal or the
subordinate language subject
will be
permitted if an application
in this
behalf together with a certificate signed by the
Professor-in-charge of the post-graduate centre where the student proposes to study
the new principal language
subject or a subsidiary language subject as the
case may be and on his name being registered
afresh for the new principal
and/or subordinate language which
is received by
the Registrar
before 31st August of the
academic year
in which the student is registered for his
post-graduate degree. Attendance at
periods and/or
seminars for
the subordinate language is also compulsory.
P.G.
Rule 19:
Post-graduate students who have taken up languages may be permitted
to inter-change
their principal and subordinate
language subject before the end of the first term with the prior permission of the University if an application in this behalf is received by
the Registrar through the Professor-in-charge of the
P.G. centre or University teachers under whom they
propose to study the new principal language subject. Such students need not register their names afresh.
P.G.
Rule 20:
Students who take up a new principal language subject at the end
of the academic year or who fail in the Part 1 of the M.A. degree examination
shall keep two fresh terms in the languages
subject under a recognized University teacher or teachers.
P.G.
Rule 21:
Candidates who register
their names
as post-graduate
students for the L.L.M. examination by papers in the specified branch of their
study will be permitted subject to the approval
of their teachers, to change the branch of their study
if the application for such
a change has been received by the Registrar
P.G.
Rule 22:
Candidates wishing
to submit thesis for research can do so
at any
time after the completion of the prescribed number
of terms from
the date of registration, but not later
than five years from the
date of registration as a Ph.D. student.
P.G.
Rule 23:
A research
student already
registered and
receiving guidance from his teacher shall be deemed
to continue under the guidance of
his teacher
till be submits a synopsis of
his thesis for a research
degree and during the period shall
pay a tuition fee of Rs. 350/ per term as prescribed in 0.134.
P.G.
Rule 24:
A research
student can
submit synopsis of
his thesis within six months
but in no case later than two months before the last date
given by the University for submission of his
thesis for the
Ph.D. thesis within six months or atleast two months
after, as
the case may be, from the date of submission of his synopsis, shall pay a fresh fee for admission to the examination.
P.G.
Rule 25 :
Candidates registering their names within
one month of the date of
commencement of an academic year shall, at their option, be given
credit for the academic year, and may submit
their at the end of the academic year in which they complete their terms.
P.G.Rule
26:
Fees for
registration of
post-graduate students,
one received , will in no case, be refunded.
P.G.Rule
27:
(a) Every centre for a subject for post-graduate teaching shall be
in charge of a recognized
post-graduate teacher in
the subject called "The Professor-in-charge¢
to be appointed by the
Executive Council in its discretion on the recommendation of the Board of
University Teaching and Research, as far as
possible, after
consulting the Principal of the college or the Head of
the Institution at which the centre is created.
(Note : The Head of a
University department shall for the purpose
of these rules enjoy the
same powers and discharge the same duties as are enjoyed on the Professor-in-charge.)
(b) The
Professors-in-charge shall
by a resident in
the town in
which the centre has been set up
and shall, as far as possible
, be selected from amongst the local staff of the collage or the institution
where the centre is
set up.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything contained in (b) above,
it shall be competent for the Executive Council in
its discretion to appoint any other person as the
Professor-in-charge , if in its
opinion there are
sufficient reasons for
doing so.
(d) The Professor-in-charge shall ordinarily hold office for four
years, provided however, that if
a Professor-in-charge is appointed in the casual
vacancy of the Office, he
shall hold
Office only during the
residuary period.
(e) The Principal and the Professor-in-charge shall
jointly be responsible
for the efficient conduct of
the centre, post-graduate accounts,
administration , arrangements of time tables holding of the classes, keeping the
records of the attendance of the post-graduate students and for the general discipline
of the students
working thereat. The Professor-in-charge shall do all
correspondence through the Principal of the college, where
the centre is instituted.
The Professor-in-charge shall be
paid an
P.G.
Rule 28 (a) P.249
Amended
Version:
The University shall pay to
the Professor-in-charge of the
Post-graduate centre an allowance for the administrative work an uniform basis
a sum of Rs. 1000/ per year. i.e. Rs. 500/
per term. In case, however, one Professor
is in charge of more than one
Post-graduate centre, he shall be entitled to
receive not more than Rs. 1000/ per year, i.e. Rs.500/ per term.
P.G.
Rule 28 (b):
The University
shall pay to the Principal of the
college where the
Post-graduate centre is/ centres are
instituted an honorarium
as follows for the administrative work
of the Post-graduate
centre/centres.
(a) Rs. 200/ for one P.G. Centre per term.
(b) Rs. 75/ for each
additional P.G. Centre per term. However, the total honorarium shall not exceed
Rs.
500/ per term.
Note :- In case the Principal of a collage also works as a Professor-in-charge of a P.G. centre in this college, he will be entitled to get only the honorarium as the Professor-in-charge.
P.G.
Rule 21 :
(a) Every
recognized teacher shall be paid on uniform basis
whether visiting or belonging to the
College.
In
case of centre established
the Institutions exclusively doing
P.G. work, an allowance for the
administrative work (including the allowance payable to the Professor-in-charge)
and allowance payable to the teachers on its local staff shall be
paid to the Institution and not to its teachers.
(b) In the event of a
casual vacancy caused by
the death, registration,
transfer, retirement
or any other
reason,
the Executive Council
shall appoint another person to work
as the Professor-in-charge
and
such another
person shall perform all the duties of
the Professor-in-charge till such appointment is
made by the
Vice-Chancellor.
P.G.
Rule 30 :
A Professor, Reader and Lecturer can register and more
than Eight, six and five Ph.D. candidates at any time respectively.
P.G.
Rule 31 :
It shall be competent for a recognized post-graduate teacher if
it is
necessary in his opinion, to test the ability, and
aptitude of
a research student prior to his
registration for Ph.D. degree,
he may do so, for a period not
exceeding two academic
terms. Such
a student can be taken
by the teacher concerned notwithstanding that the
prescribed number
of students are
already registered under him,
provided that a
student already registered
under him, completes his terms i.e. two years and can be
enrolled by him when he submits the synopsis of
his thesis. Their teacher shall thus enroll not more
than two such students over and above, the number mentioned in
Rule 30 above.
Such
students shall not be considered as regular students for the Ph.D.
degree. They shall have to pay such tuition fees for the period as are fixed for students
registered for the Master's degree in the Faculty concerned. Such students shall be deemed to be
student of
the University for the purpose of library and
laboratory
facilities only and shall
have no other
rights as students of the
University.
P.G.
Rule 32 :
P.G.
Rule 33 :
(b)
The University may set a part from the
tuition fees received from the Post-graduate
centre/ University.
Department concerned, not more than 7.5 percent of the fees for freeships
and half freeships taken
together and 7.5
percent of the fees for scholarships. Fees not reimbursed by the State Government shall not be included in the total income of the fees
received from the post-graduate centre/University
Department concerned.
(c) The calculation of freeship/ scholarship shall be done separately for part-1 and part-I1 classes and in no case shall the freeship/scholarship of one part be transferred to the other.
The University will forward the amount to the post-graduate
centres/University Department concerned, on receipt of the statement of
freeships half freeships and scholarships
to the centre /
department for disbursement to the respective
students.
P.G.
Rule 34 :
(i)
The half-freeship or full freeship as the case may be granted to a
post-graduate student whose total annual
(ii)
No student who is in receipt of any type of scholarship
from any Government/Sem1-Government agency will be eligible
for a freeship/a scholarship under this rule.
(iii)
The scholarship may be awarded on the basis of the academic
performance of the student irrespective of his income. Only those
students who have secured either a first or a second class will be eligible for a scholarship.
A scholarship
will be awarded on the basis of marks obtained by a student of Part-I1 class in his/her part-1 examination and of
a part-1
class student
in his/her Bachelor's degree
examination of the concerned faculty.
(iv)
The rate of scholarship will be Rs. 60/ per month of Rs.600/- P.A. Whichever
is less. The scholarship will be paid for the period from July to April on
condition that the student fulfills the recruitment of attendance as per P.G. Rule-10.
(v)
No student who has been punished by the University for including in any
malpractice in a University
examination shall be eligible to receive a
freeship/a scholarship.
(vi)
A student who has not appeared at and pass the internal
examination and has not submitted his/her
assignments/monograph shall not be eligible to
receive a freeship/a scholarship.
P.G.
Rule 35 :
Gymkhana, stationery ,postage and contingencies etc.
P.G.
Rule 36 :
The Professor-in-charge
shall by 30th
June every
year submit to the Registrar , detailed scheme of
distribution of work among his college guest the centre together with a
time-table for lectures and/or
practical and seminars¬ if any, provided however, that the
time-table for the second term may be submitted by 30th November
every year.
P.G.
Rule 37 : (a) Delete
P.G.
Rule 37 : (b) P.3
In the
subjects comprised under
faculty of Arts
, Science , Commerce and Education
the paper shall in no case, be
distributed amongst more/Than three teachers in
the subject concerned.
P.G.
Rule 38 :
The traveling
and halting
allowances for
the meetings mentioned
in the foregoing P.G. Rule 3·
shall be paid by
the University.
P.G.
Rule 39:
P.G.
Rule 40 :
(i) The teaching work including practical, if any, seminars etc.
at the post-graduate centre/University departments
in the Faculties
of Arts,
Science and Commerce
shall be
arranged atleast for four days in a week.
(ii) In
case of part-time degree
course for
the M.Ed. degree,
the teaching
work, including
practical, if
any, seminars, dissertation guidance etc.,
at the
post-graduate centres may be organized during academic terms or
vacations. The teaching work
at the rate of three lectures per paper
may be organized
for two or three days in a
week during the
academic terms.
P.G.Rule
40 (iii) :
A post-graduate centre,
which does not comply with those rules
shall be deemed to have been closed down, and
shall not enroll any
fresh students
for post-graduate
studies in
the concerned sides.
Provided that
a post-graduate centre may,
if necessary, arrange
for not more than two
post-graduate lectures, etc. On Sundays
in respect of the teaching
work assigned
to visiting postgraduate
teachers only.
P.G.
Rule 41:
In the
case of centres for languages arrangements
for
P.G.
Rule 42:
The Professor-in-charge /The
Head of the department of the
(a) The term duly kept by
the candidate ,and
(b) deficiency in attendance
of those who have failed to
(a) The Professor-in-charge shall submit at the end of
year
(b) It
shall be the duty of the centre
to supply
such information as may from time to time be called and to comply with such
instructions as may
from time to time be made
by the
(c) It shall be the duty of each centre to frame its
budget
(d) The budget shall include only the estimated
expenditure
(1) The centre shall pay two first class fares to the
(2) The halting allowances to be paid by the centre shall be
(e) The
following expenses
shall be
held admissible
(i) Rs. 200/ basic minimum
for each of the
post-graduate
per
year, provided atleast
ten students have been enrolled in a centre.
(ii) Rs.100/ basic minimum
for each of the
post-graduate
(iii) Rs. 17.50 per student per term or Rs. 1500=00 per term
remuneration to the
library,
together.
In addition thereto, a sum of Rs. 25/ per term per
student
(f) The administrative expenses as mentioned in (e) (i)
and
P.G.
Rule 44º Totally Delete
P.G.
Rule 45:
(a) The visiting
post-graduate
teachers shall be paid two
(b) The halting allowance shall be paid by the centre at the
P.G.
Rule 45 (c):
Local teachers
doing post-graduate
teaching work
on
Notwithstanding anything contained
in the
fore-going
as
per rules as the case may be.
P.G.
Rule 46:
(a)
The Executive
Council may consider the proposals
in
centre.
(b) For the
propose of counting deficit in case of a college
together
the assets of all
the centres
(c) The Vice-Chancellor is
authorized to sanction an
amount not
exceeding 50%of
the surplus amount of the post-graduate
(d) Regarding the
subsidy to be given to the centre is case of
deficit, if any, etc., the amount of the subsidy to be
given
(e) An affiliated college or a
recognized institution
where
P.G.
Rule 47:
It shall be the duty of the
professors in charge to enlist
(N.B.
It shall however, not be obligatory upon the
centre to
P.G.
Rule 48
(a) It shall be the duty of the
centre to continue to maintain
(b)
In the event of a vacancy, occurring on account of death,
P.G.
Rule 49:
The quantum of lecturing
work and practical work per term
(i) Not
more than 45 periods of lectures per
term 3 periods
per paper per week each period of one hour's duration
and
not more than 9° lectures per paper per year.
(ii) Not
less than lone-half of the quantum of lecturing
(iii) In
the case of part-time post-graduate centres in
(iv)
Six lectures of
one hour's duration each per week per paper
in the subject comprised in the faculty of Science.
N.B.
In the case of Science
teachers the supervision of four
(v) Three
practical per week each of 4 hours'
duration where
practical are necessary (specially for
science
subject).
(vi)
No post-graduate centre shall ordinarily be allowed
to
(vii) There shall not be
more than 3 periods of
lecturing
(viii) Lecturers in addition to 90 lectures
as provided in
P.G.
Rule 49 (b):
No post-graduate
teacher shall
be allowed
to deliver
(c) If the workload
of a visiting teacher consists of two
P.G.Rule
49(d):
Amended
Version:
A visiting
teacher shall deliver two lectures or
shall
P.G.Rule
49(e):
(i) The post-graduate
centre/University department in the
(ii) The
professor-in-charge of the post-graduate
centre
(iii)
This rule
shall apply only to the candidates
in the
Education
and
P.G.
Rule 49 (f):
(i) The post graduate centre in the subject concerned of
or
P.G.
Rule 49 (g):
Newly Framed:
Wherever there is a provision for writing a dissertation for
P.G.
Rule 50:
P.G.
Rule 51:
An affiliated college or recognised institution, other
than
P.G.Rule
51 :P.256
Amended
Version:
(a)
Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education :
(i) Home Science
250 Per student /Per year
(ii) Statistics 150
do
(iii) (a) Experimental
Psychology (M.A.)
100
do
(b) Experimental
Psychology (M.Ed.) 100
do
(iv) Geography 200
do
(b)
Faculty of Science:
(i) Chemistry
1000 Per student/Per year
(ii) Physics
200
do
(iii) Botany
200
do
(iv) Zoology 200
do
(v) Geology
200
do
(vi) Microbiology
200 do
(vii) Statistics 150 do
This assistance will be paid
at the end of the year by the
This rule regarding financial assistances shall also apply
M.PHIL.ORDINANCES
O.M.PHIL
- 1 :-
The Master of philosophy (M.Phil) Degree shall be considered
M.Phil
shall not be considered a pre-requisite for any student
O.M.Phil
- 2 :-
The M.Phil Degree course shall be conducted in the University
O.M.Phil
- 3 :-
No University Department shall be permitted to start M.Phil
O.M.Phil-4:-
(a) A candidate for being
eligible for admission to M.Phil. Degree
( NOTE :- Those who are already employees as lectures in the affiliated colleges of North Gujarat University are eligible for admission irrespective of percentage of
(b) The admission in a particular subject/discipline at the M.Phil.
(c) The reservation of
seats for admission to M.Phil. courses shall
O.M.Phil-5:-
A candidate who has been registered for Ph.D. Degree, may on
O.M.Phil-6:-
Duration of the Course:
(a) M.Phil. Degree course shall be a full time as well as part time degree course.
(b) The duration of the full time degree course shall be of two academic terms and
that of the part time degree course shall be of four academic terms (University Department
may either be permitted part time
O.M.Phil-7:-
The enrollment of the students for M.Phil degree Course shall
O.M.Phil-8:-
A teacher working in an affiliated college or recognised institution or
approved institution or in University Department and having not less than five
years standing as a Teacher at the under-graduate and/or
O.M.Phil-9:-
Recognition of Teachers for
M.Phil. Degree :
Teachers with following qualification and experience shall be
(1) Teacher with
following holding position as professors
and reader in the university Department in the subject concerned.
(2) Lecturers in
the University Departments, Affiliated Colleges, Recognised
Institutions and Approved Institution holding
Ph.D. Degree and three years
teaching experience in the subject to the post-graduate class as a lecturer or recognised as
Ph.D. guides.
(3) Teachers with
M.Phil. degree having five years teaching experience at post-graduate level.
(4) Teachers in the
university department or Recognised
(5) Notwithstanding
anything contained in (1) to (4) above, the lecturers in the Affiliated
Colleges, Recognised institution and
approved Institution with atleast ten
years teaching experience at degree level and P.G.
level and P.G. level, of which P.G. teaching experience shall not be less
than three years shall be ,eligible for recognition to teach the theory papers
only at M.Phil. degree in the subject of their
(6) A teacher in the
University Department having distinction marks in the masters Degree &
having three
O.M.Phil -10:-
(1) Normally not
more than 3 M.Phil. students should be assigned to any individual teacher for
the purpose of guiding their dissertation
work. Each teacher will be
(2) No teacher
shall normally do more than one teaching
O.M.Phil -11:-
The courses in the various subjects in M.Phil degree shall be prescribed
by the board of studies in the subject concerned with the approval of the
respective faculty with the following uniform course structure.
(1) Theory
:- There
shall be following papers for the M.Phil degree.
paper-I :- Research Methodology relevant in the subject Advances in the
subject(100 marks - 3 hours)
two
other papers concerned with the subject
viz.
paper-II :- Recent Advances in the subject -1. (100 marks - 3 hours)
paper-III :- Recent Advances in the subject -2.(100 marks - 3 hours)
The details of these papers shall be worked out by the respective Board
of studies.
(2) Dissertation of
100 marks (80 marks of evaluation and 20 marks of viva-voce )
Thus the M.Phil. examination shall consist of
O.M.Phil -12:-
The head of the University department will guide teacher in selection of
topic for dissertation based on project/design work or on other identified areas
of research.
O.M.Phil -13:-
(A) The candidate
shall be required to submit the dissertation within one year after the
declaration of the result of the theory
papers for M.Phil. Degree examination
failing which his/her performance in the Theory papers shall be treated as
cancelled.
However the
vice-chancellor at his discretion may grant a request for extension by the
candidate duly recommended by
his guide, subject to maximum of one year.
(B) The dissertation
will be treated as accepted only if the candidate has made satisfactory
performance both at writing the
dissertation and the vice-voce examination
thereof.
O.M.Phil -14:-
standard of passing
:
The standard of passing M.Phil. degree
(i) 50 percentage
of marks in dissertation.
(ii) Atleast 36 % of
marks in each of the papers and 48%
dissertation.
O.M.Phil -15:-
Award of the class
First class : 65% of aggregate marks and above.
Second class : At least 48% of aggregate marks.
There shall be no exemption in Theory paper. However, the benefit of 0.119
will be given to the candidates on the basis of marks obtained in the theory papers above for
passing the theory papers only.
Note : (a) A candidate who
has secured the minimum number of marks required to pass in the papers,
but whose
dissertation has not been accepted for award of M.Phil.
(b) A candidate
shall be allowed to submit his dissertation only after he passes the theory
papers.
(c) A candidate who has passed in the Theory but could not submit his/her dissertation within maximum period of two years has to start again with fresh topic for dissertation and to appear in theory papers.