1.
Persons qualified to register :–
Persons who desire to register themselves as research students and
candidates for research degrees of the University shall be required to have
passed the qualifying examination or have taken the research degree prescribed
by the laws of the University.
2.
Application:-
The application for registration as a research student and candidate
for a research degree shall be made to the Registrar in the prescribed manner
together with the prescribed fee on or before the dates notified by the
University.
3.
Registration:-
The applications shall be considered and disposed of by the Syndicate.
Candidates whose applications have been approved by the Syndicate shall be
registered as research students and candidates for respective research degrees.
4.
Privileges:-
Candidates who have been registered as research students shall be
enrolled as Research Students in the Institutions maintained by the University or
recognised by the University for the purpose.
Such students shall be entitled to all the privileges of University
students except those for which special fees are charged.
5.
Supervision:-
Research students shall work under a recognised supervising teacher,
who shall ordinarily be on the staff of the Institution in which the student is
permitted to work.
6.
Part-time research:-
Registration as part-time research students may be allowed in the case
of teachers on condition that they should spend a period of one year at a
stretch or in instalments at the residential headquarters of the supervising
teacher before the candidates are allowed to submit their thesis. In exceptional cases the Syndicate may allow
persons who are not teachers to register as part-time students, subject to such
conditions, as may be determined by the Syndicate.
7.
Progress reports:
Supervising teachers who undertake to guide and supervise the work of
research students shall send to the Registrar quarterly reports of progress of
the students working under them forwarded through the Head of the University
Department or Institution concerned.
8.
Cancellation of registration:-
The Syndicate may cancel the registration of any research student, for
unsatisfactory progress of conduct.
9.
Discontinuance beyond six
months:-
Research students who discontinue their work for a period of more than
six months shall be required to register themselves afresh, in case they desire
to continue their research work. The
extent to which the period of work done before discontinuing may be treated as
qualifying for purposes of awarding a research degree, may be decided by the
Syndicate, on the recommendation of the supervising teacher.
10.
Admission of Research
Students in Institutions maintained by the University :-
(1) Any person who has been
registered as a research student and candidate for a research degree and who
has been permitted to carry out research in an Institution maintained by the
University, shall be enrolled as a research student in an Institution
maintained by the University.
(2) Application for admission to
an Institution maintained by the University shall be made to the Head of the
Institution concerned.
(3) Research students registered
for research in Institutions maintained by the University or in approved
Institutions shall be required to pay such fees, as may be prescribed from time
to time.
11.
Senior Research Fellowships:-
(1) Senior Research Fellowships
shall be of the value of Rs.500 per mensum except in Aquatic Biology and
Fisheries the value of which shall be Rs.600. The Fellowships shall be tenable at any Institution of research
maintained by the University or at any recognised Institution of research in
the State.
(2) The number of Senior
Research Fellowships that may be awarded each year shall be decided by the
Syndicate from time to time.
(3) The minimum qualification
for the award of a University Senior Research Fellowship shall be a Doctorate
Degree in any Faculty of this University or a Degree recognised by the
University as equivalent thereto. Persons
who have done research work of approved equal merit are also eligible for the
award.
(4) The Senior Fellowships shall
be awarded for one year in the first instance, and may be renewed annually on
the basis of the record of research work, up to a maximum of three years and in
exceptional cases upto a maximum of five years.
(5) A Senior Fellow shall submit
a report on the progress of work every quarter through the Head of the
Institution where the Fellow is working.
(6) The Fellow shall submit at
the end of each year and at any other time when the Syndicate may require, four
copies of a report embodying the results of this research, and at the end of
the full period of the Fellowship, the Fellow shall submit a comprehensive
report on the work done during the entire period together with reprints of
papers published, if any.
12.
Special Research Fellowships
for Teachers of Affiliated Colleges and University Departments:
(1) Special Research Fellowships
for teachers of affiliated Colleges and University Departments shall be of the
value of Rs.300 per mensum and shall be tenable at any Institution of research
maintained by the University or any recognised Institution of research in the
State.
(2) The number of Special
Research Fellowships that may be awarded each year shall be decided by the
Syndicate from time to time.
(3) The minimum qualification
for the award of a Special Research Fellowship shall be a Master’s Degree in
the subject concerned with at least a Second Class and a minimum of five years
teaching experience in an affiliated College or Department of the University.
(4) Applications for Special
Research Fellowships shall be made by the applicant through the Principal of
the College or the Head of the Institution where he is working, and shall be
sponsored by the Principal/Head of the Institution concerned, agreeing to
retain the services of the teacher during the tenure of Fellowship and that the
teacher will be allowed to continue in the College/Institution without break of
service on termination of the Fellowship.
(5) Special Research Fellowships
shall be tenable for a period of two years in the first instance and may be
renewed for further period of one year on the basis of the Fellow’s record of
research work.
(6) Special Research Fellows
shall work under a recognised supervising teacher who shall submit to the
University reports of satisfactory progress of work on the Fellow once every
quarter through the Head of the University Department or Institution concerned.
(7) Each Fellow shall enter into
a bond with the University agreeing to serve the Institution where he was
working as a teacher at the time of the award of the Fellowship for a period of
at least five years after expiry of the tenure of the Fellowship.
13.
Junior Research Fellowships:-
(1) University Junior Research
Fellowships shall be of the value of Rs.300 per mensem except in Aquatic
Biology and Fisheries the value of which shall be Rs.350 and shall be tenable
at any of the Departments of the University or other Institutions in the State
recognised as Centres of research by the University.
(2) The number of Junior
Research Fellowships that may be awarded each year shall be decided by the
Syndicate from time to time.
(3) Candidates for the award of
Junior Research Fellowship shall be required to have passed the Master’s Degree
Examination of this University or of any other University recognised as
equivalent thereto with at least a Second Class in the Faculties of Arts,
Social Sciences, Science, Education, Oriental Studies or Fine Arts, and have
registered themselves as research students and candidates for a degree of this
University.
(4) A Junior Fellowship will be
tenable for a period of three years, but may be renewed annually on the basis
of the Fellow’s record of research work, upto a further period of one year.
(5) Junior Fellows shall work
under a recognised supervising teacher who shall submit to the University
reports of satisfactory progress of work on the Fellow once every quarter
through the Head of the University Department or Institution concerned.
* 14. Vacancies: -
Vacancies in the Senior and Junior Fellowships shall be
advertised once in the month of June every year.
15. Application for Fellowship:-
Applications for University Research Fellowship shall be sent to the
Registrar in the prescribed form, so as to reach him on or before such date, as
may be notified by the Registrar.
16. Selection: -
The Fellowship shall be awarded by the Syndicate on the recommendation
of a Selection Committee constituted for the purpose.
17. Full-time work: -
Each Fellow shall be a full-time research worker while holding the
fellowship and shall not accept any other remunerative work.
18. Relief from the Fellowships Scheme:-
Research student shall be relieved from the Fellowship Scheme if he has
not made satisfactory progress on the basis of the assessment made at the end
of the first year.
19. Submission of papers: -
Each Fellow shall submit two copies of the paper embodying the results
of his research work and an account of his investigations to the Syndicate,
within a period of three months from the date of termination of the Fellowship.
20. Last month’s stipend: -
Payment of the stipend for the last month shall not be made until after
the receipt of the final report.
21. Sanction for publication: -
A Fellow shall not publish any result of his investigations until he
has submitted them before the Syndicate in accordance with the provisions of
this Chapter and has obtained the sanction of the Syndicate for such
publication.
22. Joining courses of study: -
A Fellow shall not join any course of study in the University, except
with the approval of the Syndicate.
* Substituted vide Amendment
No. 96
23. Prohibition
of other appointments: -
A Fellow shall not be permitted to accept any appointment, full-time,
part-time or honorary during the tenure of his Fellowship.
24. Lectures: -
Each Senior Fellow shall be required to deliver a short Course of
lectures not less than three and not exceeding six each year, during the tenure
of the Fellowship, on the subject of his work.
25. Casual leave:
-
Each Fellow shall be a full-time servant of the University. Besides the prescribed holidays, casual
leave not exceeding twenty days in the year may be granted to Research Fellows
by the supervising teacher. A single
period of absence on casual leave shall not exceed ten days.
26. Leave: -
On sufficient cause shown, leave may be granted to a Fellow by the
Vice-Chancellor with stipend for a period not exceeding 30 days (1 month) and
without stipend for a further period of 30 days
(1 month) during any academic year.
27. Resignation
or discontinuance: -
A Fellow shall not resign his appointment during the tenure of the
Fellowship, or discontinue the research work without obtaining the permission
of the Syndicate. The Syndicate may, in
cases where permission has been granted for resigning or discontinuing the
work, require the holder to refund the whole amount of the stipend drawn by him
or any portions thereof or may waive the recovery of the amount received by the
Fellow.