Re - 10 Regulation For Conduct of Master of Philosophy (Mphil) Programme
Re - 10 Regulation For Conduct of Master of Philosophy (Mphil) Programme
Re - 10 Regulation For Conduct of Master of Philosophy (Mphil) Programme
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RE – 10
Regulation for conduct of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (MPhil) Programme
[Approved by the Executive Council in its 29th meeting held on 01.12.2017
vide resolution No. EC29.5.1 (ii)]
(Under Ordinance OC-6)
1. Preamble:
Sikkim University shall offer research programmes in different subjects and also
in inter-disciplinary studies leading to the award of the Degree of Master of
Philosophy. The Departmental Research Committee (DRC) that shall consist of
all faculty members who are eligible to guide research scholars at M. Phil level
in a department shall oversee the selection procedure and also monitor the
research progress of any duly enrolled M. Phil Scholar of the department.
2. Eligibility Criteria:
Applicants for admission in the M. Phil programme of the university must be a
Post Graduate with at least 55.0% marks in aggregate or its equivalent CGPA at
the PG level in the relevant or its allied subject as may be on offer by the
university as per its annual prospectus. A 5.0% relaxation shall be applicable
for students belonging to ST/SC/OBC category in terms of pass percentage and
reservation as applicable under the relevant provisions of the state/central
government rules shall apply.
3. Admission Procedure:
All eligible applicants of all categories seeking admission in the M. Phil
programme must have to sit for a compulsory entrance test which shall be
conducted by the university only once in a year normally in the month of June.
a. All admissions in M. Phil programmes offered at this university shall only be
through an entrance test which shall be based on a written test and a
personal interview.
a. Only those candidates who would qualify in the written test shall be
considered eligible to appear for personal interview.
b. The merit list for admission shall, however, be drawn taking into
consideration the combined score of both the written tests and personal
interview.
c. In case of a tie, the score of the qualifying examination of the concerned
candidates shall be considered.
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5. Admission:
A merit list of candidates based on their performance in the Written
Examination as well as Interview shall be drawn and notified by the Head/In
Charge of the Department immediately after the evaluation is over. Copy of this
notification shall be endorsed to the (i) Dean, (ii) Registrar, (iii) Controller of
Examinations and (iv) Finance Officer.
a. On the basis of this notification, the selected candidates shall have to
provisionally register them by paying the prescribed fee within the stipulated
date.
b. While drawing such list of candidates to be considered for provisional
registration, the Department shall pay due attention to the reservation policy
of the Government of India as may be on force on the date of such selection.
c. Employed candidates, if selected for provisional registration, must produce
written evidence to show that they have been granted leave for three
semesters by their employer.
d. A maximum of 10.0% of the available seats may be allotted to foreign
candidates to be admitted against supernumerary seats. Since it is usually
not possible for foreign students to come and appear in the written
examination cum interview, the selection of such applicants may be carried
out only if the DRC finds their testimonials satisfactory and compliant to the
provisions of the university rules and regulations. In case, the number of
such applicants found suitable for admission by the DRC exceeds the 10.0%
limit, the DRC shall draw up a merit list of all such applicants on the basis
of their academic records.
e. Granting admission to candidates belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
China, Myanmar, and Pakistan may be avoided unless specifically
recommended by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, Government of
India under exchange programmes. In case selected for admission, they shall
be allowed to take admission only on production of student visa valid for the
entire tenure of the course of study along with a certificate indicating that
they are not suffering from any infectious diseases and that, the source of
funding for their studies in the university is duly approved. They may,
however, be issued Provisional Admission Certificate on request if they need
it for facilitating procurement of the required student visa.
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6. Course Work:
A one-semester course work of 12 credits is mandatory for all entrants on
joining the programme. The distribution of these credits shall be as under:
i. Four (4) credits for Research Methodology. This is a compulsory course and
may include quantitative techniques and knowledge of computer use.
ii. Four (4) credits shall be assigned for a paper on recent advances in the area
of research work to be undertaken by the new entrant.
iii. Four (4) credits shall be assigned to a non-lecture based non taught paper in
which the candidates shall review the literature and write a research
proposal covering the area of their research interest and, shall have to give a
seminar at the end of the semester. Neither any sessional tests shall be held
nor there shall be any attendance requirement in this paper but for the other
two papers 75% attendance is essential.
7. Coursework Evaluation:
a. The evaluation of the course work shall be done by the concerned faculty
members in the Department. The selected scholars are expected to develop
critical thinking and learn the skill to communicate in academic language
during the course work and, this shall form the basis for such evaluation.
b. In order to be eligible for registration a student must score at least a 6.0
CGPA or its equivalent as the case may be, failing which, the student shall
have to drop out and/or seek readmission in the programme in a later
academic session.
c. A candidate failing to secure ‘A’ or 6.0 SGPA in the course work may be given
one additional chance to repeat either Paper I or Paper II provided they duly
apply for providing them with such a chance subject to the condition that
such request must be made within a calendar month of the date of
declaration of the result and provided further that the applicant pays the
requisite fee as may be fixed by the university from time to time.
d. Unsuccessful students shall not be permitted to register themselves for the
degree but they shall be provided with a certificate, if requested for, showing
the actual grade or SGPA secured by them in the coursework.
e. Only those students who would satisfy the stipulated registration
requirements shall be allowed to register as regular scholars.
f. Registered scholars shall be eligible to draw fellowships/scholarships etc. as
may be granted by the University.
8. Allotment of Supervisor
A supervisor shall be allotted by the department concerned for each of the
candidates admitted strictly in adherence to the following:
a. Allotment of Supervisor for a selected candidate shall be done by the DRC.
While deciding on such allotment, the DRC shall take into consideration the
number of seats available under the concerned faculty member, his/her area
of specialization and the research interest of the candidates as was indicated
during the interview.
b. The allotment of such Supervisors shall not be left to the individual choice of
the candidate or a faculty member.
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c. Failing to submit the thesis in time (including the extended time if any) shall
result in automatic deregistration of the candidate and s/he, in such case,
shall no more remain eligible for award of the degree. To pursue the degree,
such candidate shall have to seek fresh admission.
d. At least a month before the scheduled submission date, the candidate shall
be required to give a pre-submission seminar that shall be arranged by the
Head of the Department on a written request from the candidate duly
recommended by the Supervisor. The candidate may suitably revise the
thesis prior to its final submission in the light of the discussions held during
the seminar.
e. Three copies of hard bound; neatly type-written thesis shall be submitted
along with identical number of soft copies of the same in CD/DVD.
f. The final thesis must have to be submitted along with the following
documents:
i. A declaration from the candidate that the thesis is a work of his own and that
it has not been submitted earlier to this or any other university for any degree.
ii. A plagiarism test certificate duly signed by the candidate and countersigned by
the Supervisor
iii. Copy of the Registration Certificate
iv. No due certificate from the Librarian.
v. No due certificate from the Finance Department.
vi. No due certificate from the Warden of the hostel concerned, if applicable.
g. The hard bound type copy of the thesis shall have to conform to the following
specifications:
i. It has to be typed in A4 size paper.
ii. Type font used shall be Times New Roman, 12 point and text printing shall be
double spaced, and only on one side of the paper.
iii. Left margin shall be one-and-a half inches while right, top and bottom margins
shall only be of one inch.
iv. The shin of the thesis shall indicate, from top to bottom, M. Phil, Family Name
of the candidate and the year of submission.
v. The cover page shall have the title of the thesis at the top followed by name of
the candidate, name of the Department, name of the School, a line stating
“Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Philosophy”, month
and year of submission.
vi. The thesis shall be written in English except when it is related to a language
other than English.
h. All theses shall be subjected to mandatory plagiarism test as per norms. In
case, a thesis fails the plagiarism test, it shall be returned to the candidate
for needful action at the end of the candidate. In such cases, the candidate
shall be allowed to resubmit the thesis after making necessary changes in it
within a period of three months from the date of such return. In case, the
candidate fails to resubmit the thesis within the stipulated timeframe, the
thesis would be deemed as withdrawn and no further action shall be taken
for getting the thesis evaluated.
12. Evaluation:
a. The office of the Controller of Examinations shall establish contact and seek
acceptance of the relevant examiners from the empanelled list as shall be
approved by the Vice-Chancellor within a fortnight counting from the date
submission of the thesis.
b. In case, an examiner declines to accept the examinership offer, the next
member in the empanelled list of the examiners shall be approached.
c. Once the Examiner accepts the examinership, the office of the CoE shall
forward the thesis along with other necessary supporting papers such as the
evaluation form, remuneration form etc., to the examiner within a week from
the date of receipt of the acceptance.
d. The examiner shall be requested to send hardcopy of the report complete in
all aspect to the office of the CoE within 30 days counting from the date of
receipt of the thesis. A reminder may be sent to the examiner from the office
of the CoE a week prior to the expiry of the deadline.
e. If an examiner fails to submit the report within the deadline, the CoE shall
send him a final reminder extending the time by another 15 days. If any
examiner is still fails to send the report, the CoE shall invite the next
examiner from the approved panel to evaluate the thesis.
f. In case, the external examiner gives an unfavourable report, the CoE shall
send the thesis to another examiner from the approved panel of examiners
and if the report of this second examiner also remains unfavourable, the
candidate shall be deemed to have failed.
g. The thesis shall be evaluated against 12 credits or 300 marks of which 100
marks shall come from the viva-voce.
h. Each of the examiners shall evaluate the thesis against a total of 100 marks
and a minimum of 50.0% must have to be scored from each of the examiners
in order to qualify for defending the thesis in viva-voce.
i. In order to be eligible to be awarded the degree, the aggregate score of the
candidate must stand at least at 50.0% of the total score, i.e. 150 marks.
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