Faculty demand permission for Assistant Professors to evaluate Ph.D theses
Widespread demands were raised at Madurai Kamaraj University’s Academic Council meeting here on Friday to permit Assistant Professors to evaluate Ph.D theses due to a deficit of Associate Professors across affiliated colleges.P. Murugesan, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Business Administration, MKU College, claimed that the J Committee, despite lacking Syndicate approval, introduced a new requirement via Form J for Ph.D. thesis submissions.The move, he said, directly violated University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations.V. For this reason, Assistant Professors should also be permitted to evaluate research submissions,” Ms.
- ▪Widespread demands were raised at Madurai Kamaraj University’s Academic Council meeting here on Friday to permit Assistant Professors to evaluate Ph.D theses due to a deficit of Associate Professors across affiliated colleges.P.
- ▪Murugesan, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Business Administration, MKU College, claimed that the J Committee, despite lacking Syndicate approval, introduced a new requirement via Form J for Ph.D. thesis submissions.The move, he
- ▪For this reason, Assistant Professors should also be permitted to evaluate research submissions,” Ms.
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Widespread demands were raised at Madurai Kamaraj University’s Academic Council meeting here on Friday to permit Assistant Professors to evaluate Ph.D theses due to a deficit of Associate Professors across affiliated colleges.P. Murugesan, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Business Administration, MKU College, claimed that the J Committee, despite lacking Syndicate approval, introduced a new requirement via Form J for Ph.D. thesis submissions.The move, he said, directly violated University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations.V.
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