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What is wrong with the UGC Notification on Seat Cut for M.Phil/PhD at Indian Universities?

By Arvind Kumar
The implementation of University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.PHIL./PH.D Degrees) Regulations, 2016 in JNU has resulted in massive seat cut for upcoming academic year 2017-18. This year university will admit only 102 students in MPhil and PhD courses in comparison to the last year when the university admitted 970 students for the mentioned courses.

Student Concerns: Research Scholars of India Are in Great Trouble

By Abu Saleh
This plea might sound a little emotional but this is the ground reality of the researchers in India. Sometime many wonder and regret their choice of research as a career over other promising career options, which wouldn’t have at least left them in a situation like this.