Th October 2016 Welcome Note by the Chairman agenda notes

Item:EC:22:2016:62 To ratify the recommendations of the Academic Council on the minutes of the Deans Committee meeting held on 3^rd August 2016. NOTE: The Academic Council in its 12^th meeting held on 13^th August 2016, vide Item:AC:12:2016:19 considered the minutes of the meeting of the Dean’s Committee held on 3^rd August 2016. The Council deliberated on the following recommendation of the Deans’ Committee: Implementation of credit of M.Phil./Ph.D. course work and exemption of course work to M.Phil. holders for Ph.D. in CUPB as per UGC Gazette notification dated 5^th May 2016: The Deans’ Committee has recommended adopting UGC Gazette notification dated 5^th May 2016 for exemption of course work requirement in Ph.D. for the students who are M.Phil degree holders with course work. The Committee further recommended that credit of the course work may be kept between 8-16 credits for both M.Phil and Ph.D. as per this notification of UGC. The AC approved this recommendation. Case of Ms. Kirandeep Kaur regarding admission to in-service teacher for Ph.D. (Mathematics) programme at CUPB: The Council considered the request if an in-service teacher for admission to Ph.D. program. The Deans’ Committee had recommended that Ms. Kirandeep Kaur will have to apply for the Ph.D. admission after the University issues admission notification. Further, she will be governed by the UGC regulations of 5^th May 2016, if her candidature is recommended and she will be provisionally registered for Ph.D. However, she will have to give an affidavit that in case she could not get Teacher Fellowship, her registration will be cancelled as the University allows only those students in Ph.D. Programme who have funding from some government agency. Implementation of credit of M.Phil./Ph.D. course work and exemption of course work to M.Phil. holders for Ph.D. in CUPB as per UGC Gazette notification dated 5^th May 2016. As per the Regulations 5.1 of the UGC dated 5^th May 2016, referred above, the teachers fellow like that of UGC/CSIR NET qualified applicants shall be exempted from entrance test. Instead they will have to attend the interaction session with the proposed Centre to share the research thrust and get evaluated about research potential. The Council after detailed discussions RESOLVED to approve the recommendations of the Deans Committee taken its meeting dated 3^rd August 2016, as such. Subsequently, Ms. Kirandeep Kaur submitted an application requesting that as she is eligible to avail study leave from her employer (Punjabi University, Patiala) for a maximum period of 3 years along with salary, her case may be considered as a faculty availing study leave with salary and equivalent to any student availing any other fellowship. The Executive Council may like to ratify the recommendations of the Academic Council given vide Item:AC:12:2016:19 in its 12^th meeting and approve the same. The Council may also like to consider the request of Ms. Kirandeep Kaur to allow her admission to Ph.D. with study leave with salary from employer.