Th October 2016 Welcome Note by the Chairman agenda notes

Item: EC:22:2016:66 To ratify the admission to Ph.D. Course for session 2016-17. NOTE: The notification for Ph.D. admissions for the academic session 2016-17 was published in September 2016 and the test for the same was fixed for 28^th September 2016. The admission committee in its meeting held on 23^rd September 2016 regarding conduct of entrance test and interview for the admission to Ph.D. programme, discussed the guidelines for admission to Ph.D. programme. The admission committee further deliberated that these guidelines for Ph.D. admissions may be presented before the Academic Council for approval before conduct of test and interview for the Ph.D. programme. Consequently, due to want of approval of the statutory bodies, the Ph.D. entrance test/interviews have been postponed from 28^th September 2016 to 4^th November 2016. The Academic Council will consider the guidelines for admission to the Ph.D. programme in its 13^th meeting vide Item No.AC:13:2016:6. The Executive Council may like to ratify the recommendations of the Academic Council on Ph.D. admissions for session 2016-17, given vide Item: AC:13:2016:6 in its 13^th meeting.