The Executive Council may like to ratify recommendations of the Academic Council given vide Item AC: 12:2016:18 to approve the guidelines for contingency grant
The Executive Council may like to ratify recommendations of the Academic Council given vide Item AC: 12:2016:18 to approve the guidelines for contingency grant.
Item:EC:22:2016:62 To ratify the recommendations of the Academic Council on the minutes of the Deans Committee meeting held on 3rd August 2016. NOTE:
The Academic Council in its 12th meeting held on 13th August 2016, vide Item:AC:12:2016:19 considered the minutes of the meeting of the Dean’s Committee held on 3rd 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 5th May 2016:
The Deans’ Committee has recommended adopting UGC Gazette notification dated 5th 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 5th 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 5th May 2016.
As per the Regulations 5.1 of the UGC dated 5th 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 3rd 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 12thmeeting 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.
Item:EC:22:2016:63 To ratify the conduct of Entrance Test for the vacant seats in the seven programmes and a separate test for admission to M.Sc. (Food Science & Technology) for session 2016-17. NOTE:
The Academic Council in its 12th meeting held on 13th August 2016, vide Item:AC:12:2016:20 noted that for admissions to various courses for session 2016-17, online counselling was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle of online counselling was conducted from 20-06-2016 to 19-07-2016. After the 1st cycle, some seats were still vacant, therefore second cycle of online counselling to fill the vacant seats was conducted. All the candidates were given four more chances for admissions in their respective categories on 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 25th July, 2016.
After giving above seven chances a special online counselling was also conducted for the candidates belonging to SC/ST categories on 27th July, 2016.
Even after these seven counselling and one special drive, seats for following programmes were still vacant as per detail given below:
The Chairman further informed that this matter was discussed in the meeting of the admission committee held on 28th July 2016. It was observed that comparatively less number of students appeared in of CUCET for above programmes, therefore requisite number of CUCET-qualified candidates would not be available for admission in these programmes. The admission committee recommended that for the admissions in such programmes, the university should conduct its own entrance test so that all the aspirants (especially belonging to surrounding areas) who couldn’t appear in the CUCET will get chance for the admission.
Arising out of discussions it was realized that for M.Sc. (Food Science & Technology) a separate test will have to be conducted by the University.
The Academic Council RESOLVED to ratify the conduct of Entrance Test for the vacant seats in the seven programmes as suggested and allowed the University to hold a separate Entrance Test for admission to M.Sc. (Food Science & Technology) for session 2016-17.
The Entrance Test to fill the vacant seats was held on 14th August 2016 and the test for admission to M.Sc. (Food Science & Technology) for session 2016-17 was held on 28th August 2016.
The Executive Council may like to ratify the conduct of Entrance Test for the vacant seats in the seven programmes and a separate Entrance Test for admission to M.Sc. (Food Science & Technology) for session 2016-17, as recommended by the Academic Council vide Item:AC:12:2016:20 in its 12th meeting.
Item:EC:22:2016:64 To ratify the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment to positions of Assistant Professor as Ph.D. + NET in relevant field. NOTE:
The Academic Council in its 12th meeting held on 13th August 2016, vide Item:AC:12:2016:21.2 was informed that the University offers only Masters and research programmes (Ph.D.) and there are no undergraduate courses. In all fairness, the teachers for such courses should be minimum Ph.D. Therefore, the University has been advertising its teaching positions with a mandatory clause that, Ph.D. + NET in relevant field are mandatory.
The Council was requested to consider to ratify the making of the above clause compulsory for the positions of Assistant Professors.
After discussions, the Academic Council RESOLVED to ratify the adoption of Ph.D. and NET in relevant field as the minimum eligibility condition for Assistant Professor.
The Executive Council may like to ratify the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment to positions as Ph.D. + NET in relevant field as recommended by the Academic Council vide Item:AC:12:2016:21.2 in its 12th meeting.
Item:EC:22:2016:65 To ratify modification in course codes of Courses offered under MBA-Agribusiness The Academic Council in its 12th meeting held on 13th August 2016, vide Item:AC:12:2016:21.3 considered the modification in course codes of various courses offered under MBA-Agribusiness.
The Council observed that these are minor modifications and there is no change in the course content and NOTED the modification in course codes in MBA-Agribusiness. The Executive Council may like to ratify the recommendations of the Academic Council given vide Item: AC: 12:2016:21.3 in its 12th meeting.
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 28th September 2016.
The admission committee in its meeting held on 23rd 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 28th September 2016 to 4th November 2016.
The Academic Council will consider the guidelines for admission to the Ph.D. programme in its 13th 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 13th meeting.
Item: EC:22:2016:67 To ratify the adoption of “University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D Degrees) Regulations, 2016” of 5th May 2016. NOTE:
Recently, UGC has issued University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D Degrees) Regulations, 2016.
The University has to adopt the same for its Ph.D. program.
The Academic Council will consider the adoption of these guidelines of UGC in its 13th meeting vide Item No.AC:13:2016:7.
The Executive Council may like to ratify the adoption of “University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D Degrees) Regulations, 2016” of 5th May 2016.
Item: EC:22:2016:68 To consider the format of Ph.D. degree. NOTE:
The University has prepared the format of the Ph.D. degree to be awarded to the students on successful completion of the requirements for award of this degree. A specimen copy is placed at Annexure-22.18.
The Academic Council will consider the format of Ph.D. degree in its 13th meeting vide Item No.AC:13:2016:8.
The Executive Council may like to consider the approval of the format of Ph.D. degree as per the recommendations of the Academic Council given vide Item: AC:13:2016:8 in its 13th meeting.
Annexure 22.18
Item: EC:22:2016:69 To ratify the recommendations of the Academic Council on the extension period for the Ph.D. students. NOTE:
A committee has been constituted for giving recommendations regarding extension period for the Ph.D. students of the University. The meeting of the committee was held on 29th September 2016.
The Academic Council will consider the recommendations of the committee in its 13th meeting vide Item No.AC:13:2016:9.
The Executive Council may like to ratify the extension period for the Ph.D. students as per the recommendations of the Academic Council given vide Item: AC:13:2016:9 in its 13th meeting.
Item: EC:22:2016:70 To ratify the change in nomenclature of M.Sc. Molecular Genetics degree. NOTE:
The students of M.Sc. Molecular Genetics 2014-15 batch have submitted that they are facing problem in getting admission eligibility (equivalence) in M.Phil./Ph.D. courses offered by the other Universities due to lesser recognition of degree titles “Molecular Genetics”. They have requested that the nomenclature of this degree be changed M.Sc. in Molecular Genetics to M.SC. in Life Sciences (Molecular Genetics).
The Coordinator of the Centre has recommended that as in other courses the nomenclature of this course may also be changed as requested by the students. This will make the degree uniform and the students will not face problem while taking admission in other Universities.
The Academic Council will consider the request of the students in its 13th meeting vide Item No.AC:13:2016:10.
The Executive Council may like to ratify the recommendations of the Academic Council on the request of the students of M.Sc. Molecular Genetics to change the nomenclature of their course to M.Sc. Life Sciences (Molecular Genetics).
