(i) Award of Degrees to candidates registered in Ph.D. programme on or after July 11, 2009, till the date of Notification of these Regulations shall be governed by the provisions of the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awards of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2016.
(ii) If the Ph.D. Degree is awarded by a Foreign University, the Mind Power University while considering such a degree shall refer the issue to a Standing Committee constituted by the University to determine the equivalence of the degree awarded by the Foreign University.
(a) A Candidate fill the D.Litt./ D.Sc. Degree must be either a Doctor of Philosophy this University with at least two years standing, or a Doctor of Philosophy of at least two years standing of another University recognized by the Mind Power University.
(b) The candidates shall be required to join a recognized research centre of the university for at least 200 days. During this time, the individual will be required to participate in academic activities, which include delivering lectures and other instructional responsibilities to students. The candidate will remain subject to the administrative and academic oversight of the Head of the Department and the relevant Dean or Principal.
(c) A Candidate for the D.Litt. or D.Sc. Degree must apply to the University prescribed form along with 10 copies of the synopsis and copies of the documents concerning: -
(d) The application will be submitted to the Research Degree Committee relevant to the subject, and the candidate is required to participate in the pre-registration interview. It the application is approved by the Academic Council, the candidate may submit his/ her thesis at any time not earlier than two years and not later than 5 years (including extend period) from the date on which he/she was permitted to work for the degree (time will be counted from the date of registration). In case the candidate does not submit his/her D.Litt. or D.Sc. thesis within 4 calendar years from the date of registration, the permission granted to him/her shall lapse, unless the time is extended by the Vice-Chancellor, (which will not exceed one year) and thereafter the name of the candidate shall be removed from the registered list.
(e) A Pre-submission seminar shall he held in the University Department of the subject with Convener as Chairperson. The candidate who ready to submit his/her D.Litt./D.Sc. The candidate shall conduct a presentation and defense of their thesis work. This pre-submission seminar is open to all faculty members and research scholars from the pertinent department. Subsequent to the seminar, the thesis must obtain approval from a minimum of two-thirds of the teaching staff within the department. This approval must include the approval of the HOD/ Convener of RDC concerned and the thesis must be forwarded by the name of the R.D.C.
(f) At least three research publications out of the work being carried for the degree, in referred journals of the subject, which in the opinion of the HOD/Convener are standard journals, are necessary before the pre-submission seminar (stated above) is held.
(g) The Convener of the Board of Studies RDC will be asked to propose a list of 10 names for the Vice-Chancellor's consideration. Three Examiners for the thesis (Two from out of state) shall be appointed from a panel of experts given by the Convener.
(h) A Candidate shall not be allowed to submit as a part of his/her thesis any paper or papers based on which a degree has already been conferred or him/her by us or any other university, but he/she shall not be precluded, from incorporating a work which has already been submitted by him/her for a degree in the thesis covering a wider field, provided that he/she shall indicate the extent of the work so incorporated. The thesis submitted must be satisfactory as regards its literary form and, if not already published, must be it a form suitable for publication. The language of expression for all thesis must be either English or Hindi (written in Devanagari script), unless the subject pertains to a specific language, in which case the candidate may choose to submit the thesis in that language.
(i) After the thesis completed, the candidate shall submit four printed on typewritten copies of his/her thesis, together with the fee. The candidate is required to specify the extent to which their thesis reflects the outcomes of their research and to identify the ways in which their investigation contributes to the expansion of knowledge. He/she shall also state what authorities/references or other sources he/she has utilized in preparing his/her thesis and shall submit in support of his/her candidate, any paper or papers which he/she may have published independently or jointly. The thesis must be a piece of original research work characterized either by the discovery of facts or by a fresh approach towards the interpretation of facts or thesis. In both scenarios, it should demonstrate the candidate's ability for critical examination and sound decision-making.
(j) On its receipt, the thesis shall be sent to three persons selected by the Vice-Chancellor out of the panel of 10 person suggested by the Convener of RDC. If two out of the three examiners do not endorse the thesis, it will be rejected; however, if only two examiners give their approval, the thesis will proceed to the evaluation stage to the fourth examiner from the panel and his/her opinion shall be final.
(k) If all three original examiners endorse the thesis, or if there is a disagreement among them but the fourth examiner gives approval, the candidate will be required to attend a viva-voce examination conducted by a Board consisting of two external examiners who have approved the thesis. Should both viva-voce examiners express satisfaction with the candidate's performance, the case will be submitted to the Executive Council. The Council will then evaluate the examiners' report and determine whether the candidate is deserving of the D. Litt. degree. or D.Sc. Degree (as the case may be) it shall approve the degree.
(l) In case the recommendation of viva - voce examiners differs from those of the thesis examiners, or there is a difference of opinion between the viva - voce examiners, the candidate may be asked to re-appear after paying a fee at a second viva - voce examination within one year but not earlier than six months from the date of the first viva - voce. If the candidates fail to satisfy the viva - voce examiners the second time, his/her thesis finally shall be rejected.
(m) If the examiners recommend that the candidate be asked to improve his/her thesis, the Executive Council may permit the candidate to re-submit his/her thesis not earlier than six months and not later than one year, after the date of the resolution of the Executive Council granting the permission. In case a candidate is allowed to re-submit his/her thesis, he/she shall have to pay a fresh fee of Rs. 5000/- any prescribed fee at the time of submitting his/her thesis.
(n) The Head of the Department / Convener of RDC shall be the Chairperson of the viva -Voice exam of a candidates. Both the viva-voce exam and the pre-submission seminar of a candidate both shall be held under the control of the Head of the Department, but the examiners' board of the viva- voce exam shall remain as prescribed in these ordinances.
(o) Regarding attendance, cancellation of admission or registration, cancellation of the already awarded degree and research centre, the relevant clauses of the Ph.D. Ordinances (with the supervisor replaced by the / Convener HOD) shall apply here too.
(i) The contents of the thesis submitted in CD to the library shall be as a single PDF file and shall not be different from what has been presented in the thesis.
(ii) The thesis may be written in Hindi or English unless it relates to any other language (typed/printed on both sides of the paper).
(iii) Additionally, the file should contain the following information:
Deposited at the office of Dean, Research and Development Cell, Mind Power University, Bhimtal, Nainital, Uttarakhand (deanresearch@mindpoweruniversity.ac.in).