SPPU PhD, MPhil scholars to get extra time to submit thesis

Earlier, UGC gave a six-month duration to the PhD and MPhil research scholars of SPPU and other universities to submit their thesis and dissertation due to the ongoing pandemic. Now the deadline has been extended again until June 2021. 

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) officially declared the extension of the thesis submission by six months for the PhD and MPhil Scholars. According to the reports, the decision is taken considering the pandemic COVID-19 situation. Earlier, the University Grant Commission (UGC) gave a six-month duration to the PhD and MPhil research scholars of SPPU and other universities to submit their thesis and dissertation due to the ongoing pandemic. Now the deadline has been extended again until June 2021. 

The deputy registrar of the University for PG admissions released official guidelines stating that the PhD and MPhil scholars who were to submit their thesis until December 31 had been granted an extension until June 30, 2021. 

The reports also suggest that the PhD and MPhil scholars have been intimated that the thesis must be submitted along with evidence of publication and presentation at two conferences which is compulsory for all the research scholars to complete their degree.

However, the scholars have also been notified by SPPU that the tenure of the MPhil and PhD fellowship will be the same as five years. The Pro-vice Chancellor of SPPU, NS Umarani said that even the conferences where the PhD scholars are supposed to present can be done through the online mode as everything is being conducted online.

Further, she added that most of the fieldwork has been done online without affecting the quality of the work. As for the fellowship tenure, only the time period to submit the thesis has been extended and not the time period in which the PhD and MPhil scholars would get their stipend.

All the research centres and the departments have been directed by SPPU to implement the new changes for the PhD and MPhil Fellowship Programme.

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