Calicut University takes new initiatives in research activities

Updated on: Saturday, October 27, 2012

The Calicut University has announced a series of steps to shore up the research activities in its departments and the various research centres affiliated to it.

Under the initiative, the varsity has set up a quality assurance committee (QAC) to ensure the quality of research programmes undertaken by students. It has also made it mandatory for PhD students to undertake regular course work as part of the doctoral programme.

The newly-formed directorate of research of the varsity will constitute separate wings to help students in publishing research works, preparing research projects and for documentation.

The CU has also decided to seek the services of retired guides in the departments to enable more students to join PhD programmes.

The university has already recognized eight institutions as research centres and ratified the appointment of 31 research guides. Now a guide can accommodate up to eight research scholars, which was limited to five earlier.

Those employed in government and private sector will be allowed to take up part-time research.

It has also been made mandatory for students to have their works published in reputed journals before they submit the PhD thesis. The varsity has also instituted a 'Vice Chancellor's medal' for the best published research work.

Among the other steps announced by the varsity to foster research is the liberalization of rules granting more freedom to researchers to utilize funds obtained from various agencies for their projects. The university has also approached the state government to start a scholarship scheme for scholars.

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