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Improving the rank of

Universities in India

The pursuit of doctoral research should be made

open and the recruitment

of teaching and research faculty separately in

Universities/Colleges

1Renu and 2Sunil Phogat

1. M.Com, Govt. PG College, Jind, NET

2. MSc, Maharshi a!anand "niversit!, Rohta#.

$%stract& The doctoral research should %e relieved o' the

traditional shac#les that have hitherto restricted registration o'

those that seriousl! (ished to )ursue doctoral research (ith

the regular s!stem o' higher education. *t is essential toameliorate the situation that has dum)ed as)irants 'rom (hom

contri%utions in intellectual arena and generation o' ne(

#no(ledge could have %een e+)ected. Pursuit o' research

should %e made o)en %!)assing the need to uali'! 'or "GC-

National Eligi%ilit! Test 'or lectureshi) NET/0Junior research

'ello(shi) JR/. nl! the ualit! o' s!no)sis should %e the

criterion 'or enrollment under doctoral research. $lso, teaching

and research 'acult! should %e recruited se)aratel! toameliorate the situation that is also ham)ering intellectual

contri%utions and generation o' ne( #no(ledge. 3hatever ma!

%e the criteria 'or ran#ing universities *ndia centered or not/, it

is ho)e that it (ill hel) ma#e im)rovement.

4e!(ords& octoral research, teaching 'acult!, research 'acult!,

"GC-NET0JR

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*ntroduction& The necessit! to ado)t uni'orm and realistic

criteria 'or a5ecting admissions to Ph )rograms (as 'elt in a

recent stud! Renu Phaugat and $nu)ama, 2617/ to ameliorate

the situation that has dum)ed as)irants (ho (ish to sincerel!

)ursue research and there'ore le't out 'rom 8oining the

mainstream due to de'ective criteria ado)ted %! the

"niversities. *t (as identi9ed that direct entr! 'or )ursuing

doctoral research has %ecome a mirage 'or candidates (ho

uali9ed "GC-JR. :ualit! o' s!no)sis should %e the criterion 'or

direct entr! and not the merit that is %ased on (eight-age and

academicrecord.3e are lagging %ehind China and $merica in

terms o' ualitative and uantitative out)ut in research %!

ado)ting de'ective criteria 'or admissions into doctoral research

and recruitment o' 'acult! in "niversities and Colleges %oth 'or

teaching and research (ith common )arameters in mind.

Generall!, the candidates 'or doctoral research are 'ound %lan#

(ith novel ideas even (hen uali9ed 'or "GC-JR0NET. This

loo)hole accounts 'or the severe de9cienc! in research out)ut

in terms o' ualit!. *t is identi9ed that )rocess through (hich

research is )ursued is 'ar a(a! in the manner in (hich test is

conducted at national level to select candidates 'or a(arding

research 'ello(shi). $nd the test could not %e the same "GC-

NET 'or lectureshi) and Junior Research ello(shi)/ (hen the

nature o' teaching and research is di5erent. There'ore, this

little )iece o' research (or# identi9ed the solutions to

overcome these shortcomings in s!stem o' higher education in

*ndia.

iscussion&

Right to research& *t is human urge that 'orces man#ind to

search and e+)lore the surroundings to eliminate threat that

)oses challenge 'or survival. Pre)aration 'or com)etitive

e+aminations that encourages cramming and learning things at

random (ill certainl! %rea# the natural c!cle o' develo)ment o'

thoughts in a )articular direction. This c!cle hel)s not onl! to

understand su%8ect matter thoroughl! %ut also to search 'orsolutions to incum%ent )ro%lems 'acing humanit!. The time,

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energ! and material resources s)ent in uali'!ing com)etitive

e+aminations such as "GC-NET0JR could have %een directed

to(ards learning things that (ould im)rove not onl! the

understanding in a )articular direction %ut ualit! o' li'e as (ell.

;! em)hasicult o(ing to the criteria and )rocedures ado)ted %! the

"niversities. There'ore, the )ursuit o' research (ith the regular

s!stem o' higher education should %e a %asic right.

State=s o%ligation& The rush 'or registration into doctoral

)rogram could %e tac#led %! introducing integrated course

(here one is enrolled 'or )ost-graduate )rogram as (ell as Phd)rogram/. *t is State=s o%ligation to )rovide in'rastructure and

man)o(er to )rovide 'ree and com)ulsor! elementar!

education in the age grou) o' si+ to 'ourteen similarl! the

)ro%lem o' rush 'or the registration into doctoral )rogram could

%e handled through recruitment o' more Pro'essors to conduct

and su)ervise the research along (ith )roviding in'rastructure.

There'ore the )ursuit o' research should %e made o)en

%!)assing integrated course and traditional national level tests.

ate o' NET0JR uali9ed candidates& The criteria 'or getting

admission into doctoral research ado)ted %! "niversities o'

*ndia in general and 'our "niversities namel! Ja(aharlal Nehru

"niversit!, elhi "niversit!, *ndira Gandhi National )en

"niversit! and Maharshi a!anand "niversit! in )articular (ere

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uali9ed. M" criteria )rovide (eight-age o' onl! 2?

)ercentage mar#s. 3e re'er to it as (eight-age and not a direct

entr! according to a recent stud! Renu Phaugat and $nu)ama,

2617/.

"No emphasis was given to the quality of synopsis and therefore,

direct entry became a mirage. Regrettably, MDU didnt follow the

procedure maintained by the DU and !NU in respect of direct entry andor

considered quality of synopsis as criterion for direct entry bypassing the

entry test".

ut o' these 'our universities onl! the criterion ado)ted %!

*ndira Gandhi National )en "niversit! *GN"/ )rovides 'or

direct entr! to the candidates (ho are NET uali9ed. Then (hat(ould %e the 'ate o' NET uali9ed candidates (hen there are

onl! a 'e( universities in *ndia (here NET uali9ed candidates

are e+em)ted 'rom a))earing in entrance e+amination. The

onl! o)tion le't (ith them is to enroll in a )rivate universit!

(here criteria is rela+ed as com)ared to state and centrall!

-'unded universities. $s )ursuing doctoral research 'rom a

)rivate universit! is uite costl! it could %e di>cult 'or a

candidate 'rom an economicall! (ea#er section to get enroll 'or)ursuing doctoral research. 3hen the chance to get a 8o% onl!

on the %asis that 'ul9lls minimum eligi%ilit! condition 'or

lectureshi) NET/ is uite dim, the e5orts 'or acuiring the

uali9cation goes (aste. The recruitment as Post Graduate

Teaching 'acult! PGT/ in schools is another route that saves

them 'rom unem)lo!ment and the uali9cation o' "GC-NET

)roves it (orth. *t is not (orth! 'or the candidates (ho are )ost

graduate in management studies %ecause the! are ineligi%le as)ost graduate teacher. *' one has not %ecome success'ul in

securing a seat 'or )ursuing doctoral research (ith regular

s!stem o' "niversit! (hether "GC-NET0JR uali9ed or not it

could drive them out o' research. $s a conseuence, loss o'

interest in research ensues %ecause 'ormal degree is a

)rereuisite to enter into the regular s!stem o' "niversit! and

%ecome a )ro'essor or a researcher.

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Recruitment o' teaching and research 'acult!& $ccording to the

criteria ado)ted %! M", the candidates (ho uali9ed 'or "GC-

JR out- com)ete the candidates (ho uali9ed 'or "GC-NET.

There'ore, these candidates are le't out o' the stream (hen it

%ecomes hard 'or them to 9nd even em)lo!ment on the %asis

o' "GC-NET. The recruitment %oard should consider onl! "GC-

NET 'or teaching 'acult! and "GC-NET0Ph or Ph as research

'acult!0Pro'essors. $s the nature o' teaching and research is

inherentl! di5erent there'ore test conducted at national level

"GC-NET 'or lectureshi) and Junior Research ello(shi)/ and

should not %e same to determine the a)titude 'or teaching as

(ell as research. The res)onsi%ilit! o' a teacher is to u)date

and delivers lecture according to s!lla%us (hereas

)ro'essorshi) means generation o' ne( #no(ledge. Creativit! is

a 27 hour 8o% that shouldn=t %e )aral!


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Pro'essors 'or regular )ost in 'acult! o' Management, *ndira

Gandhi "niversit!, Meer)ur, Re(ari a state-run universit!/ onl!

to see in the end that it (as met (ith severe irregularit! in

'avor o' some s)ecial candidates. The standards (ere at the

sta#e and ever!thing had %een concealed %ehind the test at

that time. There'ore, the rationale to )rovide (eight-age

instead o' direct entr! enrollment on the %asis o' ualit! o'

s!no)sis/ )uts those candidates (ho uali9ed 'or JR in trou%le.

Conclusion& The onl! (a! in sight to im)rove the ran# o'

"niversities in *ndia is through ualit! o' teaching and research.

$s the nature o' %oth is uite di5erent there'ore recruitment o'

teachers and Pro'essors should %e made se)aratel! in"niversities and colleges o' *ndia. The doctoral research should

%e relieved o' the traditional shac#les that have hitherto

restricted registration o' those that seriousl! (ished to )ursue

doctoral research (ith the regular s!stem o' higher education.

National Eligi%ilit! Test conducted %! "niversit! Grants

Commission "GC/ should %e limited to lectureshi) onl!.

Re'erence-

1. Renu Phaugat and $nu)ama 2617/. actors ham)ering

doctoral research& Saving the intellectual endevour. Golden

Research Thoughts. Bol. *B, *ssue.**, $ug 2617.

2. Russell Gar(ood June 1, 2617/. ")rooting researchers can

drive them out o' science. Nature, Bol. ?16, D1D.

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