Re: [MTC Global] [Kerala] Most universities fall in line with UGC directive

If people can become Vice Chancellor at 65 and 70,; there is no reason why a professor retiring at the age of 60 or 62 cannot guide research scholars.  

Guiding research is a matter of scholarship and mental agility. Scholars in the academia are far too few; government, in the larger interest of its own policy of promoting research and in the interest of national development, should reconsider such unnecessary regulation.

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:

Arts and science universities in the State, with the exception of the University of Kerala, have decided to implement, with small variations, the UGC directive that retired teachers shall not act as research guides. Following a UGC letter, the University of Kerala had passed an order mandating that retired teachers be no longer considered research guides.

The varsity order also stipulated that a guide has under him only a maximum of eight doctoral scholars and five M.Phil. scholars at a time.

The varsity's academic council, however, decided that a letter should be written to the UGC listing practical difficulties.

The UGC reportedly replied, reiterating that its directive be complied with. The varsity issued an order on February 1 wherein teachers who retire in 2015-16 were allowed to act as research guides for one more year.

The order says that existing research supervisors who are retired teachers can continue guiding research scholars so as to complete the research work before July 15, 2016. The university's Syndicate which met on February 29 decided to keep in abeyance compliance with the UGC directive.

Mahatma Gandhi University has decided that no new research scholar would be allocated to a retired teacher from April 1, 2016.

However, existing research scholars under retired teachers would be allowed to complete their work. Vice Chancellor of Kannur University M.K. Abdul Khader told The Hindu that a scholar under a retired teacher would be allowed to complete the research work and submit the thesis.

At Calicut University too the UGC directive is being implemented with the same modification; that existing research scholars under retired teachers would be allowed to complete the work. With immediate effect, retired teachers are not being given new scholars.

[Source: The Hindu]

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