Aurangabad, Jan 7:
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU) is developing a mobile Application for Ph D researchers to improve the quality and bring more transparency in the process.
Bamu will be the first university across the State to have the App. Hundreds of students wait for the Ph D admissions process as the Ph D Entrance Test (PET) was organised after three to four years for reasons like availability of research guides and corrections in the synopsis and delay in issuance of the confirmation letter.
The Ph D admission process has become lengthy, and researchers face many problems like not getting updates about their admission confirmation from the Ph D section, thesis submission and viva voce schedule. Students and researchers have to make many rounds of Ph D Department. This is tarnishing the image of the university. So, it started taking different measures like developing an App for the researchers.
Talking to this newspaper, vice-chancellor Dr Pramod Yeole said that Bamu would be the first university in the State to launch the mobile application for Ph D researchers.
The University Network Information Centre (UNIC), one of the department which looks after the online system, is developing the App. The researchers would be able to use the App from the second phase of PET 2020.
The process was divided into two phases. The registration has process already begun, and its last date is January 11. The Ph D aspirants will take the PET-I on January 30 while PET-II is on February 21. The duration of the first phase of the test is from January 1 to February 28, while the second phase will commence from March 1.
VC Dr Yeole said students would be able to submit their synopsis and documents like research guide consent, educational certificates through the App.
“The schedule of presentation before the Research Recognition Committee will be available. A confirmation letter will be issued in softcopy. Submission of progress report, final synopsis and thesis can be done through it. The university will release schedule of viva-voce on the application,” he said.
VC informed this newspaper that the App would reduce aspirants'' time as they do not need to visit the university frequently for petty things.
“The App is one of the steps towards improving the standard of Ph D degree. I am sure from admission to completion Ph D research completion would be more smoothly,” he added.