| S.No |
Details |
| (i) |
“Applicant”shall mean an individual who applies for admission to the Ph.D. programme of the Pacific University on a prescribed Application Form. |
| (ii) |
"Candidate/Student"shall mean a person registered for the Ph.D. degree and who has successfully completed the course requirement or equivalence. |
| (iii) |
"Co-supervisor"shall mean an additional supervisor approved by the Dean P.G. Studies on the recommendation of the research board to help in the accomplishment of the research work of the student/candidate. |
| (iv) |
"Course Advisor"shall mean a faculty member nominated by the Faculty/ Dean P.G. Studies to chalk-out the programme of study of a student registered for the Ph.D. and to advise him/her on the courses to be taken by him/her. If a supervisor has already been appointed, he/she shall be the Course Advisor for that student. |
| (v) |
"Course Work"shall mean courses of study prescribed in the Faculty through the Course Advisor to be undertaken by a student registered for the Ph.D. Degree. |
| (vi) |
"Degree"shall mean the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) of the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University of the concerned Faculty. |
| (vii) |
"Faculty Research Committee (FRC)”shall mean Research Committee of the Faculty. |
| (viii) |
"Dean P.G. Studies"shall mean the Dean P.G. Studies to be appointed by the President. All the matters related to the Ph.D. degree shall be routed through the Dean P.G. Studies. |
| (ix) |
"Full-time Research Student/Candidate"shall mean a person registered for the Ph.D. Degree devoting full time for completing the degree requirements. |
| (x) |
"Industry Advisor"shall mean a person from industry included in the panel of industry advisor for Ph.D. by the University having minimum 15 years of industry experience and at middle level and above. |
| (xi) |
"Part Time Research Student/Candidate"a person who is registered for the Ph.D. degree and will devote a part of his/her time towards this pursuit and devote part of time towards the discharge of his/her official obligations. |
| (xii) |
"Registration/Admission Period"shall mean the length of time span commencing with the date of initial rgistration at the University. |
| (xiii) |
"Research Board"shall mean the Research Board of the University comprising the Dean faculty, Dean PG Studies, two senior faculty members from faculty concern and one President Nominee of the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur |
| (xiv) |
"Research Committee"shall mean the research committee of at least three members of the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur comprising the Dean P.G. Studies, Dean Faculty, One President Nominee to look into the matters relating to giving recognition as approved Ph.D. Supervisor of the Pacific University. |
| (xv) |
“Research Methodology Advisor”mean a person who possesses knowledge of Research Methods to be applied in various types of researches and so approved and included in the panel of Research Methodology Advisor. |
| (xvi) |
“Sponsored Research”mean a research for which researcher is receiving grant from any professional body/UGC/ICSSR/CSIR/Organization etc. for conducting the research study. |
| (xvii) |
“Supervisor”shall mean a member of the academic staff of the University or any qualified teacher of another University/College duly approved on the recommendation of the Research Board of the University to guide/supervise the student/candidate for doctoral research. |
| (xviii) |
“Term”for the purpose of the Research programme a session shall consist of two terms of six months each. |
