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Posted on June 7, 2020July 11, 2020

‘Paper’ in predatory journal by health ministry claims COVID-19 in India will end by mid-September

A “paper” by two health ministry researchers claiming that COVID-19 in India will end by mid-September has been published in a predatory journal. The authors also have a conflict of…

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Posted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

UGC’s half-hearted attempt to teach research ethics

Finally, UGC is set to introduce a course for PhD students on research and publication ethics. Ironically, the course will not be teaching even the basics of preparing images for…

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Posted on June 11, 2019June 12, 2019

Paper publication prior to PhD thesis submission rule may go

Balaram committee has recommended to do away with the current UGC rule requiring PhD students to publish a paper prior to thesis submission. Many institutions have abdicated the responsibility for…

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Posted on February 7, 2019February 7, 2019

Mystery of the missing ‘excerpts of Murmu committee recommendations’

The excerpts of the Murmu committee recommendations for revision of emoluments for PhD students was tweeted by DST on February 2. The same was removed when DST again tweeted the…

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Posted on February 7, 2019February 7, 2019

‘Financial reward for publishing papers is a hare-brained scheme’

A one-time financial reward of Rs.50,000 and Rs.20,000 has been recommended for papers published in international and Indian journals respectively. And an incentive of Rs.1,00,000 on obtaining an India or…

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Posted on February 2, 2019February 7, 2019

DST to incentivise quality research by PhD students

An empowered committee that has been formed will periodically visit the quantum of fellowship and incentivise research. Besides other incentives, there will be one for patents and quality publications. The hike…

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Posted on January 30, 2019January 31, 2019

Government hikes research fellowship by 24-25%

The government today announced 24-25% hike in fellowship to JRFs and SRFs respectively. The revised fellowship will take effect from January 2019 onwards. This is the lowest percentage hike since…

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Posted on January 30, 2019February 9, 2019

Fellowship hike will be announced today: Ashutosh Sharma

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST has confirmed that fellowship hike will be announced today. The percentage hike was not mentioned. The hike will be applicable to all researcher scholars immaterial…

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