Deteriorating quality of Ph D theses in India

摘要

With reference to the comments by Gurpreet Singh on the quality of Ph D theses in India, we would like to add a few points to bring out the reasons and circumstances responsible for the same. The first point that comes to our mind is the role of UGC/CSIR. Being apex bodies, they are responsible for the quality of research. It is strange that there are no rules and regulations to check the rewriting work going on in the name of research in most Indian universities. In order that our researches compete with international ones, it would be worthwhile if the UGC/CSIR makes 'one foreign examiner of repute', a rule for thesis evaluation. This would bring to an end various influences, privileges and prejudices in case of Indian examiners.