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PMO plans to revamp PhD programmes, def research
The New Indian Express Vellore
|December 21, 2025
AIMED at transforming the country's doctoral research ecosystem and leveraging defence technology for civilian applications, the Prime Minister's Office has issued directives to secretaries to reexamine selection of guides for doctoral degree and start the commercialisation of defence sector innovations, sources said on Saturday.
Outlining a fundamental restructuring of higher education research protocols, the PMO directives said: "The method of selection of guides for doctoral degree may be reexamined and possibilities of selection through identified parameters may be explored."
The document accessed by this newspaper further emphasised: "PhD programmes should be reoriented to promote innovation and development of new relevant ideas and technologies through PhD topics which fit emerging needs and priorities of the country."
This story is from the December 21, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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