Guidelines for UGC's PhD excellence citation to boost research rolled out

WITH the idea to create a quality research ecosystem in India and to identify high-quality PhD work among young research scholars, the University Grants Commission plans to establish a PhD Excellence citation.

- KAVITA BAJELI-DATT

The UGC, which took this decision in its meeting on October 3, has made the guidelines public for feedback.

Speaking with this paper, UGC Chairperson Prof M Jagadesh Kumar said, "This initiative is set to recognise outstanding doctoral research across various disciplines. In alignment with the National Education Policy 2020, which emphasises the creation and exploration of new knowledge as vital to India's future, the PhD Excellence Citation is an effort to identify and commend exemplary research work in Indian universities." UGC will award ten PhD Excellence Citations two from each discipline - every year on September 5, on Teacher's Day.