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Referred Back Cases of Research Board Sl VISVA-BHARATI SANTINIKETAN Minutes of the meeting of the Research Board held on Saturday, 10th September, 2016 at 3.30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Central Administrative Building, Santiniketan. Members Present: 1. Prof. Swapan Kumar Dutta, Vice-Chancellor (Acting) – Chairperson. 2. Prof. Amit Hazra, Registrar (Acting) 3. Prof. Sabuj Koli Sen, Adhyaksha, Vinaya-Bhavana & Director, SEI&RR 4. Prof. Swapan Kumar Chandra, Siksha-Bhavana 5. Prof. Somdatta Mandal, Department of English &OMEL 6. Dr. Pranab Kanti Basu, Vidya-Bhavana 7. Prof. Dilip Kumar Mitra, Adhyaksha, Kala-Bhavana 8. Prof. V.C. Jha, Adhyaksha, Vidya-Bhavana. 9. Prof. Indrani Mukhopadhyay, Sangit-Bhavana 10. Prof. Madhabi Ruj, Adhyaksha, Sangit-Bhavana. 11. Dr.Buddhadeb Duary, Palli-Siksha Bhavana. 12. Dr. Avijit Banerjee, Department of Chinese, Bhasha-Bhavana 13. Prof. Sarthak Chowdhury, Adhyaksha, Palli Siksha-Bhavana 14. Dr. Asheesh Srivastav, Department of Education, Vinaya-Bhavana 15. Prof. Debasish Bhattacharya, Department of EES, Palli-Siksha Bhavana. 16. Prof. Amal Pal, Department of Bengali - for Adhyaksha, Bhasha-Bhavana 17. Prof. Brajanath Kundu, Department of Physical Education, Vinaya-Bhavana 18. Prof. Dulal Pal, Adhyaksha, Siksha-Bhavana 19. Dr. Sankar Majumder, Palli Samgathana Vibhaga, Visva-Bharati 20. Prof. Prasanta Ghosh, Palli Samgathana Vibhaga, Visva-Bharati 21. Prof. Narayan Chandra Mondal, Department of Botany, Siksha-Bhavana. Officials: 1. Dr. Sanjoy Ghosh, Deputy Registrar (Academic & Research) 2. Sri Pradip Kumar Saha, Assistant Registrar (Academic & Research) 3. Sri Ram Krishna Konar, Section Officer (Academic & Research) 4. Sri Tapan Mukherjee, Section Officer (Academic & Research) 5. Sri Dilip Kr. Mandal, Sr. Assistant (Academic & Research) Opening remarks of the Chairman: The Vice-Chancellor (Acting), Prof. Swapan Kumar Datta welcomes the members and acknowledges that the Research Board meeting is being held with the present Research Board members which was constituted on 05.06.2012 by the then Upacharya due to non- reconstitution of new one. Page - 1 Contd. … Confirmation of Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of the Research Board held on 28.12.2015 were read and confirmed. 1. Registration of Ph.D. students: The Research Board considered the applications for Registration in Ph.D. programmes those who have completed their coursework are given in Appendix-A Annexure-II, alongwith the observations of Research Board against each. 351 applications out of 363 applications have been approved, some of which with minor modification subject to necessary changes according to suggestion of Research Board as mentioned in remarks column. Rest of the applications have been referred back to the concerned BOS either for justification or revision of titles or status of supervision. 2. Re-registration of Ph.D. studentships: Considered the applications for Re-registration of 21 (twenty one) Ph.D. students, duly recommended by the respective Board of Studies, regarding re-registration of Ph.D. studentships as indicated in Appendix-B which are approved by the Research Board. 3. Cancellation of Ph.D. studentships: Considered the applications for cancellation of 12 (twelve) Ph.D. studentships, duly recommended by the respective Board of Studies as indicated in Appendix-C The Research Board has approved 12 (twelve) cancellation issues. 4. Modification of the title of thesis of Ph.D. student: Considered the applications of 30 (thirty) applicants for modification of the title of the thesis of Ph.D., as indicated in Appendix-D. The Research Board has approved proposed modification of title of thesis as at Sl. Nos. 1 to 30. 5. Change of status of Ph.D. studentship: Considered the recommendation of the concerned Board of Studies for changing the status of 13 (thirteen) Ph.D. students, as indicated in Appendix-E. It was RESOLVED that the change of status of Ph.D. students be accepted and acted upon. 6. Change of Supervisor/Joint Supervisor of Ph.D. student: Considered the recommendations on seven (7) applications of the concerned Board of Studies for Change of Supervisor/Joint Supervisor of Ph.D. student, as indicated in Appendix-F. The Research Board has RESOLVED that the recommendations on seven (7) applications of the concerned Board of Studies for Change of Supervisor/Joint Supervisor of Ph.D. student, as indicated in Appendix-F are approved subject to submission of ‘No Objection’ from existing supervisor(s). Page - 2 Contd. … Minutes/Research Board-2016/MIN -RB-10-09-2016.dox 7. Referred back cases of different Bhavanas of the Research Board meeting dated 11.04.2015 and 11.05.2015: Considering the referred back cases of different Bhavanas of the Research Board meeting dated 11.04.2015 and 11.05.2015, it is resolved that the referred cases of the Research Board meeting dated 11.04.2015 and 11.05.2015 are accepted with some minor modification as at Appendix-G. 8. Considering the UGC Notification on Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree Regulations, 2016 published in the Gazette of India on 5th July, 2016 as at Appendix-H, it is RESOLVED that – (a) As per existing University Ph.D. Ordinance, the number of research scholars under supervisors is remains unchanged up to 4th July, 2016. (b) The number of research scholars under supervisors to be maintained as stipulated in “Clause No. 6.6.5” of new UGC Notification on Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree Regulations, 2016 published in the Gazette of India on 5th July, 2016 which come into force from 5th July, 2016 in accordance with positions of supervisors as follows: (i) A Professor, at any given point of time, cannot guide more than three (3) M.Phil and Eight (8) Ph.D. scholars; (ii) An Associate Professor as Research Supervisor can guide up to a maximum two (2) M.Phil and six (6) Ph.D. scholars; and (iii) An Assistant Professor as Research Supervisor can guide up to a maximum of one (1) M.Phil and four (4) Ph.D. scholars. (c) Visva-Bharati will follow above Gazette Notification strictly. 9. Research Board has consider and approve the actions taken by the Chairman, in respect of Re-registration of 99 Ph.D. scholars, Modification of title of theses and Permission for submission of theses of 7 Ph.D. scholars, as at Appendix-I. 10. Considering the prayer of Smt. Aparna Sarkar as at Appendix-J, the Research Board has been pleased to permit Smt. Aparna Sarkar to take admission in Ph.D. programme in the Department of Zoology, as a very special case. 11. Research Board has considered and approves the actions, taken by the University in respect of awarding Ph.D. degree to different Ph.D. students on the basis of evaluation of their theses and viva-voce examinations. Page - 3 Contd. … Minutes/Research Board-2016/MIN -RB-10-09-2016.dox 12. Noted with approval: a) Noted with approval the actions of the Chairman, Research Board regarding permission to submit the thesis in English language as well as in Bengali language of Razi Roy, Department of Rabindra-Sangit, Dance and Drama, Sangit-Bhavana. b) Noted with approval the actions of the Chairman, Research Board regarding Modification of title of proposed thesis of Bhaskar Hazarika, a Ph.D. student of the Department of painting, Kala-Bhavana from “Art in Public Sphere of Assam since 1970: Transformings ubaltern Culture of protestand identity politics.” to “Art in Public Sphere of Assam since 1970: Transforming context of Modern Assamese Identity Politics represented through Local and Provincial Performative Practice.” c) Noted with approval the actions of the Chairman, Research Board regarding modification of title of proposed thesis of Debapriya Goswami, a Ph.D. student of English Department from “A Study of the Controversies on Sri Aurobindo’s Rhetoric of poety” to “ A Study of the Controversies over Sri Aurobindo’s Rhetoric of Poetry” d) Noted with approval the actions of the Chairman, Research Board regarding modification of title of proposed thesis of Manas Gope, a Ph.D. student of Environmental Studies, Siksha-Bhavana from “Characterization of trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Roadside-deposited dust in Industrial areas of Asansol and Durgapur, West Bengal” to “Risk assessment of potentiality toxic elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the street dust (<53 µm) of Asansol and Durgapur, West Bengal India” e) Noted with approval the actions of the Chairman, Research Board regarding modification of title of proposed thesis of Mr. Sukanta Nayek, a Ph.D. student of Environmental Studies from “Assessment of Women’s respiratory health exposed to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from biomass fuel burning in rural households” to “Assessment of Women’s respiratory health exposed to volatile organic compounds(VOCs) and particulate matters from biomass fuel burning in rural households” f) Noted with approval the actions of the Chairman, Research Board regarding modification of title of proposed thesis of Ranjan Ghosh, a Ph.D. student of Botany Department from “Studies on Mechanism of Phosphate Solubilization by some Members of Rhizobacteria” to “Studies on Mechanism of Phosphate Solubilization by some Members of Rhizobacteria and their Plant Growth Promoting Attributes” g) Noted with approval the actions of the Chairman, Research Board regarding modification of title of proposed thesis of Ashanika Ghosh, a Ph.D student of the Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance & Drama, Sangit-Bhavana from “The relevance and Acceptability of Tagore Songs at both National and International Levels: A Survey” to “Rabindrasangit among the Non- Bengali and the Non-Indian People” Page - 4 Contd. … Minutes/Research Board-2016/MIN -RB-10-09-2016.dox h) Noted with approval the actions of the Chairman, Research Board regarding Change of language of Ph.D. thesis From Bengali to Sanskrit of Amrita Ghosh, Department of Sanskrit,Pali&Prakrit, Bhasha-Bhavana. i) Noted with approval the actions of the Chairman, Research Board regarding modification of title of proposed thesis of Sumana Mukherjee, a Ph.D.
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