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Ref. No. 154fEXAMlUBKV Date: 04-05-2020 NOTICE

As approved by the competent authority, it is hereby notified to all concerned that, henceforth, all theses submitted under Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya shall contain a certificate from the Chairman of the Advisory' Committee as per the prescribed format attached herewith in ANNEXURE-I, stating the plagiarism checking procedure of the thesis. This is in addition to all required forms that are part of the thesis, at present. Moreover, the plagiarism check report generated through software available to the University duly signed jointly by the Student concerned and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee has to be attached as an APPPENDIX at the end of the thesis. The concerned student shall submit the Certificate of Originality according to the format enclosed herewith in ANNEXURE - II before the submission of thesis to get the approval regarding commencement of the procedure of thesis submission.

Sd/- (Deputy Registrar)

Ref. No. 154/EXAMlUBKV Date: 04-05-2020 Copy forwardedfor information and necessary action to: 1. The Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, UBKV, 2. The Registrar, UBKV, 3. The Dean, Post Graduate Studies, UBKV, 4. The Director of Research, Directorate of Research, UBKV, 5. The Dean, Faculty of Agriculture 0 f Horticulture 0 I Technology 0 f Students' Welfare 0, UBKV, 6. The Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Majhian. 7. The Heads, Department of Agronomy 01 Plant Pathology 01 Agricultural Economics of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry 01 Agricultual Entomology 01 Genetics and Plant Breeding 01 Agricultural Statistics 01 Bio-Chemistry 01 Agricultural Extension 01 Seed Science and Technology 01 Pomology and Post Harvest Technology 01 Forestry 01 Plantation Crops and Processing 01 Floriculture, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Vegetables and Spice Crops 0, UBK 8. The In-Charge, Central Library, UBKV, 9. The In-Charge, Comptroller's Department, UBKV, 10. Notice Board: M. N. Saha Hall of PCM Hall of APCR Hall of Teesta Hall of Examination Section 0 11. Office copy ANNEXURE-I

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CERTIFICATE

Certified that the thesis entitled "...... (Title of the thesis) ...... ", submitted by Mr./Ms./Mrs. (Name of the student in block letters)...... bearing Registration number. . (Registration number)...... towards partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of Master / Doctoral Degree from the Department of ...... (name of the Department) under Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya has been checked against plagiarism through (name of the software) software on (date) and that the similarity index has been achieved as (digit) % which is below the maximum tolerable range as per stipulation of this Viswavidyalaya. The thesis of Mr./Ms./Mrs (family name of the student) may be accepted for the award of the Master / Doctoral Degree in (name of the department / discipline) of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya.

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(Name in block letter):

(Chairman, Advisory Committee) Uttor Bongo Krishi Viswovidyoloyo

ANNEXURE-II Certificate of Originality To The Chairman, Advisory Committee Departmentof _ Faculty of _ Uttor Bongo Krishi Viswavidyalaya

Sub: Undertaking regarding checking for similarity index of manuscript of submitted thesis

Respected Sir / Madam:

I wish to submit the following: i. Name of the student (in block letters): .

11. Registration number: ...... iii. Name of Chairman of Advisory Committee: .

IV. Name of the Department: . v. Title of the Thesis: , .

VI. Total Pages of the thesis: . I do hereby certify that the above-mentioned thesis was checked against plagiarism / for similarity detection. The process and outcome are stated below:

VII. Software used: .

VIII. Date: ...... ix. Similarity Index: .

The complete report is submitted for review.

Thanking you

Yours faithfully,

Signature of student:

Name of the student (in block letters): .

Report checked

(Signature of In-charge, Central Library with official seal) 1 Contd ..../- (PTO) Uttor Bongo Krishi Viswovidyoloyo

Contd ... from pre-page (overleaf)

The complete report of the above-mentioned thesis has been reviewed by the Advisory Committee of the Student (following to be ticked as appropriate).

D The similarity index of the above mentioned thesis is below the accepted norms. D The similarity index of the above mentioned thesis is above the accepted norms, because of the following reasons:

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The thesis may be considered for the award of Degree (copy of software generated document attached).

Forwarded for consideration

Signature of Chairman, Advisory Committee

Forwarded

(Signature and Official Seal of Head of the Department)

The process for submission of thesis is allowed / not allowed to commence.

(Signature and Official Seal of the Dean, Post Graduate Studies)

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