Wednesday 22 February 2012

Dearth of PhDs: Mumbai university to focus more on research

ing out several measures. The commerce facility, in particular, has been clearing pending research proposals and conducting workshops to encourage teachers to take up guideship in their respective fields of specialization.

The research and recognition committee (RRC) for commerce has been clearing proposals. "There were pending proposals for more than a year on research topics. Now, we have been clearing at least 10-15 proposals in every meeting," said Madhu Nair, dean of commerce, MU.

The university is also working on the supply and demand aspect. "There is a dearth of PhD guides in the university. Commerce has around 44 guides, exclusive of management guides. We are now holding workshops to explain to teachers the procedure to get their papers published. We are also training them in writing papers. A PhD holder is given guideship on basis of the number of papers they have published in their names," said Nair.

He added that the commerce department is attempting to increase the number of guides to 100 soon.

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