| S.No |
Details |
| (i) |
“Applicant”shall mean an individual who applies for admission to the Ph.D. programme of the Pacific University on a prescribed Application Form. |
| (ii) |
"Research Student/Candidate/ Scholar"shall mean a person registered for the Ph.D. Degree and devotes his/her full/ part time for completing the degree requirements. |
| (iii) |
"Supervisor"shall mean a member of the academic staff of the University or any qualified teacher of another University/College duly approved on the recommendation of the Research Committee of the University to guide/supervise the student/candidate for doctoral research. |
| (iv) |
"Co-supervisor"shall mean an additional supervisor approved by the Dean P.G. Studies on the recommendation of the research committee/ board to help in the accomplishment of the research work of the student/candidate. |
| (v) |
"Course Advisor"shall mean a faculty member nominated by the Faculty/ Dean P.G. Studies to chalk-out the Programme of study of a student registered for the Ph.D. and to advise him/her on the courses to be taken by him/her. If a supervisor has already been appointed, he/she shall be the Course Advisor for that student. |
| (vi) |
"Course Work"shall mean courses of study prescribed in the Faculty through the Course Advisor to be undertaken by a student registered for the Ph.D. Degree. |
| (vii) |
"Degree”shall mean the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) of the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University of the concerned Faculty. |
| (viii) |
"Dean P.G. Studies"shall mean the Dean P.G. Studies to be appointed by the authority. All the matters related to the Ph.D. degree shall be routed through the Dean P.G. Studies. |
| (ix) |
"Industry Advisor"shall mean a person from industry included in the panel of industry advisor for Ph.D. by the University having minimum 15 years of industry experience and at middle level and above. |
| (x) |
"Registration Period "shall mean the length of time span commencing with the date of initial registration at the University. |
| (xi) |
"Research Board"shall mean the Research Board of the University comprising of at least three members representing the Dean P.G. Studies, Dean Faculty, two senior faculty members from faculty of the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur and one External Expert if necessary and as deemed fit by the Dean P.G. Studies. |
| (xii) |
"Research Committee"shall mean the research committee of at least two members of the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University, Udaipur comprising the Dean P.G. Studies, Dean Faculty, Head of the Department to look into the matters relating to giving recognition as approved Ph.D. Supervisor of the Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research University. |
| (xiii) |
"Research Methodology Advisor"mean a person who possesses knowledge of Research Methods to be applied in various types of researches and so approved and included in the panel of Research Methodology Advisor. |
| (xiv) |
"Sponsored Research"mean a research for which researcher is receiving grant from any professional body/UGC/ICSSR/CSIR/Organization etc. for conducting the research study. |
| (xv) |
“Term”for the purpose of the Research Programme a term shall be of six months. |
| (xvi) |
“Research Advisory Committee”shall mean a committee which shall look into the matters of research progress of the candidate comprising –Research supervisor as Convener and two other faculty members. |
