Time to revisit premises of doctoral degrees
In India, and particularly in states like Odisha, pursuing a PhD has long been considered the highest academic achievement.
In India, and particularly in states like Odisha, pursuing a PhD has long been considered the highest academic achievement.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Friday started its PhD admission process for the academic year 2025-26 even as the its students union body launched an indefinite hunger strike against exclusion of June 2025 UGC-NET candidates and refusal to reinstate the JNU Entrance Examination (JNUEE).
India will continue to grow robustly, even among major industrialised G7 countries, according to an analysis conducted by the PHD Research Bureau, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in a report on “Population, Productivity, Partnership: Rethinking G7-India Collaboration”.
A federal judge has blocked the deportation of Indian academic Badar Khan Suri who was detained by US immigration authorities after his student visa was revoked.
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to grant permanent zero-rated import duty on gold ore concentrate, aligning it with copper ore concentrate as this would help boost India's gold ore concentrate processing industry and create more jobs in the country.
In recent years, India has witnessed a disturbing trend—a decline in PhD enrolments in national institutions. According to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-22, the total number of PhD enrolments in India stood at approximately 2.02 lakh, accounting for only 0.5 per cent of the total student enrolment.
The University Grant Commission (UGC) has banned three universities in Rajasthan from enrolling scholars under the PhD programme for next five years from the academic session 2025-26 to 2029-30.
India has surprised the world with its resilient economic growth trajectory in recent years.
The BU's fresh notification stated that the pending counselling for history has been reassigned on 15 July afternoon.
A pending no objection certificate (NOC), essential for allowing the jail inmate before his induction to the outside curriculum activities, has caused hindrance to Arnab Dam
