{"id":214173,"date":"2022-11-12T20:42:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T15:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=214173"},"modified":"2022-11-14T19:04:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T13:34:51","slug":"research-first-on-the-ugc-move-on-research-papers-by-ph-d-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/research-first-on-the-ugc-move-on-research-papers-by-ph-d-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Research first: On the UGC move on research papers by Ph.D. scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cResearch first: On the UGC move on research papers by Ph.D. scholars\u201d <\/strong>published in The Hindu <\/strong>on 12th November 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Issues related to development and management of education<\/p>\n

News- <\/strong>The article explains the recent move by UGC for removing the mandatory requirement of publishing papers for Ph.D. students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read: Not mandatory to publish in journals before final PhD thesis: UGC<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What is the rationale behind this move?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

This move is aimed at stemming the unhealthy practice of many scholars paying substandard, predatory journals to publish<\/strong> their papers without sufficient review. It has weakened the quality of India\u2019s doctoral education.<\/p>\n

The majority of doctoral students publish their papers in such journals. They do not go through the more time-consuming process of submitting their drafts to reputed journals, awaiting review and revising. Insufficiency of scholarship and stipends<\/strong> also compels the students to do so.<\/p>\n

The removal of a compulsory requirement is also in line with global regulatory standards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The removal of the mandatory requirement is also an acknowledgement of the diversity in academic disciplines<\/strong>. In some branches of the humanities, the publication of a monograph is a more accepted method of communicating with academic peers than journal papers.<\/p>\n

UGC hopes that by removing the mandatory requirement, it can help create a more conducive atmosphere for self-motivated research by students and universities.<\/p>\n

What are the concerns related to this step of UGC? \u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Publishing papers is certainly considered essential<\/strong> for any top researcher. The UGC has also emphasised that it would be advisable for scholars to publish papers in high-quality journals<\/strong> for their own sake. It would add value to their PhD<\/strong> for any post-doctoral opportunities.<\/p>\n

The removal of mandatory requirements may result in a further dilution of quality<\/strong>, as the worth of a researcher and a university is judged on the basis of papers published and cited. Funding is also dependent on such benchmarks.<\/p>\n

Discontinuing MPhils, along with the introduction of four-year BA course and 2-year MA course with multiple exits will hurt socially disadvantaged groups<\/strong>. As they may not be able to pay for longer-duration courses and may have to exit earlier, which will put them at a disadvantage in the job market.<\/p>\n

Also, diminishing scholarships and fellowships<\/strong> to support PhD scholars as well as severe shortage of teachers, impacting the number of research supervisors available.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward? <\/strong><\/h5>\n

To encourage students to publish their paper in mandatory journals, put the onus on university research advisory council and doctoral supervisors.<\/p>\n

Higher levels of funding are urgently needed to ensure that the UGC\u2019s move does not backfire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cResearch first: On the UGC move on research papers by Ph.D. scholars\u201d published in The Hindu on 12th November 2022. Syllabus: GS2- Issues related to development and management of education News- The article explains the recent move by UGC for removing the mandatory requirement of publishing papers… Continue reading Research first: On the UGC move on research papers by Ph.D. scholars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-214173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704695873},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}