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  JNU opens PhD admissions for 2025-26, students' union begins hunger strike over exclusionary process

  Education | June 27, 2025 8:25 IST

  Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has opened PhD admissions for the 2025–26 academic year, accepting applications from June 26 to July 7. However, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union has launched an indefinite hunger strike, protesting the exclusion of June 2025 UGC-NET aspirants.

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  Tamil Nadu PhD student forcibly transferred to master's course at Oxford University

  Trending | October 26, 2024 19:56 IST

  A student from Tamil Nadu, Lakshmi Balakrishnan claims that Oxford University forcibly transferred her from a PhD degree to a master's course without her consent after deeming her Shakespeare research or a PhD study. Despite two scholars supporting her work, her appeals have been rejected.

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  DU PhD Admission 2023 Phase 2 registration opens at admission.uod.ac.in, details here

  Higher Studies | December 07, 2023 15:39 IST

  DU PhD Admission 2023 Phase 2 registrations are underway. Candidates willing to enrol themselves for the academic year 2023-24 can do so at the official website, admission.uod.ac.in. Check easy steps to apply online, application fee, and other details.

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  Indian doctoral student shot dead in Ohio: Tragic incident stuns university community

  World | November 23, 2023 20:34 IST

  Despite being transported to UC Medical Center in critical condition, Adlakha's condition worsened, and he was pronounced dead two days later. As of now, no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting.

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  Centre orders six-year cap on research projects of PhD scholars, scientists at AIIMS-Delhi

  Higher Studies | July 31, 2023 14:42 IST

  PhD scholars and scientists working at various research projects at AIIMS have been protesting against the decision for the past few days.

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  'Quash interviews in PhD selection process, entrance exam should be held twice', AIIMS proposes

  Higher Studies | July 12, 2023 9:22 IST

  The Institute has proposed to do away with interviews with an aim to bring more transparency in PhD selection.

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  DU approves new rules for PhD courses; scholars need to publish at least 2 research papers

  Career | June 14, 2023 8:22 IST

  The university will also admit students into the PhD programmes through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-PhD) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) from 2023-24 academic year.

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  Aligarh Muslim University student says he was denied PhD degree for praising PM Modi

  India | December 01, 2021 15:42 IST

  The Aligarh Muslim University had asked Danish Rahim to return the 'incorrect degree' for replacement within 7 days of the issuance of the letter.

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  JNU PhD student assaulted by boyfriend after she catches him with another woman

  Crime | December 23, 2020 10:04 IST

  The incident took place on Friday inside the JNU campus.

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  COVID-19: UGC grants six months extension to MPhil, PhD students for thesis submission

  Education | December 04, 2020 16:02 IST

  The University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted a six-month extension for submission of the thesis to MPhil and PhD students in wake of the prolonged closure of universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  PhD scholar commits suicide at IIT-Delhi, no suicide note found

  India | May 31, 2017 8:23 IST

  A 27-year-old woman student of P.hD at IIT Delhi committed suicide under mysterious circumstances, Police said.

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  IIT-Madras PhD scholar beaten up for taking part in ‘beef fest’

  India | May 30, 2017 20:15 IST

  A PhD scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IITM), on Tuesday suffered serious eye injury when he was allegedly thrashed by a group of students for participating in a “beef fest” held in the campus

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  ‘He spiked my drink and raped me’: JNU Ph.D. student files case against AISA leader

  India | August 22, 2016 12:20 IST

  A 28-year-old JNU student has filed a rape case against a fellow student and AISA activist accusing him of raping her in a hostel room on the university campus.

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  Delhi University's new M.Phil entrance exam pattern upsets many

  India | June 09, 2016 17:38 IST

  New Delhi: The murmurs are growing louder -- not everyone is happy with the new entrance examination introduced by Delhi University for M.Phil and Ph.D candidates. It appears that the academicians are divided over the

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  JNU Dalit scholar threatens suicide, demands extension of research grant

  India | January 27, 2016 11:40 IST

  New Delhi: Even as there is no end to the outrage triggered by the alleged suicide of a research scholar in Hyderabad University, a Dalit student of Jawaharlal Nehru University has threatened to commit suicide

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  Research scholar at Central Univ found hanging, students protest

  India | January 18, 2016 6:57 IST

  Hyderabad : A Dalit PhD scholar was found hanging at a central university's hostel room located on the varsity campus today, police said. "V Rohit (around 26) was found hanging in the hostel room. He was among

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  For 368 posts of peon, 23 lakh apply including engineers and PhD holders

  India | September 16, 2015 18:32 IST

  Lucknow: The unemployment is gripping the country with such an alarming rate that over 6,000 people apply for a peon's post, a job that was considered menial up until now.For 368 posts of peon in

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  First ever MPhil degree in Hindi awarded in Pakistan

  World | August 31, 2015 13:35 IST

  Islamabad: For the first time in Pakistan's history, a university has awarded an MPhil degree in Hindi.  Military-run National University of Modern Languages (NUML) here has become the first Pakistani university to award the degree.NUML

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  St Stephen's professor, accused of molesting student, resigns

  India | June 24, 2015 16:33 IST

  New Delhi: St Stephen's college Bursar Satish Kumar, who has been accused by one of his PhD students of molesting her, resigned from his position on Wednesday, following which the college's governing body appointed a

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  UGC likely to allow PhD enrolment under distance education

  India | June 21, 2015 12:14 IST

  The University Grants Commission (UGC) is actively considering relaxing its norms which would enable distance education institutions to offer MPhil and PHD programmes, benefiting nearly 10,000 students.The matter will be put before the next meeting