NU's online PhD entrance from July 7-10
NAGPUR: After years of long wait, the Nagpur University will finally conduct its entrance exam for the doctor of philosophy (PhD) aspirants from July 7 to 10 and results would be out on July 11. Vice-chancellor Vilas Sapkal made this announcement after days of confusion while interacting with the reporters on Saturday. TOI on April 30 was first to report about NU contemplating to conduct PhD entrance. Ironically, NU was the last one among all non-agriculture universities in Maharashtra to not have entrance test for the PhD aspirants. Controller of examinations Siddharth Kane deliberated that they adopted a completely new pattern based on the UGC guidelines. "It will not be easy as being touted. The entrance would follow by a tough interview before their synopsis would go before research recognition committee (RRC). The exam would be conducted twice an academic year - in July and January - and last registration dates would remain July and January 15 like previous years," he sa...