Teaching & Education in Punjab

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is actively considering relaxing its norms which would enable distance education institutions to offer MPhil and PhD as Times of India reports (Ref : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/UGC-likely-to-allow-PhD-enrolment-under-distance-education/articleshow/47754953.cms) IGNOU offers Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science (PHDCS) with a Minimum Duration of 2 Years and a Maximum Duration of 5 Years. Candidate qualified based on their eligibility criteria will be short listed based on their research proposals. The short listed candidates will be required to present their research proposals before the Doctoral Committee who will decide the selection of the candidate for the Ph.D programme.