33     Retributive Actions for violation of rules

Sr.

Quality Parameter

Nature of Violation

Proposed Action(s) if Existing Policy is Violated

i

Admission Criteria

Violation of admission criteria

i. Admission be cancelled.
ii. University to return three times the amount received from students.
iii. Disciplinary action against responsible staff.

ii

Illegal Admission

Admission of students without NOC from HEC

iii

Course Work

Degree awarded without fulfilling the minimum credit hours requirement

i. The degree shall be considered equivalent to the MS/MPhil/Equivalent degree.
ii. Disciplinary action against Department Chair and relevant staff.

iv

Comprehensive Examination

Failure to pass Comprehensive Examination within the prescribed number of attempts.

i. Termination of PhD candidature/registration of student.

v

Supervision of dissertation

Supervision of a PhD dissertation by a person who does not fulfil the minimum criteria for a PhD supervisor.

i. Disciplinary action against the Department Chair

vi

Maximum number of Supervisee

A supervisor, supervising PhD students beyond the maximum number specified by the HEC.

i. The supervisor shall be banned from supervising new PhD researchers for a maximum of five (5) years.
ii. Disciplinary action

vii

External Evaluation of PhD dissertation

The external evaluation of a thesis is not in accordance with the prescribed criteria of HEC.
Unjustified delay in sending dissertation for external evaluation

i. One additional paper shall be published by the student from his/her dissertation before degree attestation.
ii. Disciplinary action against Department Chair and officer(s) responsible for sending dissertations for external evaluation.
i. Officer(s) responsible for sending dissertations for external evaluation shall be warned.

viii

Relevance

The dissertation has no relevancy to the Title and Scope of the degree

i. Supervisor shall be banned from supervising new PhD researchers for a maximum of five (5) years.
ii. Disciplinary action against Department Chair.

ix

Research Publication

i. No research papers were published but a degree was awarded.
ii. Papers published but not in HEC’s recognized journal.
iii. Papers published but not in the required category of journals.
iv. Paper published after the award of a PhD degree.
v. Degree awarded based on a paper published before the approval of the PhD research synopsis.
vi. Degree awarded based on a paper that has no relevance to the dissertation.

i. Paper to be published in the required category of the HEC recognized journal before attestation of degree.
ii. Supervisor be banned from supervising the new PhD researchers for maximum 05 years.
iii. Disciplinary action against the Department Chair and the relevant staff of the Controller of Examinations.

x

Plagiarism

Degree awarded, and major or minor plagiarism found in the thesis at any stage in the future.

i. The PhD researcher/degree holder and his supervisor will be penalized as per the provisions of the Anti-Plagiarism Policy of the HEC.

xi

Degree Issued in Violation of University’s Own Rules / Law

Degree issued in violation of the university’s PhD Policy/rules in addition to HEC guidelines.

i. Supervisor be banned from supervising the new PhD researchers for a maximum of 05 years.
i. Disciplinary action against the Department Chair and the Controller of Examination.

xii

Poor Governance System of the Doctoral Research

Absence of the systems elaborated in Part-II of this policy i.e., Governing the Systems of Doctoral Research

i. In addition to the actions mentioned in clause “Cancellation of NOC and/or demotion to the lower category”, disciplinary actions shall be taken against the relevant officers/heads of the Directorate of Advanced Studies and Research/Equivalent Body, Quality Assurance/Equivalent Body, Controller of Examinations etc., if applicable.