17       RESEARCH PUBLICATION

17.1

For award of PhD degree, a PhD researcher shall be required to publish research articles meeting the following criteria:
a.

At least:

i.   One research article in W category journal or two research articles in X category journals, for Science disciplines

ii.   One research article in X category journal or two research articles in Y category journals, for Social Science disciplines

b.

The PhD researcher shall be the first author of these publications.

c.

The research article shall be relevant to the PhD research work of the PhD researcher.

d.
The article shall be published after approval of the research synopsis.

e.

The article shall be published in a relevant research journal.