The Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) has developed a Ph.D. thesis monitoring software program to monitor the progression of Ph.D. work from pre-submission to degree conferring. The research project supervisor monitors the submission process, considers outside experts’ views, and tracks other factors until the degree is awarded.
“The software should be ready by July. Once ready, the guide (which can be an assistant professor/associate professor/professor) can log in to this software and see the progress of his/her Ph.D. scholars’ thesis work after pre-submission,” Amiya Kumar Rath, the vice-chancellor of BPUT, said on Monday.
After the pre-submission of the thesis, the guide can see the comments given by the experts on the thesis. “Similarly, after submission of the Ph.D. thesis, it will show the date of submission and acceptance by the external examiner. “If the external examiner does not accept it, the system will send them an auto-generated mail,” Rath added.
Official sources said the software will show a timeline for receiving reports regarding the Ph.D. thesis. “If it does not on the platform, the external will get an auto-generated mail again on this,” Rath added.
(Source: Times of India)
