Section 11 in Indian Medicine Central Council (Post Graduate Ayurveda Education) Regulations, 2016
11. Dissertation.
(1)Central Scientific Advisory Post Graduate Committee appointed by Central Council of Indian Medicine shall suggest the areas of Research and topics to be focused every academic year to make campaigning of evidence based Ayurveda to the need of global standards and achieve publications and the same shall be followed by University Committee while approving the Dissertation title.(2)The title of the dissertation along with the synopsis, with approval of the Ethics Committee constituted by the institute as per regulations of concerned recognised University, shall be submitted to the University within a period of six months from the date of admission to the post-graduate course.(3)If the student fails to submit the title of dissertation and synopsis within the period specified under sub-regulation (2), his terms for final post-graduate course shall be extended for six months or more in accordance with the time of submission of the synopsis to the University.(4)The synopsis of the proposed scheme of work shall indicate the expertise and action plan of work of the student relating to the proposed theme of work, the name of the department and the name and designation of the guide or supervisor and co-guide (if any).a. The University shall approve the synopsis not later than three months after submission of the synopsis.(5)A Board of Research Studies shall be constituted by the University for approving the title.(6)The University shall display the approved synopsis of dissertation on their website.(7)The subject of every dissertation shall be research oriented, practical oriented, innovative and helpful in the development of Ayurveda system and the subject of the dissertation shall have relation with the subject matter of the specialty.(8)Once the title for dissertation is approved by the Board of Research Studies of the University, the student shall not be allowed to change the title of the proposed theme of work without permission of the University.(9)No student shall be allowed to submit the dissertation before six months of completion of course and the student shall continue his regular study in the institution after submission of dissertation to complete three years.(10)The dissertation shall contain the methods and data of the research carried out by the student on the problem selected by him and completed under the guidance of the guide or supervisor approved by the University.(11)The dissertation shall consist of critical review of literature, methodology, results of the research, discussion on the basis of research findings of the study, summary, conclusion, and references cited in the dissertation shall be suitable for publication.(12)The dissertation shall consist of not less than forty thousand words.(13)The dissertation shall contain, at the end, a summary of not more than one thousand and five hundred words and the conclusion not exceeding one thousand words.(14)The guide or supervisor shall be a person of status of a Professor or Reader or Associate Professor.(15)Lecturer or Assistant Professor having five years University approved teaching experience in the subject concerned shall eligible for guide or supervisor.(16)Five copies of the bound dissertation along with a certificate from the supervisor or guide shall reach the office of the Registrar of the University four months before the final examination.(17)The dissertation shall be assessed by two external examiners and two internal examiners appointed by the University.(18)The dissertation shall be accepted only after the approval of examiners appointed under sub-regulation (17) and in case of disapproval by one external examiner, the dissertation shall be referred to third external examiner approved by the University concerned.(19)If the dissertation is not accepted by two external examiners, the same shall be returned to the student with the remarks of the examiners and the student shall resubmit the dissertation after making necessary improvement in the light of examiners' report to the University within a further period of six months.(20)The student shall be permitted to appear in the final examination of post-graduate degree course only after approval of the dissertation by the examiners.(21)Inter-disciplinary research may be done by co-opting the guide or supervisor from the concerned specialty.(22)If a para-clinical or pre-clinical subject student takes a thesis topic involving clinical trials then he/she shall work under co-guide of a clinical teacher of the speciality concerned for preparing the thesis
