CENTRE FOR RESEARCH

ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI – 600 025

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Director +91 44 2235 0361
Fax : +91 44 2220 1213
E-mail : dirresearch@annauniv.edu
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Date: 05.12.2022
Circular
CONTINUATION OF Ph.D. DEGREE PROGRAM BY THE SCHOLARS WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE INSTITUTION LOST ITS RECOGNITION AS A RESEARCH CENTRE/SUPERVISOR MIGRATED TO
OTHER INSTITUTION/UNIVERSITY
Department in which the
Case scholar has registered for Option for the scholar/Department
Ph.D. programme
1 Lost its recognition* for any New registration of scholars in the department will not be permitted
reason till recognition is obtained. However, existing research scholars shall
continue their research in the same department with the same
supervisor along with a (i) Joint supervisor (JS) if the synopsis has not
been submitted (or) (ii) Research Coordinator (RC) if the synopsis has
been submitted.
2 Lost recognition due to the New registration of scholars in the department will not be permitted
reason that the recognized till recognition is obtained. However, existing research scholars have
supervisor has moved to the following options
another institution and a (i) if the supervisor has migrated to the recognized department of
sufficient number of another institution, the candidate can move along with the
recognized supervisors are supervisor to the other institution.
not available in the present ii) if the supervisor has migrated to a non-recognized department of
department** another institution, the candidate can move with the supervisor, but
with a Joint Supervisor (JS) or Research Coordinator (RC) (as
applicable) from a recognized department.
ii) if the supervisor has migrated to another institution, the scholar
can continue in the present institution with an existing supervisor in
the same department with a Joint Supervisor/Research Coordinator
from a recognized department.
The Joint Supervisor/Research Coordinator shall be from the
recognized department of the same institution or other institution as
assigned by the Centre for Research.
*Recognition of the Department as a Research Centre by Anna University.
**Present Department refers to the Department in which the scholar has originally registered.
Sd/-

DIRECTOR