Admission Procedure
The admission shall be based on merit as determined on the performance of the candidates, at the interview and presentation of research proposal, to the Admission Committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor for the purpose.
Intake
The number of candidates admitted to the M.Phil. Degree shall ordinarily be 10 (Ten) in a year. This number can be increased or decreased at the discretion of the Vice-Chancellor depending on the strength of the Faculty, their responsibilities towards other courses and the need of the Universities / Law colleges sponsoring the teachers in Law. Of the ten seats atleast three shall be reserved for the teachers in Law sponsored by the Universities / Law Colleges.
Notwithstanding anything mentioned above, the Vice-Chancellor can allow a member of the NALSAR faculty to take up M.Phil. Degree course along with his / her teaching assignments in the interest of Faculty improvement on the condition that his / her teaching and other responsibilities are not hampered in any way. An admission so made will be in addition to the regular admission strength.
Teaching, Research and Seminar Assignments
Every candidate shall have teaching, research and seminar assignments depending on the approved plan of work.
The Teaching assignmentshall ordinarily contain preparation of course content and study materials for under-graduate and post-graduate courses or for a Certificate / Diploma Course or for a summer training workshop / seminar, taking regular or tutorial or group discussion classes in the under-graduate and post-graduate courses.
The research workshall include attending courses on Research Methodology, identifying a major research subject and a specific research topic, conducting empirical study, if required.
The Seminar assignments shall include the presentation of not less than three seminars, the third and final presentation shall be made as prelude to the submission of the dissertation discussing among others, the findings and in defence of the same.
Evaluation
Before the candidate submits his / her dissertation, the Advisory Committee shall evaluate his / her performance in the teaching assignments given to him / her and indicate the satisfactory performance or otherwise. Only on receipt of the “satisfactory” performance report from the Advisory Committee of the candidate by the Registrar, the candidate will be allowed to submit his / her dissertation.
At the end of the course, the candidate shall submit the dissertation, in triplicate, to the Registrar, after paying the prescribed fee.
The dissertation submitted by the candidate shall be referred to a panel of two external examiners for evaluation. In case of difference of opinion on the merit of dissertation, the dissertation shall be referred to a third examiner for his / her opinion. The result of the evaluation by the examiner shall be indicated either as ‘Satisfactory’ or as ‘Not Satisfactory’.
Award of Degree
Degree of M.Phil. in Law shall be conferred on a candidate who, having completed satisfactorily the other requirements, receives a ‘satisfactory’ report on the dissertation from at least two examiners. The Degree shall be conferred at the Annual Convocation of the NALSAR.
General
A candidate admitted to the M.Phil. Degree Programme shall have to complete all the prescribed requirements within a maximum period of three years from and including the year of admission in order to be eligible for the award of the degree. However, in respect of the NALSAR’s own faculty who have registered for the Degree Programme, the maximum time limit shall be four years including the year of admission. |
