S.L. 327.329 Art. 5Transfer of registration from M.Phil. Degree to Ph.D. Degree.

(1) Further to regulations 9, 10 and 35 of the Principal

Regulations, students shall submit a written application requesting the transfer from the M.Phil. to the Ph.D. degree, together with a summary of the work carried out by them, preferably in the form of a technical report for consideration by an ad hoc board appointed by the Board. The report shall also include any modifications to the original research proposal.

(2) The board shall be composed of a chairman, who ad hoc shall be the head of the department concerned or his delegate, and two examiners, one of whom shall be the Principal Supervisor and the other appointed on the advice of the Faculty Doctoral Committee.

(3) The board would give favourable consideration to ad hoc work published or accepted for publication in refereed technical journals and conferences.

(4) The board shall examine the student orally and shall ad hoc submit a written report for consideration by the Faculty Doctoral Committee in the first instance. The report shall contain recommendations according to the provisions of the Principal Regulations.