Re-evaluate PhD Selection Method: Government to Ministeries
Dipak K Dash | 10 October 2025 | The Times of India
Government has asked ministries and central departments to re-examine the method of selection of guides for doctoral degrees (PhDs) and the way they help students in their course work. Research questions and hypothesis should be based on topics that fit emerging needs and priorities of the country.
Based on PM Narendra Modi's interaction with secretaries on Monday, cabinet secretary T V Somanathan has written to all secretaries to explore the possibility of selection of guides through identified parameters. PhD programmes should be reoriented to promote innovation and development of new relevant ideas and technologies, he said.