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General Information for Candidates
for |
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the Course Leading to the College
Degree of |
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Doctor of
Theology |
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| A. The
Administrative Structures |
| 1. |
Research
Committee of the BTESSC |
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The Research
Committee shall be in overall charge of
administering the programme according to policies
and regulations laid down from time to time by the
Senate. Its responsibilities shall
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(a) |
To accord
recognition to the Centres of doctoral study in
terms of stipulated criteria. |
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(b) |
To admit
candidates recommended by the Centres, in
accordance with the regulation of the
senate. |
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(c) |
To co-ordinate
the programme of Centres to ensure uniform
standard and interaction between doctoral students
in various centre. |
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(d) |
To recommend
to the Senate the membership of the different
Boards of Doctoral Studies. |
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(e) |
To approve on
the recommendation of the centre the plans of
study and the dissertation proposals of the
candidates and to appoint supervisors and
examiners and declare results |
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(f) |
To call for
periodic reports on the candidates |
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(g) |
To approve any
modifications in standard requirements in view of
a candidate's achievements and needs. |
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(h) |
To appoint a
member to the supervising committee of each
doctoral candidates; |
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(i) |
To stimulate
through SATHRI, the emergence of centers of
doctoral study specially in branches and regions
where there are no centers and to help in the
development of facilities needed. |
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(j) |
When no centre
for any particular area of research is available
through SATHRI, to arrange programme with the help
of communities of scholars outside the Centres
when such programmes are not available in any
other centers. |
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(k) |
To arrange,
through SATHRI, a methodology seminar for all
prospective or entering candidates to the doctoral
programme. |
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(l) |
To facilitate,
through SATHRI, the meeting of doctoral candidates
for mutual interaction by periodicals,
inter-disciplinary seminars. |
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(m) |
To look into
difficulties that may arise in the academic work
of a candidate and find suitable solutions to them
in consultation with the centre and
candidate. |
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(n) |
To facilitate
a programme of non-formal research by offering
scholarships and provide a suitable infrastructure
for it |
| 2. |
The Boards
of Doctoral Studies |
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There shall be
separate Boards of Doctoral Studies for each
branch of specialization consisting of three to
five members: |
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(a) |
Recommend to
the research Committee the academic requirements
for their respective branches of
study. |
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(b) |
Lay down
criteria for screening of candidates for admission
by the Centre. |
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(c) |
Recommend to
the research committee any modifications necessary
in standard requirements in view of candidates'
achievements and needs. |
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(d) |
Recommend to
the Research Committee study plans and
dissertation proposals. |
| 3. |
Research
Centre: |
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Doctoral
Research Centres may either be individual
institutions or be well structures joint
programmes of institutions I a region recognised
by the senate as competent to offer the D.Th.
jpro0gramme. If the latter, the staff belonging to
the Centre should reside sufficiently close
together to be readily available for meetings with
the candidates and participation in research
seminars. |
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Each
recognised Centre should have a minimum of two
specialists in each branch in which the doctorate
is offered and should have at least one faculty
member in another branch with competence to
supervise doctoral candidates. These persons
should normally have a research doctorate degree
recognised by the Senate. Proven competence in
teaching and a period of productive research
subsequent to the earned doctorate. The Centre
should be able to satisfy the Research Committee
that adequate time of such staff ahs been set
apart for the D.Th. Programmes. Each Centre will
also need to satisfy and evaluation team that
adequate library resources are available at the
centre and/or in its vicinity. |
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The
responsibilities of a Centre shall
be: |
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(a) |
To appoint a
doctoral committee consisting of at least three or
more professors who are qualified to guide
doctoral studies and to designate one person as
dean who shall give special attention to the work
of the candidates and prepare reports on the
candidates for Research
Committee. |
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(b) |
To screen the
applicants according to criteria laid down by the
Senate and to recommend them to the Research
Committee for admission. |
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(c) |
To make
adequate arrangements for guidance in the
formulation of study plans. |
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(d) |
To
recommend to the Research Committee the entire
plan of study of each candidate. |
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(e) |
To recommend
to Research Committee/SATHRI persons to be
appointed as supervisors. |
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(f) |
To
implement to programme of studies for each
candidate as per regulations laid down from time
to time by the Senate. |
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(g) |
To
arrange for candidates to meet periodically with
the faculty of the centers for d\seminars of a
inter- disciplinary nature.
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