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Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) Meeting Minutes

Name of the Candidate

Admission Number
Date of Admission
Name of the Institution/
Research Centre
Date of protocol approval by
the university

Title of thesis

Name of the Guide


Name of the Co-Guide (if any)
Date of DAC Meeting
DAC Report Number

Doctoral Advisory Committee Members


Designation Name Signature

Chairperson

Research Coordinator

Head of the Department

Research Guide

Research Co-Guide

Subject Experts

(Note: The DAC meeting must be conducted with a minimum of 4 members


participating)
Suggestions/Modifications Required
(to be completed by the DAC)
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Following must be recorded in the recommendation sheet:


 Recommendations for protocol submission for university presentation/synopsis
presentation/thesis submission/title change/extension etc.
 Items discussed in the DAC meeting and DAC decision.
 Actions to be taken before the next DAC meeting (to be discussed with the research
scholar during the meeting before recording).

As per the DAC, quality of research scholar’s overall progress in last 6 months (please tick)
Excellent Good Fair Poor Very poor

Date: Signature of the DAC Chairperson and Seal

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Note: Separate request through proper channel along with DAC recommendations to be
forwarded to CDS for which university approval is required.

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P h .D . P R OG R E S S R E P ORT NU M BE R _ __

TITLE

BY

ADMISSION NUMBER:
NAME OF CANDIDATE:
DEPARTMENT:
INSTITUTION:
PLACE:

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

NAME OF GUIDE/CO-GUIDE
ADDRESS

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T ABLE OF C ONT ENT S

Page
CONTENT
number

Introduction Outline briefly the significance of the work done in the


past six months
Objective(s) Objectives completed
Details of the research work done in the last six months
Description of the work (methods, observations, results)
Additional literature review done in the past six months
Review of literature;
Discussion and Discuss observations and results in the context of
conclusion literature review.
Highlight major (and not all) conclusions / limitations
Any changes made to
If yes, state the revised objectives with justifications
existing objectives
Plan for the next six
Experiments/data collection/Objectives to be completed
months
Updated list based on the additional literature review and
References
discussion

Course work completed after admission (first year only)


Course work
since last DAC meeting
Other training Any other training undertaken since last DAC meeting
Publications/conference presentations/patents/grant
Major research output
applications/awards/fellowships/any other recognition
Details of any difficulties or problems encountered since
Difficulties or problems
the last DAC meeting that may have affected your
encountered
progress
Regular Meetings with
the supervisor since last State of the number of meetings held with dates
DAC meeting
Requirements:
Total word count: 2000-2500; type in A4 paper; Times New Roman, font: 12; References:
Vancouver/Harvard.
Report submitted in the form of PPT presentation is not acceptable.

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