Proposed Graduate on Time Schedule

Administrative and Regulatory

Milestones for PhD Candidates
(Science & Technology)

Semester Activities Output/Milestone Comments

 Attend Research Methodology Course  Completed Research Methodology course
 Familiarization with and use of EndNote, Turnitin,  Fulfilment of language requirements
editing software, data analysis and research tools
 Conduct Literature Review
1

 Complete Literature Review  Literature Review  Candidates are strongly

 Conduct pilot study/ planning & setting up of  Thesis Plan/Outline of Thesis advised to use reference
experiment/ start data collection  Submission of Publication 1 (review paper management software
/ experimental design) Eg: Mendeley, Bibtex,
2  Proposal Defence in Colloqium 1
 Presented research proposal in Colloqium 1 EndNote

 Investigation and development of the proposed  Presented research proposal in Colloqium 2  Report should include data
solutions. collection, findings, thesis
 Data analysis outline
3  Proposal Defence in Colloqium 2

 Experimentation and/or data analysis
 Thesis write-up (Chapter 1, 2 & 3)
 Preparation of manuscripts for submission of
4 publication
 Proposal Defence in Colloqium 3
 Submission of Publication 2  Report should include data
 Completed drafts of three chapters collection, findings, thesis
 Presented research proposal in Colloqium 3 outline

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Semester Activities Output/Milestone Comments
 Thesis write-up (complete remaining chapters)  Completed thesis draft
 Presentation of Thesis Seminar (Colloqium 4)  Presented Thesis Seminar (Colloqium 4)
5

 Submit 3 Months Notice for thesis submission  Submission of thesis

 Attend Thesis Workshop
6
 Finalize and submit thesis

7  Prepare for viva voce  Viva voce

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 Proposed Graduate on Time Schedule
Administrative and Regulatory
Milestones for MSc Students
(Science & Technology)

Semester Activities Output/Milestone Comments

 Attend Research Methodology Course  Completed Research Methodology course
 Familiarization with and use of EndNote, Turnitin,  Complete Literature Review
editing software, data analysis and research tools  Presented research proposal in Colloqium 1
 Conduct Literature Review
1
 Proposal Defence in Colloqium 1

 Conduct pilot study/ planning & setting up of  Literature Review  Candidates are strongly
experiment/ start data collection  Thesis Plan/Outline of Thesis advised to use reference
 Investigation and development of the proposed  Submission of Publication 1 (review paper management software
/ experimental design) Eg: Mendeley, Bibtex,
2 solutions
 Thesis write-up (Chapter 1, 2 & 3)  Completed drafts of three chapters EndNote
 Data analysis  Presented research proposal in Colloqium 2
 Proposal Defence in Colloqium 2

 Experimentation and/or data analysis
 Thesis write-up (complete remaining chapters)
 Preparation of manuscripts for submission of
3 publication
 Proposal Defence in Colloqium 2
 Submission of Publication 1  Report should include data
 Completed drafts collection, findings, thesis
 Presented research proposal in Colloqium 2 outline

 Submit 3 Months Notice for thesis submission  Submission of Publication 2  Report should include data
 Attend Thesis Workshop  Completed Thesis Workshop & collection, findings, thesis
 Finalize and submit thesis Presentation outline
4  Prepare for viva voce  Viva voce

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