The All
India Institute of Medical Sciences here has proposed doing away with
interviews at all stages of the PhD selection process and make it based on
written examination, a step aimed at bringing greater transparency. For
enabling high-impact research at the institute, the administration has further
proposed to start 40-50 PhD Institute fellowship at par with Prime Minister's
Research Fellows (PMRF) scheme and to apportion a budget of Rs 200 crore for
the same, subject to necessary approvals from statutory committees of the AIIMS
and the Government of India. These are a part of reforms suggested by the
AIIMS administration on Tuesday for the selection process for PhD and award of
Institute Fellowship. During AIIMS director Dr M Srinivas' interaction with the
faculty, PhD students and scientists, it has been strongly suggested that there
is an emergent requirement for reforming the selection process for PhD and
award of Institute Fellowship at AIIMS New Delhi, an office memorandum issued
on Tuesday said.
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