PhD techies can guide VTU doctorate aspirants

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BANGALORE: Now, those teaching engineering in colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and aspiring to d..

BANGALORE: Now, those teaching engineering in colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and aspiring to do PhD need not worry about how to find a guide.
The varsity has decided to allow techies who have PhD and are working in multinational companies to act as guides of PhD aspirants. VTU ViceChancellor H Maheshappa disclosed this to TNIE. He said the varsity decided to rope in techies to act as guides for its engineering teachers because it realised there were not enough guides for PhD aspirants.There are more than 187 engineering colleges affiliated to VTU. More than 20,000 teachers are working in these colleges. Earlier, VTU had a rule that its engineering teachers could do PhD only at those colleges that were at least five years old and had a research and development centre. Maheshappa said it was difficult for the aspirants to meet the requirements. With the new rule, he said he was sure the aspirants would find guides easily.

The VC pointed out that there were many experts and resource persons who have done PhD and are working in government organisations such as HAL, NAL, DRDO and in private firms such as Intel, Honeywell and Infosys.

However, he added that if VTU allowed teachers to do PhD from private companies, the guides' credibility ought to be questioned. He further said that on a longterm basis, PhD obtained under a guide who works for a private company loses its value. He said there were chances of irregularities if one gets his PhD under a private guide.