Lachoo Memorial College of Science & Technology

Ph. D. Programme

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, has started offering Ph.D. Program in Pharmacy since 2008. Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology, Jodhpur, has been approved as research centre/ study centre for carrying out Ph. research work. Three of our faculty members are approved as Research Guide (RG) viz., (i) Prof. (Dr.) B. P. Nagori, Director; (ii) Prof. (Dr.) G. K. Singh, Head, Pharmacognosy; (iii.) Dr. Roshan Issarani, Reader & Head, Pharmaceutics. A total number of 12 Research Scholars can be enrolled under each of these guides

GUIDELINES FOR Ph.D. RESEARCH SCHOLARS - 2009

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, has started offering Ph.D. Program in Pharmacy since 2008. Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology, Jodhpur, has been approved as research centre/ study centre for carrying out Ph. research work. Three of our faculty members are approved as Research Guide (RG) namely, (i) Prof. (Dr.) B. P. Nagori, Director; (ii) Prof. (Dr.) G. K. Singh, Head, Pharmacognosy; (iii.) Dr. Roshan Issarani, Reader & Head, Pharmaceutics. A total number of 12 Research Scholars can be enrolled under each of these guides. Each of the RGs can enroll.

For taking admission in Ph.D. in Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology, Jodhpur, a Ph.D. aspirant has to write a plain paper application addressed to the Director, indicating his/ her willingness to do Ph.D. at this college under one of the approved RG. The RS shall also mention the place where he/ she is currently working and his/ her mobile no. and e-mail. On receipt of the application, RS shall be issued an admission form from the college which is to be duly filled and submitted by the RS on or before the due date. Depending upon the vacancy under the RG, the RS shall be granted admission subject to deposition of fees and eligibility of the RS being declared by the University.

The fee structure is Rs.40,000/- payable annually. Along with the first year fee additional amount of Rs. 5000/-shall be deposited as Caution Money which would be refundable after completion of the course.

The RS is required to work for at least 100 days annually at the place of work/ study centre for at least two years before submission of the Ph.D. dissertation thesis. A certificate to this effect from the principal in case of the candidate who is a student of an affiliated college or from the RG in other case is to be submitted stating that “the RS resided and worked under the guidance of supervisor for not less than one hundred days in each of the two years preceding the submission”. The academic session starts from any date on which the RS commences work. The date of commencement of work can be any date in between submission of the application for to the University and receipt of letter from University communicating approval of registration of the RS. The actual date on which the RS commences work is to be communicated through his/her RG to the University. For carrying out research work and submission of thesis, permission is initially granted for three years, failing which the RS is required to write to the University through his supervisor for extension.

Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology, Jodhpur, is an approved place of work/ study centre by the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, for carrying out research work leading to the award of Ph.D. degree. An RS, depending upon the requirement of the work, can also carry out a part of his/her research work at industry /institute/ laboratory outside the college for which a proposal is to be submitted duly forwarded by the RG to the Director for approval. Consent of the organization for providing all facilities for research should be obtained and enclosed with the proposal. The required arrangements have to be made by the RS on his/ her own. In order to monitor the work progress at industry/institute/laboratory outside the college, a mentor from the host organization shall be appointed.

An Institutional Research Board (IRB) has been constituted in order to approve and monitor the progress of research work. The members of the IRB include all the University approved research guides of this college, heads of departments, any other teacher having Ph.D. qualification and special invitees. Director shall be the chairman of the board. The decisions of the Chairman shall be final and binding in all the matters related to research and concerning one and all.

The Research Proposal (RP) comprises of proposed topic of research, place of work, proposed RG, and synopsis including plan of work. The RS shall submit the proposal in the given format duly forwarded by the RG on or before the prescribed date to the Director.

The RS shall choose and propose a topic of research in consultation with the RG on the basis of current trends of research in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The topic specifies the broad area of the proposed research work. The research is to be based on experimental work. It cannot merely be based on questionnaire, survey or table work (except for PMRA). The proposed research work should be novel/ original, have industrial/ academic applicability and should not have been published/ presented.

The synopsis is to be prepared in A-4 size executive bond paper, general text typed in font Verdana, size 10 with line spacing of 1.5; top, bottom & right margin of 1 inch & left margin 1.5 inch; and the paragraphs having no indent but two paragraphs having gap (enter) between them.

Ph.D. Research Proposal

on the topic

PROPOSED TOPIC OF RESEARCH

Supervised by:
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(Name of RG)
Qualifications
Designation
Date

Submitted by:
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(Name of RG)
Univ. Application No.
Name of organization
with address
Date

Place of Work:
Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology, Jodhpur

Month, Year

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur

CONTENTS

S. No.	Title	Page no.
1.	BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION DRUG/PLANT PROFILE LITERATURE REVIEW
2.	RESEARCH ENVISAGED/ UNRESOLVED ISSUES/ OBJECTIVES
3.	METHODOLOGY
4.	REFERENCES
5.	PLAN OF WORK
6.	REQUIREMENT OF FACILITIES
7.	STATUS OF APPROVAL

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Ph.D. Research Proposal (Jan., 2009)

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1 BACKGROUND (Verdana #12 bold caps)

1.1 INTRODUCTION (Verdana #10 bold caps)

This section comprises of general aspects related to the proposed topic of research.

1.1.1 Subsections (Verdana #10 bold sentence case)

1.1.1.1 Sub-subsections (Verdana #10 bold italics sentence case)

1.2 DRUG PROFILE

A profile of the selected drug or drugs either synthetic or of plant origin is to be included.

1.3 LITERATURE REVIEW

The RS is required to thoroughly search the contemporary literature and researches done in the same area. It is required that the students use variety of sources of information such as: internet, chemical abstracts and Medline, patent searches – prior art search - (may log on to sites viz. www.wipo.org, www.indianpatents.org.in, www.jpo.go.jp, www.uspto.gov, www.espacenet.com, www.surfip.net, etc for such searches) or interact with industry to identify REAL NEED-BASED areas of research.

Further students must positively visit a National Library for literature survey. Literature should be arranged in reverse chronological order (i.e. starting with the latest).

2. RESEARCH ENVISAGED

It is expected that a broad summary of the present status of work and unresolved research issues in the area are high-lighted base on the background of the proposed research. It should clearly indicate the perception of the research work and should not be a mere repetition of the topic of research. What is to be achieved as an outcome of the research has to be visualized while describing the objective(s) of the research.

3. METHODOLOGY

The logical steps which are to be followed in investigating the current problem(s) are to be presented under this head. A clear idea of literature and data sources, experimental set up, data collection and information retrieval methods, and analytical techniques to be used in the research should be reflected adequately.

In addition to the above, the methodology should, importantly, address the following four points/aspects (wherever applicable):

Mechanism of action involved in the proposed method
Structure/ interaction at the molecular level
Validation (if applicable) of proposed/developed method, equipment, process etc.
Statistical treatment of data (specify the statistical test to be employed and specify the level set for ‘p’ for commenting on the statistical significance of results)

4. REFERENCES

The citation of literature should be done in the standard, internationally accepted Vancouver style. The citations must be indicated by Arabic numerals in the text in bold and as superscript. The references should be cited in order of their appeaerance in the text.

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Given below are few illustrative examples of citing references of journals, books, etc.

1.	Book:
	Author(s) Surname Initials., (full stop comma), Title, (bold Title Case comma) Edition, (nth ed.) Publisher with place, (comma) Year of publication. (full stop)
e.g.	Gelb A., Applied Optimal Estimation, 5th, M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, M. A, 1974.
2.	Journal Paper:
	Author(s) Surname Initials., (if more than six authors then it is sufficient to mention the first three followed by et al. full stop comma), Title, (inverted commas Sentence case comma) Journal Title (accepted abbreviation bold Title Case comma) Year of publication, (comma) volume number (issue no.): page nos (issue no. in brackets colon, words: page no is not be written, no. of starting and ending page). (full stop)
e.g.	Kalman R. E. and Pucy N. S., “New results in linear filtering and prediction theory,” J. Basic Eng., Mar. 1961, Vol. 83(4): 95-108.
3.	A Conference Paper:
e.g.	Vidyasagar M. and Bose N. K., “Input-output stability of linear systems defined over measure spaces,” Proc. Midwest Symp. Circ.
	Syst., Montreal, P.O. Canada, 1975, August, 394-397.
4.	A Ph.D. Thesis or Dissertation:
e.g.	Viera A. C. G., “Matrix orthogonal polynomials, with applications to autoregressive modeling and ladder forms,” Ph.D. dissertation,
	Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, Dec. 1977.
5.	Internet references:
	Website address and the date on which accessed.
e.g.	http://chemistry.about.com/library/glossary/blglossary.html accessed on 01/01/03.

PLAN OF WORK

PROPOSED TOPIC OF RESEACRH

S.No.	Work objective		Timeline
1.
Total		(at least 24 months)

* mention by marking with an asterisk sign, the work to be performed outside college

Requirement of Materials

REQUIREMENT OF MATERIALS

I. Chemicals available in lab.

S.No.	Name	Specification (grade, pack size)	Quantity required	Cost per unit	Total Cost

Ib. Chemicals to be procured

S.No.	Name	Specification (grade, pack size, supplier)	Quantity required	Cost per unit	Total Cost

II. API/ Formulations available in lab.

S.No.	Name	Specification (grade, pack size)	Quantity required	Batch No.	Mfg. Date

IIa. API/ Formulations to be procured

S.No.	Name	Specification (grade, pack size)	Quantity required	Suppliers

IIIa. Glassware available in lab.

S.No.	Name	Specification	Quantity required	Cost per unit	Total Cost

IIIb. Glassware to be procured

S.No.	Name	Specification (grade, pack size, supplier)	Quantity required	Cost per unit	Total Cost

IVa. Test Systems (Animals/ Microorganisms/ Software) available in lab.

S.No.	Name	Specification (strain/ type)	Quantity required	Cost per unit	Total Cost

IVb. Test Systems (Animals/Microorganisms/ Software) to be procured

S.No.	Name	Specification (strain/ type/ supplier)	Quantity required	Cost per unit	Total Cost

Va. Equipments available in lab

S.No.	Name	Model

Vb. Equipments to be arranged by one’s own self

S.No.	Name	Place

Approval Status

Comments and Status of Approval of PhD. Research Proposal

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Name of RS:	Name of RG:
Proposed Topic of Research:
Place of Work:

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