FIRST ORDINANCEE

ACADEMIC REGULATIONS

Shoolin/
University

SHOOLINI UNIVERSITY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
SOLAN-(HP)
| Sr. No.
CONTENTS
Title
Date of Enforcement
Page No.
1
Interpretation
Academic Session
Duration of Programmes
Subject of Study
Time of admission
Application Procedure 4
8 | Eligibility Criteria
Admission Procedure
10
10 Advisement 17
11 Registration 18
12 Credit Requirement for a Degree 18
13
Change of Branch 21
14 Dual degree Integrated Degree Programme 23
15 Attendance Requirements 23
16 Addition or Withdrawal of Course (s) 26
17 Repeating of Course 26
18 Withdrawal from the University 27
19 Good Standing 29
20 Breach of Discipline and Punishment 31
21 Evaluation System 31
22 Instructor's Grade Report 47
23 Ph.D Progamme 53
24 Research and Thesis 59
25 Format of Submission of Thesis 62
26 Thesis Evaluation 82

27 Accreditation ofFaculty Members for Postgraduate Teaching/ 85

Research
28 Award of Fellowships Stipends, Medals, Prizes and Certificate of 86
Honour
29 Fellowships/Scholarships/ Stipends and Gold Medals by Outside 89
Agenciess
30 Award of University Medal and Certificate of Honour 91

31 Hostel Rules 96

32 Admission to Degrees and the University Convocations 104

33 107
University Convocation Procedure
 within two weeks to the concerned Dean for onward transmission.
while the interest of the student will
Provided that
be kept in
finalizing
the research
view, as far as possible.
problem,
Deficiency Courses

57. The Research guiding committee, before proposing research programme of work of a
student the courses will be assessed for any deficiency in his/her Bachelor's, Master's and
Postgraduate programme. He/She may be required to complete the same sim ultaneously
as deficient course(s). The courses will be over and above minimum requirements
prescribed for the programme and will add to OGPA
Change in Programme of Studies

58. No change in the programme of studies shall normally be permitted. However, under
special cireumstances, Dean Academic Affairs may, on the recommendations of the
Research Guiding Committee in consultation with Head(s) of School(s) and concerned
Dean, for reasons to be specified, may permit a change in the programme of studies.

Research and Thesis

59.(a) Master degree programme shall include successful completion of scientific

investigation and creditable research reported in the form of a thesis, if the degree
requirements are part of the programme.

(b) Requirement for the M.Phil /Ph.D. degree shall include successful completion of
scientific investigation and creditable research to be submitted in the form of a
thesis, which must be original contribution to knowledge characterized either by
the discovery of facts and their significance or by a new interpretation of facts or
theories. In either case, it should evince the candidate's capacity for critical examination
and sound judgment.

Subject of Thesis
60. (a) The synopsis of M.Sc., M. Pharma and Ph.D. thesis, on the prescribed format must
reach the Dean through Head of the School latest by the date Id Term Examination in
the second semester. In case of M. Phil programme the synopsis will be submitted in
the first semester itself. The Dean will forward the synopsis to the Dean Academic
Affairs within a week of the above date. The synopsis seminar will be required to be
delivered by the student before the date of the submission of synopsis. The date of
seminar project planning shall be fixed under intimation to the Dean, Registrar and the
Dean Academic Affairs.

(6) The subject of thesis must be approved by

i) Research Guiding Committee of the student
ii) Head of the School
ii) Dean

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 (c) If the synopsis is not submitted in time, as laid down in (a) above, the student shall not
be allowed to register for research credits.

(d) Change in the synopsis of the thesis as well as change in the title of the thesis can be
made with the prior written permission duly recommended by authorities listed in (b-i to
it) above. The request should reach the office of the Dean Academic Affairs at least
two months prior to the submission of the thesis for approval.

Evaluation of Day to Day Research Work

61. i) After approval of the synopsis, the student in consultation with the Research Guiding
Committee, will submit the details of the plan of work to be done during the registered
semester. The semester research plan of work will be documented and signed by the
Guide and Research Guiding Committee members.
i. It is mandatory for the students to report the progress of the project to their Major
Research Guides at least once in a fortnight on appointed day and time.
i. The Major Research Guide shall physically check the progress of the project at least
once in a month.
ii. Research Guiding Committee shall meet at least two times in a semester to evaluate
the progress of research work before End-Term examination and submit a report about
the satisfactory progress of the student at the end of the semester.
vThe student shall present his/her research work before the committee in the form of
presentation before the end of term examination.
vi)Students should maintain a log book of their day to day research activity and get it
signed by the guide once in a fortnight during their meeting.
vil )The Major Guide of student on the basis of student performance will award
satisfactory/unsatisfactory grades. A student getting less than 50 percent marks shall be
awarded unsatisfactory grade and have to repeat all the credit hours in the next
semester. Satisfactory grades shall be awarded on the basis of marks secured by the
student on the basis of assessment by the guide and Research Guiding Committee.
Suppose a student registered 10 credit hours in a semester and he secured:

Sr. Marks Credit load Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

No.
1 50 percent 10 5 credit hours 5 credit hours
2 60 percent 10 6 credit hours 4 credit hours.
3 70 percent 10 7 credit hours 3 credit hours
480 percent 10 | 8 credit hours 2 credit hours.
5 More than 80 10 10 credit hours
percent
Students getting unsatisfactory grades shall have to register these credits in the
subsequent
semester.

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Submission of Thesis Project Report
62.i) Prior to submission ofthe thesis, the student shall make a pre - presentation, open to all
faculty members and research students, for getting feedback and comments which may
be suitably incorporated into the draft thesis /project report under the advice of the
guide.
Presence of Dean Academic Afairs and Director Research or their nomineesis
compulsory.
(ii) Ph.D candidates shall publish two research Papers in a referred Journal (Scopus or
Thompson & Reuter indexed journal) before the submission of the thesis for
of letter or
adjudication, and produce evidence for the same in the form of acceptance
the reprint.

(i)A candidate for M.Sc./M.Pharma/MBA/M.Tech must present (in person) five copies
of thesis/project work to the Dean Academic Affairs approved by the Research
Guiding Committee and forwarded by Dean Faculty latest by the end of the registered
semester.

iv) A candidate for M Phil /Doctoral programme must present (in person) five copies
of thesis to the Dean Academic Affairs approved by the Research Guiding Committee
and forwarded by Head of the School and Dean Faculty latest by the end of the
for web
registered semester. The hard copy must be presented with two soft copies
page and onward transmission to UGC.
(v) In case of Fellowship holders, the number of copies to be submitted shall be seven.

candidate fails to submit the thesis before the commencement of the

(vi) If a
subsequent semester, he shall_be required to register for that semester with
payment of fees and other dues as decided by academic council.
submission of
The student shall not be required to pay any fee for the period between the
shall be
thesis and conduct of the viva- voce examination. For all purposes, the student
month in which the thesis is submitted.
considered to have been enrolled till the end of the

semester in which he has been

In case, the student submits the thesis during the
viva-voce does not take place, he/she no longer
registered for research credits and his
needs to register for purposes of viva-voce only.

for completion of the requirement of

A student who registers in a particular semester
cannot submit thesis before the end of the st
research credit hours for submission of thesis,
Term Examination in the same semester.

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63. Format of Submission of Thesis

1.1 Thesis Structure

a. Title Page address.

It shall include title, student name, degree name, university logo and university
M.Phill Ph.D
A Specimen of Cover Page and Title Page for Postgraduate/
<Font Style Times New Roman>

Title of the Thesis/Project

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Thesis submitted for the award of the degree (for PhD)

of

Thesis submitted for the partial fulfillment of the degree of (for PG and M.Phil)
OF PHILOSOPHY
POST GRADUATE/MASTER OF PHILISOPHY/ DOCTOR
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Submitted by
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NAME OF THE CANDIDATE

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UNIVERSITY LOGO

FACULTY OF
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SHOOLINI UNIVERSITY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT sCIENCES
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SOLAN, HP., INDIA
MONTH, YEAR OF SUBMISSION
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b. Certificates

It shall include declaration by the

candidate, Certificate I, Il and ll

DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE

I hereby declare that the thesis entitled ". ."submitted [in partial
fulfillment (for P.G. courses)] for the award of
of Master of .........Doctor of
Philosophy to Shoolini University of Biotechnology degree
and Management Sciences, Solan (H.P.)
is original research work carried out
by me under the guidance and supervisIon of
(and co-guidance of.... . i f any). No part of this thesis has been submitted for any other
degree diploma to this or any other university.
or

Name and Signature of Candidate

Place:
Date:

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 CERTIFICATE - I

*
.." submitted [in partial
***** **
entitled ".. Doctor of
* * * * * .

This is to certify that the thesis of the degree of Master of .

for the award and Management
fulfillment (for P.G. courses)] of Biotechnology
to Shoolini University Name of student
Philosophy in.. research work carried out by
is original thesis has been
Sciences, Solan (H.P.) guidance and supervision. No part of this
(Registration No.) under my/our to this or any other university.
submitted for any other degree or diploma
has been duly
received during the course of investigation
The assistance and help
acknowledged.

(Name and Signature of Major Research Guide)

(Name and Signature of Co-guide if any)

Place:

Date..

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 CERTIFICATE-I
(to be attached in final bound copy after making the corrections suggested by the

examiners)
This is to certify that all the mistakes and errors pointed out by the external examiner have
been incorporated in the thesis entitled ****
.."submitted to
**

Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Science, Solan (H.P.) by Name or

student (Registration No) [in partial fulfillment (for P.G. courses)] for the award of the degree
of Master of ..JDoctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of . . .

Signature of Chairman
Research Guiding Committee

Signature of Dean of the Faculty

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 Certificate ll

(To be attached in the thesis)

. . " Submitted by

The thesis entitled ".. of Biotechnolo9y ana

student (Registration No) to Shoolini University P.G. courses))
tor
theof
Name of fulfillment (for
Solan (H.P.), [in partial in the Faculty
Management Sciences, Philosopy
of D o c t o r of Committ
award of the degree of Master . .

Research Guiding
student's
been approved by the the external
examiner.
has collaboration with
*****
examination of the same,
in
after an oral

External Examiner

Chairman
Name & Signature of

Committee Members
of Research Guiding
Name & Signatures

Dean of the Faculty

Dean Academic Affairs

 CERTIFICATE
(to be submitted separately after viva voce)
This is to certity that Research Guiding Committee has conducted the Viva- Voce Examinaton
of Mr./Ms. - ---- Reg. No.---
- f o r Master of ... Doctor of Philosophy in

the for the thesis entitled "

On. perfomance has been found satisfactory / unsatisfactory". Therefore
HIS/ her
or
committee recommend/ does not recommend* for the award of Master of ......Doctor
Philosophy degree to.

External Examiner

Name &Signature of Chairman Research Guiding Committee

Name & Signatures of Research Guiding Committee Members

Dean of the Faculty

Dean Academic Affairs

Strike out whichever is not applicable with external examiner signature.

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 c. Table of Contents

list all headings and subheadings with page numbers

indent subheadings
A typical Specimen of Table of Contents
Contents
<Font Style Times New Roman Font Size 14>

Table of contents should be in Font Style Times New Roman Font Size 12>

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE

No.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS ii-iv
LIST OF TABLES V-vii
LIST OF FIGURES ix-xiv
ABSTRACT XV-XVi
1. INTRODUCTION 1-10
1.1 subheadings if required 1-7
1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH 8-10
2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 11-30
2.1 subheadings
3 MATERIALS AND METHODS/METHODoLOGY
3.1 MATERIALS
3.2 METHODS
4 RESULTS (or RESULTS AND DISCUSSION)
4.1 subheadings
5 DISCUSSION
5.1 subheadings
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
8 REFERENCES
9 APPENDICES (if any)
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II (Accession Nos. of submitted sequences to
or any other)
NCBI/EMBUPDB
10 PUBLICATIONS
10.1 List of Publications
10.2 Reprints of Publications
d. Acknowledgments
Research guide(s) and anyone who helped you

1. technically (including materials, supplies)

2. intellectually (assistance, advice)
3. financially (fellowship, departmental support, travel grants etc.)

e. List of Abbreviations and Symbols

should
Standard Abbreviations and Acronyms should be used throughout the thesis. Acronyms
be in expanded form when used for the first time in the thesis. List all Abbreviation and
Symbols in alphabetical order.

f. List of Tables

List page numbers of all tables.

The list should include a short title for each table but not the whole caption.

g. List of Figures
List page numbers of all figures.
The list should include a short title for each figure but not the whole caption.

h. Abstract

Abstracts should be presented in a findings-oriented format in which the most important

results and conclusions are summarized.

Length should be ~1-2 paragraphs, approx. 400 words.
citations.
Abstracts generally do not have
Infomation in title should not be repeated.

1.2 Main Body of Thesis

1. Introduction

the research should be discussed in this section. The

The rationale and objectives of
material should be brief and relevant to the research described.
background
1.1. Subheadings, if any

1.2. Objectives of the Research

by you should be clearly mentioned in limited

Specific objectives of the research undertaken
words

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2. Review of Literature
This chapter cites previous research done in the aroa of presont rosearch problem. I sthou
cite those who had the idea or ideas first, and should also dite those who have done the rnos
recent and relevant work. You should then go on to explain why more work was necessary
(your work, of course). Break up this chapter Into logical segments by using subheads.

Figures cited in Introduction and Review of literature should be duly acknowledged and listed
Care
in the reference section and copyright should be acquired from the original publisher.
should be taken to avoid plagiarism.

3. Materials and Methods/Methodology

Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published
should be indicated by a reference.
4. Results

Note: Results and discussion may be either combined or separate.

Results should be clear and concise.
Mention negative results as well as positive.
thesis.
Use S.I. units (m, s, kg, W, etc.) throughout the
5. Discussion
combined
of the work, not repeat them. A
This should explore the significance of the results discussion
Avoid extensive citations and
Results and Discussion section is often appropriate.
of published literature.

6. Summary and Conclusions

presented in a short Summary and Conclusions

The main conclusions of the study may be
section.
7. Recommendations and Future Directions

Include when appropriate (most of the timne)

Remedial action to solve the problem.
Further research to fill in gaps in our understanding.
Directions for future investigations on this or
related topics.

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o References

All the references should be in International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

(ICMJE).
References should be typed in single spacing.
cite all ideas, concepts, text, data that are not your own.
if you make a statement, back it up with your own data or a reference.
all references cited in the text must be listed.
do not use footnotes for references
list all references cited in the text in alphabetical order with serial no. in Arabic e.g.
1, 2. So on. Name of the Journals and Book series should be written in expanded
form.

1. Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected

patients. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 347:284-7.

2. Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al.
Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical
contusion injury. Brain Research. 2002; 935(1-2):40-6.

Please see the below format for each type of reference

1. Standard journal article

List the first six authors followed by et al.

Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. The
New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 347:284-7.

More than six authors:

Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of
interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Research.
2002; 935(1-2):40-6.
2. Organization as author
Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Hypertension, insulin, and proinsulin in
participants with impaired glucose tolerance. Hypertension. 2002; 40(5):679-86.

as author (List all as they appear in the

oth personal authors and organization
byline.

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 Harving N, van Moorselaar RJ; Alf-One Study Group. Journal
Sexual
vallancien G, Emberton M,
tract symptoms. of
aysTunction in 1,274 European men suffering from lower urinary
Urology. 2003;169(6):2257-61.
4. No author given
21st century heart solution may have a sting in the tail. British Medical Journal. 2002;
325(7357):184.
5. Volume with supplement
with short- and
Geraud G, Spierings EL, Keywood C. Tolerability and safety of frovatriptan Headache.
with sumatriptan. 2002;
ong-term use for treatment of migraine and in comparison
42 Suppl 2:S93-9.

6. Issue with supplement

Glauser TA. Integrating clinical trial data into clinical practice. Neurology. 2002; 58(12 Suppl
7):S6-12.
7. Article republished with corrections
Molecular Cell
Mansharamani M, reproductive importance of P-type ATPases.
Chilton BS. The
from: Molecular Cell
Endocrinolgy. 2002; 188(1-2):22-5. Corrected and republished
Endocrinology. 2001; 183(1-2):123-6.
8. Article with published erratum

2 diabetes mellitus: a critical

Malinowski JM, Bolesta S. Rosiglitazone in the treatment of type
discussion 1149-50. Erratum in: Clinical
review. Clinical Therapeutics 2000;22(10):1151-68;
Therapeutics. 2001; 23(2):309.
of the print version
9. Article published electronically ahead
Yu WM, Hawley TS, Hawley RG, Qu CK.
lImmortalization of yolk sac-derived precursor cells.
Blood. 2002 Nov 15; 100(10):3828-31. Epub 2002 Jul 5.

BOOKS AND OTHER MONOGRAPHS

10. Personal author(s)

Louls:
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St.
Mosby; 2002.

11. Editor(s), compiler(s) as author

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Gilstrap LC 3rd, Cunningham FG, VanDorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New
York: McGraw-Hill; 2002.

12. Author(s) and editor(s)

Breedlove GK, Schorfheide AM. Adolescent preanancy. 2nd ed. Wieczorek RR, editor. white
Plains (NY): March of Dimes Education Services; 2001.
13. Organization(s) as author

Advanced Life Support Group. Acute medical emergencies: the practical approach. London:
BMJ Books; 2001. 454 p.

American Occupational Therapy Association,

Ad Hoc Committee on Occupational Therapy
Manpower. Occupational therapy manpower: a plan for progress. Rockville (MD); The
Association; 1985 Apr. 84 p.

National Lawyer's Guild AIDs Network (US); National Gay Rights Advocates (US). AIDS
practice manual: a legal and educational guide. 2nd ed. San Francisco: The Network; 1988.

14. Chapter in a book

Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In:
Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill;
2002. p. 93-113.

15. Conference proceedings

Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ
Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer, 2002.

16. Conference paper

Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza's computational effort statistic for genetic

programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. Genetic
programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic
Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin: Springer, 2002. p. 182-91.

17. Scientific or technical report

Issued by funding/sponsoring agency:

Yen GG (Oklahoma State University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Stillwater, OK). Health monitoring on vibration signatures. Final report. Arlington (VA): Air
Force Office of Scientific Research (US), Air Force Research Laboratory; 2002 Feb. Report

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No.: AFRLSRBLTRO20123. Contract No.: F496209810049.

Issued by performing agency:

Russell ML, Goth-Goldstein R, Apte MG, Fisk WJ. Method for measuring the size
of airborne Rhinovirus. distribution
Berkeley (CA): Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Environmental
Energy Technologies Division; 2002 Jan. Report No.: LBNL49574. Contract No.:
DEACO376SF00098. Sponsored by the Department of Energy.
18. Dissertation

Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans
[dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002.
19. Patent

Pagedas AC, inventor; Ancel Surgical R&D Inc., assignee. Flexible endoscopic grasping and
Cutting device and positioning tool assembly. United States patent US 20020103498. 2002
Aug 1.

Other Published Material

20. Newspaper article

Tynan T. Medical improvements lower homicide rate: study sees drop in assault rate. The
Washington Post. 2002 Aug 12;Sect. A:2 (col. 4).

21. Audiovisual material

Chason KW, Sallustio S. Hospital preparedness for bioterrorism [videocassette]. Secaucus

(NJ): Network for Continuing Medical Education; 2002.

22. Legal Material

Public law:
Veterans Hearing Loss Compensation Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-9, 115 Stat. 11
(May 24,
2001).
Unenacted bill:
Healthy Children Learn Act, S. 1012, 107th Cong., 1st Sess. (2001).

Code of Federal Regulations:

Cardiopulmonary Bypass Intracardiac Suction Control, 21 C.F.R. Sect. 870.4430 (2002).

Hearing:
Arsenic in Drinking Water: An Update on the Science, Benefits and Cost: Hearing Before the
Subcomm. on Environment,
107th Cong., 1st Sess. (Oct. Technology and Standards of the
4, 2001). House Comm. on Sdence,
23. Map

Pratt B, Flick P, Vynne C,

Conservation International;cartographers.
2000. Biodiversity hotspots (map]. Washington:
24. Dictionary and similar
references
Dorland's illustrated medical
p. 675 dictionary. 29th ed.
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2000. Filamin,
Unpublished Material
25. In press or
Forthcoming
Tian D, Araki H, Stahl E, Bergelson J,
Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.Kreitman M. Signature of balancing selection in
Forthcoming 2002.
Electronic Material
26. CD-ROM

Anderson SC, Poulsen KB. Anderson's electronic atlas

of hematology
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002. [CD-ROM]. Philadelphia:
27. Journal article on the Internet

Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA

acts in an advisory role.
Am J Nurs. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug
12]:102(6):[about 1 p.]. Available from:
http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/juneWawatch.htmArticle
Article with a Digital Object ldentifier (DOl):

Zhang M, Holman CD, Price SD, Sanfilippo FM, Preen DB, Bulsara MK. Comorbidity and
repeat admission to hospital for adverse drug reactions in older adults: retrospective cohort
Study. BMJ. 2009 Jan 7;338:a2752. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2752.

28. Monograph on the Internet

Foley KM, Gelband H, editors. Improving palliative care for cancer [Internet]. Washinglon:
National Academy Press; 2001 [cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from:
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074029/html/,

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29. Homepage/Web site

Online Resources, Inc.; c2000-01

Association of Cancer
Cancer-Pain.org [Internet]. New York:
2002 Jul 9]. Available from: http://www.cancer-pain.org/.
[updated 2002 May 16; cited

30. Part of a homepage/Web site

c1995-2002[updated 2001
The Association;
American Medical Association [Internet]. Chicago:
of Practice Liaison; [about 2 screens].
Aug23; cited 2002 Aug 12]. AMA Office Group
Available from: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/publcategory/1736.html

31. Database on the Internet

Open database:
Who's Certified [Internet). Evanston (IL): The American Board of Medical Specialists. c2000.
http://www.abms.org/newsearch.asp
cited 2001 Mar 8]. Available from:

32. Part of a database on the Internet

Medicine (US); 2002 Meta .

MeSH Browser [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of
Available from:
analysis [cited 2008 Jul 24]: [about 2 p.].
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?mode=&index=16408&view=concept MeSH

Unique ID: D017418.

33. Blogs
[cited 2009
Blog [Internet]. San Francisco: Matthew Holt.
2003 Oct
Holt M. The Health Care http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/thehealth_care_blog/.

Feb 13]. Available from:

O Appendices
if required.
Include all raw data in the appendix,
available (these are used as a resource by the
Reference data/materials not easily
department and other students).
Tables (where more than 1-2 pages).
Calculations (where more than 1-2 pages).
You may include a key article as appendix.
of references but did not cite all of them, you might
If you consulted a large number
r e s o u r c e material, etc.
want to include a list of additional
or details of complicated procedures.
List of equipment used for an experiment
should be embedded in the text and not in
Note: Figures and tables, including captions,
are not critical to your
unles are more than 1-2 pages and
they
an appendix,
argument.
PDB codes/Accession Nos. of submitted sequences.

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 Publications

10.1. List of Publications in

10.2. Reprints of papers in chronological order as per ICMJE style.
chronological order should be included.
64. Typing Instructions
i. General
This section includes additional
information for final tvoing of the thesis. The
on the typed/xeroxed/printed copies should impressions
be black in color. A sub-heading at the
of a page must have atleast two full lines below it bottom
or else it should be carried over to tne
next page.

The last word of any page should not be

split using a hyphen. One and a half spacing1.)
should be used for typing the
general text. The general text shall be typed in Font Style
Times New Roman and Font Size 12.
Single spacing should be used for typing:
() Long Tables
() Long quotations
(ii) Foot notes
(iv) Multiline captions
(v) References

All quotations exceeding one line should be typed in an indented space the indentation
being 15 mm from either side of the margin.

Paper size should be A4. Printing should be on both sides of the page. There should
be a margin of 1.5" on left hand side of odd no. pages and 1.5" on right hand side of even
no. pages. Top, bottom and other margins should be of 1".

ii. Numbering Instructions

Page Numbering
All page numbers (whether it is in Roman or Arabic numbers) should be typed without
punctuation on the lower right hand corner. Ihe preliminary pages of the thesis (such as
Acknowledgement, List of symbols and abbreviations, List of Tables and Figures and
Abstract) should be numbered in lower case roman numerals (i, i...). Pages of main text,
starting with Chapter 1 should be consecutively numbered using Arabic numerals (1,

2.).
Divisions and Sub-Divisions
b. Numbering of Chapters,
should be done using Arabic
The numbering of chapters, divisions and sub-divisionsused for numbering the divisions
should
numerals only and further decimal
notation be
For example sub-division 4 under division 3
and sub-divisions within a chapter.
numbered as 2.3.4. The caption for the sub-division
belonging to chapter 2 should be
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 should immediately follow the number assigned to it. Every chapter beginning with the
first chapter should be serially numbered using Arabic numerals. Appendices, included if
any, should also be numbered in an identical manner starting with Appendix 1.

c. Numbering of Tables and Figures

Tables and Figures appearing anywhere in the Thesis should bear appropriate numbers.
The rule for assigning such numbers is illustrated by an example. Thus, if a Figure in
Chapter 3, happens to be the fourth then assign 3.4 to that Figure. Iderntical rules apply
for Tables except that the word Figure is replaced by the word Table. If Figures (or
Tables) appear in appendices then Figure 3 in Appendix 2 will be designated as Figure A
2.3. If a table to be continued into the next page this may be done, but no line should be
drawn underneath an unfinished Table. The top line of the Table continued into the next
page should, for example read Table 2.1 (continued) placed centrally. The legend of table
should be placed on the top of table and for figure it should be placed at the bottom of the
figure.

d. Numbering of Equations

Equations appearing in each Chapter or Appendix should be numbered serially, the

numbering should commence afresh for each Chapter or Appendix. Thus for example, an
equation appearing in Chapter 4, if it happens to be the eighth equation in that Chapter, it
should be numbered as 4.8.

Header and Footer

Header and Footer except page no. should be in italics. Header includes Chapter No.
(e.g. Chapter 1) on left hand side corner and Chapter Name (e.g. Introduction, Review of
Literature..) on right hand side corner.
Footer includes Name of the School on left hand side corner and Page No. (1,2,3.)on
right hand side corner.

Example of Header

Chapter 1

Introduction

Example of Footer

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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f.Binding Specifications
. Copies of Thesis/
Project should be hard bound. There should be
the cover i.e. Maron with Golden
letters for PhD thesis and Navy color code or on
letters for Masters and M.Phil. Blue with Golden
dissertations
to what has been prescribed for the
and the text for printing should be identicai
title page.
After viva-voce examination all the
should be submitted dually certified
copies of Thesis/Project report as prescribed earlier
his or her signature that all the
by Guide or Chairman of Research Committee witn
been incorporated in the
corrections, modifications suggested by Examiner have
Thesis/Project
.Soft copy of thesis in CD form (2 report.
Nos) should be submitted for University archives ana
onward transmission to UGC website.
The certificates Il and ll as
and acknowledgement.
given separately should be placed between the title page
The side strip of hard binding is like this

Ph.D. THESIS NAME OF STUDENT YEAR

(Discipline)

FORMAT FOR SYNOPSIS, TITLE PAGES, cONTENTS ETC. SHALL BE AS PER

SPECIMENS GIVENN

Format of the Synopsis

To regularize the submission of synopsis the following format is followed
Name of Student:
Admission No:
Name of Guide with Designation:
Name of Co- guide (if any):
Collaborating Institute (if any):
Major Field of Research:
Specialization:
Title of Dissertation:
Introduction:
It will contain brief outline of origin of the study and brief Introduction, necessity for such
study and objectives
Review of Literature:
Research Methodology:
Methodology adopted experimental design and tools procedure of analysis and
tools for interpretation of data.
statistical
Technical Programme:
Plan along with time schedule to be followed.
References:
References should be as given in the section for PhD thesis.

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 CERTIFICATE
for Submission of Synopsis

Certified that the synopsis of (Name of the student) M.Phil/Ph.D student of (School name) has
been finalized in consultation with Research Guiding Committee. The student has successfully
delivered her/his synopsis seminar entitled .'.* * * ********* ***. ."on date, in
accordance with the academic regulation. The suggestions given by the members have been

duly incorporated.

Signature of the Major Research guide

Members Research Guiding Committee and Signatures

coUNTERSIGNED BY

Signature of Signature of

Head of the School Dean of the Faculty

APPROVED BY

Dean Academics Affairs

Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management

Science, Solan (H.P.)
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synopsis

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