Hyderabad: OU PhD scholars besiege Registrar’s office over PhD thesis deadline

Demanding the university administration compensate for the time lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the PhD scholars of 2018 batch wanted extension of the thesis submission deadline by one year.

Hyderabad: Demanding extension of the thesis submission deadline, Osmania University PhD research scholars of 2018 batch staged a protest inside Registrar Prof. G Naresh Reddy’s office and besieged it here on Saturday.

According to protesters, the PhD registration process commenced in 2018 and went till 2019. They lamented that they lost two years of valuable time due to Covid-19 pandemic.

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Stating that their pre-PhD examination was conducted in 2021, protesters said they could not complete their research works on time due to lack of fellowships. Scholars, hailing from rural and economically weaker backgrounds, urged the administration to make them suffer mentally in the name of deadline.

The protesters demanded the university administration compensate for the time lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic and wanted extension of the thesis submission deadline by one year.

According to research scholars, the protest was called off following assurance from the Registrar that the issue would be discussed in the standing council meeting scheduled for February 28.

Research scholars, including, Kommu Shekhar, Jeedi Anil Kumar, Jangili Darshan, Valigonda Narasimha, Kranthi Nayak, Alekhya, Vani, Kalyani, Nagamma, and Sai Bhavani participated in the protest.