Reminiscence of experience gained out of adjudicating MPhil/PhD theses (Life Sciences &Allied fields) of fifteen Indian Universities
Reminiscence of experience gained out of adjudicating MPhil/PhD theses (Life Sciences &Allied fields) of fifteen Indian Universities
Dr N Irabanta Singh Introduction The writer joined Manipur University as Associate Professor of Life Sciences in 1984 after working as Lecturer in Botany, St. Edmund’s College, Shillong, Meghalaya (1972-81) and Assistant Professor in Microbiology at the Manipur Agricultural College, Iroisemba (1981-84). He was elevated as Professor of Life Sciences in 1992 and placed in Higher Academic Grade from 2014. He served the University as Head, Life Sciences Department (1996-98); Dean, School of Life Sciences (1012-15); Chairman, Board of studies and member of the Academic Council, Senate, Syndicate and executive member of Manipur University. He was also Co-Ordinator, Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility funded by DBT/GOI in the Life Sciences Department, Manipur University. He retired from the service of the Manipur University in February 28,2015 but continued his research activities till date. During last 35 years (1983-2018) he had adjudicated 60 (sixty) research theses in different branches of Life Science and allied field from 15 (fifteen) Indian Universities as given below: Table 1: M.Phil./Ph.D. theses of Indian Universities adjudicated by Prof. N. Irabanta Singh Sl.No. Name of the Scholar and sub. of the thesis Specialized subject area Name of the University Degree &Date of appointment 1 S.G.Pillai(Botany) Aerobiology Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S) Ph.D. 10th March,1983 2 S.B.Jogdand (Botany) Aerobiology Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S) Ph.D.23rdJan.,1986 3 G.N.Rao (Botany) Plant Pathology Andhra University,Waltair M.Phil.10thFeb.,1986 4 Pranita Baruah(Botany) Plant Pathology Gauhati University,Guwahati M.Phil.3rd Nov.,1987 5 B.M.Rajeshwar(Botany) Aerobiology Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S) Ph.D.4th July,1988 6 S. S. Rao (Botany) Environmental Science Andhra University,Waltair M.Phil.14th July,1988 7 K.S.Sonawana(Botany) Aerobiology Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S) Ph.D.22nd Dec.,1988 8 J.N.Abraham Aerobiology Bangalore University,Bangalore Ph.D.16th June,1989 9 Saraswati Rao(Botany) Aerobiology Andhra University,Waltair Ph.D.28th Feb.,1990 10 V.G. Ban(Botany) Aerobiology Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S) Ph.D.8th Nov.,1990 11 Daisy Senapoty(Plant Pathology-Agri) Plant Pathology Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat Ph.D.15th Dec.,1995 12 C.H.Narasimha Sarma (Botany) Aerobiology Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S) Ph.D.27th April,1996 13 Pulin Ch.H.Sarma(Plant Pathology) Plant Pathology Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat Ph.D.21st Nov.,1997 14 Manab Deka(Biotechnology) Biotechnology Gauhati University, Guwahati Ph.D.27th Jan.,2000 15 Jamshed Ali (Botany) Plant Pathology Gauhati University, Guwahati Ph.D.1st Sep.,2000 16 Bibhas Deb (Botany) Plant Pathology Assam University, Silchar Ph.D.18th July,2001 17 Simran Roy(Life Science) Microbial Ecology Assam University, Silchar M.Phil.22nd Feb.,2002 18 T.C.Sarma(Botany) Plant Pathology Gauhati University, Guwahati Ph.D.7th Sept.,2002 19 Sakhi Dutta (Eco&Envt.Sc) Microbiology Assam University, Silchar Ph.D.8th Dec.,2003 20 Abhijit Datta(Life Science) Microbiology Assam University, Silchar M.Phil.19th Jan.,2004 21 D.Padmini Venkata Ramana (Life Science) Microbiology Assam University, Silchar M.Phil.24th Jan.,2004 22 Bembrekar,S.K. Aerobiology Swami Ramanad TeerthMarathwada University,Nanded (M.S) Ph.D.9th Sept.,2004 23 Kamal Chaudhury(Botany) Microbiology Gauhati University, Guwahati Ph.D.25th Jan.,2005 24 Binika Hazarika(Botany) Microbiology Gauhati University, Guwahati Ph.D.18th March,2005 25 S.Kalita (Botany) Biosystematics Gauhati University, Guwahati Ph.D.24th June,2005 26 D. Sharma (Ecology) Aerobiology Assam University, Silchar Ph.D.11th Nov.,2005 27 Rajashree Phukon(Biotechnology) Microbiology Gauhati University, Guwahati Ph.D.17th March,2006 28 H. Barma(Biotechnology) Microbiology Gauhati University, Guwahati Ph.D.9th May,2006 29 S. Roy (Eco&Envt.Sc) Microbiology Assam University, Silchar Ph.D.14th Aug.,2006 30 P.V.Saroja(Botany) Aerobiology Osmania University,Hyderabad Ph.D.7th Oct.,2006 31 Saranga Ranjan Patgiri (Botany) Microbiology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph.D.20thDec.,2006 32 Sarat Borkataki (Botany) Ethno botany Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph. D28th Dec.,2006 33 Ms. B. Samatha (Botany) Env. Biology Andhra University,Visakhapatnam Ph. D6th Feb.,2007 34 Mr. Arunava Das(Eco&Env. Sc) Microbiology Assam University, Silchar Ph. D27th Feb.,2007 35 Suparna Dutta (Biochem &Biophysics) Microbiology University of Kalyani, Kalyani Ph. D3rd Aug.,2007 36 Rohit Chandra Daimnari (Botany) Plant Pathology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph. D31st Aug.,2007 37 Rani Hazarika (Botany) Microbiology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph. D16th Oct.,2007 38 Eva Saikia (Botany) Microbiology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph. D11th Nov.,2007 39 Ananta Borah(Botany) Botany Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph. D8th March 2008 40 K.Lalchandama(Eco & Envt.Sc) Microbiology Assam University, Silchar Ph.D.27th May,2008 41 P. K .Mishra(Biotechnology) Biotechnology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph.D.18th July,2008 42 N. Baruah(Zoology) Pathology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph.D.12th Aug.,2008 43 K. Jyoti (Botany) Aerobiology Osmania University, Hyderabad Ph.D.1st April 2008 44 D. Singha(Eco & Envt.Sc) Biotechnology Assam University, Silchar Ph.D.9th June,2009 45 Prasanta Dutta (Life Science) Plant pathology Dibrugarh University,Dibrugarh Ph.D.14thAug,2009 46 A.Uddin (Botany) Botany Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph.D.20th Oct,2010 47 P. K. Dare (Eco & Envt.Sc) Aerobiology Dr.B.R.AmbedkarMarathwada University Ph.D.10thMarch,2011 48 Ch.Amit Kumar(Botany) Microbiology Andhra University, Visakhapatnam Ph.D.23rd May,2011 49 Reena Choudhury (Botany) Microbiology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph.D.22nd Sep.,2011 50 S.R. Sarma (Botany) Plant Pathology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph.D.5th Jan.,2012 51 G. Sajeeth (Botany) Microbiology Andhra University, Visakhapatnam Ph.D.12thMarch,2012 52 G. Biswas( Botany) Biotechnology Calcutta University Ph.D.12thMarch,2012 53 S.Bera (Agronomy) Weed Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishya Vidyalaya, Mohanpur (W.B) Ph.D.3rd Nov. 2012 54 K.Bhattacharjee (Botany) Aerobiology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph.D15th Dec.,2012 55 Ms. D.Saharia(Botany) Palynology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph.D23rd Aug.,2013 56 Mr.S.Suresh Kumar (Botany) Aerobiology Pondicherry University,Puducherry Ph.D8th Oct.,2013 57 Ms.Sadhana Medhi Plant Pathology Gauhati University,Guwahati Ph.D16th Dec.,2013 58 Mr.Kamala Haripal (Life Sc.) Ecology Sambalpur University,Orissa Ph.D10th Jan,2016 59 Mr.N.C.Das(Eco & Envt.Sc) Plant Pathology Assam University, Silchar Ph.D20th Jan,2016 60 Ms.Anita M.Katgaye (Botany) Palynology Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur Ph.D13th July, 2018 Discussion: The review of literature portion of 60 (sixty) theses are not satisfactory. Because it is usually a bad sign to see every paragraph beginning with the name of the researcher.We need not try to list, all material published but to synthesize and evaluate it according to the guiding concept of our research in question. We have to use an overall introduction and conclusion to the scope of our coverage and to formulate the questions of problem chosen. Usually we will have the option of grouping items into sections. This helps us to indicate comparisons and relationships we may be able to write a paragraph or so to introduce the focus of each section. Conclusion Sixty M.Phil./Ph.D theses of the 15 Indian Universities (Andhra University,Waltair;Assam University, Silchar; Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat;Bangalore University, Bengaluru; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishya Vidyalaya, Mohanpur (W.B);Calcutta University, Kolkata; Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh; Gauhati University, Guwahati; Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, Aurangabad (M.S); Osmania University, Hyderabad; Sambalpur University, Sambalpur (Orissa); Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded (M.S.); Kalyani University, Kalyani (W.B.); Pondicherry University, Puducherry and Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur) were adjudicated by the writer during 1983 to 2018. The writer is a retired Professor(Higher Academic Grade),Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur.