Current Science

Anand K. Bachhawat ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Sector 81, Knowledge City, SAS Nagar, P.O. Manauli 140 306, IN

Abstract

Pre-Ph D courses are conducted in almost every research institute and university in the country, and have been mandated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to be an essential part of the Ph D programme. These courses, which run from 6 months to a year are focused on strengthening the base of the students, but perhaps the focus should also be on challenging them to think or, still better, to fire their imagination.

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Anand K. Bachhawat ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Biological Sciences, IISER Mohali, Sector 81, SAS Nagar, PO Manauli 140 306, IN

Abstract

The introduction of programmes in both old and new universities and institutions that have taken up the cause of undergraduate (UG) biology is impacting its teaching in many positive ways. First, the newer curricula are enabling students of biology to have a wider and stronger foundation in other branches of science in their early years.

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