Punjabi University, Patiala, has announced the date of entrance test to PhD.The test will be conducted on July 30. Students, who cleared the exam last year, have not been allotted seats so far. Last year also, many students, who cleared the exam, had to return empty handed, as university did not have seats.

Students are perturbed over the university’s decision. They said the university should either accommodate those students or exempt them from taking the test every year.
“This causes problem, as it takes three years for a student to finish his or her research. Whereas the test is valid for a year. Taking test again and again is wastage of time and money.

 If the university cannot accommodate all students, it should at least form a rule that students who have cleared the exam should not take the test again. Anyone, who clears an entrance test, can apply for a seat whenever its vacant,” said one of the students.

Chandan Singh, Dean, research, said the test would be valid for one year. “In case students don’t get seats and one year passes, they will have to take the test again,” he added.
When questioned about the students who did not get seats last year, Chandan Singh said the university could not help it.

He said, “University professors can guide only limited number of students and we don’t ensure that everyone who clears the test would get a seat. We tried our level best to accommodate maximum number of students.”

Sources in the university said keeping in view the number of students, who had cleared the entrance test last year, the university authorities had requested professors in various affiliated colleges to give admission to students, but the response was not good.