University of Delhi will confer honorary doctorate degree to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya
Provision should be made for admissions through physical admission on vacant seats in colleges: Prof. Yogesh Singh
New Delhi, September 12.
The 1278th meeting of the Executive Council (EC), University of Delhi was held on Friday, September 12, 2025 under the chairmanship of the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Yogesh Singh. At the beginning of the meeting, Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Singh congratulated the 15th Vice President of the country CP Radhakrishnan that he is also the Chancellor of DU, so a resolution should be passed and sent from DU EC in his welcome. All EC members unanimously passed a resolution to this effect. It was also decided to confer honorary doctorate degree to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and alumnus of University of Delhi, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya. A proposal to this effect was passed in the emergency meeting of the DU Academic Council held on September 11, 2025.
During the zero hour in the EC meeting, regarding the vacant seats of some colleges in UG programmes, the Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Singh suggested that an Open Mop-Up round should be considered for them so that students can get admission directly in the college through Spot Admission through physical admission. On this subject, the EC members authorized the Vice Chancellor to formulate a policy. Regarding the fourth year of UG started under NEP 2020, the Vice Chancellor said that research discussion rooms should be made in every college and rooms should also be arranged for teachers. When the issue of a clear policy for all colleges regarding admissions under ECA and Sports quota was raised by the EC members, the Vice Chancellor said that the provision of a combined 5 percent quota set for this is for all colleges, in this, the colleges can make a provision of 3:2 at their level according to the facilities available there, as to who to give 3 percent and who 2 percent. The EC members authorized the Vice Chancellor to formulate the policy.
Guidelines for PhD course
Guidelines for PhD courses were also passed in the DU EC meeting. It is worth noting that all the departments of the university offer PhD programmes in their respective subjects. As a mandatory part of this programme, a PhD course is being conducted by each department. It has been observed that there are variations in the format of the course being taught in different subjects. Hence, to bring uniformity in the PhD course in different subjects, certain guidelines have been prepared to be effective from the academic year 2025-26, which have been passed by DU EC. Under these, the total credits required for the PhD course will range from 12 to 16 credits, with the distribution of the minimum 12 credits being as follows.
There will be 4 credits of Research Methodology or Advanced Research Methodology (for students who have already studied research methodology). There will be 2 credits of Research Publication Ethics, 2 credits of Research Tools and 4 credits of Discipline Specific Elective Course (related to research areas). Additional 4 credits may be obtained from DSE if required. This will be applicable to the specific field and such courses should not be offered in postgraduate studies. Teaching hours of PhD courses are included in the workload of the faculty. The courses offered in the PhD course should be of a higher level than the courses offered in postgraduate programmes.
Dr. Harini Amarasuriya is the Alumnus of DU: Prof. Yogesh Singh
DU Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Singh said that a decision has been taken in the EC regarding conferring an honorary doctorate degree by DU to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya. During her visit to India, she will be conferred an honorary doctorate degree in a special convocation. The Vice Chancellor said that Dr. Harini Amarasuriya is coming to India probably on 17-18 October 2025 to participate in the NDTV World Summit 2025.
The Vice Chancellor said that Dr. Harini Amarasuriya had graduated in Sociology from Hindu College, University of Delhi in 1991-1994 through a scholarship sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs. Prof. Yogesh Singh said that a special convocation will be held to confer the honorary doctorate degree on Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.