As per University Grant Commission (UGC), the Universities have the academic freedom to start Ph.D. programme under AYUSH discipline with due approval of the respective statutory councils and in accordance with the Ph.D. Regulations notified by UGC with the specialisation indicated within parenthesis.
Further, the Ministry of AYUSH through its Research Councils have initiated a fellowship programme wherein scholars will be selected for grant of fellowship from this Ministry to pursue Ph.D. programmes from Universities/Institutes of their choice.
This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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