SPU Prof appointed in UGC's PhD Excellence Citation Committee
University Grants Commission
(UGC).
The UGC instituted the PhD Excellence Citation to honour research scholars who have made significant contributions to their respective fields through their doctoral work.
To oversee the selection process, a committee was formed under the direction of the UGC chairman.
Professor Ramesh Makwana of the Sociology Department at SPU has been appointed to the five-member expert committee for the social sciences discipline. He will be responsible for evaluating and selecting PhD scholars from across India for the citation, based on the innovation and quality of their research.
The selected researchers will be felicitated and awarded the citation by the UGC on September 5 each year.
Currently, Makwana also serves as a subject expert with NITI Aayog and the Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation under the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India. Additionally, he is a member of the National Education Policy committee of the UGC and an elected member of the Board of Management of the Indian Sociological Society.
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