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While associate professors were also guiding a maximum of eight research scholars, UGC regulations 2016 had put a cap on the number of research scholars to be guided by associate and assistant professors. An assistant professor can guide a maximum of four research scholars and an associate professor six. On Friday, amidst resistance from representatives of college teachers, the vice-chancellor refused to make any changes to the 2016 regulations in terms of increasing the number of research scholars a research supervisor can guide.So far, an assistant professor as a research superior was guiding eight research scholars, equal to a professor as research supervisor. The research committee of the university that met on Friday gave final shape to the revised PhD regulations that the university would adopt in line with the UGC regulations of 2016. “While the PhD course fee has been increased from Rs 4,000 to Rs 6,000, research scholars who were paying Rs 5,000 as submission fee have to pay Rs 15,000 henceforth, which is exorbitant and we seek its rollback,” he said..