New software in BPUT to track progress of PhD thesis submission

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) is developing a software to track the progress of PhD work from pre-submission to the awarding of the degree. The guide of the research work can track the progress of submission, comments of external experts and other aspects till the degree is awarded.
“The software should be ready by July. Once ready, the guide (which can be an assistant professor/associate professor/professor) can log in to this software and see the progress of his/her PhD scholars’ thesis work after pre-submission,” Amiya Kumar Rath, the vice-chancellor of BPUT, said on Monday.
After pre-submission of the thesis, the guide can see the comments given by the experts on the thesis. “Similarly, after submission of the PhD thesis, it will show the date of submission and acceptance by the external examiner. If the external examiner has not accepted it, the external will get an auto generated mail for the same,” Rath added.
Official sources said the software will show a timeline of receiving reports regarding the PhD thesis. “If it does not show on the platform, the external will get an auto generated mail again on this,” Rath added.