Sandeep Rana
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 16
PGI doctors indulging in plagiarism will now face the music. The premier institute’s governing body today approved the guidelines on plagiarism.
During a meeting chaired by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda in Delhi, the governing body gave its final nod to the Academic Penalty and Conduct Rules for faculty members as well as students.
Under the guidelines, there are three categories — mild, moderate and severe. In case of mild count, the erring researchers will not be able to do research for one year. In case of moderate, they will not be able to present paper or do thesis for two years. In case of severe count, a financial penalty will be imposed and the erring faculty member may be removed from the job.
The body has also got several instances from the UGC in this regard. Students found at fault may be asked to do the whole research again.
“A policy on plagiarism was approved today. However, we already had a system in place to check plagiarism. A thorough scanning is done in the library for the purpose. There had been minor cases of plagiarism in the institute. Now, we have approved guidelines,” said PGI Director Jagat Ram, who also attended the meeting.
Meanwhile, 12 posts of assistant professor for the PGI and two for the AIIMS, Rai Bareli, were approved.
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