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Evaluation of a Written Thesis

Examiners are asked to evaluate the thesis in myThesis, according to the criteria in the respective thesis examiner report for a Master's or Doctoral thesis. For an example of the criteria, please see the forms: see: Master's Examiner report form ; Doctoral Examiner report form (note these forms are now integrated in myThesis).

Examiners provide an overall judgment of 'passed' or ‘not passed’, in addition to a written report. For Master's students, this evaluation determines whether or not the thesis is ready for final submission, even if minor changes are recommended. For Doctoral candidates, this evaluation determines whether or not the candidate is ready to proceed to the oral defence.

If the thesis meets the general criteria for the degree sought, as well as those listed on the examiner's report form it should be evaluated as 'Passed', even if some changes are recommended.

If the overall judgement is 'Passed', examiners are asked to provide:

  • A report that includes any recommendations for minor revisions to the thesis (i.e., stylistic or editorial changes that can be completed in three weeks or less).
  • For doctoral theses, External Examiners who will not be at the oral defence must also provide a list of questions to be asked of the candidate at the oral defence.

An evaluation of 'Not Passed' should be given if:

  • the need for a new study, experimentation, or significant additional research or reformulation.
  • the need to address major problems with the presentation of the work. Stylistic or editorial changes are not normally considered to be major revisions, but if the quality of the presentation is so poor that extensive rewriting is required, the thesis should not be passed.
  • At least one of the Criteria for the Evaluation of the Thesis (see Master's Examiner report form ; Doctoral Examiner report form ) is judged as unsatisfactory.

Examiners are asked to identify required changes clearly in their reports. The supervisor or another designated person will ensure that the student corrects the thesis and that it appropriately reflects the examiners' suggestions for revisions prior to re-submission of the thesis.

The candidate will normally revise and re-submit the thesis for re-assessment, usually by the same examiner. If/when review of the revised thesis is required, the Thesis Unit will contact the initial examiner to determine their availability. In rare cases, a revised thesis may be sent to a new examiner if the first examiner is not available to re-examine the thesis. For more, please see Thesis examination failures.

If the revised thesis is again ‘not passed’, the student will be withdrawn from the University unless the decision is reversed through an appeal to the Hearing Committee (Bias, Error, or Misrepresentation ).

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Ph. D/M.Phil Thesis Evaluation/Viva-Voce Conducted

Ph.D. Viva Voce  Conducted (16 )

External Examiner for PhD viva voce of Mr Sankar of Sri Vijay Vidhyalaya College of Arts and Science, Dharmapuri thesis submitted to Periyar University, Salem held on 20.11.23. Thesis title: “Colonial Incarceration: Post Colonialism and Magic Realism in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road Series”.

External Examiner for PhD viva voce of Ms N Saranya of Kongunadu College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore held on 13.10.23. Thesis title: “Travel: A Beacon of Futurity in the Select Novels of Amitav Ghosh”.

External Examiner for PhD viva voce of Mr Athisayaraj of Kongunadu College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore held on 25.08.23. Thesis title: “A Kaleidoscopic View of Gender Issues in the Select Novels of Jane Austen”.

External Examiner for PhD viva voce of Ms D Ramya of Government Arts and Science College, Komarapalayam. Thesis submitted to Periyar University, Salem held on 13.06.23. Thesis title: “A Study on The Use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Tools To Improve The Communicative Competence of Undergraduate Students of Select Engineering Colleges In Erode District”.

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Ms Suhana P A of Sri Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore held on 25.4.2023. Thesis title : ‘Memory, Politics and Transnationalism in the Works of Mohsin Hamid and Kamila Shamsie’

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Mrs. Leela Davidson of Voorhees College, Vellore thesis submitted to Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore held on March 29, 2023. Thesis title “Exhilaration and Exasperation: A study of Immigrant Experiences in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Select Works”.

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Mr Roy Xavier of Sri Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore held on 25.2.2022. Thesis title : ‘‘The Role of Facts and Hopes of Life in the Origin and Existence of Novels in the Light of the Postcolonial Works’

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Ms C Saffna of Sri Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore held on 25.2.2022. Thesis title : ‘Diaspora, Memory, Culture Translation, and Culinary Habits in the Selected Fiction of Jhumpa Lahiri’

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Ms V Vani Ayyaswariya of Tiruppur Kumaran College of Arts and Science for Women thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore held on 24.2.2022.  Thesis title : ‘Moirai of Abandonment in The Select Novels of Toni Morrison’

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Ms P Nisha of Sri Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore held on 24.2.2022. Thesis title : ‘Challenges and Vulnerabilities of A Misrepresented And Unseen Population: The Transgenders’.

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Ms P Jagatheeswari of Sri Ramakrishna College of  Arts and Science College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, held on 10th January 2023.

Thesis title ‘Surrender to Nature: A Study on the Select Works of Anita Desai and Kiran Desai’ 

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Ms K Prabha of National College, Trichy thesis submitted to Bharthidasan University, Trichy held on 19th December 2022.

Thesis Title ‘Asphyxiation of Youth in the Select Novels of Chetan Bhagat’

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Ms P Nithya of Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, held on 20th May, 2022.

Thesis title: ‘Resistance from Within: The Saga of Survival and Self-Discovery in Wide Sargasso Sea, Beloved and The God of Small Things’

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Mr C Balamurugan  of Kongunadu College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore and the thesis submitted to Bharathiar University held on 6th May 2021.

Thesis Title : Realistic Portrayal Of Indian Society In The Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani – A Study

External Examiner for PhD Viva Voce of Ms P Umadevi  of Kogunadu College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

Thesis title ‘Effectiveness of Mixed Method Listening Strategies in Enhancing Listening Skills among the Under Graduate Students of Coimbatore District A Study’ July 2020

Conducted Public Viva Voce exam at National College Trichy to S Mathivanan  for his PhD Thesis Titled ‘A Study on the Psychological Perspective on the Portrayal of Characters in Select Works of Leo Tolstoy’ submitted to Bharthidasan University, Trichy on 19.9.2017.

P h.D. Thesis Evaluation  ( 13 )

Adjudicated PhD thesis titled “Colonial Incarceration: Post Colonialism and Magic Realism in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road Series” by Mr Sankar of Vijay Vidhyalaya College of Arts and Science, Dharmapuri thesis submitted to Periyar University, Salem during September 2023.

Adjudicated PhD thesis titled ‘Travel: A Beacon of Futurity in the Select Novels of Amitav Ghosh ’ by Ms Saranya N of Kongunadu College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore during July 2023.

Adjudicated PhD thesis titled ‘A Kaleidoscopic View of Gender Issues in the Select Novels of Jane Austen ’ by Mr Athisayaraj Jebakumar J of Kongunadu College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore during July 2023.

Adjudicated PhD thesis titled ‘Moirai of Abandonment In The Select Novels of Toni Morrison’ by Ms V Vani Ayyaswariya of Tiruppur Kumaran College for Women, Tiruppur thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore during October 2022.

Adjudicated PhD thesis titled ‘Diaspora, Memory, Culture Translation, and Culinary Habits in the Selected Fiction of Jhumpa Lahiri’ by Ms Safna C of Sri Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore during September 2022.

Adjudicated PhD thesis titled ‘The Role of Facts and Hopes of Life in the Origin and Existence of Novels in the Light of the Postcolonial Works: The Bluest Eye, The God of Small Things, The Inheritance of Loss, and Americanah’ by Mr Roy Xavier  of Sri Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore during September 2022.

Adjudicated PhD thesis titled ‘Challenges and Vulnerabilities of A Misrepresented And Unseen Population: The Transgenders’ by Ms P Nisha  of Sri Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore during September 2022.

Adjudicated PhD thesis titled ‘Surrender to Nature: A Study on the Select Works of Anita Desai and Kiran Desai by Ms P Jagatheeswari  of Sri Ramakrishna College of  Arts and Science College, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore during June 2022.

Adjudicated PhD thesis titled ‘A Study on the Use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Tools to Improve the Communicative Competence of Undergraduate Students of Select Engineering Colleges’ by Ms D Ramya Government Arts and Science College, Komarapalayam thesis submitted to Periyar University, Salem during January 2022.

 Adjudicated PhD thesis titled ‘Realistic Portrayal Of Indian Society In The Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani – A Study’ by Mr C Balamurugan  of Kongunadu College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore during November 2020.

Thesis Title : Realistic Portrayal Of Indian Society In The Select Plays Of Mahesh Dattani – A Study

 Adjudicated Ph D thesis titled ‘Understanding Others :  A study of Dalit Women Writes in Bakhtinian Light’ submitted to Gujarat University, Ahmedabad by Ms Vaishnavi Upadhay during January 2020.

Adjudicated Ph D thesis titled ‘Effectiveness of Mixed Method Listening Strategies in Enhancing Listening Skills Among the Under Graduate Students of Coimbatore District: A Study’ submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore by Ms P Umadevi during December 2019.

Adjudicated Ph D thesis titled ‘Shashi Desphande and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : A Comparative Study’ submitted to Manonmaniyam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli by Mr Edward Singh M during June 2018.

M.Phil. Thesis Evaluation (5)

Evaluated M.Phil thesis titled ‘‘The Ecocritical Reading of  Sobhaa De’s works’ submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore by Mr Benjamin A during July 2023.

Evaluated M.Phil thesis titled ‘‘The Effect of Monetary Urge over Human Relationships in Sobhaa De’s Sisters and Socialite Evenings’ submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore by Ms Mahima Loretta A during January 2020.

Evaluated M.Phil thesis titled ‘‘Theme of Resistance in the Select Works of Nayantara Sahghal’ submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore by Mr Robin Renottson L during January 2020.

Evaluated M.Phil thesis titled ‘A Psychoanalytic Study on Homicidal Anthropophagist : A Real Life Serial Killer in John Borowski’s Albert Fish: In His Own Words’ submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore by Ms Joy Hepzibah C during November 2019.

Evaluated M.Phil thesis titled ‘Portrayal of Society and Culture in the select novels of Amitav Ghosh’ submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore by Ms Malini R during November 2018.

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