selected subject or in any allied branch of knowledge; (d) the subject in which he intends, if elected to a Studentship, to carry on special investigation or research. Every candidate shall produce a thesis dealing with some subject in which he has carried on or intends to carry on research. Every candidate shall also state whether the research or investigation which he intends to undertake will be carried on in any particular Library or Laboratory and if so, what facilities are available. Every candidate shall further produce along with his application testimonials to satisfy the Syndicate that he is in habits and character a fit and proper person to carry on the research which he proposes to undertake. 7. The Syndicate shall, as soon as possible, after the applications have been submitted, appoint two special Boards, one to report on the applications in the Literary Subjects, the other to report on those in the Scientific Subjects. The candidates shall not be required to submit themselves to any written, oral or practical examination; but either special Board may, at its discretion, require a candidate to appear before it with a view to ascertain precisely the nature of the research or investigation in which he has been previously engaged or which he wished to undertake if elected to the Studentship. Each Board shall submit a report dealing with the name and qualifications of the candidate recommended for election to the Studentship, and the grounds for such recommendation. 8. Neither Special Board shall be bound to recommend any candidate, if in their judgment, none of the candidates is qualified to carry on research or investigation, so as to be worthy of the Studentship. 9. The reports of the Special Boards shall be laid before the Syndicate not later than the 15th of December every year and if the Syndicate, upon the reports, are satisfied that the candidates recommended are worthy of the Studentships, they shall make the award accordingly. 10. If, in any year, a Studentship in Literary or Scientific subject is not awarded on the ground that there is no candidate in that particular group of subjects qualified to receive it, it shall be competent to the Syndicate to award that Studentship in the other group of subjects in the same year or in any subjects in any subsequent year. 11. Each Studentship shall be tenable from the month of January and each student shall receive Rs. 50 a month. Not later than 31st of October in each year, every student shall submit to the Registrar a detailed statement of the research or investigation in which he has been engaged during the year. If the Syndicate are satisfied that the research or investigation has been duly carried on as undertaken by the candidate in his application, so that the object with which the studentship was awarded, has been realised, the student shall receive at the end of the year a sum of Rs. 800. 12. If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Syndicate that a student has undertaken no research or investigation or has abandoned it or has otherwise acted in contravention of the terms upon which the Studentship was granted, they may, at any time, suspend the payment of the monthly stipend. 13. The Syndicate shall, whenever practicable, arrange for the publication of such of the researches of Premchand Roychand Students as may appear to be of special value or excellence. 14. The names of the Premchand Roychand Students, past and present, shall be printed in the Calendar after the names of the Fellows. 15. The Examination for the Studentships under the old Regulations was held for the last time in 1909, and the first award under the new Regulations was made in December, 1910. 2 MOUAT MEDAL The Commission of the Mouat Testimonial Fund made over to the University the sum of Rs. 1,740 to be invested in six per cent. Municipal Debentures with the request that the University would apply the annual interest to carry out the following purposes : 1. That two Annual Gold Medals be instituted to be named the Mouat Medals. 2. That a Medal be awarded to each Premchand Student at the end of the term of his studentship, provided he has carried on research or investigation in accordance with Regulations under which the studentship is awarded. 3. That the Medals be presented publicly to the successful students at the Annual Convocation for conferring degrees. 4. That in the event of a deficiency in the Fund, the balance required be contributed from the University Fee Fund. The Senate at the annual meeting in 1872 thankfully accepted this benefaction for carrying out the object of the Fund. 1903 Mukhopadhyay, Adityanath... F. C. of Scotland's Institution and Duff College. Phanindralal Presidency College, Calcutta Radhakumud Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Non-Collegiate Student Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Sarkar, Anukulchandra 1911 Ray, Manmathanath Sengupta, Hemendrakumar Majumdar, Surendranath 1912 Majumdar, Rameschandra 1913 De, Bimanbihari Mukhopadhyay, Girindralal University Student Ditto Scottish Churches College, Calcutta 1913 Bandyopadhyay, Gauranganath Presidency College, Calcutta 1914 Mukhopadhyay, Bhujanga bhushan. Ditto Gangopadhyay, Surendramohan Scottish Churches College 1915 Mukhopadhyay, Radhakamal Non-Collegiate Student Law, Narendranath Bandyopadhyay, kumar. 1916 Datta, Rasiklal Presidency College, Calcutta Chattopadhyay, Sunitikumar Ghosh, Brajendranath Maitra, Susilkumar 1917 Datta, Bibhutibhushan Sen, Surendranath 1918 Bhattacharyya, Mohinimohan Mitra, Panchanan 1919 Bhattacharyya, Haridas 1920 Dhar, Sasindrachandra JUBILEE RESEARCH PRIZES. 1. In commemoration of the Jubilee of the University, prizes shall be instituted for the promotion of research by its graduates. 2. Out of the University Reserve Fund, a sum of Rs. 30,000 (thirty thousand) shall be set apart and called the Jubilee Research Prize Fund. 3. Out of the income of the aforesaid Fund two prizes shall ordinarily be awarded every year. Each prize shall consist of a gold medal of the value of Rs. 150 and a sum of Rs. 350 in cash. 4. One prize shall be awarded for research in Arts subjects and another for Research in Scientific subjects. The Arts subjects include Literature, Oriental languages, Philology, Archaeology, History, Economics, Philosophy and cognate branches of knowledge. The Scientific subjects include Pure and Applied Mathematics and the different branches of Natural and Physical Science. 5. Not later than the 1st March in every year the Syndicate shall invite the Members of the Senate to make suggestions with reference to definite problems which they consider to be suitable subject for investigation, such suggestions to reach the Registrar not later than the 31st of May. It shall be the duty of each Member who makes suggestions to show that it is possible to carry out the suggested research with the means available in this country. Not later than the 30th of June in every year the Syndicate shall determine and announce two subjects, one in Arts and one Scientific, in which prize shall be awarded in the second year, following that in which the announcement is made. The announcement shall specify as accurately as practicable the particular problem or class of problems in which research is invited. 6. The prize shall be open to all persons who have at any time been admitted to a degree in this University. 7. Every thesis shall be sent privately to the Registrar not later than the 30th of June in the year next but one succeeding that in which the subjects are announced. Every thesis shall bear a motto but not the name of the candidate and shall be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto outside and containing inside the name and address of the candidate. 8. Every candidate shall indicate generally in a preface to his thesis and specially in notes the sources from which his information is taken, the extent to which he has availed himself of the work of others and the portions of the thesis which he claims as original; he shall further state whether his research has been conducted independently, under advice, or in co-operation with others and in what respects his investigations appear to him to tend to the advancement of knowledge. 9. As soon as may be after all the theses have been received, the Syndicate shall have them adjudged by Boards of Examiners; there shall be one Board for the theses on the Arts subjects and another for those on the Scientific subjects. It shall be an instruction to the Boards not to recommend any thesis for a prize unless it exhibits a sufficient standard of excellence. 10. Not later than the 30th September in every year, the Syndicate shall, upon the reports of the Boards (which shall be published in the Minutes), award the prizes. 11. If in any year it is reported that there is no thesis worthy of either of the prizes, the prize shall not be awarded, and a prize not so awarded may, at the discretion of the Syndicate, be awarded in the same or in any subsequent year to the author of a thesis upon any subject which may be declared worthy of the prize by the Board of Examiners. 12. Any Board of Examiners shall be at liberty, in recommending a particular thesis for a prize, to include in their reports the names of any other thesis which, in their opinion, deserve considerable praise or commendation. 13. Every candidate shall be at liberty to publish his thesis, and the thesis of every successful candidate shall be published by the University. The Syndicate may also, at its discretion, publish any thesis which has been specially commended. 14. The first announcement of the subjects for the prizes was made in June, 1908. SUBJECTS FOR 1921. Literary Subject. The influence of European thought on Bengali Literature from 1857–1900. Scientific Subject. Examination of analogies between the motion of a system of rigid bodies having n degree of freedom and the motion of a particle in n way space (Webster's Dynamics). SUBJECTS FOR 1922. Literary Subjects. 1. Drama as a reflection of National life and character in Bengal. 2. The basis, meaning and development of Indian Nationality. Scientific Subjects. 1. The Bacteriology and Chemistry of the tobacco ordinarily used in Hukka. SUBJECTS FOR 1924. Literary Subject. Influence of Western Literature upon the writings of Michael sudan Dutt. Scientific Subject. Madhu A critical estimate of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. SUBJECTS FOR 1925. Literary Subject. Drama as a reflection of national life and character in Bengal. Scientific Subject. Researches on the Mangroves of the Sundarbans with a view to their commercial exploitation as tanstuffs. SUBJECTS FOR 1926. Literary Subjects. 1. The Comparative Theology on Universal Religion illustrated by the works of Raja Rammohan Roy, Maharshi Debendranath Tagore and Babu Keshabchandra Sen. 2. The influence of Western literature on the development of Bengali novels. Scientific Subject. The constitution of metals with special reference to their electrical and mechanical properties. SUBJECTS FOR 1927. Literary Subjects. 1. Development of Bengali Literature under the influence of Western Culture. 2. The influence of a return to the Gold standard in Britain on the prices of India. Scientific Subjects. 1. A critical estimate of Einstein's theory of General Relativity. 2. Water supply in Bengal with special reference to the question of tube wells and their cost. PRIZE-WINNERS. Bandyopadhyay, Rakhaldas, M.A. An Essay on the Origin and History of the Bengali Alphabet. Chemistry of the Nitrites. 1916. The Geography of Kalidasa. 1917. Chattopadhyay, Sunitikumar, M.A. Comparative Philology with special reference to Bengali dialects. |