UGC in its 502nd Meeting had constituted a committee consisting of Prof. H. Devaraj, Dr. V. S. Chauhan and Dr. M. M. Ansari to examine the matter and submit its recommendations on the draft of the UGC (Minimum standards and procedure for award of M.Phil/Ph.D) Regulations, 2014. Now, in its 503rd Meeting dated 22 September 2014, the recommendation of the said committee has been considered and approved. But UGC did not make the Regulations public as yet.