New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The University of Delhi is considering relaxing the publication-related criteria for the 2022-2026 four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) batch to enter the PhD programme, university registrar Vikas Gupta told HT on Friday. On July 31, HT reported that the criteria for students from the FYUP to be eligible for direct admission to the PhD programme included having completed an overall CGPA of 7.5 and having published papers in SCOPUS (a citation database for peer-reviewed literature journals). "The CGPA requirement will remain mandatory. However, as a one-time measure, the University of Delhi is considering a relaxation of the publication-related criteria for the 2022-26 FYUP batch. Under this proposal, students may b...