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The main aim of this study is to evaluate the doctoral thesis award in the Department of Economics at Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (TMV), Pune. It is a private university and the oldest research and training institute in Economics in the country located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. This study evaluated 78 doctoral theses in Economics from Tilak Maharashtra University during the period of 2003-2022. In this study, the evaluation of various aspects of the Ph.D. awarded thesis in the last 20 years of Tilak Maharashtra University Department of Economics has been clearly presented through statistical tables. The study evaluated decade-wise growth of Ph.D. theses in Economics, Ranking of Supervisors of Ph.D. theses, gender-wise distribution of research supervisor(s), gender-wise distribution of researchers, and subject-wise analysis of Ph.D. theses. According to the findings, analyzed research trends in economics, the second decade the most Ph.D. degrees awarded, most 08 doctoral degrees were supervised by a supervisor, most Ph.D. supervisors and researchers in economics were male. In the recommendation, university administration should try to increase the number of researchers in economics in future.

Doctoral Thesis, Tilak Maharashtra University, Pune, Economics, Ph.D. Theses