This blog attempts to provide various Ph.D. notifications in India and abroad.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Ph.D. Admission Notification 2016
Saturday, March 12, 2016
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Ph.D. Admission Notification 2016
GUWAHATI – 781039, INDIA
Admission to PhD Programme to start from July 2016
Programmes (PhD) Eligibility (PhD) Sponsored/Part-Time/External Financial Support Application Procedure
Applications are invited for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme starting in July 2016. The departments/centres and areas in which these programme will be offered are:
PhD Programme
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Departments/Centres
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Areas
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Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
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Algorithms; Theoretical Computer Science; Computational Geometry; Systems Biology
(Bio-computing); Bio-inspired distributed and decentralized algorithms for Robotics and related systems;
Intelligent Mobile Agent Based Cyber-physical Systems; Synthetic Emotions; Human-Computer
Interactions; Speech Processing; Multimedia: Image and Video Processing; Computer Vision;
Machine Learning; Information Retrieval; Data Mining; Web Mining; Formal Verification;
Embedded Systems; CAD for VLSI; Multi-processor Computer Architecture; Real-time Systems
and Scheduling; Computer Security; Networks; Operating Systems; Distributed Systems.
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Dept. of Electronics & Electrical Engineering
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VLSI; Fiber Optic Communication; Wireless Communications; Information Theory and Coding;
Antenna; Communication Networks; Biomedical Signal and Image Processing; Speech and
Handwriting Processing; Image/Video Processing and Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition and
Machine Learning; Multimedia Analytics; Multimedia Security; Microwave Engineering; RF and
Microwave; Control Systems; Power Systems; Power Electronics; Power Quality; Power electronics
application in power system; Micro grid and renewable energy resources; Power distribution system
planning; Custom power devices; Computer Networks; Electrical Machines; Control of Electrical
Drives; Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles; High Voltage Engineering; High Voltage Engineering
and Applied Electromagnetics; Condition Monitoring of Power Apparatuses; Electromagnetics;
Computational Electromagnetics; Solid State Devices; Optoelectronics; Optical Communication
and Networks; Photonics; MEMS; Instrumentation; High Performance Computing; Computational
Photography; Data Compression; and Cryptography.
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Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
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Welding, Advanced Welding Processes, Electro-magnetic Manufacturing, Inter-laminar Stress,
3D-Piezoelectricity, Inverse Problems, Topology Optimization, Adhesion, Powder Metallurgy
Processing, Advanced Materials, Wear Characterization, Shape Memory Materials for
Biomedical Devices, Micromachining, Nano-finishing, Biomemetics.
Rotor Dynamics, Condition Monitoring, Smart Materials, Optimization; Operation Research;
Non-linear Finite Element Analysis, Computational Contact and Impact Mechanics, MEMS,
Hydrodynamic Bearings, Coupled Modeling of Electro-Mechanical Systems, Robotics,
Non-Linear Vibration, Bio-mechanics.
Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer,
Multi-phase Flow, Turbulent Fluid Flow, CFD in Hypersonic Applications,
Cooling of Electronic Devices.
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Dept. of Civil Engineering
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Construction Management; Environmental Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering;
Structural Engineering; Transportation Engineering; Water Resources Engineering
and Management; Survey Engineering, Remote sensing and geo-sciences;
Construction materials; and Infrastructure management.
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Dept. of Biosciences and Bioengineering
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All areas of Biosciences and Bioengineering/Biotechnology
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Dept. of Chemical Engineering
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All areas of Chemical Engineering
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Dept. of Design
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Industrial Design; Visual communication (including art & visual culture);
Interaction and Usability engineering (including HCI); Design Management;
Ergonomics (including Occupational health and safety), Service design, Design for sustainability.
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Dept. of Physics
| Condensed Matter Physics – biomaterials, cold atoms, quantum computation, computational materials physics, materials for energy and environmental applications,
ferroelectric and oxide materials, Graphene and analogue atomic thin materials,
organic semiconductors, semiconducting materials, smart magnetic materials,
Luttinger liquids, soft condensed matter, spintronics, statistical physics, strongly correlated systems, superconductivity, topological insulators,
quantum turbulence, quantum phase transitions, ultracold atoms in optical lattices,
nanomaterials and nanotechnology, theoretical and computational biophysics,
polymer physics, AdS/CMT.
Laser and Photonics – Applied Optics, Fiber Optics, Laser Matter Interaction,
Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics.
High Energy Physics – beyond the standard model, cosmological connections,
Heavy Flavour Physics, Collider phenomenology, CP violation, Neutrino physics,
Low energy Effective Field Theory, Standard Model Precision Calculations.
Gravity, Cosmology and Astrophysics – Black hole Physics, Theoretical Cosmology,
Phenomenology of AdS/CFT, Astrophysical flows, Ultra high energy cosmic rays.
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Dept. of Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry.
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Dept. of Mathematics
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Probability, Numerical Analysis, Differential Equations, Graph Theory,
Algebraic Graph Theory, Algebra, Theoretical Computer Science, Bayesian
Computing, Survival Analysis, Harmonic Analysis.
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Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences
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English, Economics, Linguistics, Development Studies, Political Science,
Psychology, Sociology.
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Centre for the Environment
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Environmental Chemistry/Biotechnology/Economics/Engineering;
Waste Water Treatment and supply; Solid Waste Management;
CO2 Capture/storage; Atmospheric Chemistry; Air Quality monitoring;
Environmental Hydraulics; Environmental Genomics; Environmental aspects of Algal Biotechnology;
and Other emerging areas of environment with interdisciplinary application of science,
technology, arts and humanities.
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Centre for Energy
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Renewable (Biological and non-biological) energy, fossil energy, energy efficiency and energy storage.
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Centre for Nanotechnology
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Experimental and Computational studies of micro- and nano-fluidics;
Nano Electronics and Optics; Nanomaterials; Nanobiotechnology;
Nano Devices and Applications; Polymer Synthesis and Optoelectronic Applications.
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Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology
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Language Processing, Language and Cognition, Pathological Speech
Processing, Quantitative Phonetics, Speech Analysis, User Interface,
Script Processing, Type Design and Typography, Language Acquisition and
Visual Attention.
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Categories of PhD Students
The Institute admits PhD students under the following categories:
i) REGULAR
A student in this category works full-time for his/her PhD degree. He/she receives assistantship from the Institute or fellowship from CSIR/UGC or any other recognized funding agency.
ii) SPONSORED (FULL-TIME)
A student in this category is sponsored by a recognized R&D organization, academic institution, government organization or industry for doing research in the Institute on a full-time basis. He/She must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in the respective field. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student. Sponsorship letter (Form I) must be attached with the application.
iii) SELF-FINANCED (FULL-TIME)
A student in this category works full-time towards the PhD Programme. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student.
iv) PROJECT STAFF
This category refers to a student who is working on a sponsored project in the Institute and is admitted to the PhD Programme to work on a full-time or part-time basis. The remaining duration of the project at the time of admission should be at least one year. If the project gets completed before the student completes his/her PhDProgramme, his/her category will be converted to that of SELF-FINANCED unless he/she is granted an assistantship/fellowship from the Institute or any other agency. No Objection Certificate (Form II) must be attached with the application.
v) PART-TIME
A student in this category is a professionally employed person (including the staff of IIT Guwahati), who pursues the PhD Programme while continuing the duties of his/her service. He/She must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in the respective field. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student. A No Objection Certificate from the Head of the Institution/Organisation in which he/she is employed (Form III) must be enclosed at the time of application.
vi) EXTERNAL
This category refers to a student employed in an R&D organization/academic institution/industry having adequate research facilities. The research work leading to the PhD degree may be carried out largely in the parent organization of the candidate under a Local Supervisor from the organization but with the overall guidance provided by a faculty member (Institute Supervisor) of the Department/Centre in which he/she is registered. He/She must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in the respective field. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student. A certificate from the Head of the sponsoring Institution/Organisation in which he/she is employed (Form IV) must be enclosed at the time of application.
Note: The word `Form’ used under this section refers to the forms as specified in the Application Form for Admission to
PhD Programme.
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Eligibility Criteria for Admission into PhD Programme
Minimum CPI or Percentage of marks in the qualifying degree, with specific requirements for different streams, have been indicated below:
Note: (a) For eligibility for financial assistance for regular category candidates, please see the section “Financial Support” below.
(b) Minimum experience required for Sponsored (Full-time), Self-Financed, Part-Time, and External categories of candidates, have also been indicated below.
PhD in Engineering
For admission to the PhD Programme in Engineering departments, a candidate must satisfy one of the following criteria:
i) Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences/Veterinary Sciences/Pharmacy in a relevant
area with a minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
ii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.
iii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0, fromany of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions . Details of the Institutions can be seen fromhttp://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-1
iv) A candidate having a Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent in a relevant area, with a Postgraduate Degree in Management Science(Finance) or MBA with Finance specialization or equivalent, is also considered for admission in the area of specialization `Construction Management’, of the Department of Civil Engineering. The candidate should have a minimum of 6.5 CPI or 60% marks in Bachelor's level and 6.5 CPI or 60% marks in the postgraduate degree.
v) A candidate having MSc degree with Mathematics as a subject at bachelor’s level is also considered for
admission in the Department of Civil Engineering. The candidate should have a minimum of 7.5 CPI or 70%
marks in Master’s level with consistent first class at other levels.
vi) A candidate having a Two-year Master's degree (after completion of 4-year Bachelor's degree) or three-year Master's degree (after completion of 3-year Bachelor's degree) in Engineering/ Technology/Science in a relevant area with minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks,
Or
A candidate with a Two-year MSc degree (after completion of 3-year Bachelor's degree) in a relevant area with minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% marks,
is also considered for admission in the Department of Biotechnology.
vii) Postgraduates in Computer Science (ALCCS) from Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), with a minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks, are also eligible to apply for admission in to PhD programme in Computer Science and Engineering
viii) A regular student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his/her MTech studies and having a minimum CPI of 8.0
at the end of second semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning
of his/her third semester of study. Such students can receive only PhD Degree.
ix) A student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his/her BTech studies and having a minimum CPI of 6.5 at the end of sixth semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his/her seventh semester of study. Such students can receive dual BTech and PhD Degree. Both the degrees will be awarded after completion of PhD degree.
PhD in Design
For admission to the PhD Programme in Design, a candidate must satisfy one of the following criteria:
i) Candidates having MArch/MDes degree or MTech/ME degree in a relevant area, with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or
60% of marks.
ii) Master’s degree in Applied Arts/Ergonomics/Fine Arts/Psychology/Physiology/Occupational Safety and Health/ Journalism/ Mass Media Communication with a minimum CPI of 6.0 or 55% marks.
iii) Master’s degree in Management (MBA or equivalent) with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks with relevant studies in Design field, and Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
iv) Four-year Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Design or Engineering/Technology or Five-year BArch degree or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.
v) Four-year Undergraduate Diploma in Design (NID/CEPT or equivalent), with postgraduate qualification in relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.
vi) Four-year Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Design or Engineering/Technology or Five-year BArch degree or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0, from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions. Details of the Institutions can be seen from http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-1
vii) A two-year Post-graduate Diploma in Design (NID/CEPT or equivalent) with first class at Bachelor’s level.
viii) BFA (4-year professional programme, after 10+2)/GD Art (5-year programme after 10th standard) with one year
professional experience, with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.
ix) A regular student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his/her MDes studies and having a minimum CPI of 8.0 at the end of second semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his/her third semester of study. Such students can receive only PhD Degree.
x) A student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his/her BDes studies and having a minimum CPI of 6.5 at the end of sixth semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his/her seventh semester of study. Such students can receive dual BDes and PhD Degree. Both the degrees will be awarded after completion of PhD degree.
PhD in Science
For admission to the PhD Programme in Science departments, a candidate must satisfy one of the following
criteria:
i) Master’s degree in Science in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
ii) Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of
marks.
iii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design/Science from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)/Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0.
iv) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in a related area in Engineering/Technology/Design/Science (from other than IITs/IISc) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.
PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences
For admission to the PhD Programme in the department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), a candidate must satisfy one of the following criteria:
i) Master’s degree in Arts/Commerce/Science in a relevant area with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent.
ii) Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60%
marks.
iii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0.
iv) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design or equivalent (from other than IITs) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% marks.
For PhD in Centre for the Environment, Centre for Energy, and Centre for Nanotechnology
i) Master’s Degree in Engineering/Technology/Design/Architecture/Medical Sciences in a relevant area with a
minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
ii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.
iii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0, from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions. Details of the Institutions can be seen from http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-1
iv) Master’s degree in Science in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.
v) Master’s degree in Social Sciences, in a relevant area, with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks, is also
considered for admission to the Centre for the Environment.
For PhD in Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology
i) Master’s degree in Engineering/ Technology in CSE / ECE / EEE or equivalent / Master of Design with a minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
ii) Master of Science in CSE / IT / ECE / Physics / Mathematics / Statistics/Speech and Language Pathology/ Audiology or equivalent, with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
iii) Master of Arts in Linguistics/any language with specialization in Linguistics/Language Studies or equivalent, with a minimum CPI of 6.0 or 55% of marks.
iv) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology in CSE / ECE / EEE or equivalent / Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Design, with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.
v) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology in CSE / ECE / EEE or equivalent / Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Design, with a minimum CPI of 7.0, from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions. Details of the Institutions
can be seen from http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-1
vi) Four-year Undergraduate Diploma in Design (NID/ CEPT or equivalent), with postgraduate qualification in relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.
vii) A two-year Post-graduate Diploma in Design (NID/ CEPT or equivalent) with first class at Bachelor’s level.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE FOR SPONSORED, PART-TIME AND EXTERNAL CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS FOR PHD PROGRAMME
1. Candidate in Sponsored, Part-time and External categories must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in the respective field.
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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR CANDIDATES STILL TO APPEAR IN QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS
Candidates still to appear in their qualifying degree examinations may also apply, provided they appear in all their qualifying degree examinations and complete all requirements for their degrees before 15-07-2016. If selected, such candidates shall be admitted provisionally, and they will have to furnish the results of their qualifying degree examinations latest by 22-08-2016. Further, they must fulfill the minimum requirements of marks/CPI, and other conditions like valid GATE score/CEED score/NET or INSPIRE certificate (as may be applicable) etc., as mentioned under eligibility criteria for respective programmes. Failure to fulfill any of these requirements, shall automatically result in cancellation of admission.
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Relaxation for SC/ST/PwD Candidates: Eligibility criteria will be relaxed by 5% marks or 0.5 CPI for SC/ST/PwD applicants.
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Reservation of Seats for SC, ST, OBC(Non-creamy layer) and PwD categories.
OBC(Non-creamy layer) candidates will have to enclose certificate and self-declaration statement as per format indicated below. The OBC(NCL) Certificate, issued by competent authority, on or after 01-04-2015, shall only be acceptable.
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(For regular students, who are Indian nationals)
1. Institute assistantships will be available to eligible PhD students as per prevailing (MHRD, GOI/UGC) norms, as applicable from time to time. The present rates of assistantships are as below:
2. Assistantships from external funding organizations will be available as per terms and conditions of the concerned
funding organizations.
3. Students receiving assistantships from the Institute or fellowships from any other funding agencies, are required to
perform academic duties as per prevailing norms.
4. The continuation of the assistantship/fellowship is subject to satisfactory performance of the assigned duties and
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For appearing in the PhD interview under regular category of candidates, to-and-fro sleeper class railway fare or equivalent will be paid by the shortest route from the communication address to the Institute.
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Selection
The Institute reserves the right to call a limited number of candidates for written test and/or interview/portfolio review, if required, based on performance in GATE/NET/CEED/INSPIRE, grades/marks in the qualifying examination, etc.
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Legal Jurisdiction
The Courts at Guwahati alone shall have the jurisdiction to settle and decide all matters and disputes related to the above referred admission process, as IIT Guwahati is the organizing Institute.
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Starting of online application process ► from 10.00 a.m. of 11 March 2016 onwards.
Closing of online application process ► by 5.00 p.m. of 11 April 2016.
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ADVT. NO. ACAD/ Admissions/PhD/01/2016
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Note : The above information are not the complete set of Rules & Regulations for the PhD programme of IIT Guwahati.
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