List of existing PhD scholars
IIT Gandhinagar is looking for bright and dedicated young scholars interested in research to join us as Ph.D. scholars. Currently, we offer Ph.D. programmes in Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Cognitive Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Earth Sciences, Electrical Engineering, History, Language & Literature, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Social Epidemiology and Sociology. Prospective students satisfying the eligibility criteria are encouraged to acquaint themselves with the research areas of our faculty members for suitable match of interest. IIT Gandhinagar also offers a Start Early Ph.D. Fellowship with additional financial support for exceptionally qualified undergraduate students from select colleges wishing to start on a direct Ph.D. programme after B.Tech.
Minimum Eligibility Criteria
At least 55% marks or 5.5 CPI marks in M.A./M.Sc./B.Tech./M.Tech. or equivalent degree in appropriate branches. Above mentioned eligibility criteria is minimum at Institute level.
For discipline wise minimum eligibility criteria, please click here. The disciplines may use higher cut off levels for short listing besides giving due consideration to the way questions are answered in the application form. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PD categories would be eligible for relaxations, as per norms, in the selection criteria.
Credits Requirement
IIT Gandhinagar strongly believes in value addition through course work. There is a significant component of course work a PhD student needs to do depending on his/her background. PhD students entering the programme will have to take total credits ranging from 88 through 120, out of which coursework credits (courses worth 4 credits each in general) can range anywhere between 32 through 64 credits, depending upon the previous degree attained by the student. Out of the minimum credits through coursework, a minimum of 12 credits are required to be completed through 3 credit project-based courses.
Qualifying Degree
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Minimum Credits through Coursework
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Minimum Credits through Research
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Total Minimum Credits for Graduation
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B.Tech., BE or equivalent 4-year bachelor’s degree
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64
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52
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120
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MSc, MA or equivalent 5-year Master’s degree
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44
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52
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100
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M.Tech., M.E, M.Phil. or equivalent
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32
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52
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88
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Residential Requirement
Ph.D. programme is fully residential. The regular candidates will have to stay on campus. For candidates under Continuing Doctoral Programme, currently 2 years of residency requirement after completion of 1 year of advanced admission is followed.
Admission CategoriesRegular(RR): Fulltime residential research candidate. Continuing Doctoral Programme (CDP): This if for the candidates working in industry or as a faculty in any educational institution. In this category the candidate is given advance admission with 90 days of residency requirement in 1st year and on successful completion of 1st year, the admission is confirmed with the expected minimum 2 years of full time residential requirement on campus for completing course work and a major part of thesis work. After 2-years, the candidate may be permitted to go back to parent organization subject to significant progress in thesis work. Subsequently, the candidate is expected to complete at least 2 weeks of residency at the Institute for each semester all through the PhD programme. A certificate in support of the candidature must support the application. Click here for more details about the programme. Financial SupportStudents joining the Ph.D. program as regulars (RR) will be considered for Institute Fellowship based on the following norms:
- Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science with NET/GATE Qualification or Graduate Degree in Professional Courses (B.Tech/B.E.) with NET/GATE Qualification or Post Graduate Degree in Professional Courses (M.Tech/M.E. etc) : Rs. 25,000/- per month.
- Qualifications mention at (i) above with two years of Research Experience: Rs. 28,000/- per month.
Highlights
- Full time PhD students are encouraged to present their research work at international conferences. Financial support of up to Rs. 2.00 Lakhs for the entire duration of the programme is available. Additional funding may also be provided.
- A support of up to US$ 12,500 may be considered in deserving cases to do research work at the best Universities/Labs abroad for a period of 4 to 6 months.
- Candidates who have obtained at least one of their previous degrees from a premier institution like IIT, IISc etc. can be considered for an additional fellowship of Rs. 10,000/- per month.
- Over and above the monthly assistantship, an additional fellowship of Rs. 5,000/- per month may be provided to the candidates ranking within the top 5% in any relevant National level qualifying examination. A candidate can receive only one of the above mentioned two additional fellowships. Payment of assistantship is subject to a candidate complying with the prescribed norms/work output.
Know Our Students
IIT Gandhinagar has been quite successful in attracting some of the brightest minds in the country for our Ph.D. programmes. You can see the background of our existing Ph.D. students here.
Discipline
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Tentative Intake
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Broad Area of Research
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Biological Engineering
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08
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Neuroscience, Proteomics, Epigenetics, DNA Regulatory Mechanisms, Cellular Mechanism of DNA Damage, Nucleic Acid Biophysics and Quadruplex DNA Targeting, Biomolecular Simulations, C. elegans neuronal transport, Molecular motors and intracellular transport system, Biomechanics, Protein misfolding in Alzheimer Disease, Peptide therapeutics, Peptide Synthesis
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Chemical Engineering
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12
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Process Safety, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Multiphase reactions, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Polymer Processing, Smart Polymeric Systems, System Identification, Waste Water Treatment, Process Systems Engineering, Colloids and Interfaces, Rheology, Powder Technology, Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Molecular simulations, Protien aggregation and protein folding
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Chemistry
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12
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Computational Chemistry, Molecular Dynamics; Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery: Infectious diseases ( H pylori) and Cancer (Kinases); Anti-Inflammatory, anti-glaucoma and epilepsy; Chemical Biology of Cancer: Targetting DNA damaging mechanism involving Kinases, Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids: DNA interacting dyes; Asymmetric Supramolecular catalysis / Asymmetric Organocatalysis; Synthesis of photoresponsive π-conjugated materials; Bio-inorganic chemistry, elctrochemistry, enzyme-inspired catalysts design, small molecule activation for renewable energy research; spectroscopy of gold nanoparticles, plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy; Bio-conjugates of porphyrins and Boron-dipyrromethene days for chemosensing and bio-imaging applications; Chemical crystallography, cryo crystallography of liquids, structural chemistry of drug like molecules, polymorphism of drugs.
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Civil Engineering
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10
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Performance-based earthquake design of masonry and concrete structures, Blast-resistant design, Constitutive modeling of frictional materials, Numerical Modeling of Geotechnical Structures, Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Modeling of hydrologic extremes (droughts and floods), Real time flood/drought monitoring, Climate change impacts on water resources, Ground motion characterization, Spatial variability of ground motion, Seismic protective systems, Structural performance assessment, Behavior of irregular buildings under seismic excitation, Confined masonry buildings, Analysis and design of structures under fire, Large scale hydrologic modeling, River engineering, Transients in pipes, Transients in open channels, Water resource management
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Cognitive Science
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02
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Behavioural Biometrics
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Computer Science & Engineering
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10
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Theoretical Computer Science, Algorithms, Computational Complexity, Game Theory, Mechanism Design, Data Mining, Social Networks, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Multimedia Forensics and Security, Computer Architecture, Memory and Storage Systems, High Performance Computing.
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Earth Sciences
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03
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Earth Surface Processes, River Science, Remote Sensing and GIS
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Humanities and Social Sciences
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06
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South Asian Literature, South Asian History, Gujarat: Society, Politics, Literature, Partition Studies, Ageing/Gerontology, Social Demography, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, Language, Identity and Politics, Bengali Literature, History of North East India, Democracy and Civil Society, Translation Theory and Practice, Social Action and Policy, Biodiversity conservation, human-animal relations, natural resources management, indigenous people and livelihoods
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Electrical Engineering
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14
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Nanoelectronics, Semiconductor Devices, Nanotechnology, VLSI Design, Asynchronous Circuits, Computer Architecture, Biomedical Engineering, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Signal Processing, Adaptive Signal Processing, Array Signal Processing, VLSI Signal Processing, Soft Computing, Image & Video Processing, Multimedia Forensics & Security, Control Systems, Estimation Theory, Power Systems and Smart Grid, Fiber Optics, Photonic Sensors, Nanophotonics, Electromagnetic Metamaterials, Computational Electromagnetics, High Performance Computing, GPU Computing.
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Mechanical Engineering
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13
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Experimental, Analytical and Computational Research in the areas of: Solid Mechanics, Biomechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Energy Systems, Combustion & Energetic Materials, Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (including Nanocomposites), Dynamics & Controls, Navigation & Guidance, Robotics.
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Materials Science & Engineering
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14
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Computational thermodynamics, ICME approach for material design,Fundamental phase diagram and kinetic experiments, Process modeling of metallurgical processes, Heat transfer and material flow modelling of additive manufacturing. Friction stir welding and processing of materials, Corrosion analysis of friction stir welded dissimilar joints . Transparent conductors, thin film solar cells, interface science, phase transformation in thin films, oxidation. Self-cleaning materials, Fusion peptides, Design of antibiotics, Drug delivery through cell-penetrating peptides. Nanomaterials for remediation, Nanobiomaterials, bio-nanocomposites, nanosafety, nanotherapeutics, nanotoxicology. Structure and property of interfaces in materials, Alloy design, Phase transformations in inorganic materials.
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Mathematics
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05
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Algebraic Geometry; Analytic Number Theory; Commutative Algebra; Group Theory; Partial Differential Equations; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Nonlinear Analysis.
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Physics
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06
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Nanoscience, Physics of Surface and Interfaces, Nanophotonics; Nanoelectronics. Growth and Characterization of Nanomaterials and Organic Thin Films, Phase Transition and Structural Re-organization of Nanomaterials at Surfaces and Interfaces, Self-powered micro and nanoscale systems, integrated nano-bio devices, microfluidics.
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Note: Category wise reservations on overall available seats will be followed as per Government of India norms.
Admission Procedure
Admission is generally offered on the basis of an interview, which is supplemented by a written test if necessary. The Institute will invite a limited number of candidates for a written test and interview based on the academic records, statement of purpose, etc. The final selection will be mainly based on academic credentials, written test and/or interview.
The written test is generally based on the topics related to general aptitude (logical reasoning, analytical and numerical ability, etc.), writing skills, and basic courses of various disciplines at undergraduate level. The candidates who do not qualify in the written test need not appear for interview. The reserved category candidates will be given due relaxation in cutoff marks as per the norms.
The candidates called for the Test / Interview will be reimbursed any amount exceeding Rs.750/- for to and fro single second-sleeper class railway fare by the shortest route from their place of residence to the Institute /venue of the Test / Interview. For example, in case of total railway fare of Rs.1400/- the candidate will be reimbursed Rs.650/-. It is required to produce evidence (railway ticket) in support of the claim.
In addition to the announced admission cycles with prescribed deadline of application, the Institute also considers applications any time of the year in case of exceptional candidates. Based on the qualifications of the candidates and the need of the discipline concerned, applications received are processed through duly constituted selection committees at regular intervals.
Important Dates
Admission Window I
| Application form submission window | - | 13 January 2017 to 05 March 2017 |
| Web announcement of short-listed candidates for written test and/or interview | - | 15 March 2017 |
| Written test and/or interview | - | 31 March 2017 to 03 April 2017 |
| Web announcement of list of selected candidates | - | 24 April 2017 |
Tentative dates of the PhD interviews (Admission Window I)
Written test and/or Interview date (Tentative)
| Discipline |
31 March 2017 (Friday)
| Materials Science & Engineering |
01 April 2017 (Saturday)
| Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Earth Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering |
02 April 2017 (Sunday)
| Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences |
03 April 2017 (Monday)
| Chemistry, Cognitive Science |
Admission Window II
| Application form submission window | - | 06 March 2017 to 10 April 2017 |
| Web announcement of short-listed candidates for written test and/or interview | - | 20 April 2017 |
| Written test and/or interview | - | 05 to 08 May 2017 |
| Web announcement of list of selected candidates | - | 29 May 2017 |
Note: All applications received in Mathematics and Physics disciplines (Admission Windows I and II) will be processed ONLY during Admission Window II.
Tentative dates of the PhD interviews (Admission Window II)
Written test and/or Interview date (Tentative)
| Discipline |
05 May 2017 (Friday)
| Biological Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Mathematics, Physics |
06 May 2017 (Saturday)
| Chemical Engineering, Earth Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering |
07 May 2017 (Sunday)
| Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences |
08 May 2017 (Monday)
| Chemistry, Cognitive Science |
Application Procedure
All applications must be submitted online. If you are applying for more than one discipline, please submit a separate application form for each discipline. On successful submission of the application form, a confirmation screen will appear with a link to download the submitted application form. Please save the application form. You need to furnish hardcopy of the application form and all the documentary evidence (copies of testimonials, certificates, publications, work experience and research/professional experience) at the time of interview. Incomplete applications will be rejected.
- There is NO application fee.
- You NEED NOT send the hard-copy of the application form.
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