Ph.D

Advertisement Inviting Applications for PhD Programme at IIT Ropar

Academic Year 2015-16 Semester - II

Indian Institute of Technology Ropar invites applications from Indian citizens for PhD programme (Regular) in various disciplines for 2nd semester of academic year 2015-2016. Eligibility criteria and areas of research for each department are given below:

Department

Research Areas

Eligibility

Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering

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M.Tech./M.E/M.S. or equivalent qualification in computer science and engineering or equivalent degree with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) (55% marks for SC/ST).

However, exceptional candidates having B.Tech/B.E qualification with valid GATE score can apply for direct admission to PhD programme.

A candidate with a Bachelor's degree from any IIT and having a CGPA/CPI score of 8.00 (out of 10.0) and above are exempted from requirement of GATE qualification.

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Electrical Engineering

Power Quality issues in Microgrids; Smart Grid operation; High Voltage Engineering; Condition Monitoring of Power Equipment; Renewable Energy; Image and Video processing; Industrial Vision and Video Processing; Non-destructive/Non-invasive Imaging Technologies; Non-destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring; Semiconductor Devices

M.Tech/M.E./M.S. in Electrical/Electronics/Communications/ Computer Science/Instrumentation Engineering or equivalent or Microelectronics/Solid-state Technology/MEMS/Nano Science/Nano Technology/Material Science/Engineering Physics or equivalent, relevant to the area of research with minimum 60% of marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) (55% marks for SC/ST).

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Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT:

Nanoelectronics and VLSI Design; Non-volatile memory devices; photovoltaic devices and solar cells; Nanomaterials for electronics; sensors; Image processing; Graphene based devices; Nano photonics devices and metamaterials; Biomedical devices and instrumentation

School of Mechanical, Materials & Energy Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

1. Bio-Medical (BM) 

2. Design & Analysis (DA)

3. Manufacturing & Materials (MM)

4. Thermo-Fluid (TF)

1. Master's degree in Engineering/Technology or a Master's degree by Research in Engineering/Technology. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks (or 6.5 Grade Point out of 10) (55% marks for SC/ST) in their Master's.

 

OR

 

2. Master's degree in Sciences with a valid score in GATE/UGC/CSIR/NET/NBHM or equivalent qualification. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks (or 6.5 Grade Point out of 10) (55% marks for SC/ST) in their Master's.

OR

3. Exceptional candidates having B.Tech/B.E qualification with valid GATE score can apply for direct admission to PhD programme. A candidate with a Bachelor's degree from any IIT and having a CGPA/CPI score of 8.00 (out of 10.0) and above are exempted from requirement of GATE qualification to apply.

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Center for Materials & Energy Engineering

Materials Science & Engineering, Composite Materials, Advanced Materials, etc.

Sciences

Chemistry

Computational Chemistry, Molecular Dynamics, Nanomaterials, Electrocatalysis, FuelCell/Batteries, Catalysis and Materials Synthesis, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Homogeneous Catalysis, Polymeric biomaterials for Drug Delivery, Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry and Supramolecular Organic Synthesis, Ultracold Chemistry.

Masters or equivalent degree in Chemistry/Bio-Chemistry/Materials Science and Technology/ Pharmaceutical Sciences/Biotechnology/Chemical Physics or relevant research area with First Class (6.5 grades point out of 10) or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST).

Candidates meeting this requirement must also fulfill one of the following additional requirements with valid

a) GATE Qualification

b) UGC/CSIR-NET or Equivalent qualification.

c) DST-INSPIRE fellowship

OR

Candidates with M. Tech or equivalent  with First Class (6.5 grades point out of 10) or 60% marks are exempted from requirement of  GATE qualification.

 

 

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Mathematics

All areas of Pure & Applied Mathematics.

Master’s Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Engineering Sciences or equivalent Master’s Degree with First Class (6.5 grades point out of 10) or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST).

Candidates meeting this requirement must also fulfill one of the following additional requirements with valid:

a) GATE Qualification

b) UGC/CSIR NET qualified or NBHM or equivalent qualification.

c) DST-INSPIRE Fellowship. 

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Physics

Theoretical quantum computation and information processing;
Nuclear structure and dynamics;
Experimental nonlinear laser spectroscopy and bio-photonics;
Nano-photonics, metamaterials and plasmonics.

Master's or equivalent degree in Physics or relevant subject/ B. Tech. in engineering physics with First Class (6.5 grades point out of 10) or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST)

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Candidates meeting this requirement must also fulfill one of the following additional requirements with valid:

a) GATE Qualification

b) UGC/CSIR NET qualified or NBHM or equivalent qualification.

c) DST-INSPIRE Fellowship. 

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Humanities and Social Sciences

(1) English Literature: American Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Modern Fiction, Postcolonial Studies.

(2) Linguistics: Morphology, Optimality Theory, and Phonology, Psycho/Neurolinguistics, Language and Cognition

(3) Development Economics, Economics of Banking, Financial Economics, Applied Econometrics, Industrial Economics

Master's or equivalent degree in Cognitive Science,Economics, English Literature or Linguistics with 55% (or 6.0 grade point out of 10).

Candidates meeting this requirement must also fulfill one of the following additional requirements with valid:

a) GATE Qualification

b) UGC/CSIR NET qualified or NBHM or equivalent qualification.

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 General Information

  1. Candidates are required to submit an application fee of Rs. 200/- (for SC/ST Rs. 100/-) in the form of Demand Draft in favour of Registrar, IIT Ropar, payable at Rupnagar. Candidates have to send the Demand Draft by post to the Department where they are applying quoting the reference No. of the Application. The fee can be paid by Online transfer. The transaction ID must be quoted while filling the application. (Account name, no. Bank name IFSC code: The Registrar llT Ropar, 30836125653, State Bank of India, 13181)

  2. All selected candidates who are Indian citizens and who do not receive any other scholarship/funding, will be provided financial support by the Institute. Admission to reserved category candidates will be as per Government of India notification.

  3. Generous Research Assistantships and other financial support for attending conferences within India and abroad are available as per MHRD norms subject to the conditions prescribed in the Institute regulations.

  4. At present IIT Ropar does not offer part time PhD programme.

  5. Selection will be based on written test followed by interview. Mere fulfillment of the above mentioned qualifications does not entitle a candidate to be called for PhD entrance test.

  6. Last date of receiving the application form online/offline is 2nd November 2015. The Institute will not be responsible for any kind of delay.

Candidates who are unable to submit the application online may please send the application form by post to:

The Head,

Department/School……………………………….,

Indian Institute of Technology Ropar,

Nangal Road, Rupnagar,

Punjab- 140001.

Download the application form by clicking on the following link:

PhD Application Form (offline)

Note:  Candidates who have submitted the online application form are requested not to send hard copy of the application form.