Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan Ph.D ADMISSION 2012

Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan, Old Residency Road, Ratanada, Jodhpur -- 342011, Rajasthan


Ph.D ADMISSION 2012


Web Advertisement No.: IITJ/ ACAD / 2012 / 01, Dated March 31, 2012


Admission to the Ph.D. Programme at various Centres of Excellence of IIT Rajasthan

IIT Rajasthan is committed to develop state of the art, research-led and multidisciplinary centres of excellence where scholars from different disciplines will carry forward productive research on emerging and important technological, scientific and social issues that characterize the challenges faced by the contemporary world. Teaching and research activities of the institute especially for Postgraduate and PhD Programmes are structured around various Centres of Excellence (CoEs) of the Institute. Each of the CoE will include participation in selected domains from renowned academic and research institutions or industry from within India and abroad, so as to carry out their research work in frontier areas.

IIT Rajasthan has three centres of excellence, namely,
1) Centre of Excellence in Energy
2) Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
3) Centre of Excellence in Systems Science (SS)


These CoE with their multidisciplinary ethos, diversity and multicultural work environment aim at transforming students into truly professional global citizens, competent to address the challenges being faced by the Nation and the society at large. For further information about the CoEs, please visit institute's website.

PhD program at IIT Rajasthan requires mathematics background at +2 level. After joining the program, you are required take a few mathematics courses as part of your course work. However, those got admitted, depending on the requirement, may be provided with preparatory courses in mathematics before starting of the actual course work.

Applications for admission to the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Programme in the above mentioned three Centres of Excellence (under Regular and Full Time Category, Part-time/Sponsored category ) are invited from the eligible candidates who have completed the prescribed qualifying degree (Refer Section: Minimum Educational Qualifications). The candidates who are in the final semester of qualifying degree also can apply for provisional admission. However, they must submit the proof of successful completion of the qualifying degree with minimum requirement of percentage of marks on or before August 10, 2012.

Students admitted to the Ph.D. programme will have opportunity of interdisciplinary research within the scope of on thematic area(s) identified by the respective CoE. Thus scholars have a unique option to carry out research even beyond their basic disciplines/expertise in the qualifying degree. Preference will be given to applicants whose academic background and credentials strongly exhibit the potentials to carry out application based research in matching themes of the centres of excellence. Prospective scholars, before applying, must go through the theme areas of research of centres of excellence given at the end of this advertisement.

Applications Procedure :
Candidates are requested to use the following link to fill and submit application form online.

http://iitj.ac.in:8080/onlinephd/

For July 2012 admission, the online link will remain active till April 23, 2012. The summary sheet, final submitted application, Demand Draft & Gate score card should reach us by April 26, 2012.

You are requested to send summary sheet & final submitted application generated online duly signed along with the processing fee of Rs.300/- for General/ OBC candidates and Rs.150/- for SC/ ST / Persons with Disability (PD) candidates in the form of demand draft drawn from a nationalized bank in favour of "Director, IIT Rajasthan" payable at Jodhpur to the following address:

Candidates applying for TWO CoEs need to submit DD of Rs. 600/- (OBC/GEN.), Rs. 300/- (SC/ST/PD). Candidates applying for THREE CoEs need to submit DD of Rs. 900/- (OBC/GEN.), Rs. 450/-(SC/ST/PD).
Convener - Ph.D. Admissions
Centre of Excellence in ____________________ (write the name of CoE in which admission to PhD is sought)
Application No. ___________
Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan
Old Residency Road
Ratanada
Jodhpur -- 342 011
Rajasthan
Phone: +91 (291) 2449 002, Fax: +91 (291) 251 6823

Note:
1. For the July 2012 Session, admission to the Ph.D. programmes is made only under the (studentship) category of regular and full time.
Minimum Educational Qualifications
(Applicants must have mathematics background at +2 level. )

Further details visit here: http://www.iitj.ac.in/phd_admission.html

Part-time/Sponsored Category Candidates: Three years of relevant experience is needed and GATE requirement may be relaxed depending on the experience. This category is only for those who are working in research labs or in similar institutions. Please note that no financial assistance will be provided under this category.

Financial Assistance
Financial Assistance in the form of assistantship/ scholarship/ fellowship for a specified duration will be provided to eligible Ph.D. students (FULL TIME) as per the Institute norms or as per the funding agency norms (UGC / CSIR / DBT/ NBHM/ etc) of the assistantship.

Ph.D. Scholarships Details:
Further details visit here: http://www.iitj.ac.in/phd_admission.html

Reservation in Admission
Reservation in admission is as per the GOI rules.
Uniqueness of Ph.D. programme at IIT Rajasthan
Ph.D. students will carry out research only in the theme areas/ research proposals of the admitted Centre of Excellence for their doctoral dissertations irrespective of their basic disciplines/ specialization in the qualifying degree.
An interdisciplinary doctoral committee shall be formed for each Ph.D. student to advise and guide the student to carry out his/her research work. The convener of the committee shall perform the role of primary advisor of the programme.
Each Ph.D. student needs to successfully complete a set of prescribed courses (as recommended by the doctoral committee) followed by a comprehensive examination and state-of-the art seminar within first two or three semesters from his/her date of registration of the programme.

Important Dates:
Last date of filling online application form: April 23, 2012.
Last date of submitting summary sheet & final submitted application: April 26, 2012.
Declaration of shortlisted candidates on website: May 15, 2012.
Date of Interview/Written Test: May 24, 2012.

Please note that all communications related to admission will be done through email mode. You are advised to book your tickets in advance. No travelling/dearness allowances will be provided to attend the written test/interview.