INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
GUWAHATI- 781 039 : ASSAM
PhD Admission,
(for programme to start from 26 December 2012 )
Applications are invited for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme starting in December 2012. The departments/centres and areas in which these programme will be offered are:
Ph.D: In the Departments of Biotechnology, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Design, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Humanities & Social Sciences; and also in the Centres for Energy, Nanotechnology, and the Environment.
Assistantships are available for all full-time “Regular” PhD students.
Details about Information Brochures and Online Application Forms can be seen from the institute’s website http://www.iitg.ernet.in/acad .
Starting of online application process: from 10.00 a.m. of 18/10/2012 onwards. Closing of online application process: by 5.00 p.m. of 09/11/2012.
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. He/She must have at least one year of professional experience in the respective field, with supporting document(s) of proof. 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 PhD Programme, 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.
Starting of online application process ► from 10.00 a.m. of 18 October 2012 onwards.
Closing of online application process ► by 5.00 p.m. of 9 November 2012.
Application Procedure:
Application forms with details can be downloaded from the link https://auto.iitg.ernet.in/phd
(a) take a print-out of your filled-up Online Application Form; and (b) also keep a copy of your Filled-up Online Application Form saved in your computer or a CD (if the computer does not belong to you) for your future reference.
If a candidate is shortlisted and called* to appear in Written Test and/or Interview, he/she should immediately arrange a Demand Draft for Rs.150/- (Rs.75/- for SC/ST/PD candidates), from any nationalized bank, in favour of INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI, payable at Guwahati. Such a candidate, on the day of the Written Test and/or Interview, will have to submit the original Demand Draft, along with other documents
Note: * Instead of waiting to receive the call letter, you may keep on visiting and seeing the updates in the website of the department/centre in which you are applying for admission.
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