INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
GUWAHATI – 781039, INDIA
Admission to Ph.D., Dual Degree
(MTech+PhD), M.Tech., M.Des., and M.A. programme for the Academic Year
2013-2014
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI
GUWAHATI – 781039, INDIA
Admission to Regular (Full-time)
Dual (MTech+PhD) Degree Programme of the Dept. of Computer Science &
Engineering, to start from July 2013
Applications are invited for admission to the
Regular (Full-time) Dual (MTech+PhD) programme of the Dept. of Computer Science
& Engineering, starting in July 2013.
About the Programme
The salient
features of the Dual (M Tech + Ph D) Degree programme of the Department of
Computer Science & Engineering, are
as follows:
Students shall be admitted only under
`regular’ category. A `regular’ category student will have to work full-time
for his/her Dual (MTech+PhD) degree programme. He/she receives assistantship
from the Institute or any other recognized funding agency, as per prevailing
norms.
Eligibility:
B.E/B.Tech in any discipline other than CSE or IT or equivalent, with
any one of the following criteria (Please note that this programme is not meant
for engineering graduates in computer or information technology related
disciplines) :
a. a
CPI of 7.5 or marks of 70% and a valid GATE score in any subject, if the
qualifying B E/B Tech degree is not from an IIT
b. a CPI of 8.0 only, if the qualifying B Tech
degree is from an IIT
c. a CPI of 7.0 (or more) but less than 8.0,
and a valid GATE score in any subject, if the qualifying B Tech degree is from
an IIT
3. Assistantship: Details are provided
under the section “Financial Support” indicated below.
4. Course Works: Students admitted under the
present programme shall, in the very beginning, be required to do course works
of the duration of 3(three) semesters.
5. Comprehensive Examination: After successful
completion of his/her course works, the student concerned will also have to
pass the Comprehensive Examination in maximum two attempts - but before his/her
completion of the second year in the programme,.
6. Within 6 months of successful completion
of the Comprehensive Examination, the student concerned will have to present a
State-of-the-Art Seminar (SOAS). The presentation will be open to all. In this,
the student will present a literature survey of broad areas of his/her proposed
area of research.
7. Thereafter, the student concerned will have
to keep on fulfilling progress review requirements relating to his/her research
as per Institute rules.
8. Duration of the programme: Minimum 3 years,
and maximum 7 years from the date of admission.
9. Award of the degree: After successful
completion of the Viva Voce relating to his/her thesis works, the student concerned
will be awarded the M Tech and Ph D degrees together. The M Tech degree will be
retroactive from the date of the completion of his/her Comprehensive
Examination.
10. Non-satisfactory performance: At any time
after successful completion of the Comprehensive Examination and SOAS by the
student concerned, should the Doctoral Committee feel that the progress of the
student is not satisfactory, it may recommend termination of the student from
the programme. In that case, the student concerned will receive just the M Tech
degree and leave the programme assuming yearly progress report as M Tech thesis
work; and the M Tech degree will be effective from the date of leaving the
programme.
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 15-07-2013. If selected, such
candidates shall be admitted provisionally, and they will have to furnish the
results of their qualifying degree examinations latest by 26-08-2013. Further, they must
fulfill the minimum requirements of marks/CPI, and other conditions like valid
GATE score etc., as mentioned under eligibility criteria for the concerned
programme. Failure to fulfill any of these requirements shall automatically
result in cancellation of admission.
Relaxation
for SC/ST/PD Candidates: Eligibility criteria will be relaxed by 5% marks or
0.5 CPI for SC/ST/PD applicants.
Reservation
of Seats for SC, ST, OBC(Non-creamy layer) and PD 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
01-09-2012, shall only be acceptable.
Financial Support
(For REGULAR category students, who are
Indian nationals)
1.
Institute assistantships will be available to all Dual (MTech+PhD) degree
programme students. The present rates of assistantships are as below:
1st &
2nd Year : Rs.16,000/- p.m.
3rd to 5th
Year : Rs.18,000/- p.m.
Note: No assistantship will be available beyond 5th
year of the programme.
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, shall be 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
satisfactory progress of the student in
the Dual (MTech+PhD) degree programme.
For
appearing in the Dual (MTech+PhD) programme 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.
Application Procedure
First Step
Please get
a print-out of the `Guidelines for Filling-up Online Application Form’, by
visiting the concerned website given below.
Second Step
For
filling-up Online Application Form, first of all, please keep ready with you
the following documents (including scanned soft copies of some of the
documents, as specified below, to be available in your computer or CD or Pen
Drive for direct uploading). Otherwise, you may have difficulty in completing
on-line submission of your application form.
(i) A scanned soft copy of your recent coloured
photograph of size more than 15 KB but less than 80 KB (4.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.) with
file type jpeg or jpg or gif only, for direct uploading in to the Online
Application Form. Please note that uploading of your coloured photograph is
mandatory.
IF A
SCANNED COPY OF YOUR COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT UPLOADED, YOUR ON-LINE
APPLICATION MAY BE REJECTED.
(ii) A copy of your Date of Birth(DoB) Certificate
(this will be required, if DoB is not mentioned in your Class X/XII Pass
Certificate/Mark Sheet);
(iii) If applicable, a scanned soft copy of
your Caste Certificate [including OBC(NCL) Certificate as per format prescribed
below)], in image format like jpeg or jpg or gif only, of size more than 15 KB
but less than 100 KB, for direct uploading in to the Online Application Form.
Please note that OBC(NCL) certificate should be issued by the competent
authority on or after 01-09-2012.
ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU APPLY AS SC/ST/OBC(NCL) CANDIDATE, BUT DO NOT UPLOAD A
SCANNED COPY OF THE APPROPRIATE CASTE CERTIFICATE, YOUR CLAIM FOR CONSIDERATION
UNDER RESERVATION CATEGORY MAY BE REJECTED; AND YOU MAY BE CONSIDERED UNDER
GENERAL CATEGORY.
(iv) if applicable, attested copy of your `PD’
Certificate;
(v) Scanned soft copies of (a) Pass
Certificate (Original/Provisional) and (b) Consolidated Mark Sheet of the
Qualifying Degree, size more than 15 KB but less than 100 KB, for direct
uploading in to the Online Application Form.
If you are
not in a position to upload scanned copy of your qualifying degree pass
certificate due to reasons beyond your control, if called for Written Test
and/or Interview, you will be allowed to personally submit the same in the
concerned Department on the day of Written Test and/or Interview.
BUT, IF YOU
HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED YOUR QUALIFYING DEGREE PROGRAMME, AND DO NOT UPLOAD
SCANNED COPY OF THE CONSOLIDATED MARK SHEET, YOUR ON-LINE APPLICATION MAY BE
REJECTED.
THOSE
APPEARING IN THEIR FINAL EXAMINATION will need to scan and upload only the Mark
Sheet of previous semester/year of the Qualifying Degree; and this is
MANDATORY.
Please note
that, if called for Written Test and/or Interview, the candidate will have to
produce the Originals as well as Attested copies of all the documents relating
to educational qualifications (from Class X onwards). This is also applicable
for the result awaited candidates, except that along with other required
documents they will produce Original as well as attested copies of all Mark
Sheets up to the previous semester/year of the Qualifying Degree.
vi) if
applicable, Original Score Card relating to your GATE.*
(vii) if applicable, attested copy of
Certificates relating to your
professional experience etc..
(viii)Demand Draft : Demand Draft is NOT
REQUIRED now. It will be required for a candidate only and only if he/she is
called to appear in Written Test and/or Interview.
In other words, if a candidate is shortlisted
and called** to appear in Written Test and/or Interview, only then he/she will
be required to 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.
Note: * If you are yet to receive the original
GATE Score Card, at least get the downloaded version of the same from the concerned website.
**
Instead of waiting to receive the call letter, you may keep on visiting
and seeing updates in the website of the Department of Computer Science &
Engineering, IIT Guwahati i.e. http://www.iitg.ac.in/cse
PLEASE NOTE
THAT YOU ARE NOW NOT REQUIRED TO SEND HARD COPIES OF ANY APPLICATION RELATED
DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE DOWNLOADED ON-LINE APPLICATION FORM OR ANY DEMAND
DRAFT, TO THE INSTITUTE.
IF YOU ARE
SHORTLISTED AND CALLED BY THE CONCERNED ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT FOR WRITTEN TEST
AND/OR INTERVIEW, THEN ONLY YOU WILL BE
REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY BRING ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS IN ORIGINAL (ALONG WITH A SET
OF DUPLICATE COPIES).
Third Step
Please:
(i) enter in to the zone of Online Application
Form by visiting the concerned website given below; and
(ii) fill-up the Online Application Form [by
going through the `Guideline for
Filling-up Online Application Form’ ] and submit ( i.e. execution of `Final
Submit’ function);
(iii) Upload your photo and other relevant
documents as explained at points (i), (iii) and (v) under Second Step above.
YOU CAN
UPLOAD THESE DOCUMENTS ONLY AFTER SUCCESSFUL SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION
FORM [i.e. only after (not before or simultaneously) successful execution of
`Final Submit’ function).
YOU ARE
AGAIN REMINDED THAT UPLOADING OF DOCUMENTS AS STATED AGAINST POINTS (i), (iii)
AND (v) UNDER SECOND STEP ABOVE, ARE MANDATORY. IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY TO THIS
REQUIREMENT, YOUR APPLICATION MAY BE REJECTED.
Fourth Step
Please:
(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 or a Pen Drive (if the computer
does not belong to you) for your future reference.
Fifth Step
After
getting the print-out of your Online Application Form, you may put your
signature with date on the print-out of your filled-up Online Application Form.
YOU ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO SEND THE SIGNED HARD COPY [DOWNLOADED COPY] OF YOUR APPLICATION
FORM TO IIT GUWAHATI NOW@.
Note:
@ Please note that, if you are called
to appear in Written Test and/or Interview,
then only you will be required to submit (i) all these documents
(including your signed and filled-up Online Application Form), PLUS (ii) the
required Demand Draft in original [as explained at point (ix) under `Second
Step’], in the Department in which you are applying for admission. .
LASTLY, PLEASE NOTE THAT, IN CASE
OF ANY MISTAKE, YOU CAN EDIT AND CORRECT CONTENTS OF YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION
FORM, UP TO ITS LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION
[ i.e. UP TO 23-04-2013 ] ONLY.
Guideline for filling-up Online Application
Form
For
downloading/taking print-outs of the Guideline, please visit our website given
below:
Online Application Form
For getting
access and filling-up Online Application Form, please visit our website given
below:
Formats for Certificates (As may be
applicable)
For
downloading/taking print-outs of the required certificate formats (as may be applicable
for you), please visit our website given below:
Format
for Certificate
OBC (Non-creamy Layer)
Selection
The
Institute reserves the right to call a limited number of candidates for written
test and/or interview, if required, based on performance in GATE, grades/marks
in the qualifying examination, etc.
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.
Starting of online application
process ► from 10.00 a.m. of 25 March 2013 onwards.
Closing of online application
process ► by 5.00 p.m. of 23
April 2013
ADVT. NO.
ACAD/ Admissions/Dual(MTech+PhD)/CSE/01/2013
Note : The
above information is not the complete set of
Rules & Regulations for the Dual (MTech+PhD) Degree Programme of IIT
Guwahati.
For more
details visit:
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