Friday, March 22, 2013

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Ph.D. Admission for Autumn Semester 2013-14


Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee


Ph.D. Admission for Autumn Semester 2013-14

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee has invited applications for PhD Admission of Autumn Semester 2013-14.

Admissions Eligibility:
(1) An applicant should possess the following qualifications in appropriate areas to be eligible to apply for admission for the PhD programme of the Institute.

(a) Master’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Architecture / Urban & Rural Planning / Pharmacy / Computer Applications of 3 years duration after graduation in respective discipline or equivalent with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 6.00 on a 10 point scale or equivalent as determined by the Institute wherever letter grades are awarded; or 60% marks in aggregate (of all the years / semesters) where marks are awarded.
OR
(b) Master’s degree in Sciences / Humanities & Social Sciences / Management in respective discipline or equivalent with a valid NET (CSIR / UGC) / NET (LS)
or valid GATE or valid GPAT score and minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 6.00 on a 10 point scale or equivalent as determined by the Institute where letter grades are awarded; or 60% marks where marks are awarded.
OR
(c) BTech / BArch degree or equivalent in respective discipline with excellent academic record (with a minimum CGPA of 7.0 on a 10 point scale or equivalent or 70% marks) and in possession of a valid GATE score.

(2) The admission eligibility requirements may be relaxed to 5.5 on a 10 point scale or equivalent, or to 55% marks to the following categories:
a. SC / ST candidates with Master’s degree.
b. Any category of PD (Persons with disabilities) Candidate holding BTech degree or equivalent degree.
c. Academic staff of the Institute who has an experience of more than 5 years.

(3) Eligibility for Part-time PhD
a) The applicant possesses the minimum entry qualifications for the degree as given above.
b) The applicant proves that his official duties permit him to devote sufficient time to research;
c) He / She will be required to reside at the Institute for a period of not less than 6 months during his / her registration for the degree. (This condition of minimum residence period will be automatically waived for candidates who are working in Roorkee or in Organizations / institutions located within a distance of 100 km from the Institute).
d) The facility of part time registration will also be available to all employees of the IIT Roorkee or candidates working in organizations having MoU with IITR or organizations approved by IIT Roorkee as Research Centres. Such applicants are exempted from the requirement of having valid GATE / NET / GPAT.
e) The applicants must have been in continuous service with the sponsoring organization for at least two years at the time of submitting the application form for admission

Further details regarding eligibility is available at

Area of Research:
There are two faculty members each having several sponsored projects and research programmes in the
areas of Magnetic Multilayes/Heterostructures, MEMS Devices, Thin Film Solar Cells, Functional Nanomaterials, Molecular Crystallography/ Bioinformatics, and Geo Physics.


HOW TO APPLY
 The candidate is required to register and fill the application online from March 18, 2013 by accessing http://pgadm.iitr.ernet.in  and after finalizing, download the online filled application and Bank Challan simultaneously, then the requisite fee of Rs. 200/- for GEN/OBC and Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PD category candidates must be deposited in any branch of State Bank of India throughout the country through Bank challan on next day and or before the last date i.e. April 23, 2013. The Bank Challan will be printed in triplicate. Bank will retain a copy and will return two copies to you. In those two copies, retain the Candidate’s copy with you and attach the IITR’s copy with the print out of downloaded application form.
Note:-
1. The fee shall not be accepted through an The fee shall not be accepted through an The fee shall not be accepted through any other mod y other mode.
2. Separate application be sent for separate departments/centres and for each department/centre separate fees shall be required with each completed application form.

Last Date for Applying Online (Website Closure) April 18, 2013 (Thursday)
Last date for deposit of fee and receiving of downloaded Application
Form at PG Admission Office, IIT Roorkee April 23, 2013 (Tuesday)

Admission will be offered subject to Admission will be offered subject to availability of seat availability of seat availability of seat,  faculty in the Specialization and faculty in the Specialization and faculty in the Specialization and the Institute Assistantship. Institute Assistantship.


For further information, go to the website link:

For further details please contact:
Chairman, PG Admission
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
ROORKEE - 247 667 (Uttarakhand) INDIA
e-mail : pgadm@iitr.ernet.in   
Phone : +91 1332 284010/285875
Fax : +91 1332 285874/273560

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