Monday, October 14, 2013

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati PhD Admission January 2014

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Academic Affairs

PhD Admission for session to begin from January 2014


1. Newspaper advertisement notification  (Click Here)
2 . Admission Notification/ Information Brochure (Click here)
3.  No of vacant seats available for December 2013 PhD admission (Click here)
4. Link to online Application form (https://auto.iitg.ernet.in/phd  )

Note: In case of any difficulty please email to acad_admission@iitg.ernet.in.

Applications are invited by Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme starting in January 2014.

The departments / centres and areas in which these programme will be offered are:

Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering:
Algorithms; Computational Geometry; Systems Biology  (Bio-computing); Bio-inspired distributed and decentralized algorithms for Robotics and related systems; Intelligent Mobile Agent Based Cyber-physical Systems; Synthetic Emotions; Human-Computer Interactions; Speech Processing; Multimedia: Image and Video Processing; Machine Learning; Information Retrieval; Data Mining; Web Mining; Formal Verification; Embedded Systems; CAD for VLSI; Multi-processor Computer Architecture; Real-time Systems and Scheduling; Computer Security; Networks; Operating Systems; Distributed Systems.

Dept. of Electronics & Electrical Engineering:
VLSI; Power Systems; Wireless Communications; Information Theory and Coding; Communication Networks; Biomedical Signal and Image Processing; Speech and Handwriting Processing; Image / Video Processing and Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning;  Multimedia Security; RF and Microwave; Control Systems; Power Electronics; Electrical Machines; Control of Electrical Drives; Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles; High Voltage Engineering; Condition Monitoring of Power Apparatuses; Electromagnetics; Solid State Devices; Optoelectronics; Optical Communication and Networks; Photonics; MEMS; Instrumentation; and High Performance Computing.

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering:
Welding, Advanced Welding Processes, Electro-magnetic Manufacturing, Inter-laminar Stress, 3D-Piezoelectricity, Inverse Problem, Topology Optimization, Adhesion, Powder Metallurgy Processing, Advanced Materials, Wear Characterization, Shape Memory Materials for Biomedical Devices, Micromachining, Nano-finishing, Biomemetics.
Rotor Dynamics, Condition Monitoring, Smart Materials, Optimization; Operation Research; Non-linear Finite Element Analysis, Computational Contact and Impact Mechanics, MEMS, Hydrodynamic Bearings, Coupled Modeling of Electro-Mechanical Systems, Robotics, Non-Linear Vibration, Bio-mechanics.
Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Multi-phase Flow, Turbulent Fluid Flow, CFD in Hypersonic Applications, Cooling of Electronic Devices.

Dept. of Civil Engineering:
Construction Management; Environmental Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering; Structural Engineering; Transportation Engineering; and Water Resources Engineering and Management.

Dept. of Biotechnology:
All areas of Biotechnology

Dept. of Chemical Engineering:
All areas of Chemical Engineering

Dept. of Design:
Industrial Design; Communication design (including art & visual culture); Interaction and Usability engineering (including HCI); Design Management; Ergonomics (including Occupational health and safety).

Dept. of Physics:
Condensed Matter Physics - biomaterials, cold atoms, quantum computation, computational materials physics, ferroelectric and oxide materials, Graphene, organic semiconductors, semiconducting materials, smart magnetic materials, soft condensed matter, spintronics, statistical physics, strongly correlated systems, superconductivity, topological insulators, nanomaterials and nanotechnology, theoretical and computational biophysics, polymer physics, AdS / CMT

Laser and Photonics - Applied Optics, Fiber Optics, Laser Matter Interaction, Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics.

High Energy Physics - beyond the standard model, cosmological connections, Heavy Flavour Physics, Collider phenomenology, CP violation, Neutrino physics, Low energy Effective Field Theory, Standard Model Precision Calculations.
Astrophysics - Astrophysical flows, Ultra high energy cosmic rays.

Dept. of Chemistry:
Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry.

Dept. of Mathematics:
Fluid Dynamics,  Computational Fluid Dynamics with GPU computing,  Numerical methods for PDEs, Applied Probability, Stochastic Processes, Financial Mathematics, Queuing Theory, Linear and Numerical Linear Algebra, Geometry and Topology, Statistical inference for lifetime data, Statistical distribution theory, Reliability / Survival Analysis, Machine learning algorithms, Time-Series and Extreme Value Theory.

Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences:
Economics, History, Political Science, Development Studies, and Psychology.

Centre for the Environment:
Environmental Chemistry / Biotechnology / Economics / Engineering; Waste Water Treatment and supply; CO2 Capture / storage; Atmospheric Chemistry; Air Quality monitoring; Environmental Hydraulics; Environmental Genomics; and Other emerging areas of environment with interdisciplinary application of science, technology, arts and humanities.

Centre for Energy:
Thermal science; Alternative / Emulsified Fuels and IC Engine; Self-bearing Switched Reluctance Machine; System Biology for Biobutanol; Biochemical synthesis of liquid Fuels; Biomass and Bioenergy.

Centre for Nanotechnology:
Experimental and Computational studies of micro- and nano-fluidics; Nano Electronics and Optics; Nanomaterials; Nanobiotechnology; Nano Devices and Applications; Polymer Synthesis and Optoelectronic Applications.

Eligibility Criteria:
Minimum CPI or Percentage of marks in the qualifying degree, with specific requirements for different streams, have been indicated below:
Note:  
(a) For eligibility for financial assistance for regular category candidates, please see the section 'Financial Support' below.
(b) Minimum experience required for Sponsored (Full-time), Self-Financed, Part-Time, and External categories of candidates, have also been indicated below.

PhD in Engineering:
For admission to the PhD Programme in Engineering departments, a candidate must satisfy one of the following criteria:
i) Master’s degree in Engineering  /  Technology / Medical Sciences / Veterinary Sciences / Pharmacy in a relevant area with a minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks.

ii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Medical Sciences or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.

iii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0, from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions [Details of the Institutions can be seen from http://mhrd.gov.in/funded_technical_inst_hindi]

iv)  candidate having a Two-year Master's degree (after completion of 4-year Bachelor's degree) or three-year Master's degree (after completion of 3-year Bachelor's degree) in Engineering/ Technology / Science in a relevant area with minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks,

Or
A candidate with a Two-year MSc degree (after completion of 3-year Bachelor's degree) in a relevant area with minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% marks, is also considered for admission in the Department of Biotechnology.

v) A candidate having a Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Science in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks, is also considered for admission in the Department of Biotechnology.

vi) A candidate having MSc degree with Mathematics as a subject at bachelor’s level is also considered for admission in the Department of Civil Engineering. The candidate should have a minimum of 7.5 CPI or 70% marks in Master’s level with consistent first class at other levels.

vii) A candidate having a Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology or equivalent in a relevant area, with a Postgraduate Degree in Management Science(Finance) or MBA with Finance specialization or equivalent, is also considered for admission in the area of specialization `Construction Management’, of the Department of Civil Engineering. The candidate should have a minimum of 6.5 CPI or 60% marks in Bachelor's level and 6.5 CPI or 60% marks in the postgraduate degree.

viii) A regular student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his / her MTech studies and having a minimum CPI of 8.0 at the end of second semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his / her third semester of study. Such students can receive only PhD Degree.

ix) A student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his / her BTech studies and having a minimum CPI of 6.5 at the end of sixth semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his / her seventh semester of study. Such students can receive dual BTech and PhD Degree. Both the degrees will be awarded after completion of PhD degree.

PhD in Design:
For admission to the PhD Programme in Design, a candidate must satisfy one of the following criteria:

i) Candidates having MArch / MDes degree or MTech / ME degree in a relevant area, with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.

ii) Master’s degree in Applied Arts / Ergonomics / Fine Arts / Psychology / Physiology with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.

iii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Design or Engineering / Technology or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.

iv) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Design or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0, from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions [Details of the Institutions can be seen from http://mhrd.gov.in/funded_technical_inst_hindi]

v) A two-year Post-graduate Diploma in Design (NID / CEPT or equivalent) with first class at Bachelor’s level.

vi) BFA (4-year professional programme, after 10+2) / GD Art (5-year programme after 10th standard) with one year professional experience, with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.

vii) A regular student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his / her MDes studies and having a minimum CPI of 8.0 at the end of second semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his / her third semester of study. Such students can receive only PhD Degree.

viii) A student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his / her BDes studies and having a minimum CPI of 6.5 at the end of sixth semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his / her seventh semester of study. Such students can receive dual BDes and PhD Degree. Both the degrees will be awarded after completion of PhD degree.

PhD in Science:
For admission to the PhD Programme in Science departments, a candidate must satisfy one of the following criteria:

i) Master’s degree in Science in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.

ii) Master’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Design in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.

iii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Design / Science  from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) / Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0.

iv) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in a related area in Engineering / Technology / Design / Science (from other than IITs / IISc) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of  marks.

PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences:
For admission to the PhD Programme in the department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), a candidate must satisfy one of the following criteria:

i) Master’s degree in Arts / Commerce / Science in a relevant area with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent.

ii) Master’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Design in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.

iii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0.

iv) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Design or equivalent (from other than IITs) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% marks.

PhD in Centres:
i) Master’s Degree in Engineering / Technology / Design / Architecture / Medical Sciences in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.

ii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology / Medical Sciences or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.

iii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0, from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions [Details of the Institutions can be seen from http://mhrd.gov.in/funded_technical_inst_hindi]

iv) Master’s degree in Science in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.

v) Master’s degree in Social Sciences, in a relevant area, with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks, is also considered for admission to the Centre for the Environment.

Application Procedure:
For getting access and filling-up Online Application Form, please visit website given below: https://auto.iitg.ernet.in/phd      
Fill-up the Online Application Form [by going through the `Guideline for Filling-up Online PhD Application Form’ ] and submit (i.e. execution of `Final Submit’ function).

(iii) Upload your photo and other relevant documents


Closing of online application process - by 5.00 pm of 5 November 2013. 

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