Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar Ph.D Admission Notice 2015

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar

Toshali Bhawan, Satyanagar, Bhubaneswar 751007, Odisha

Ph.D Admission Notice 2015

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar has invited applications for the Ph.D. programme in the following schools for the admission year 2015-16.

1) School of Basic Sciences:

Biosciences        

Biochemistry, Enzymology, Protein Chemistry, G-protein Coupled Receptors & Signal Transduction, Chemical and Cellular Biology, Peptide/Protein Design & Engineering.

Chemistry          

Coordination Aspects of Homo and Heterometallic Complexes, Metal Based Drug Design, Nanoparticle Based Sensors, Magneto Chemistry of Grid Complexes and Coordination Polymers, Bioinorganic Perspective of Coordination Complexes, Fluorescent Chemosensors and their Applications, Coordination Complexes as Contrast Agent for MRI, Biophysical Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Synthetic Methods Development, Bioactive Natural and Unnatural Products Synthesis, Supramolecular Chemistry, Molecular Recognition, Metal-Organic and Covalent Open Frame (MOF and COF) Compounds, Organometallic, Homogenous Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Development of Theoretical and Computational Methods with Application to Electronic Structure, Electron-atom/ molecule Scattering Processes, and Electronically 'nonadiabatic' Effects and Dynamics.

Physics                

Theoretical High Energy Physics, Quantum Gravity, String Theory, Black Holes, Topological Insulators, Experimental Atomic, Molecular and Surface Physics, Nanophotonics, Plasmonics and Fiber Sensors, Large Scale Quantum Simulations of Nanostructures, Quantum Transport in Graphene and 2-Dimensional Layered Structures, Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Mechanics Modeling of Biological Systems, Experimental High Energy Physics, Nanomagnetism, Quatum Dissipation & Decoherence; Biophysics.

Mathematics    

Queueing Theory, Stochastic models, Applied Probability, Control of Queues, Complex Dynamics and Fractals, Soft Computing, Optimization Theory, Numerical Methods & Computational Fluid dynamics, Combinational Matrix Theory, Spectral Graph Theory.

2) School of Earth, Ocean & Climate Sciences:

Geo-Science     

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Geochemistry, Environmental and Aqueous Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Groundwater Modelling, Active Source Seismics, Neo-Tectonics of Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt.

Climate Science               

Atmospheric Aerosols and Climate, Air-Sea Interactions and Climate Change, Tropical Meteorology, Monsoon Dynamics, Observations, Assimilation and Modeling of extreme weather events, Physical and Satellite Oceanography, Ocean Modeling.

3) School of Electrical Sciences: 

Computer Science          

Human computer interface, Computer vision, Network & system security, Cloud computing and analytics, Software testing and verification.

Electronics and Communication Engineering       

Optical communication, Fiber wireless (FiWi) networks, Long-range fiber sensors, Antenna design, Radar systems, Microwave and Wireless communication, Sensor networks, Adaptive signal processing, Soft and evolutionary computing, Intelligent instrumentation, Cognitive radio, Speech processing, Growth & characterization of Silicon-Germanium and related devices.

Electrical Engineering    

High voltage engineering, Power transmission systems and microgrid protection, PMU and wide area application, Smart-grid protection and security, Renewable energy, Power systems and Power electronics drives.

4) School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management:

Economics          

Open macroeconomics and Natural Resource Economics. Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Management and Climate Change and Rural Development, Mining Economics, Financial Management, Health Economics

English

Commonwealth Studies, Indian Diaspora Literature, Travel Writings/Autobiographies/Memoirs, Indian Writing in English. Postcolonial World Literature, Native North American Literature, Indigenous Literature Written in English, Indian Writing in English, ELT, Cross-cultural Communication, Business Communication.

Psychology        

Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurolinguistics, Positive Psychology and Psychology of Personality, Clinical Psychology, Consumer Behaviour, Cyber psychology (online Behaviour)

5) School of Infrastructure (Civil Engineering):

Vegetated flows, Fluvial hydraulics, Fluid-structure interaction, Offshore structures, Earthquake engineering, Structural dynamics, Buried pipelines, Inelastic seismic behavior of structures, Seismic behavior of non-engineered structures, Soil-structure interaction, Dynamics of soils and foundations, Energy geotechnics, Environmental geotechnics, Expansive soils, Public transportation system and traffic network analysis, Pavement engineering, Transportation geotechnics, Traffic flow modeling, Concrete technology, Geopolymer concrete, Industrial and domestic waste water treatment, and Bioenergy recovery.

6) School of Mechanical Sciences:

Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Inverse Heat Transfer, Two Phase Heat Transfer, Bio-heat transfer, Thermal System Optimization, Acoustics, Composite Materials, Sandwich Structures, Fracture Mechanics, Composite Materials, Smart Composite Structures, Vibration, Solid Mechanics, Robotics, Manufacturing, Pulse Heat Transfer in Manufacturing Analysis, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Quality Control, Industrial Noise Control, Condition Monitoring.

 7) School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering:

Surface engineered alloys, Batteries, Discrete element modeling , Extraction and Recycling of Metals, Fuels Cells, Grain boundary effects in steels and other metals, Microstructural modeling of thermo-mechanical processes, Modeling & simulation of metallic glasses, Structural & magnetic frustration of materials, Polymer nanocomposite films for Microsystems, First-principles study of the structure property correlations in functional oxides, Multiferroic Transition Metal Oxides, Energy harvesting using ferroics and multiferroics.

(A) Eligibility Criteria for Regular Ph.D. Students:

Candidates who possess the qualifications as mentioned below are eligible for admission into the Ph. D. Programme for full-time with Institute Research Assistantship or UGC/CSIR-NET Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) or any other doctoral fellowship offered by Govt. of India (GoI), as the case is applicable. A relaxation of up to 5% marks in all academic examination levels is permitted for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

(B) Eligibility Criteria for Sponsored Ph. D. Students:

The sponsored candidates are not eligible for Institute Research Assistantship; but they must meet the same requisite standards of marks/grades in their qualifying degree and other examinations as mentioned above. They must also be in continuous service for at least three (3) years in any one of the following organizations, where appropriate R & D facilities exist:

  1.  Departments and Ministries of the Government of India or any other government organization.

  2.  Established industrial research and developmental organizations.

  3.  Recognized autonomous bodies and public undertakings.

  4.  Recognized universities/colleges.

For further details, see the link: http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/phd-application/#2

Registration:

Online registration for Ph.D Courses can be done through window at http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/phd-application

Application fee of Rs.500/- (General/OBC) (Rs. 250/- for SC/ST) should be paid by On-Line Payment Method through Net banking/Debit Card/Credit Card or Depositing at ICICI Bank directly only by Cash through Challan. Challan form can be downloaded from the link: http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/phd-application/phd-challan.pdf

Female candidates are exempted from payment of application fee.

Completed application, sign and send to Officer on Special Duty (Academics), Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Toshali Bhawan, Satyanagar, Bhubaneswar 751007, Odisha along with the requisite fees and copy of the enclosures attested by a Gazetted Officer or equivalent. Please super scribe"Ph.D. Application" on the top of the envelop.

Opening date for online application                       :               9th March 2015 12:00 Midnight

Last date for submission of online application   :               1st April 2015 5:00 PM

For details, see the link: http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/phd-application/