IIIT Ranchi PhD Program Admission 2019, Dates, Eligibility, Application

 

Indian Institute of Information Technology Ranchi announces PhD Admission 2019

IIIT Ranchi PhD Admission 2019 – Applications are invited for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy Programme beginning in autumn 2019. The programme will be offered in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) and Electronics & Communication Engineering.

 

About the University:

• Indian Institute of Information Technology Ranchi is an autonomous institute setup by the MHRD, Government of India, and Government of Jharkhand along with the industry partners Tata Motors, TCS and CCL on a Public Private Partnership in the year 2016

 

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IIIT Ranchi PhD Admission 2019 Important Dates

• Availability of application form: 08th July 2019
• Last date of submission of application form: 01st August 2019
• Display of list of shortlisted candidates: 04th August 2019
• Date of written Test/ Interview: 10th August 2019
• Announcement of Results: 16th August 2019
• Reporting at IIIT, Ranchi: Last week of August
• Commencement of semester for all PhD courses for the session 2019-20: 01st September 2019

 

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Admission Categories and Eligibility criteria for IIIT Ranchi PhD Admission 2019

1. Full Time Research Scholar: An applicant who joins PhD at IIIT Ranchi under this category gets financial assistantship from the institute

Computer Science Engineering:

• M.Tech/B.E/B.Tech or equivalent in Computer Science and Engineering/Electronics and Communication/ Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation/ Electronics/ Electronics and Electrical/ Electrical Engineering with a consistently good academic record in relevant discipline. The candidate should have first division or equivalent in both Bachelor and Master level degree.
• Candidates seeking admission should have valid score in GATE/UGC-NET/CSIR-NET (in Computer Science, Electronics and Communication or a related field) or completed M.Tech with Gate Score.

Electronics and communication Engineering:

• M. Tech/ B.E/ B.Tech   in Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication, M.Sc (Physics) with specialization Electronics, M.Sc in Electronics, Electronics and communication with a consistently good academic record in relevant discipline. The candidate should have first division or equivalent in both Bachelor and Master level degree.
• Candidates seeking admission should have valid score in GATE/UGC-NET/CSIR-NET (in Computer Science, Electronics and Communication or related field) or completed M.Tech with Gate Score.
• Self Financed Full Time Research Scholars: An awardee of research fellowship from some recognized funding agency (CSIR/ UGC/ DAE/ NBHM/DST/DBT/ICAR/ICMR/ ICPR etc.) They shall not receive any financial support from the institute in any form

Computer Science Engineering: 

• Applicants should have qualified CSIR/ UGC/ DAE/ NBHM/ DST/ DBT/ ICAR/ ICMR/ ICPR or secured funding from such an agency.
• In addition to the above, the minimum educational qualification for admission is a M.Tech degree with a consistently good academic record in relevant discipline. The candidate should have first division or equivalent in both Bachelor and Master level degree.

Electronics and Communication Engineering:

• Applicants should have qualified CSIR/ UGC/ DAE/ NBHM/ DST/ DBT/ ICAR/ ICMR/ ICPR or secured funding from such an agency.
• In addition to the above, the minimum educational qualification for admission is a M.Tech degree with a consistently good academic record in relevant discipline. The candidate should have first division or equivalent in both Bachelor and Master level degree.

 

 

• Sponsored Category: An applicant of this category is sponsored by his/her employer. The sponsoring organization must specifically undertake to relieve the applicant to enable residential requirements of the Ph.D. programme and also provide necessary facilities for carrying out the research. The Sponsoring organization shall bear all expenditure towards Institute fees, hostel fees, and any other expenses during the entire period of the Ph.D. programme. Those under this category shall work full time towards the Ph.D. programme. They shall not receive any financial support from the institute in any form.

 

CSE and ECE: 

• The minimum educational qualification for admission is a M.Tech degree with a consistently good academic record in relevant discipline OR
• Candidates, with four or more years of experience in relevant field after B.Tech/MCA with a consistently good academic record in relevant discipline, are also eligible for the application process.
• Applicant must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization.

Working Professional:

• An applicant of this category should be a Regular employee and/or Staff working on a sponsored project in IIIT Ranchi, for a minimum of 1.5 Year duration. The duration of the project is expected to be sufficient for the normal duration of the Ph.D. programme. They shall not receive any financial support from the institute in any form.

CSE & ECE:

• A Regular employee of IIIT Ranchi or Staff working on a sponsored project in IIIT Ranchi, with four or more years of total experience after B.Tech/MCA of which at least 1.5 Years should be with IIIT Ranchi.
• In addition to the above, the candidate should have a consistently good academic record in relevant discipline, are eligible for the application process.
• In case of termination of the professional from the employer or if the project gets completed before the Ph.D. programme, the professional will continue the degree programme with his/category changed accordingly (if required). In such case, the candidate has to bear all the expenses during the remaining duration of the course.

 

1. On Deputation: This category refers to an applicant who is deputed from Government or academic institutions on study leave for a period not less than two years, expandable upto three years, for pursuing PhD programme at the Institute. They shall not receive any financial support from the institute in any form.

CSE & ECE: 

• The minimum educational qualification for admission is an M.Tech degree with a consistently good academic record in relevant discipline.
• Applicants should have at least four years of professional experience in the respective field.
• Aspiring Students in Higher Academics (ASHA):
• This category is specially designated to the fresh graduates from CFTI’s/IIT’s/NIT’s/IIIT’s. They shall not receive any financial support from the institute in any form.

CSE & ECE:

• The minimum educational qualification for admission is a B.Tech degree with at least 8.5CGPA or 80 % (as applicable in the graduating institute) with a consistently good academic record in relevant discipline.
• Candidates seeking admission should possess requisite marks/grades in GATE (cutoff to be defined by IIIT Ranchi) in Computer Science or Electronics or a related field.

Duration:

• The minimum duration of the Ph.D. Programme (excluding dropped semester(s)/maternity leave) is 3 years (36 months) from the date of joining.
• All Ph.D. students have to stay within the campus during the entire period of Ph.D. programme. However, special permission, on a case to case basis, may be considered by the competent authority for staying outside the campus

 

Research Areas:

• All fields of ECE and CSE discipline. One can refer to faculty profile for details. However, for Full Time Research Scholar category priority will be given to the following areas in this Autumn admission: Cryptography and Network Security, Hardware Security, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Parallel Computing, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Database Management and Microwave, Antenna, Optical Communication, Silicon Photonics, VLSI, Communication for CSE and ECE students respectively.

Financial Assistance:

• The Financial assistance of Rs. 25,000/- per month for 1st and 2nd year and Rs. 28,000/- per month for 3rd and 4th year will be offered to PhD Students based on Institute rules. 
• Sponsored candidates are NOT eligible for any financial assistantships.

MEDICAL FITNESS

• Candidates must be in good health. A candidate is required to submit a medical certificate (as per Annexure II) at the time of reporting at IIIT Ranchi signed by the chief medical officer (CMO) or equivalent of a government hospital.
• The candidate must check his/her eligibility criteria (wherever applicable) as given in table 2 about color blindness/uni ocularity.
• A candidate will be allowed to take admission only if the certificate produced by the candidate is verified to be satisfactory by IIIT Ranchi officials, whose decision in this regard will be final.

 

IIIT Ranchi PhD Admission 2019 Application Process

• Application form is required to be submitted, which will remain available on the IIIT Ranchi website www.iiitranchi.ac.in from July 08, 2019 to August 01, 2019. The GATE candidates will also have to apply through the same process. After filling the form, the candidates are advised to take a print of your application and keep the same for the record. Candidates can also apply for more than one programme.
• Non-refundable application fee for each programme for candidates is Rs. 1000/- for UR/OBC candidates and Rs. 500/- for SC/ST/Women candidates. The application fee is to be paid by Demand Draft in favour of IIIT Ranchi payable at Jamshedpur and the same shall be sent along with the application form. Please write Applicant Name / Post applied for on the back of Demand Draft. The envelope containing the application be super scribed as “Application for PhD Admission in Department, ______________________ (IIIT, Ranchi).

 

• Non-refundable Application fee for each programme for all Sponsored candidates is Rs. 1000/-.
• It is the responsibility of the candidate, to ensure that he/she satisfies all eligibility criteria for a particular programme, as mentioned in this information brochure.
• The PhD admission will be based on the GATE score or written test/interview by the respective departments.

The following documents are required along with application form

• Recent passport size photograph and signature.
• Qualifying M.Tech Degree Marks-Sheet of final semester/ final year (4th  semester / pre-final year marks-sheet for the ‘appearing candidates’ whose final semester / final year results are pending)
• Qualifying B.Tech Degree Marks-Sheet of final semester / final year (7th semester / pre-final year marks-sheet for the ‘appearing candidates’ whose final semester / final year results are pending).
• 10th & 12th Passing Certificate and Mark sheet.
• Valid GATE score card as indicated in the application form (for GATE-candidates).
• Caste certificate/EWS income certificate to avail seat reservation under respective reserved category. (The OBC (NCL) certificate as per Annexure I and issued on or after September 01, 2018).
• Physically Challenged (PC) persons are required to upload a certificate of disability from the authorized medical board attached to one of the following – Vocational Rehabilitation Centre (VRC) for Physically Handicapped persons/ Special Employment Exchange for Physically Handicapped/ Government Hospital (District and State level).
• Endorsement certificate from the present employer (for Sponsored candidates).
• The candidate is to Report in-person at IIIT Ranchi on the scheduled date, time and venue for appearing in the written test/interview and completing his/her admission. If the candidate fails to report at the test/admission venue in-person along with the requisite documents in original by that date and time, he/she will not be considered afterwards for admission.
• In addition to the original copy of the above mentioned documents following documents must be produced by the selected candidates at the time of reporting/joining IIIT Ranchi to complete his/her Admission:
• Copy of Admission fee payment receipt.
• The Migration Certificate or College Leaving Certificate.
• Medical fitness certificate as per Annexure II.
• 4 passport size and 10 stamp size color photographs.
• Undertaking regarding not claiming scholarship for sponsored candidate.
• Certificate for degree

 

Indian Institute of Information Technology Ranchi

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