PhD-Regular

 Department

Research Areas

Eligibility

Biomedical Engineering

Research areas of Biomedical Engineering:

Research Areas: 

1. Molecular Biology of Diseases

2. Image Processing/Biophysics/Biophotonics

3. Biomaterials and Biosensors

4. Biomechanics

1. A master's degree in engineering (ME / MTech) or medicine (MD) or pharmaceutical sciences (MPharm) or veterinary science (MVSc) or dental surgery (MDS), with a minimum of 60 percent marks (6.5 grade points on a scale of 10). 

Or

 2. A master's degree in sciences (MSc / MS) or equivalent, with a minimum of 60 percent marks (6.5 grade points on a scale of 10). A valid GATE score or qualified in UGC/CSIR/NET/INSPIRE fellowship, or equivalent. 

 Or

 3. A bachelor's degree in engineering (BE /BTech) or pharmacy (BPharm), with a minimum of 65 percent marks (7.0 grade points on a scale of 10) and a valid GATE score. A bachelor's degree from an IIT with a minimum of 8 grade points on a scale of 10 points without GATE. 

 Or

 4. A MBBS, BVSc, or BDS, with a minimum of 65 percent marks (7.0 grade points on a scale of 10). 

Relaxation for SC/ST candidates as per GOI rules.

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Chemical Engineering

Research areas of Chemical Engineering:

1. Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

2. Energy and Environment

3. Multiscale Modeling 

4. Soft Matter Engineering and Complex Fluids 

5. Mechanics of Granular Materials and Living Matter

6. Polymers, Nanomaterials, and Water Treatment

Externally-funded Project details

1. Application of sono-electrocoagulation process to enhance the removal of microplastics from wastewater (AwaDH)

2. Improvement of soil quality by efficient designing of vermicompost (AwaDH)

3. Reflective clear coats for glass facades to reduce interiortemperatures of buildings by 10-12oC (Nano or sol-gel based) -  SBL Coatings Ltd.

Masters degree in Chemical Engineering or in any Allied Branch of Chemical Engineering with CGPA 6.5 (or 60%). For SC and ST candidates, CGPA criteria at Bachelors degree is relaxed to 6.0 (or 55%).

OR

 Master of Science with any specialization with CGPA 8.0 and above. A valid GATE/UGC/CSIR-NET/DST-INSPIRE (PhD) or any other national fellowship in the relevant area tenable for the year of registration. For SC and ST candidates, CGPA criteria at Masters level is relaxed to 7.5 (or 70%).

PhD Direct: As per institute guidelines.

Note for all modes of admission: There can be additional eligibility requirements for externally funded PhD projects (DST, SERB, ICMR, etc.) such as a GATE qualification.

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Civil Engineering

Research areas of Civil Engineering:

1. Structural Engineering

(a) Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitting of Buildings 

(b) Sustainable Building Materials

(c) Fire Engineering and Design

(d) Structural Stability of Corroded Members 

2. Geotechnical Engineering

(a)Geomaterials stabilization 

(b) Geoenvironmental Engineering

3. Hydraulics and Water resources Engineering

      (a) Numerical weather prediction/ Weather research and forecasting

              (b) Climate change impacts on surface water hydrology

              (c ) Subsurface water flow modeling

              (d) Soil water plant interaction

4. Environmental Engineering

1. Phytoremediation for air pollutants

2. Source apportionment study of ambient air and health risk assessment

3. Ambient air pollution modelling/ pollution modelling from stubble burning ( prior knowledge on various air pollution modelling softwares)

4. Pollution from crematoria 

5. Municipal solid waste management

6. Carbon sequestration  and Life Cycle assessment ( Prior knowledge on LCA tools)

7. Contamination of Hazardous pollutants in soil

8. Instrumentation /device fabrication for measurement of pollutants

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering followed by a Master’s degree in an appropriate area with consistently good academic background. 

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Computer Science and Engineering

Research areas of Computer Science and Engineering:

1. Image processing and computer vision.

2. Theory.

3. Data Science.

4. Wireless and IoT. 

5. Parallel and Distributed Computing.

6. Hardware.

7. AI/ML.

8. Multimedia systems.

9. Security.

M.Tech./M.E/M.S. (or an equivalent qualification) in computer science and engineering (or related areas) with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) (55% marks for SC/ST).

OR

Candidates with B. Tech/B.E/MCA*/MSc* with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) (55% marks for SC/ST) degree in computer science and engineering or

related area with a valid GATE score. 

OR

Candidates with B. Tech/B.E/MCA*/MSc* with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) (55% marks for SC/ST) degree in computer science and engineering or

related area without valid GATE score but having external funding like NET JRF, DST Inspire, etc. Such candidates will not be eligible for institute fellowships.

*The candidates with MSc/MCA will be treated equivalent to B.Tech.

Note 1: Candidate with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and engineering or related field from any IIT with minimum 8.00 CGPA/CPI out of 10.0 are exempted from requirement of GATE qualification.

Note 2: Candidates who are currently studying in final year of their B.Tech/BE program should apply under Direct PhD program (as per Direct PhD norms).

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Electrical Engineering

Research Areas:

Research Areas (Three separate lists will be given in the areas given below):

1. Microelectronics and VLSI Design

Analog, digital, mixed-signal, RF and broadband integrated circuit design

Electronic packaging

Chemical and Biological Sensors

2-D Material-based Electronics

Semiconductor devices and reliability

Memory Devices

Spintronic devices

Project funded PhD:

A Noise-Power-Area Optimised Instrumentation Amplifier for Sensing Applications (1 position)

2. Signal Processing and Communications

Signal, Image and Video Processing, 

computer vision, Machine learning and Deep Learning

Wireless Communication and Networks; Internet of Things; Artificial Intelligence in Communication; UAV communication systems and networks; Vehicular Communication, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Radar Systems, mmWave Communication and sensing systems

Antennas for Smart RF and millimeter-wave systems, Wireless Power Transmission

Project funded PhD:

Non-contact small form-factor neonatal apnea monitoring device (1 position)

IoT System (1 Position)

iSelecT: Multifaceted comprehensive framework for Referred instance selection and segmentation in a visual data  (1 Position)

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Assistance with Video Quality Enhancement and Restoration (1 position) 

Cognitive state assessment and recognition with multimodal data learning (1 position) 

Insight An AI based system to decode deceptive expressions using visual and aural cues (1 Position) 

Switched multibeam antenna design and Quality-aware synthesis process for wireless coverage enhancement in drone assisted smart mobility application(1 position)

3. Power Engineering

Renewable Energy integration

High Voltage Engineering; Nano-dielectrics

Smart and Micro-grids;

Power System Dynamics and Control

Power Electronics, Electric Machines and Drives

Electric Vehicle Technologies

Power System Optimization

Project funded PhD:

Wide Area Monitoring of Active Distribution Using Distribution Level Synchrophasor (1 position)

Funding agency : SERB
Project Title: Low Power programmable multiple uncorrelated output PRBS generator integrated circuit
(1 Position)

M.Tech/M.E./M.S. in Electrical / Power system Power electronics / Electric drives/ Electric vehicle technologies / Electronics/ Communications/ Computer Science/ Instrumentation / Control Engineering or equivalent or Microelectronics/Solid-state Technology/MEMS/Nano Science/Nano Technology/Material Science/Engineering Physics or equivalent, relevant to the area of research with minimum 60% of marks (OR 6.5 grade point out of 10) (55% marks OR 6.0 grade point for SC/ST). 

OR 

Candidates having B.Tech/B.E/M.Sc. qualification in Electrical / Electronics / Communications / Computer Science / Instrumentation / Control Engineering or equivalent 

or 

Microelectronics/Solid-state Technology / MEMS / Nano Science / Nano Technology / Material Science / Engineering Physics or equivalent, and having a CGPA/CPI score of 8.00 (out of 10.0) and above with valid GATE score can apply for admission to PhD programme. 

OR 

A candidate with a Bachelor's degree from any IIT and having a CGPA/CPI score of 8.00 (out of 10.0) and above can apply for admission to PhD programmes. Such candidates are exempted from the requirement of GATE qualification.

Candidates with UGC JRF NET qualification with appropriate background can also apply.

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Mechanical Engineering

Project funded PhD:

1. Additive Manufacturing & Machine Learning based Development of Indigenous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Stack  (1 Position) 

2. Unconventional architectures for design and development of Modular Libraries(1 Position) 

3. Bone and Tissue mechanics (1 Position) 

4. High velocity projectile impact (1 Position) 

5. Development of Localized Gradient Damage based Extended-FE Model for Fatigue Analysis of Aircraft Components (1 Position) 

6. Functionally graded materials: Thermoelastic analysis along with design framework using hybrid elements and deep learning (1 Position) 

7. Machine learning-based model for optimization of PCM-metal foam composite energy storage system (1 Position) 

8. Product design in agriculture funded by AWADH (1 Position) 

* Candidatesare required to submit statement of purpose (SoP) along with this application

1) Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering/Technology or any other Engineering discipline or a Master's degree by Research in Mechanical Engineering/Technology or any other Engineering  discipline. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA out of 10 in their Master's. For admission under project fellowship GATE qualification is required as per funding agency norms. 

OR

2) Master's degree in Sciences with a valid score in GATE/UGC/ CSIR/NET/NBHM or equivalent qualification. Candidates must have obtained at least 65% marks or 7 CGPA out of 10 in their Master's.

OR

3) Exceptional candidates having B.Tech/B.E degree with at least 65% marks or 7 CGPA out of 10 and valid GATE score can apply for PhD programmes. The candidates who are in the final year (seventh semester) of their B.Tech/BE program should apply under Direct PhD program (as per Direct PhD norms).

OR

A candidate with a Bachelor's degree from any IIT and having a CGPA score of 8.00 out of 10 and above are exempted from requirement of GATE to apply.

The relaxation in eligibility and reservation for SC/ST/OBC/PwD will be as per the rules of Govt. of India.

 Candidates with external fellowships like UGC JRF NET/ CSIR/ NBHM/ INSPIRE/ DBT etc. with appropriate background can also apply

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Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

(MME)

Research areas of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering:

Research Areas: 

1. High Temperature Oxidation                                       

2. Polymer and Chemical Synthesis                           

3. Optical & Magnetic Materials    (DFT / Characterization / Devices)                   

4. Process / Extractive Metallurgy  (Modelling of steelmaking process / Recycling of steelmaking slag)

5. Sensors

6. Reflective Coatings

Major Research Areas for which separate merit list will be provided:        

* Project -1:  Designing improved bond coat materials through co-doping of reactive elements (PKR)                   

*Project 2: Simultaneous separation and sensing of hydrogen and carbon monoxide/carbon dioxide using polymer derived ceramics membranes for hydrogen purification (RMP)"       

*Project 3 : Reflective clear coats for glass facades to reduce interior temperatures of buildings  (Nano or sol-gel based) - SBL Coatings Ltd.

*Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Master's degree in relevant Engineering/Technology or a Master's degree by Research in relevant Engineering/Technology. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks (or 6.5 Grade Point out of 10) in their Master's.

or

Candidates with a Bachelor's degree BE/B.Tech. (or MSc) in a relevant discipline with a minimum of 65% marks (or 7.0 Grade Point out of 10) and a valid GATE/UGC/CSIR/NET score.

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Department

Research Areas

Eligibility

Chemistry

Research areas of Chemistry:

1. Physical and Inorganic Chemistry (Batteries,Fuel Cells, Electrochemistry, Electrochemical Sensors, Heterogeneous Catalysis and Materials Synthesis, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis, Sensors and Supramolecular Synthesis)

2. Theoretic Chemistry (Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Theory and Experiments, Machine Learning)

3. Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (Biomaterials, Boron Chemistry in Peptides, Drug Delivery, Organic Synthesis, Peptide for Bacterial Infection Imaging Agents and Interaction with Model Membranes)

Masters or equivalent degree in Chemistry/Biochemistry/ Materials Science and Technology/Pharmaceutical Sciences/Biotechnology/Physics or relevant areas with First Class (6.5 grades point out of 10) or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST).

Candidates meeting this requirement must also fulfill one of the following additional requirements with valid

a) GATE Qualification

b) UGC/CSIR-NET or Equivalent qualification.

c) DST-INSPIRE or other national fellowship

Candidates with M. Tech or equivalent with First Class (6.5 grades point out of 10) or 60% marks are exempted from requirement of GATE qualification

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Mathematics

Research areas of Mathematics:

1. Number Theory

2. Numerical Analysis

3. Algebra

4. Mathematical Modeling

5. Functional Analysis

6. Differential Equation and Water Wave Theory

7. Partial Differential Equations

8. Dynamical Systems

9. Topology

Master’s Degree in Mathematics/Statistics/Theoretical Computer Science or equivalent Master’s Degree with First Class (60% marks or 6.5 grade point out of 10 ),  55% marks or 6.0 grades point out of 10 for SC/ST.

Candidates  meeting this requirement must also fulfill one of the following additional requirements with valid:

a) GATE Qualification

b) UGC-NET-JRF/CSIR-NET-JRF qualified or NBHM or equivalent qualification.

OR

Candidates with M. Tech or equivalent with First Class (6.5 grade point out of 10) or 60% marks are exempted from requirement of GATE qualification.

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Physics

Research areas of Physics:

1. Solar blind photodetector

2. Thin film solar cells

3. Quantum field theory

4. Black holes

5. Lasers, Optics & Photonics

6. Controlled space-time dynamics in multimode fibers(Project)

7. Experimental condensed matter physics

8. Quantum information and quantum optics

9. Device physics, spintronics, magnetism, condensed matter physics

10. Quantum materials and devices (experimental)

11. Quantum-and nano-photonics (experimental and theory/computational)

12. Singular limits of string theory

13. AdS/CFT correspondence

14. Laser Spectroscopy

Project funded PhD

1. Controlled space-time dynamics in multimode fibers (1 position)

Master's or equivalent degree in Physics or relevant subject / B. Tech. in Engineering Physics with First Class (6.5 grades point out of 10) or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) or MTech in relevant areas

Candidates meeting above requirement must also fulfill one of the following qualification with valid certificate:

a) GATE

b) UGC/CSIR-NET(JRF) or equivalent qualification

c) DST-INSPIRE Fellowship

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Research Areas

Eligibility

Research areas in Humanities and Social Sciences:

1.Economics* (Urban Economics, Agglomeration Economics,Industrial Economics, Open Economy, Macroeconomics, Financial economics)

2. English (Psychoanalysis and Culture; Historiographic Metafiction**)

3.Management(Production Management, Operations Research, Business Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Consumer Behaviour)

4.Psychology** (Applied Psychology: Emotion Regulation)

* Candidates interested in only Regular PhD Programme should apply 

** Only JRF-qualified candidatesor candidates with any other fellowship from funding agencies like UGC, ICSSR, ICMR etc.should apply

Master's or equivalent degree in relevant discipline(Economics/English/ Management/Psychology/Operations Research/Statistics) with 55% marks or 6.0 grade point out of 10 (relaxation for SC/ST candidates as per GOI rules)

OR

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Engineering from any of the IITs/NITs or any other ‘Institute of National Importance’ with minimum of 55% marks or 6 grade points out of 10 (relaxation for SC/ST candidates as per GOI rules) 

Candidates meeting one of these requirements must also fulfil one of the following additional requirements:

1. UGC/CSIR- NET or GATE or equivalent qualification

2. DST-INSPIRE Fellowship

OR

Candidates with Bachelor’s in Engineering/Technology from any of the IITs and having CGPA/CPI Score of 8 (out of 10) are exempted from GATE requirement.

Notes

1. For admission under Economics area, candidates interested in only Regular PhD Programme should apply.

2. For admission under Psychology discipline, only JRF-qualified candidates or candidates with any other fellowship from funding agencies like UGC, ICSSR, ICMR etc. should apply

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