NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT
NIT CAMPUS POST, CALICUT, KERALA – 673 601, INDIA
Information Brochure for Ph.D. Programmes – December 2016
GENERAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE INSTITUTE
National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) is one of the premier national institutions for
technical education in India. This was formerly known as Calicut Regional Engineering College. NITC is a technical institution of national importance set up by an Act of Parliament. NITC offers academic programmes leading to B.Tech., B. Arch., M.Tech., M.Plan., MCA, M.Sc, MBA and Ph.D. degrees in the appropriate disciplines. NITC is engaged in a wide spectrum of activities covering research and development, industrial consultancy, continuing education and faculty & staff development.
ADMISSION TO Ph.D. PROGRAMMES
INTRODUCTION
The following Departments /Schools are inviting application for Ph.D. programme in December 2016 admission:
- Department/School Code
- Architecture – AR
- Biotechnology- BT
- Chemical Engineering – CH
- Chemistry – CY
- Civil Engineering – CE
- Computer Science and Engineering – CS
- Electrical Engineering – EE
- Electronics & Communication Engineering – EC
- Mathematics – MA
- Mechanical Engineering – ME
- Nanoscience and Technology – NS
- Physics – PH
Admission to the Ph.D. programmes will be in the following schemes:
(I) FULL-TIME (FT)
(II) PART-TIME (PT)
(III) INTERNAL (IN) and
(IV) EXTERNAL (EX).
Ph.D. fellowships
are available for candidates under Full-time scheme.For the Part-time and External schemes of registration, the applicant must be an permanent
employee of a recognized institution/organization with at least two years of service and be
engaged in professional work in the area to which admission is sought.
Candidates under Part-time scheme will have to submit no objection certificate from the Head of the institution.
External registration is available only for candidates sponsored by and employed in recognized research institutions such as Research and Development Organizations / National Laboratories/ and Industries having R & D facilities recognized by Department of Science and Technology. A candidate applying for admission to the external registration programme must provide detailed information about the research facilities available at his/her organization and must produce a certificate from a competent authority specifying that these facilities would be available to him/her for carrying out research. He/She should also provide the bio-data of the prospective supervisor who would supervise the candidate’s work at his/her organization. External registration will be granted only when a qualified research guide is available in the sponsoring institution and is willing to guide the candidate along with a guide in NITC. Candidates from educational institution are not eligible under external scheme.
Registration under Internal (IN) scheme is available only to full time/contract faculty member of NITC. The Institute offers Ph.D. programmes under part time scheme for permanent/contract faculty member and research staff of the Institute if they apply for the same at the normal time for admission with the recommendation of the Head of the department in which he/she is employed. Those who are working on research projects in which he/she is working should be in force for at least two or more years. A certificate to this effect from the Principal Investigator/Head of the Department concerned should be attached to the application form. If an employee who has registered as a part time research scholar resigns his/her job before the minimum period required for the Ph.D. work, his/her registration shall stand automatically cancelled. However, if he/she has
completed the course work and comprehensive examination and the required minimum period,he/she can be allowed to continue the research works if the Doctoral Committee of the research scholar recommends the same.
ELIGIBILITY & ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO Ph.D. PROGRAMMES
The candidates for Ph.D. Programmes may be offered admission, based on certain minimum
academic requirements to be satisfied by the candidates as given below:
The maximum age for admission to Ph.D. programme is 50 years.
I. Faculty of Engineering:
M.Tech. Degree in Engineering/Technology in the appropriate branch of study with minimum 60% marks (CGPA 6.5/10) [For SC/ST candidates, the minimum mark is 55% (CGPA 6.0/10)]. Candidates shall be required to have passed the four-year regular full time B.E./B.Tech. Degree in an appropriate branch with minimum 60% marks (CGPA 6.5/10) in aggregate in the qualifying examination. [For SC/ST candidates 55% marks (CGPA 6.0/10)]. Candidates under lateral entry should have passed the three year diploma in engineering with minimum 60% marks [For SC/ST candidates 55% marks (CGPA 6.0/10)].
IV. Faculty of Biotechnology:
M.Tech. Degree in Biotechnology/Life Science with minimum 60% marks (CGPA 6.5/10) [For SC/ST candidates, the minimum mark is 55% (CGPA 6.0/10)]. OR Master’s degree in Life science with minimum 60 % marks (CGPA 6.5/10) or equivalent, [for SC/ST candidates, the minimum mark is 55% (CGPA 6.0/10)] and a valid GATE score or fellowships such as UGC/CSIR/NBHM/NET/KSCSTE/DBT in the relevant area, tenable from the current year. Candidates should possess minimum 60% marks (CGPA 6.5/10) or equivalent both in Bachelors and Masters degrees. For SC/ST candidates 55% (CGPA 6.0/10) or equivalent both in Bachelors and Masters degrees. Candidates applying for External and Part-time scheme of registration do not require GATE score or fellowships such as UGC/CSIR/NBHM/NET/KSCSTE/DBT.
CANDIDATES HOLDING DEGREES FROM FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES:
Candidates holding degrees from foreign universities have to produce a certificate stating that the degrees of the candidates have been recognized and approved by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)/ Commonwealth Universities/International Association of Universities (IAU)/Accredited Universities as equivalent to the corresponding Indian degrees for the purpose of higher studies.
However, applications with degrees from well reputed foreign institutions will be considered by an expert committee constituted in this regard.
SELECTION OF CANDIDATES : The admission to Ph.D. Programmes will be on the basis of written test and/or interview, by the respective Department/School.
SALIENT FEATURES OF Ph.D. PROGRAMMES
Ph.D. Programmes of the Institute are structured around certain minimum number of theory courses, which have to be passed by the scholars, a comprehensive viva-voce examination, a pre-Ph.D. examination and a Thesis work, which will be examined by a Thesis Board and an Oral Board. Only on the basis of the successful completion of all the Graduation Requirements, a scholar will be awarded Ph.D. degree by the Board of Governors of the Institute based on the recommendation of the Senate.
Semester Registration
Every scholar whether working on Full Time or Internal or External or Part-time registration scheme will have to register every semester till the submission of thesis, by payment of tuition and other fees as applicable, on the date announced for registration. Generally, registration for Monsoon semester will be in July/August and Winter semester in December/January.
Course Work and Thesis Work Requirements
Each scholar admitted to Ph.D. programme must necessarily earn a certain minimum number of credits through course work and research work as given in the table below:
All research scholars will have to credit all the courses prescribed for study and obtain a minimum letter grade of C in each subject and must obtain at least an overall CGPA of 7.0. The minimum residential requirement for External and Part-time Scheme Scholars is one semester.
Monitoring the Work and Progress: Each research scholar will be assigned a Supervisor (Not more than two) by the Department. The work and progress of the scholars will be monitored by a Doctoral Committee specially appointed for each scholar. Only with the approval of the Doctoral Committee, the courses of study shall be prescribed and the Doctoral Thesis approved for submission. The work and progress of the scholars in each semester will be assessed by the Doctoral Committee and the thesis supervisor. Only on satisfactory progress as approved by the Doctoral Committee, the scholars will be allowed to continue in the programme.
Eligibility for the Award of Degree: The Ph.D. thesis submitted by the scholar will be evaluated by two external examiners, one from India and another from abroad, both being experts in the concerned area of the research. On receipt of satisfactory thesis evaluation reports from both the examiners, an Oral Examination Board will be constituted by the Chairman Senate for the conduct of the thesis defense /oral examination. The members of the Board will include one of the external examiners, thesis supervisor(s) and another examiner appointed by the Chairman of the Senate with the Head of the Department (if he is a guide then the former Head) as Chairman. The scholar will be declared eligible for the award of the degree only if the Oral Examination Board recommends the same after successful defense of the thesis and has completed other requirements as per the Ph.D. regulations.
Graduation Requirements: All Ph.D. scholars irrespective of the type of registration will have to
complete the following requirements for Graduation:
Credited the minimum number of theory courses prescribed and earned the minimum
CGPA stipulated
Successfully completed the Comprehensive Viva-Voce Examination
Presented a Work on Account report and completed the Pre-Ph.D. Examination
Successfully presented an Open Defense of his/her thesis
Obtained positive recommendations both from the external examiners and the Oral
Examination Board
Financial Assistance
A few research fellowships are available to full time research scholars who are not receiving any financial support/ scholarship from other Agencies or State or Central Governments. They are required to assist the Department in the academic work for at least 8 hours per week as per guidelines issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Govt. of India, in addition to satisfying other conditions for the award /renewal of the fellowship.
The present rates for Ph.D. fellowships are as follows:
HOW TO APPLY?
1. Apply online. The link for the online submission of application will be available in the Institute website. Please logon to www.nitc.ac.in
2. Before you start filling-in the online application form, keep the following documents ready with you
- Softcopy of your recent PHOTOGRAPH for uploading in the online application (Maximum
of 100 kB) - 10th class certificate
- Mark lists of the Under graduate and Post graduate degree programme
- Details of the research publications in Journals and Conferences
- Demand Draft towards application fee3. The online application form is best viewed with Internet Explorer 9 or lower version. On
submission of online application, a recent PHOTOGRAPH (Maximum of 100 kB) of the
candidate is to be uploaded on the online application. Finally, a printout of the application is to be taken. To view ‘the application to be printed’, you require an Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 or higher.
4. Candidates applying for the admission to different departments / schools will have to
mention the corresponding codes in the appropriate columns in the Application Form. If a
candidate is applying for more than one department/school, the candidate must submit
separate application forms with separate DD.
5. Six copies of the same photograph (uploaded in the application) and one stamp size
photograph should be produced at the time of counselling/admission.
6. Demand Draft towards application fee (Rs. 600/- for Open and OBC candidates, Rs. 300/-
for SC/ST candidates) drawn in favour of “Director NIT Calicut” payable at State Bank of
India, NIT Calicut Branch (Code No. 2207) is to be enclosed.
7. The following documents arranged in the order given below should be enclosed along with the application (whichever is applicable):
i. Research Proposal (use separate single sheet, 500 words approximately)
ii. Self attested copy of proof of date of birth.
iii. Self attested copy of Mark lists & Degree/Provisional certificate of the Post Graduate Programme.
iv. Self attested copy of Mark lists & Degree certificate of the Under Graduate Programme.
v. Self attested copy of valid GATE score or UGC/CSIR/KSCSTE/NBHM/NET/JEST/DBT fellowship in the relevant areas tenable from the current year, if applicable.
vi. Self attested copy of community certificate in the case of SC/ST candidates from a competent authority (not below the rank of a Tahsildar).
vii. Self attested copy of community certificate in the case of OBC candidates from a competent authority (not below the rank of a Tahsildar) indicating that the candidate does not belong to the Creamy Layer for the financial year ending 31st March 2016.
viii. Self attested copy of experience certificates.
ix. Sponsorship certificate duly filled by the sponsoring authority on their letter head with the seal of the sponsoring authority in the prescribed format, in the case of external candidate.
x. The following additional documents, are necessary in the case of external candidates:
(a) Details regarding the research facilities available at his/her organization for his/her research work
(b)Certificate from the head of the institute/competent authority stating that these facilities will be made available to him/her if required for carrying out research and that he/she will be granted leave for completing the course/residential requirements at NIT Calicut as per Ph.D. regulations of the Institute
(c) Bio-Data of the prospective supervisor who would supervise the candidate’s work
at his/her organization
(d) Prospective supervisor’s consent letter.
xi.No objection certificate duly signed by the Head of the institution, in case of part-time candidates.
(In case of internal candidates, a No Objection Certificate from the Head of the department is
required).
xii. Self attested copy of all research publications in Journals and Conferences.
xiii. Demand draft towards application fee as per the category of the candidate.
8. Printout of the Application with all the above enclosures should be sent (in A4 size cover) by Post so as to reach the following address on or before 27th October 2016.
Chairperson – PG Admissions,
National Institute of Technology Calicut,
NIT Campus PO,
Calicut – 673 601, Kerala.
9. The status regarding the selection for test and/or interview for the admission to the Ph.D.
programme will be available in our website in due course. No separate call letter for test
and/or interview will be dispatched.
Information Brochure – Ph. D. Admissions December 2016
Online Application form – Ph. D. Admissions December 2016
Reprint of Application form – Ph. D. Admissions December 2016
