Admission Open For Ph. D Research Programs (July) 2017-18 @ NIT Rourkela

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROURKELA

Notice for Admission to Ph. D and M. Tech. (Research) Programs Commencing in Autumn (July) Semester, 2017-18

Applications are invited online from eligible candidates for admission to Ph. D and M. Tech. (Research) Programs of the Institute commencing from Autumn (July) Semester 2017-18. Admissions will be given with fellowship subject to eligibility or without fellowship.

Eligibility Criteria for Ph. D Program:

The minimum qualification required for admission to Ph. D programs in Engineering, Science, Management, and Humanities & Social Sciences is one of the following:

a) M.E./M.Tech./M.Pharm in relevant discipline with at least 6.5 CGPA or 60 percent marks in aggregate in both B.Tech. (or M.Sc./B.Pharm/ MCA or equivalent) and M.Tech. levels from a recognized Technical Institute or University.
b) B.E./B.Tech./B.Pharm/MCA or equivalent in relevant discipline with CGPA of 7.0 or 65 percent marks in aggregate.
c) M.Sc. in Basic Sciences with CGPA 7.0 or 65 percent marks in aggregate in relevant disciplines. For applicants with valid GATE/NET/GPAT score requirement may be relaxed upto 0.5 CGPA or 5% marks.
d) M.B.B.S./B.V.Sc. with CGPA 6.5 or 60 percent marks in aggregate.

Students without adequate background in the primary discipline will be required to have 10% extra

marks (1.0 CGPA) to qualify over students with specialization in a primary discipline, unless explicitly exempted by the senate. List of primary disciplines for specializations under the various departments is given in Clause ‘E’ below.

Qualifying Degrees and Primary Disciplines for Admission:

Differential academic qualifications across the departments have been made considering the departmental requirement, availability of candidates in the respective departments and uniform growth of all departments in the Institute.

Following are the minimum academic eligibility criteria to be eligible for applying to a program. However, a higher short listing criteria (possibly different for different departments) may be set by the Department during scrutiny of applications depending on the departmental requirement, number and quality of applicants. In addition to the minimum eligibility criteria, following mandatory eligibility criteria will be used for shortlisting the candidates. Therefore, merely satisfying the minimum eligibility criteria does not guarantee a candidate to be called for interview and mere attending an interview does not guarantee a seat for admission.

• In addition to the minimum eligibility criteria (based on B. Tech, M.Sc., MBA, MA, M. Tech. and M. Pharm examinations) a candidate should score minimum 60% marks or 6.5/10 CGPA throughout career to be eligible for admission to Ph. D or M. Tech. (Res.) program. The DRC, however, may make one exception (marks <60% or Grade < 6.5/10) at its discretion from among the results of 10th, +2, BA, B.Sc., Diploma etc. (except qualifying degree) if the candidate has qualified GATE/NET/GPAT or other national level fellowship tests like DST-INSPIRE, RGNF etc
• For admission to Engineering and Science disciplines (except Life Science), a candidate should have passed Mathematics in +2 Science.
• Science students admitted to Ph. D program in Engineering need Mathematics in +3 level. Students without Mathematics in +3 level may be admitted under the condition that they will have to register for 16 credits of 100 and 200 level Mathematics and 100 level Computer Science courses (Theory and Practical) in addition to their normal course requirement, and secure at least C grade in each course
• A student should have passed Life Science or Biological Science either in +2 or +3 level for admission to Ph. D in Life Science department.

Notes:

1. BE., B.Tech., AMIE and other recognized Membership Examinations (approved by Government of India) will be considered equivalent for the purpose of Ph. D & M.Tech.(Res) admission.
2. For selection of Research scholars in Engineering disciplines, Students with B.Tech. degree will be given preference over students with M.Sc. degree, even if the latter has an M.Tech. Degree
3. Students with any other relevant background may be eligible, but only with approval of Senate or Chairman, Senate on the recommendation of the Departmental Research Committee (DRC)
4. There is no relaxation in academic requirement for SC/ST/OBC/PH students, because the minimum academic requirements have been set to meet the basic challenges of the academic program. Also, the academic eligibility shall be same across all studentship categories (Istitute fellow, External fellowship, Project fellow, Sponsored etc.)
5. The required CGPA/percentage should be the aggregate CGPA/percentage based on all semesters/years. Conversion from CGPA to percentage or vice-versa given by individual Institute/University will not be considered. If the evaluation system is in CGPA, CGPA value will be considered and if the evaluation system is in marks, percentage value will be considered
6. Differential academic qualifications across the departments have been made considering the departmental requirement, availability of candidates in the respective departments and uniform growth of all departments in the Institute. Students of one discipline may seek admission in a related department which will be considered on the basis of merit of the individual case(s).
7. Selection will be made on the basis of academic record, relevance of qualification, candidate’s research interest, existing research programs and facilities of the departments, and performance in tests and/or interviews.

Financial Support:

Fellowships/Assistantships are available to meritorious Ph. D and M. Tech (Res.) students of all departments, the rate of which is given in the following table:

• Ph. D – M.Tech./M.Pharm or B.Tech./B.Pharm./M.Sc./MA/M.Co m/MBA/ MCA/MBBS With valid GATE/NET/GPAT score only
• 1 st & 2nd year – Rs. 25,000/- (Rate of Fellowship/ Assistantship)
• 3 rd , 4 th & 5th year – Rs. 28,000/- (Rate of Fellowship/ Assistantship)

Important Note:

If a student with Institute fellowship or project fellowship leaves the Institute in the mid-session on his own accord without completing the program, the entire amount paid to him/her towards fellowship need to be returned by the student before leaving the Institute. S/he will not receive any certificate from the Institute unless s/he refunds the fellowship received in full. Students with project fellowship may not be required to refund only if sponsor’s rule permit him leaving the project without refunding fellowship. Students receiving external fellowships will be governed as per the rules of the scholarship of the Sponsor.

Fellowships will not be awarded to candidates above 32 years of age for Ph. D (35 years for SC/ST and women candidates) and above 28 years for M. Tech (Res.) (31 years for SC/ST and women candidates) on the date of interview. The restriction shall not apply to scholarships awarded by external agencies or sponsored projects

Individual External fellowships:

Candidates with individual external fellowships (CSIR/UGC-NET/DST- INSPIRE/RGNF/Women Scientist etc.) are specially encouraged to apply. The selection process will be same as that for other candidates.

All students, with or without fellowship or receiving any other financial support are required to assist faculty members of their department in teaching and research activity. They may be required to take theory, tutorial and laboratory classes, assist in student projects or other R & D activities as assigned by the HOD/Coordinator.

Financial support is initially for a period of one year. All financial support can be renewed on year to year basis on satisfactory performance.

Application Procedure:

Interested candidates satisfying the eligibility criteria may submit their online application at http://eapplication.nitrkl.ac.in.

a) Read this advertisement and the instructions to fill up the online application form given in the online portal carefully,
b) Fill up and submit the online application form accordingly, and
c) Pay application fee of Rs.500/- through the online application portal.
d) Sponsored candidates are required to submit the scanned copy of the sponsorship certificate while submitting online application.

Applicants are NOT required to send hard copy of the application form or any other document to NIT Rourkela. However, candidates who will be called for interview will be required to submit signed copy of the application form, a set of photo copies of all certificates and original sponsorship certificate (for sponsored candidates only) at the time of interview. They also need to produce original certificates from HSC onwards for verification. The signed copy of application form along with a set of photo copies of all certificates will be forwarded to the Academic Office by the department for record.

Accommodation:

The Institute has two Guest Houses (South Block and North Block) with limited number of rooms. Accommodation on twin-sharing basis may be provided on payment basis subject to availability of rooms. Interested applicants may contact in the following details for booking accommodation

• Contact Person: Dr. Samir Mohanty
• Telephone: 0661-2464000, 2464040

Besides, a number of budget and luxury hotels are also available near the Railway Station some of which also offer online reservation facility

Important Dates for this advertisement:

Applicants are required to visit the “Announcement” section in the “Home Page” of the Institute website (www.nitrkl.ac.in) regularly for further updates.

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