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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT
NIT CAMPUS POST, CALICUT, KERALA – 673 601, INDIA
Information Brochure for Ph.D. Programmes – December 2017
GENERAL INFORMATION

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE:

National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) is one of the premier national institutions for technical education in India. 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.

VISION:

International standing of the highest caliber

MISSION:

To develop high quality technical education and personnel with a sound footing on basic engineering principles, technical and managerial skills, innovative research capabilities and exemplary professional conduct to lead and to use technology for the progress of mankind, adapting themselves to the changing technological environment with the highest ethical values as the inner strength.

LOCATION:

Set in a picturesque landscape at the foothills of the Western Ghats, NITC is located about 22 km north-east of Calicut city in the state of Kerala, India. It stretches over a length of about 1.5 km along the

Calicut-Mukkam road, extending over an area of approximately 120 hectares. The nearest airport is Calicut which is about 45 km away from the campus.

INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES:

The Institute has well equipped library, computer centre, seminar halls, lecture hall complexes, various laboratories in different departments, workshops, hostels for accommodating students, health care centre and adequate facilities for sports, games and co-curricular activities. The main computer centre has all the relevant software packages and latest computers with internet facilities. To provide service to the campus residents, State Bank of India, Post Office, Canteen & Co-operative Store are also functioning in the campus.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES:

The Institute has Training and Placement department that looks after the training needs of the students, their placement of jobs on graduation. An Entrepreneurship Development Cell promotes the students for self-employment. A Technology Business Incubator (TBI) with the assistance from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India is being established. TBI helps in incubating knowledge based start-ups into sustainable business with single window system.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI:

A vast majority of the former students have made immense impact in the professional areas such as academics, administrative services, research laboratories, government and private industries. A strong network of alumni thrives in India as well as in foreign countries and is known as RECCAA.

ADMISSION TO Ph.D. PROGRAMMES

INTRODUCTION:

The following Departments /Schools are inviting application for Ph.D. programme in December 2017 admission:

Department/School  : Code

Biotechnology          :   BT

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 (FT) scheme.

For the Part-time (PT) and External (EX) schemes of registration, the applicant must be a 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 from outside the institute, working as full time/regular faculty of any UGC (or any equivalent MHRD approved body) approved institutes or as permanent employeesScientists/Architects/Planners/Engineers/Managers-in any reputed organizations can apply for registration under part-time (PT) scheme provided they have minimum of two years of experience at the time of admission and are sponsored by the institute/organization. Candidates under Parttime scheme will have to submit no objection certificate from the Head of the institution.

External (EX) 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 institutions are not eligible under external scheme.

Registration under Internal Scheme (IN) is available to full-time employees of NIT Calicut or research staff (should have completed a period of not less than one year in the project and projects should be in force for at least two more years) working on sponsored research projects in the Institute. Members of the faculty appointed on contract basis at NIT Calicut, for a period of 3 years or more can also apply under this scheme.

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.

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.

MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH:

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Gene Regulation
• Molecular Genetics
• Protein Folding
• Protein Engineering
• Genetic Engineering
• Biomodeling and Drug Design
• Plant Molecular Biology
• Neurobiology
• Immuno –Technology
• Bio-separation Techniques
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Enzyme Technology
• Cell Biology
• Cancer Research

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 120 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 fee
  3. On submission of online application, a recent PHOTOGRAPH (Maximum of 120 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. Arrange the given list of documents in the order and enclose it 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 2017.
    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. A Printout of the Application with all the above enclosures is to be sent (in A4 size cover) by Post so as to reach the following address on or before 25th October 2017.
    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. Shortlisted candidates download call letter from NIT Calicut website. No separate call letter for test and/or interview will be dispatched.

 

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