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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI

BONGORA, GUWAHATI – 781015, INDIA

 

JRF + PhD Admission in CSE (August 2022)

 

Applications are invited for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) in the following areas of research:

 

Sl. No.*

Area

Faculty

Category

 Assistantship

Number

14

Design and Development of an Assistive Device for Persons with Motor Neuron Disease

Dr. Kaustuv Nag and Dr. Rakesh Matam

Full-time

Fellowship from SERB, DST, Govt. of India (till the project ends). After that, an assistantship will be provided through an Institute fellowship.

1

15

Design of Structure-Preserving Deep Neural Networks for Improved Generalization

Dr. Kaustuv Nag

Full-time

Fellowship from SEED, DST, Govt. of India (till the project ends). After that, an assistantship will be provided through an Institute fellowship.

1

16

Service Caching in Edge Networks

Dr. Radhika Sukapuram

Full-time

Fellowship from SERB, DST (Govt. of India), for 3 years. After that, an assistantship will be provided through an Institute fellowship.

1

 

*Important: While filling up the form, use the Sl. No. given above to indicate your areas of preference.

 

ELIGIBILITY

 

Applicant must fulfil both of the following criteria:

 

  1. Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology in the relevant area with a minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
  2. Selected through either GATE or NET.

 

OR

 

  1. Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0 or 65% of marks.
  2. Selected through either GATE or NET.

 

RESERVATIONS

 

(SC, ST, OBC (Non-creamy layer) and PD categories): Eligibility criteria will be relaxed by 5% marks or 0.5 CPI for SC/ST/PD applicants. Reservation is as per GOI rules. OBC (Non-creamy layer) candidates will have to enclose a certificate and self-declaration statement as per the format in Annexure-I & Annexure-II. The OBC (NCL) Certificate, issued by the competent authority, on or after 01-06-2020, shall only be acceptable.

 

FELLOWSHIP

 

For Sl. No. 14 and 15: Rs. 31,000 per month from DST, Govt. of India till the project ends. After the project ends, the student will receive the support of Rs. 20,000 per month from an Institute fellowship during the first two years of their PhD programme. After that, till four years are complete, they will receive Rs. 25,000 per month as an Institute fellowship.

 

For Sl. No. 16: Rs. 31,000 per month from DST, Govt. of India for the first two years and Rs. 35,000 per month for the subsequent year upon satisfying the criteria for the increase. For the fourth year, the student will get transferred to an Institute fellowship of Rs. 25,000 per month.

 

 

 

THE SCHEDULE AND THE PROGRAMME

 

  1. Admissions will be held based on applications received. The last date of receiving the application is extended till 05.08.2022 (Friday).

 

  1. Date of selection in online mode is 13.08.2022 (Saturday).

 

  1. Shortlisting will be done based on the availability of seats and the academic performance of the candidates. A candidate merely fulfilling the eligibility criteria may not be shortlisted.

 

  1. Mode of interview: Online.

 

  1. There is no application fee.

 

  1. Course Requirements, if any, will be prescribed by individual Departments. But students will be encouraged to take courses. The Doctoral Committee of a student will evaluate the preparedness of a student and prescribe one or more courses that will have to be taken.

 

  1. There will be a written comprehensive examination after admission to determine if the student is ready to take up research work and to determine if the student has sufficient breadth of knowledge in the discipline to which he/she has been admitted.

 

FEES

 

SL

Items

Periodicity

 Amounts (₹)

1

Tuition Fee

Per Semester

5,000

2.

Institute Caution Money

One Time (Refundable)

5,000

Total

10,000

*The candidate needs to pay the hostel and mess fees only when a student joins a hostel. Hostel rent will be charged on a pro-rata basis (semester of 6 months with a charge of 12,500/- for the whole semester) based on when the student joins a hostel.

 

SUBMISSION

Interested candidates are requested to apply by filling up the Google Forms in the link:

LINK

 

Please upload the APPLICATION FORM along with the self-attested copies of all degrees; mark sheets and GATE / NET score card copy (if any) in the space provided in the google form.

For any clarification, feel free to contact kaustuv@iiitg.ac.in (for Sl. No. 14 and 15) and radhika@iiitg.ac.in (for Sl. No. 16).