The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) has invited applications from Indian citizens for Ph.D programs in various disciplines during second semester of academic year 2011-2012.
Eligibility criteria and areas of research for each department are given below:
A. SCIENCES:
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(I) Chemistry:
Eligibility Criteria: M.Sc. in Chemistry with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) with valid GATE score or CSIR/UGC NET qualified candidates are eligible to apply
Areas of Research: Organic Chemistry, Organometallics, Catalysis, Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics, Electronic Structure Calculations, Organic polymer synthesis.
(II) Physics:
Eligibility Criteria: M.Sc. in Physics with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) with valid GATE score or having passed CSIR/UGC NET.
Desirable Criteria: (1) Exposure to numerical programming and (2) exposure to relevant research
Areas of Research: (1) Particle/Nuclear Physics, (2) Quantum Optics and Quantum Information.
(III) Mathematics:
Eligibility Criteria: M.Sc. in Mathematics or equivalent qualification with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) with valid GATE score or CSIR/UGC NET qualified candidates are eligible to apply
Areas of Research: 1. Fluid Dynamics, 2. Mathematical Modeling, 3. Differential Equations, 4. Topology
B. ENGINEERING:
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(I) Computer Science and Engineering:
Eligibility Criteria: Candidates having B.Tech/B.E. in computer science and engineering or equivalent qualification with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) with valid GATE score or candidates with M.Tech./M.E./M.S. or equivalent qualification in computer science and engineering or equivalent degree with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) are eligible to apply.
Areas of Research: The department is looking for excellent candidates willing to engage in multi-disciplinary research in systems and theory.
(II) School of Mechanical, Materials and Energy Engineering (SMMEE):
1. Candidates with a Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology with a good academic record or a Master’s degree by Research in Engineering/Technology disciplines, with a good academic record. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks (or 6.5 Grade Point out of 10) in their Master’s. or
2. Candidates with Master’s degree in Sciences# with a good academic record and of exceptional merit and with a valid score in GATE/UGC/CSIR/NET/NBHM or equivalent qualification are eligible for the relevant area of research* in SMMEE. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks (or 6.5 Grade Point out of 10) in their Master’s. or
3. Candidates with Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology with exceptionally good academic record in an eligible discipline will be considered for direct admission to Ph.D. Program as a regular full time scholar subject to the following conditions:
a) B.Tech degree holder of an IIT, with a minimum CGPA of 8.0 on a 10.0 point scale.
b) A Bachelors degree holder in Engineering/Technology having a valid GATE score. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks (or 6.5 Grade Point out of 10) in their Bachelor’s.
Areas of Research: The School of Mechanical, Materials & Energy Engineering (SMMEE) invites applicants in the following areas of research: Design & Analysis (DA) Group: biomechanics, biomedical design, computational biology, nanotechnology, acoustics, active control, computational mechanics, design optimization, hybrid optimization, evolutionary robotics, sustainable design, product design, design research, engineering creativity, applied mechanics, numerical methods, optimal control, and engineering applications of fractional order calculus. Manufacturing & Materials (MM) Group: sustainable manufacturing, product realization, analysis of metal forming processes, and development of new forming techniques.
(III) Electrical Engineering:
Eligibility Criteria: Candidates having B.Tech/B.E. in Electrical engineering or equivalent qualification with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) with valid GATE score or candidates with M.Tech./M.E./M.S. in Electrical engineering or equivalent degree with 60% marks (or 6.5 grade point out of 10) are eligible to apply.
Areas of Research: (1) Optical Communication; (2) Renewable Energy Systems, Power Network and Optimal Power Flows, Wind Energy Resource Assessment; (3) Signal Processing, Medical Image Processing (4) Nano-Photonics and Nano-Optics (5) Wide Area Monitoring and Control of Power Systems (6) Power System Restructuring
C. HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES:
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Eligibility Criteria: 55% (or 6 grade point out of 10) in M.A./M.Sc./M.Phil in Linguistics/English/Psychology/Cognitive Science with UGC-NET. Candidates interested in interdisciplinary research are also encouraged to apply.
Areas of Research: (1) English Literature: Gender Studies, Modern Fiction, Postcolonial Studies. (2) Linguistics: Language Processing, Morphology, Optimality Theory, Phonology, Psycho/Neurolinguistics, Typology.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
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Interested applicants should send the application form (application form can be downloaded from the website: www.iitrpr.ac.in/docs/form_A for all branches except SMMEE and www.iitrpr.ac.in/docs/form_B for SMMEE), with a brief description of their research interests to the Institute administration at the following email: drpgsr@iitrpr.ac.inor by post (To, Ph.D. coordinator, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Nangal Road, Rupnagar-140001, Punjab) on or before 24 October 2011.
Applicants seeking admission in PhD programme other than SMMEE department, apply through application form A, whereas applicants seeking admission in PhD programme in SMMEE, apply through application form B provided on the website http://www.iitrpr.ac.in
Visit the website link: http://www.iitrpr.ac.in/html/phdadmission.shtml
