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Candidates can apply in multiple departments subject to fulfilling the minimum eligibility requirement of respective departments., advertisement is as below-.

Project funded PhD:

Additive Manufacturing & Machine Learning based Development of Indigenous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Stack  (1 Position) 

Unconventional architectures for design and development of Modular Libraries(1 Position) 

Bone and Tissue mechanics (1 Position) 

High velocity projectile impact (1 Position) 

Development of Localized Gradient Damage based Extended-FE Model for Fatigue Analysis of Aircraft Components (1 Position) 

Functionally graded materials: Thermoelastic analysis along with design framework using hybrid elements and deep learning (1 Position) 

Machine learning-based model for optimization of PCM-metal foam composite energy storage system (1 Position) 

Product design in agriculture funded by AWADH (1 Position) 

* Candidates are required to submit statement of purpose (SoP) along with this application

1) Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering/Technology or any other Engineering discipline or a Master's degree by Research in Mechanical Engineering/Technology or any other Engineering  discipline. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA out of 10 in their Master's. For admission under project fellowship GATE qualification is required as per funding agency norms. 

2) Master's degree in Sciences with a valid score in GATE/UGC/ CSIR/NET/NBHM or equivalent qualification. Candidates must have obtained at least 65% marks or 7 CGPA out of 10 in their Master's.

3) Exceptional candidates having B.Tech/B.E degree with at least 65% marks or 7 CGPA out of 10 and valid GATE score can apply for PhD programmes. The candidates who are in the final year (seventh semester) of their B.Tech/BE program should apply under Direct PhD program (as per Direct PhD norms).

A candidate with a Bachelor's degree from any IIT and having a CGPA score of 8.00 out of 10 and above are exempted from requirement of GATE to apply.

The relaxation in eligibility and reservation for SC/ST/OBC/PwD will be as per the rules of Govt. of India.

  Candidates with external fellowships like UGC JRF NET/ CSIR/ NBHM/ INSPIRE/ DBT etc. with appropriate background can also apply

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Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Research areas of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering:

Research Areas: 

1. High Temperature Oxidation                                        

2. Polymer and Chemical Synthesis                            

3. Optical & Magnetic Materials     (DFT / Characterization / Devices)                    

4. Process / Extractive Metallurgy  (Modelling of steelmaking process / Recycling of steelmaking slag)

6. Reflective Coatings

Major Research Areas for which separate merit list will be provided:        

* Project -1:  Designing improved bond coat materials through co-doping of reactive elements (PKR)                    

*Project 2: Simultaneous separation and sensing of hydrogen and carbon monoxide/carbon dioxide using polymer derived ceramics membranes for hydrogen purification (RMP)"        

*Project 3 : Reflective clear coats for glass facades to reduce interior temperatures of buildings  (Nano or sol-gel based) - SBL Coatings Ltd.

*Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Master's degree in relevant Engineering/Technology or a Master's degree by Research in relevant Engineering/Technology. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks (or 6.5 Grade Point out of 10) in their Master's.

Candidates with a Bachelor's degree BE/B.Tech. (or MSc) in a relevant discipline with a minimum of 65% marks (or 7.0 Grade Point out of 10) and a valid GATE/UGC/CSIR/NET score.

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PhD In Sciences

PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences

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Department of Mechanical Engineering offers Ph.D. Degree in the following :

Manufacturing Engineering (MF)

Mechanics and Design (MD)

Thermal & Fluid Engineering (TF)

Admissions to Ph. D. Program

Admission is offered on the basis of an interview held usually a month before the commencement of the semester for which admission is sought. The interview may be supplemented by a written test, if necessary. Merely satisfying the general eligibility criterion as well as criterion set for each admission category is no guarantee for being called for test/interview. Depending on the number of applications received and considering the constraints of time and other resources for conducting Written Test and Interview, the Academic Units may put additional academic performance based shortlisting criterion.

Categories of Admission

The candidates will be admitted to the PhD programme of the Institute under any of the following categories:

Regular Full - Time Scholar

Regular Full-Time Scholar(Direct PhD Programme)

External Registration Programme (ERP)

Part-time PhD programme

PhD programme for staff of IIT Ropar

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About PhD program  PhD is typically the highest degree offered by any institute in the world.  After initial course work (3-7 courses depending on background), student spend most of his time in working on research problems.  Typically PhD in computer science takes 4-5 years to finish.

Why PhD in Computer Science  With PhD you learn a research aptitude that is finding and defining problem, solving them, and publishing the results. PhD prepares you to do research. Computer science still being a fast and growing field, requires lot of innovation to happen. So the research aptitude is a welcome skill by computer science industry. PhD are typically hired by top computer science companies like Microsoft, Google, Intel, Facebook, etc, as well as by research labs like HP Lab, MSR, IBM research labs, etc.  For academia, PhD is a minimum required qualification.

Admission process

Admissions for MS(R) and PhD happen twice a year. The advertisement is out in march/September with application deadline in April/October. Please visit admission website of IIT Ropar for regular update.

Typically following procedures is adopted:

Step 1: Applications received are shortlisted based on department criteria.

Step 2: Shortlisted applicants are called for interview/test.

Step 3: Candidates has to appear in person at IIT Ropar for test and interview. The syllabus of the written test is generally GATE syllabus of CS plus general aptitude.

Step 4: Student shortlisted in written test appear for interview. The selected candidates are announced on website.

Stages of PhD

1. Course work: Student with M.Tech. degree are supposed to take minimum 12 credits, and students with B.Tech. degree are supposed to take 18 credits of course work.

2. Comprehensive exam: There are three stages of comprehensive exams (a) Written comprehensive, (b) Oral comprehensive, (c) Thesis proposal seminar. Completing all the comprehensive requirements usually takes 24-30 months, after admission.  More detail about written and oral comprehesive exam format of CSE department is given below.  

3. Synopsis seminar: Synopsis seminar typically happens when most the work for PhD degree is finished. With in two months of successful synopsis seminar, scholar is supposed to submit PhD thesis for evaluation.

4. Thesis submission

5. Thesis defence. 

More detail about PhD program can be found in PG handbook of information, available in  Academics section  of IIT Ropar main website.

PhD Comprehensive Rules

1.     Written and Oral comprehensive: 

Objective: Breadth requirement in area of interest and research readiness.

Student is supposed to do a literature survey in a particular area of interest (may or may not be tightly coupled to research proposal), and find out at least 5 papers. The selected papers should be regular papers from A*/A/B ranked conferences/journals published in last 10 years. The list of papers will be vetted by doctoral committee. It is recommended that student should read/understand the relevant background.

Written Comprehensive:

    DC of the student will conduct a written exam based on the papers identified by student/DC. Scope of the written examination will be the content and underneath basics of the papers. DC will discuss the format and question paper before conducting the exam. The written exam could be open-book/close book, open-time/fixed duration as decided by DC. The evaluation of the written exam would be done by DC members. Question paper as well as answer sheets will be archived in department office after evaluation.

Oral comprehensive:    

·        Student will present these papers in front of department faculty members and doctoral committee members.

·        Doctoral committee will ask questions on basics as well as detail of the research problems being addressed in the given papers.

·        Based on presentation and viva-voce, doctoral committee would decide marks in the oral comprehensive examination.

Written exam and oral exam both will be of 100 marks. In overall score, both will have equal weightage. Minimum pass marks for written as well as oral exam is 50.

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The PhD Program in Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

The details of admission modes are provided in the Handbook for PhD students. Interested candidates can refer to the Handbook for complete details of the various PhD programs . Typically, interviews for admission to the PhD program are advertised in March/April and October/November timeframe and the interviews are held in April/May and November/December timeframe. Project based candidates can be admitted any time of the year, based on the suitability of the candidate and availability of funding.

Modes of Entry

Regular Institute Fellowships for candidates who have a MTech/ME degree or have completed their BTech/BE/MSc within the last two years).

Direct PhD Program for candidates who are in the final year of their BTech/BE programs.

Project Fellowships for candidates who are funded by a faculty member's research grant (interested students should contact the relevant faculty - usually openings are advertised here and here, in addition to individual faculty web-pages).

External Registration Program (ERP) for professionals who are employed in an academic/research origanization and wish to carry out the majority of their research in their home organizations. No fellowship is provided in the ERP program.

Part-time PhD program for candidates who wish to follow the PhD program in a part-time mode at IIT Ropar. No fellowship is available for part-time PhD program.

Institute Staff who wish to pursue a PhD program may do so after successfully taking teh admission interviews. No fellowship is provided in this case either.

The PhD Timeline and Degree Requirements

Within 2 weeks of joining, the studentsshould have formed their Doctoral Scrutiny Committee (DC). The students should meet with the DC members at least once every semester and provide updates on their progress.

Candidates with an MTech degree are required to do a minimum of 12 credits of course work.

Following the completion of coursework, the candidates should take a comprehensive examination (which has both written and oral components) within 18 months of admission.

The candidates are then required to present a thesis proposal within 24 months of admission.

The candidates must present an open seminar (also called the synopsis seminar) at least 6 months prior to the final thesis defense.

The final thesis defense is held after the thesis has been submitted and feedback received from the referees. There are at least two external referees, one from within India and another from outside the country.

List of PhD courses taught by the Department -

MM501 ( 3-0-2-7-4 ) Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques. This course is usually offered in the first semester of the academic year (Aug-Dec).

MM502 ( 3-0-0-6-3 ) Applied Thermodynamics for Metallurgical and Materials Engineers. This course is usually offered in the second semester of the academic year (Jan-May).

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