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Course Programme

2.1 The Institute offers four programmes based on course work: Master of Engineering (ME), Master of
Technology (M Tech), Master of Design (M Des) and Master of Management (M Mgt). The Institute
admits about 350 students every year for its course programmes. The number includes about 50
sponsored candidates from the Defence Services, Defence Research and Development Organization,
Indian Space Research Organization, BARC, NAL, KSRTC, BMTC and BDA faculty members from
engineering colleges under the Quality Improvement Programmes.

2.2 Eligibility

2.2.1 The following categories of candidates are eligible to apply for admission to course programmes.
(a) Bachelor’s degree holders in Engineering/Technology or its equivalent.
(b) Bachelor’s degree holders in Physics/ Chemistry/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/
Electronics followed by qualifications obtained through an examination conducted by professional
societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE.
(c) Bachelor’s degree holders in Architecture/Design (for M Des programme only)
(d) Master’s degree holders in Science disciplines including Physics with Electronics/
Instrumentation/Geology/ Computer Application/ Physical Sciences/ Mathematical Sciences as
applicable to individual department offering M Tech programmes.

All the candidates should qualify in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2010 or
2011) for ME / M Tech, GATE or in Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED 2010 or 2011)
for M Des, and GATE 2010/2011 or JMET 2011 for M.Mgt, and possess the valid score card(s) as
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on 1 August 2011.

Refer to sections 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 for requirements for admission to individual programmes and
departments

2.2.2 Additional notes

(a) The minimum requirement for admission to course programmes-ME/M Tech/M Des is a SECOND
CLASS and for M.Mgt a FIRST CLASS (as declared by the University) or an equivalent grade in the
qualifying examination as indicated against each department. Refer to Sections 2.3 - 2.5 for more
details.

(b) Candidates with B Sc followed by a professional Diploma, should have studied their B Sc in the
10+2+3 system and obtained at least a SECOND CLASS.

(c) The minimum requirement of a SECOND CLASS in the qualifying examination is relaxed to PASS
CLASS for SC/ST candidates.

(d) Those in the final year of their qualifying examination and awaiting results are also eligible to apply.
However, they should have completed all the requirements for the award of their qualifying degree,
including all examinations, dissertation projects, viva-voce, etc., by the time of joining, i.e., by the end
of July 2011.

(e) Candidates who join initially for the ME / M Tech programmes may be permitted to transfer to
the Ph D programme, subject to academic assessments.

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2.3 ME PROGRAMMES

2.3.1 The participating departments/centres, disciplines, minimum qualifications, areas of study are listed
in the table given below. Candidates can choose to apply for up to a maximum of 5 disciplines
from ME/ M Tech and M Des programmes.

2.3.2 To be considered for admission to ME programmes in various departments / centers, candidates

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with BE / B Tech or an equivalent degree must have a valid GATE score card as on 1 August
2011, from the GATE paper which corresponds to their branch in the qualifying examination
(e.g. a BE in Aeronautical must have a valid GATE marks from the “AE” GATE paper) as indicated
in brackets in column 4 of the table below.

Sl. Discipline Department/ Qualification with required GATE Areas of study

No. with code Centre paper (in brackets)
(in brackets)
1. Aerospace Aerospace BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Structures, Aerodynamics;
Engineering Engineering Aeronautical (AE), Mechanical Propulsion; Control and Guidance
(AE) (ME), Civil (CE), Chemical (CH), of Aircraft, Rockets and Spacecraft.
Electrical (EE), Electronics or
Communication (EC).
2. Chemical Chemical BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Biochemical Engineering; Colloidal
Engineering Engineering Chemical Engineering (CH). and Interfacial Science; Complex
(CH) Fluids; Environmental Engineering;
Modeling and Simulation;
Nanotechnology; Reaction
Engineering; Theoretical Biology;
Transfer Processes.
3. Structural Civil BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Geotechnical Engineering; Water
Engineering Engineering* Civil (CE). Resources and Environmental
(CE-S) Engineering; Structural
Engineering.
Geotechnical
Engineering
(CE-G)

Water
Resources &
Environ-
mental
Engineering
(CE-W)
4. Mechanical Mechanical BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in Solid Mechanics, Finite Element
Engineering Engineering Mechanical (ME). Analysis, Computer Aided Design,
(ME) Non-Linear Dynamics, Vibration,
Technical Acoustics, Design of
Mechanical Systems, Robotics,
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems,
Nano-Mechanics, Biomechanics,
Tribology, Metal Castings and
Advanced Manufacturing Process,
Material Science, Fluid Mechanics,
Heat Transfer, I C Engines,
Combustion, Refrigeration and Air-
Conditioning.

* For the purpose of indicating preferences in the application, each of the 3 specializations in the Civil Engg department would
constitute a separate preference.

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Sl. Discipline Department/ Qualification with required GATE paper Areas of study
No. with code Centre (in brackets)
(in brackets)
5. Materials Materials BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical
Engineering Engineering Metallurgy (MT) , Mechanical Metallurgy, Chemical Metallurgy,
(MT) Engineering (ME), Chemical Engineering Extractive Metallurgy, Materials
(CH), Ceramic Engineering/Technology Processing, Alloy Design,
(XE), Materials Engineering (MT). Ceramics, Composites and
Modeling, Polymers,
Ferroelectrics, Polymer
Nanocomposites, Process
Modeling.
6. Computer Computer BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Algorithms, Complexity, Graph
Science & Science & Computer Science / Engineering (CS), Theory, Combinatorics,
Engineering Automation Information Technology (CS), Information Theory, Coding,
(CS) Information Science/Engineering (CS). Cryptography, Number Theory,
Algorithmic Algebra, Computatio-
nal Topology and Geometry,
Programming Languages,
Compilers, Formal Verificaton,
Distributed Computing, Cloud
Computing, Computer
Architecture, Storage Systems,
Operating Systems, Database
Systems, Machine Learning, Data
Mining, Game Theory, Stochastic
Control and Optimization.
7. Telecommun- Electrical BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Communications and Networking;
ication Communica- Electronics & Communication (EC), Microelectronics, Microwaves,
Engineering tion Engineer- Telecommunication (EC), Electronics Photonics, Signal Processing,
(EC) ing (EC), Electrical Engineering with Optical Communication.
specialization in Electronics &
Communication (EC).
8. Electrical Electrical BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Power Systems, Power
Engineering Engineering Electrical(EE) or Electrical and Electronics, High Voltage
(EE) Electronics(EE). Engineering.
9. Microelectro- Jointly BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in Semicustom VLSI Design-FPGA
nic Systems conducted by Electrical (EE), Electronics and ASIC; Nano CMOS Technology;
(MI) Electrical Communication (EC), Computer Analog and RF Circuit Design,
Communication Science/Engineering (CS), MEMS, Photonic Integrated
Engg & Centre Instrumentation with Electronics (IN). Circuits, Optics and Fluid
for Electronics
Dynamics of Nanostructures.
Design &
Technology
10. Signal Jointly BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Digital Signal Processing, Image
Processing conducted by Electrical (EE), Electronics and Processing, Signal Compression,
(SP) Electrical Communication (EC). Neural Networks, Biomedical
Engineering & Signal Processing, Speech/Audio
Electrical Info. Processing, Array
Communication
Processing, Pattern Recognition,
Engineering
Signal Processing for
Communication.
11. Systems Jointly BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in Digital Signal Processing,
Science & conducted by Computer Science / Engineering (CS), Machine Learning, Pattern
Automation Electrical Electrical (EE), Electronics (EC), Recognition, Computer Vision,
(SA) Engineering & Communication (EC), Instrumentation Graphics, Stochastic Systems,
Computer (IN), Mechanical (ME), Chemical (CH). Multimedia, Real Time and Fault
Science & Tolerant Systems, Sensor
Automation Candidates should have done a formal Networks, E Commerce, Speech
course in programming in C and C++. Processing, Real Time Signal
Processing and Embedded
Systems.

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2.4 M Tech PROGRAMMES

2.4.1 The participating departments/centres, disciplines, minimum qualifications, areas of study are listed
in the table given below.

2.4.2 To be considered for admission to M Tech programmes, candidates with BE/ B Tech or M Sc
degree, must have qualified in the GATE paper which corresponds to their branch in the
qualifying examination (e.g. an M Sc in Physics must have qualified in “PH” GATE paper) as
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indicated in brackets in column 4 of the table below with valid score card as on 1 August 2011.

Sl. Discipline Department/ Qualification with required GATE Areas of study

No. with code Centre paper (in brackets)
(in brackets)
1. Electronics Centre for BE / B Tech or equivalent Communication Networks,
Design & Electronics degree (corresponding GATE Embedded Systems, Power
Technology Design & discipline) with Electronics as one Conversion, VLSI Design,
(ED) Technology of the subjects of study or Electronics Systems Packaging,
M Sc or equivalent degree in Electro Magnetic Compatibility,
Physics with Electronics as the Analog Circuits, Mechatronics,
special subject (PH). (M Sc or Product Engineering.
equivalent degree holders should
possess 2 years experience in
Electronics hardware).
2. Computational Supercompu- BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Multidisciplinary Program
Science ter Education any discipline (corresponding Addressing: Supercomputing,
(CP) & Research GATE paper) or Parallel and Distributed
Centre M Sc or equivalent degree in any Computing, Computational Issues
discipline (corresponding GATE in Large Scale Problem Solving
paper) or and Simulation in Science and
Master’s in Computer Application(CS). Engineering, Numerical
Techniques and Algorithms,
In all cases a strong mathematical and
programming background is required. Computational Biology.
3. Climate Centre for BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Interdisciplinary Programme
Science Atmospheric any discipline (with a GATE Paper in Covering Atmospheric Dynamics
(CL) and Oceanic AE, CE, CH, EC, EE, ME, XE) or and Thermodynamics, Ocean
Sciences M Sc or equivalent degree in Dynamics, Clouds Radiation and
Physical Sciences (with Gate Paper Climate, Earth System, Numerical
in GG, PH). Modeling of Climate, Methods of
Observations, Satellite
Meteorology, Climate Data Time
Series Analysis.

4. Instrumenta- Instrumenta- M Sc or equivalent degree with Analytical Instrumentation,

tion (IN) tion and specialization in Instrumentation/ Electronic Instrumentation,
Applied Electronics (IN) or Lasers and Optical
Physics BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Instrumentation, Solar Energy
Instrumentation (IN) / and Thermal Instrumentation,
Instrumentation & Control Vacuum and Thin Films.
Engineering (IN) or Electronics &
Instrumentation/Electronics (IN).
5. Transportation Civil BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Interdisciplinary program covering
and Enigneering any discipline (corresponding Traffic & Transportation
Infrastructure GATE paper) or Engineering, Intelligent Transport
Engineering M Sc or equivalent degree in any Systems, Infrastructure
discipline with a background in Engineering, Integrated Land use
Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Planning and Mobility, Urban
Geology (corresponding GATE Ecology, Energy and
paper). Environment, Urban Policy and
Planning, and System Sciences.

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2.5 M Des Programme
2.5.1 To be considered for admission to M Des, the candidates with BE/ B Tech/ B Des/ B.Arch degree,
must have qualified in the GATE paper which corresponds to their branch in the qualifying
examination (e.g. a BE Mechanical candidate must have qualified in “ME” GATE paper) or CEED
st
with valid score card as on 1 August 2011.

Sl. Centre Qualification with required gate paper Areas of study

No. or CEED (in brackets)
1. Centre for Product BE / B Tech or equivalent degree Product Design and
Design and (corresponding GATE paper) or Engineering.
Manufacturing(PD) B Des (CEED) or
B.Arch(AR).

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