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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI

GUWAHATI 781039, INDIA
Admission to PhD Programme to start from December 2017
Programmes (PhD) Eligibility (PhD) Sponsored/Part-Time/External Financial Support
Application Procedure

Applications are invited for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme starting in
December 2017. The departments/centres and areas in which these programme will be offered are:

Departments/Centres
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
PhD Programme
Areas
Design and Analysis of Algorithm, Computational Geometry, Formal
Methods,Formal Verification, Electronic Design Automation, Distributed
Systems, Software-Defined Networking, Machine Learning, Speech & Image
Processing, Nature Inspired AI techniques, HCI, Virtual Reality, Augmented
Reality, Affective Interaction

Dept. of Electronics & Electrical Engineering Communication Engineering: Wireless Communications; Information Theory
and Coding; Communication Networks; Computer Networks; Computational
Photography; Data Compression; and Cryptography.

Signal Processing: Biomedical Signal and Image Processing; Speech and

Handwriting Processing; Image/Video Processing and Computer Vision; Pattern
Recognition and Machine Learning; Multimedia Analytics; Multimedia Security;

Power Systems & Power Electronics: Power Systems; Power Electronics;

Power Quality; Power electronics application in power system; Micro grid and
renewable energy resources; Power distribution system planning; Custom power
devices; Electrical Machines; Control of Electrical Drives; Smart Grids and
Electric Vehicles; High Voltage Engineering; High Voltage Engineering and
Applied Electromagnetics; Condition Monitoring of Power Apparatuses; High
voltage and Pulse power

Control and Instrumentation: Control Systems; Instrumentation; Optical

metrology.

VLSI: Solid-State Devices, Analog and RF Integrated Circuits, Digital Systems,

DSP Architectures, CAD for VLSI, High Performance Computing; MEMS;
Organic Electronics

RF and Microwave: Antenna; Microwave Engineering; Electromagnetics;

Computational Electromagnetics.

Photonics: Fiber Optic Communication; Optoelectronics; Optical

Communication and Networks; Optical Sensors; Microwave and Photonics,
Optical metrology, plasmonics and metamaterials' and smart electrotuneable
plasmonic metasystems.

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Computational Contact-Impact, Ductile
Fracture, Isogeometric Analysis, Compliant Mechanisms, Nonlinear dynamics of

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fluid conveying pipes, smart materials, 3D modelling of piezoelectric structures,

Rehabilitation Robotics; Cognitive Systems; Knowledge Representation and
Reasoning, CAD/CAM

CFD, Multiphase Flows, Experimental and Numerical Microfluidics, DNS of

Turbulent wake, DNS of superfluid turbulence, Porous medium combustion,
Energy storage, microchannel heat exchangers

Welding, Monitoring of Manufacturing processes, Nanofinishing, Micro-

Dept. of Civil Engineering
Dept. of Biosciences and Bioengineering
manufacturing, Micromachining, Bio manufacturing, Biomaterials, Biomechanics,
material forming and joining, additive manufacturing
Construction Management; Construction materials; and Infrastructure
management; Environmental Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering; Structural
Engineering; Transportation Engineering; Water Resources Engineering and
Management; Survey Engineering, Remote sensing and geo-sciences.
All areas of Biosciences and Bioengineering/Biotechnology

Dept. of Chemical Engineering All areas of Chemical Engineering

Dept. of Design Industrial Design; Visual communication (including art & visual culture);
Interaction and Usability engineering; Human Computer Interaction (HCI);
Design Management; Ergonomics (including Occupational health and safety);
Service design; Design for sustainability; and Virtual Reality.

Dept. of Physics Condensed Matter Physics biomaterials, cold atoms, quantum computation,
computational materials physics, materials for energy and environmental
applications, ferroelectric and oxide materials, Graphene and analogue atomic thin
materials, organic semiconductors, semiconducting materials, smart magnetic
materials, Luttinger liquids, soft condensed matter, spintronics, statistical physics,
strongly correlated systems, superconductivity, topological insulators, quantum
turbulence, quantum phase transitions, ultracold atoms in optical lattices,
nanomaterials and nanotechnology, theoretical and computational biophysics,
polymer physics, AdS/CMT.

Laser and Photonics Applied Optics, Fiber Optics, Laser Matter Interaction,
Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics.

High Energy Physics beyond the standard model, cosmological connections,

Heavy Flavour Physics, Collider phenomenology, CP violation, Neutrino physics,
Low energy Effective Field Theory, Standard Model Precision Calculations.

Gravity, Cosmology and Astrophysics Black hole Physics, Theoretical

Cosmology, Phenomenology of AdS/CFT, Astrophysical flows, Ultra high energy
cosmic rays.

Dept. of Chemistry All areas of Chemistry.

Dept. of Mathematics Computational Geometry, Algorithms, Data Structures, Computer Networks,

Network Security.

Graph Theory, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, Fluid

Dynamics, Numerical Functional Analysis, Finite Element Method, Harmonic
Analysis, Computational Finance.

Probability, Stochastic Processes, Probability Theory.

Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences Archaeology, History, Psychology, English, Linguistics, Economics, Political
Science and Development Studies.

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Centre for the Environment
Environmental Chemistry/Biotechnology/Economics/Engineering; Bioengineering;
Environmental Chemical Biology; Waste Water Treatment and supply; Solid Waste
Management; CO2 Capture/storage; Atmospheric Chemistry; Air Quality
monitoring; Environmental Hydraulics; Environmental Genomics; Environmental
aspects of Algal Biotechnology; and Other emerging areas of environment with
interdisciplinary application of science, technology, arts and humanities.
Centre for Energy Biochemical, Bio-process engineering, Renewable energy, Algal Biofuels, fossil
energy, energy efficiency and energy storage, Porous medium combustion, Solar
drying, waste to energy, Biofuel cell, Solar energy, Power electronics, Power
systems and Smart grid.

Centre for Nanotechnology
Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology
Centre for Rural Technology
Experimental and Computational studies of micro- and nano-fluidics; Nano
Electronics and Optics; Nanomaterials; Nanobiotechnology; Nano Devices and
Applications; Polymer Synthesis and Optoelectronic Applications.
Language Processing, Language and Cognition, Pathological Speech Processing,
Quantitative Phonetics, Computational Phonology, Speech Analysis/Synthesis,
Recognition of Linguistic, Para-linguistic and Non-linguistic Information from
Speech, Spoken Language Resources, User Interface, Script Processing, Type
Design and Typography, Language Acquisition and Visual Attention.
Technology and Development; Public Policy and Governance; Rural Housing,
Transportation; Energy, Environment, Rural Water Supply, Rural Point of Use of
Indigenous Water Treatment Systems, Climate Change and Development;
Environment Assessment; Water Resources; and Agro-Food Processing,
Technology adoption in agriculture.

Categories of PhD Students

The Institute admits PhD students under the following categories:

i) REGULAR
A student in this category works full-time for his/her PhD degree. He/she receives assistantship from the Institute or fellowship from
CSIR/UGC or any other recognized funding agency.

The following are the criteria for receiving assistantship from the Institute:

B.E./B.Tech. or equivalent with valid and qualifying GATE score [valid and qualifying CEED score (for Dept. of Design)]
above the prescribed cut off level.
M.Sc. or equivalent with GATE score above the prescribed cut off level/NET(JRF)/INSPIRE qualification.
M.A. in Humanities and Social Sciences or equivalent with NET qualification.
ME/MTech/MDes or equivalent.
GATE/CEED/NET/INSPIRE score/certificate requirement is exempted for a candidate with Masters (M.A./M.Sc.) degree
from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) with minimum CPI of 8.0 OR a Bachelors (BTech/BDes) degree from a Centrally
Funded Technical Institution(CFTI) with minimum CPI of 7.0] OR ME/MTech/MDes or equivalent

ii) SPONSORED (FULL-TIME)

A student in this category is sponsored by a recognized R&D organization, academic institution, government organization or industry for
doing research in the Institute on a full-time basis. He/She must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one
year of professional experience in the respective field. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student.
Sponsorship letter (Form I) must be attached with the application.

iii) SELF-FINANCED (FULL-TIME)

A student in this category works full-time towards the PhD Programme. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to
such a student.

iv) PROJECT STAFF

This category refers to a student who is working on a sponsored project in the Institute and is admitted to the PhD Programme to work on
a full-time or part-time basis. The remaining duration of the project at the time of admission should be at least one year. If the project
gets completed before the student completes his/her PhD Programme, his/her category will be converted to that of SELF-FINANCED
unless he/she is granted an assistantship/fellowship from the Institute or any other agency. No Objection Certificate (Form II) must be
attached with the application.

v) PART-TIME
A student in this category is a professionally employed person (including the staff of IIT Guwahati), who pursues the PhD Programme
while continuing the duties of his/her service. He/She must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year
of professional experience in the respective field. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student. A No

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Objection Certificate from the Head of the Institution/Organisation in which he/she is employed (Form III) must be enclosed at the time
of application.

vi) EXTERNAL
This category refers to a student employed in an R&D organization/academic institution/industry having adequate research facilities. The
research work leading to the PhD degree may be carried out largely in the parent organization of the candidate under a Local Supervisor
from the organization but with the overall guidance provided by a faculty member (Institute Supervisor) of the Department/Centre in
which he/she is registered. He/She must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional
experience in the respective field. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student. A certificate from the
Head of the sponsoring Institution/Organisation in which he/she is employed (Form IV) must be enclosed at the time of application.

Note: The word `Form used under this section refers to the forms as specified in the Application Form for Admission to
PhD Programme.

Eligibility Criteria for Admission into PhD Programme

Minimum CPI or Percentage of marks in the qualifying degree, with specific requirements for different streams, have been indicated
below:
Note: (a) For eligibility for financial assistance for regular category candidates, please see the section Financial Support
below.

(b) Minimum experience required for Sponsored (Full-time), Self-Financed, Part-Time, and External categories of
candidates, have also been indicated below.

PhD in Engineering
For admission to the PhD Programme in Engineering departments, a candidate must satisfy one of the following criteria:

i) Masters degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences/Veterinary Sciences/Pharmacy in a relevant

area with a minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks.

ii) Four-year Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences or equivalent in a relevant area with a
minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.
iii) Four-year Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0,
from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions . Details of the Institutions can be seen from
http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-1

iv) A candidate having a Four-year Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent in a relevant area, with a
Postgraduate Degree in Management Science(Finance) or MBA with Finance specialization or equivalent, is also
considered for admission in the area of specialization `Construction Management, of the Department of Civil
Engineering. The candidate should have a minimum of 6.5 CPI or 60% marks in Bachelor's level and 6.5 CPI or 60%
marks in the postgraduate degree.

v) A candidate having MSc degree with Mathematics as a subject at bachelors level is also considered for
admission in the Department of Civil Engineering. The candidate should have a minimum of 7.5 CPI or 70%
marks in Masters level with consistent first class at other levels.

vi) A candidate having a Two-year Master's degree (after completion of 4-year Bachelor's degree) or three-year Master's
degree (after completion of 3-year Bachelor's degree) in Engineering/ Technology/Science in a relevant area with
minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks,
Or
A candidate with a Two-year MSc degree (after completion of 3-year Bachelor's degree) in a relevant area with
minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% marks,

is also considered for admission in the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering.

vii) Postgraduates in Computer Science (ALCCS) from Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE),
with a minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks, are also eligible to apply for admission in
to PhD programme in Computer Science and Engineering

viii) A regular student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his/her MTech studies and having a minimum CPI of 8.0
at the end of second semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning
of his/her third semester of study. Such students can receive only PhD Degree.

ix) A student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his/her BTech studies and having a minimum CPI of 6.5 at the end of sixth
semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his/her seventh semester of
study. Such students can receive dual BTech and PhD Degree. Both the degrees will be awarded after completion of PhD
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PhD in Design
For admission to the PhD Programme in Design, a candidate must satisfy one of the following criteria:

i) Candidates having MArch/MDes degree or MTech/ME degree in a relevant area, with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or
60% of marks.

ii) Masters degree in Applied Arts/Ergonomics/Fine Arts/Psychology/Physiology/Occupational Safety and Health/

Journalism/ Mass Media Communication with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.
iii) Two-year Masters degree in Management (MBA or equivalent) with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks with relevant
studies in Design field, and Bachelors degree in any discipline.

iv) Four-year Bachelors degree or equivalent in Design or Engineering/Technology or Five-year BArch degree or equivalent in
a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.

v) Four-year Undergraduate Diploma in Design (NID or equivalent), with postgraduate qualification in relevant area with a
minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.

vi) Four-year Bachelors degree or equivalent in Design or Engineering/Technology or Five-year BArch degree or equivalent in
a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0, from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions. Details of the
Institutions can be seen from http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-1
vii) A two-year Post-graduate Diploma in Design and relevant areas (NID/CEPT or equivalent) with first class at Bachelors
level.

viii) BFA (4-year professional programme, after 10+2)/GD Art (5-year programme after 10th standard) with one year
professional experience, with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.

ix) Master of Computer Application(MCA) degree, with one year of professional experience, with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60%
of marks.
x) A regular student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his/her MDes studies and having a minimum CPI of 8.0 at the end of
second semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his/her third semester of study.
Such students can receive only PhD Degree.
xi) A student of IIT Guwahati who is continuing his/her BDes studies and having a minimum CPI of 7.0 at the end of sixth
semester may be enrolled in the PhD programme of the Department in the beginning of his/her seventh semester of study. Such
students can receive dual BDes and PhD Degree. Both the degrees will be awarded after completion of PhD degree.

PhD in Science

For admission to the PhD Programme in Science departments, a candidate must satisfy one of the following
criteria:

i) Masters degree in Science in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.

ii) Masters degree in Engineering/Technology/Design in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of
marks.

iii) Four-year Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technology/Design/Science from an Indian Institute of Technology

(IIT)/Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0.

iv) Four-year Bachelors degree in a related area in Engineering/Technology/Design/Science (from other than IITs/IISc) in a
relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.

PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences

For admission to the PhD Programme in the department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), a candidate must satisfy
one of the following criteria:
i) Masters degree in Arts/Commerce/Science in a relevant area with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent.

ii) Masters degree in Engineering/Technology/Design in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60%
marks.

iii) Four-year Bachelors degree from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0.

iv) Four-year Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technology/Design or equivalent (from other than IITs) in a relevant area with
a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% marks.

For PhD in Centre for the Environment, Centre for Energy, and Centre for Nanotechnology

i) Masters Degree in Engineering/Technology/Design/Architecture/Medical Sciences in a relevant area with a

minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
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ii) Four-year Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum
CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.
iii) Four-year Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0, from
any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions. Details of the Institutions can be seen from http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-
education-1

iv) Masters degree in Science in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.

v) Masters degree in Social Sciences, in a relevant area, with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks, is also
considered for admission to the Centre for the Environment.

For PhD in Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology

i) Masters degree in Engineering/ Technology in CSE / ECE / EEE or equivalent / Master of Design with a minimum
Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
ii) Master of Science in CSE / IT / ECE / Physics / Mathematics / Statistics/Speech and Language Pathology/ Audiology or
equivalent, with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
iii) Master of Arts in Linguistics/any language with specialization in Linguistics/Language Studies or equivalent, with a minimum
CPI of 6.0 or 55% of marks.
iv) Four-year Bachelors degree in Engineering/ Technology in CSE / ECE / EEE or equivalent / Four-year Bachelors degree in
Design, with a minimum CPI of 7.5 or 70% of marks.
v) Four-year Bachelors degree in Engineering/ Technology in CSE / ECE / EEE or equivalent / Four-year Bachelors degree in
Design, with a minimum CPI of 7.0, from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions(CFTIs). Details of the Institutions
can be seen from http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-1
vi) Four-year Undergraduate Diploma in Design (NID/ CEPT or equivalent), with postgraduate qualification in relevant area
with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% marks.
vii) A two-year Post-graduate Diploma in Design (NID/ CEPT or equivalent) with first class at Bachelors level.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE FOR SPONSORED, PART-TIME AND EXTERNAL CATEGORIES OF

APPLICANTS FOR PHD PROGRAMME

1. Candidate in Sponsored, Part-time and External categories must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at
least one year of professional experience in the respective field.

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR CANDIDATES STILL TO APPEAR IN QUALIFYING

EXAMINATIONS

Candidates still to appear in their qualifying degree examinations may also apply, provided they appear in all their qualifying degree
examinations and complete all requirements for their degrees before 23-12-2017. If selected, such candidates shall be admitted
provisionally, and they will have to furnish the results of their qualifying degree examinations latest by 31-01-2018. Further, they must
fulfill the minimum requirements of marks/CPI, and other conditions like valid GATE score/CEED score/NET or INSPIRE certificate (as
may be applicable) etc., as mentioned under eligibility criteria for respective programmes. Failure to fulfill any of these requirements,
shall automatically result in cancellation of admission.
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Relaxation for SC/ST/PwD Candidates: Eligibility criteria will be relaxed by 5% marks or 0.5 CPI for SC/ST/PwD applicants.

Reservation of Seats for SC, ST, OBC(Non-creamy layer) and PwD categories.
OBC(Non-creamy layer) candidates will have to enclose certificate and self-declaration statement as per format
indicated below. The OBC(NCL) Certificate, issued by competent authority, on or after 01-04-2016, shall only be
acceptable.

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Financial Support
(For regular students, who are Indian nationals)

1. Institute assistantships will be available to eligible PhD students as per prevailing (MHRD, GOI/UGC) norms, as applicable from time
to time. The present rates of assistantships are as below:

Qualifying Degree Assistantship Rates

Junior Research Fellow(JRF) 1st & 2nd Year : Rs.25,000/- p.m.
B.E./B.Tech. or equivalent with valid and qualifying GATE score [valid and
qualifying CEED score (for Dept. of Design)] above the prescribed cut off level
OR M.Sc. or equivalent with GATE score above the prescribed cut off
level/NET/INSPIRE qualification OR M.A. in Humanities and Social Sciences
or equivalent with NET qualification OR ME/MTech or equivalent

[GATE/CEED/NET/INSPIRE score/certificate requirement is exempted for a

candidate with Masters (M.A./M.Sc.) degree from an Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) with minimum CPI of 8.0 OR a Bachelors (BTech/BDes)
degree from a Centrally Funded Technical Institution(CFTI) with minimum CPI
of 7.0] OR ME/MTech/MDes or equivalent

Senior Research Fellow(SRF) 3rd to 5th Year : Rs.28,000/- p.m.

JRF with 2(two) years of research experience

2. Assistantships from external funding organizations will be available as per terms and conditions of the concerned
funding organizations.

3. Students receiving assistantships from the Institute or fellowships from any other funding agencies, are required to
perform academic duties as per prevailing norms.
4. The continuation of the assistantship/fellowship is subject to satisfactory performance of the assigned duties and
satisfactory progress of the student in the PhD Programme.

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For appearing in the PhD interview under regular category of candidates, to-and-fro sleeper class railway fare or equivalent will
be paid by the shortest route from the communication address to the Institute.

Application Procedure
First Step Please get a print-out of the `Guideline for Filling-up Online PhD Application Form, by visiting
the concerned website given below.

For filling-up Online Application Form, first of all, please keep ready with you the following
Second Step documents (including scanned soft copies of some of the documents, as specified below, to be
available in your computer or CD or Pen Drive for direct uploading). Otherwise, you may have
difficulty in completing on-line submission of your application form.

(i) A SCANNED SOFT COPY of your recent coloured photograph of size more than 15 KB but
less than 80 KB (4.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.) with file type jpeg or jpg or gif only, for direct uploading in
to the Online Application Form. Please note that uploading of your coloured photograph is
mandatory.

IF A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT UPLOADED,

YOUR ON-LINE APPLICATION MAY BE REJECTED.

(ii) A copy of your Date of Birth(DoB) Certificate (this will be required, if DoB is not mentioned in
your Class X/XII Pass Certificate/Mark Sheet);

(iii) If applicable, A SCANNED SOFT COPY of your Caste Certificate [including OBC(NCL)
Certificate as per format prescribed below)], in image format like jpeg or jpg or gif only, of size
more than 80 KB but less than 200 KB, for direct uploading in to the Online Application Form.
Please note that OBC(NCL) certificate should be issued by the competent authority on or
after 01-04-2016.

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ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU APPLY AS SC/ST/OBC(NCL) CANDIDATE, BUT
DO NOT UPLOAD A SCANNED COPY OF THE APPROPRIATE CASTE
CERTIFICATE, YOUR CLAIM FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER RESERVATION
CATEGORY MAY BE REJECTED; AND YOU MAY BE CONSIDERED UNDER
GENERAL CATEGORY.

(iv) If applicable, A SCANNED SOFT COPY of your `PwD Certificate, of size more than 80 KB
but less than 200 KB, for direct uploading in to the Online Application Form..

(v) If applicable, the appropriate Form in original relating to candidates Category [ i.e. Sponsored
(Full-Time)/ IITGs Project Staff/ Part-Time/ External (Sponsored) etc.] - as per format
prescribed below.

(vi) SCANNED SOFT COPIES of (a) Pass Certificate (Original/Provisional) and (b) Consolidated
Mark Sheet of the Qualifying Degree, size more than 80 KB but less than 200 KB, for direct
uploading in to the Online Application Form.
If you are not in a position to upload scanned copy of your qualifying degree pass certificate
due to reasons beyond your control, if called for Written Test and/or Interview, you will be
allowed to personally submit the same in the concerned Department/Centre on the day of Written
Test and/or Interview.
BUT, IF YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED YOUR QUALIFYING DEGREE
PROGRAMME, AND DO NOT UPLOAD SCANNED COPY OF THE CONSOLIDATED
MARK SHEET, YOUR ON-LINE APPLICATION MAY BE REJECTED.
THOSE APPEARING IN THEIR FINAL EXAMINATION will need to scan and upload only
the Mark Sheet of previous semester/year of the Qualifying Degree; and this is
MANDATORY.

Please note that, if called for Written Test and/or Interview, the candidate will have to produce the
Originals as well as Attested copies of all the documents relating to educational qualifications
(from Class X onwards). This is also applicable for the result awaited candidates, except that along
with other required documents they will produce Original as well as attested copies of all Mark
Sheets up to the previous semester/year of the Qualifying Degree.

(vii) if applicable, A SCANNED SOFT COPY of your GATE/CEED/NET/INSPIRE Score

Card/Certificate, of size more than 80 KB but less than 200 KB, for direct uploading in to the
Online Application Form*.

(viii) if applicable, attested copy of Certificates relating to your professional experience etc.

(ix) Demand Draft : Demand Draft is NOT REQUIRED now. It will be required for a candidate only
and only if he/she is called to appear in Written Test and/or Interview.

In other words, if a candidate is shortlisted and called** to appear in Written Test and/or
Interview, only then he/she will be required to arrange a Demand Draft for Rs.150/- (Rs.75/- for
SC/ST/PwD candidates), from any nationalized bank, in favour of INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI, payable at Guwahati.

Note: * If you are yet to receive the original GATE/CEED/NET/INSPIRE Score Card/ Certificate, at
least get the downloaded version of the same from the concerned website.

** Instead of waiting to receive the call letter, you may keep on visiting and seeing updates in
the website of the department/centre in which you are applying for admission.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOW NOT REQUIRED TO SEND HARD COPIES OF
ANY APPLICATION RELATED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE DOWNLOADED ON-
LINE APPLICATION FORM OR ANY DEMAND DRAFT, TO THE INSTITUTE.

IF YOU ARE SHORTLISTED AND CALLED BY THE CONCERNED ACADEMIC

DEPARTMENT/CENTRE FOR WRITTEN TEST AND/OR INTERVIEW, THEN ONLY
YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY BRING ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS IN
ORIGINAL (ALONG WITH A SET OF DUPLICATE COPIES).

Third Step Please:

(i) enter in to the zone of Online Application Form by visiting the concerned website given below;
and
(ii) fill-up the Online Application Form [by going through the `Guideline for Filling-up Online PhD
Application Form ] and submit ( i.e. execution of `Final Submit function);
(iii) Upload your photo and other relevant documents as explained at points (i), (iii) and (vi) under
Second Step above.

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YOU CAN UPLOAD THESE DOCUMENTS ONLY AFTER SUCCESSFUL SUBMISSION
OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM [i.e. only after (not before or simultaneously) successful
execution of `Final Submit function).
YOU ARE AGAIN REMINDED THAT UPLOADING OF DOCUMENTS AS STATED
AGAINST POINTS (i), (iii), (iv), (vi) AND (vii), WHEREVER APPLICABLE, UNDER
SECOND STEP ABOVE, SHALL BE MANDATORY. IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY TO
THIS REQUIREMENT, YOUR APPLICATION MAY BE REJECTED.

Fourth Step Please:

(a) take a print-out of your filled-up Online Application Form; and
(b) also keep a copy of your Filled-up Online Application Form saved in your computer or a CD
or a Pen Drive (if the computer does not belong to you) for your future reference.
Fifth Step After getting the print-out of your Online Application Form, you may put your signature with date on
the print-out of your filled-up Online Application Form.
YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SEND THE SIGNED HARD COPY [DOWNLOADED COPY]
OF YOUR APPLICATION FORM TO IIT GUWAHATI NOW
@.

Note:
@ Please note that, if you are called to appear in Written Test and/or Interview, then only
you will be required to submit (i) all these documents (including your signed and filled-up
Online Application Form), PLUS (ii) the required Demand Draft in original [as explained at
point (ix) under `Second Step], in the Department/Centre in which you are applying for
admission. .

FURTHER, IF YOU ARE INTENDING TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION TO PHD

PROGRAMMES OF MORE THAN ONE DEPARTMENT/CENTRE, you will be
required to follow the entire process COMPLETELY SEPARATELY for each of the
concerned departments/centres.

LASTLY, PLEASE NOTE THAT, IN CASE OF ANY MISTAKE, YOU CAN EDIT AND CORRECT
CONTENTS OF YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION FORM, UP TO ITS LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION [
i.e. UP TO 5.00 P.M. OF 27-10-2017] ONLY.
Guideline for filling-up For downloading/taking print-outs of the Guideline, please visit our website given
Online PhD Application below:
Form https://online.iitg.ernet.in/phd/downloads/guideline_phd.pdf
Online Application Form For getting access and filling-up Online Application Form, please visit our website
given below:
https://online.iitg.ernet.in/phd
Formats for Certificates For downloading/taking print-outs of the required certificate formats (as may be
(As may be applicable) applicable for you), please visit our website given below:
Format for OBC (Non-creamy Layer) https://online.iitg.ernet.in/phd/downloads/OBC_Certificate_Format_IITG.pdf
Certificate

Format for Form I - for Sponsored https://online.iitg.ernet.in/phd/downloads/PHD_Sponsored_Full_Time.pdf

Candidates (Full-Time)
Category
Certificate
Form II - for IITGs Project https://online.iitg.ernet.in/phd/downloads/PHD_Project_Staff_Form.pdf
Staff
Form III for Part-Time https://online.iitg.ernet.in/phd/downloads/PHD_Part_Time.pdf
Form IV for External https://online.iitg.ernet.in/phd/downloads/PHD_External.pdf
(Sponsored)

Selection
The Institute reserves the right to call a limited number of candidates for written test and/or interview/portfolio review, if required, based
on performance in GATE/NET/CEED/INSPIRE, grades/marks in the qualifying examination, etc.
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Legal Jurisdiction

The Courts at Guwahati alone shall have the jurisdiction to settle and decide all matters and disputes related to the above
referred admission process, as IIT Guwahati is the organizing Institute.

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Starting of online application process from 10.00 a.m. of 5 October 2017 onwards.
Closing of online application process by 5.00 p.m. of 27 October 2017.
ADVT. NO. ACAD/ Admissions/PhD/02/2017

Note : The above information are not the complete set of Rules & Regulations for the PhD programme of IIT Guwahati.

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