ADMISSION TO Ph.D.

PROGRAMMES
(July 2020 Session)

Information Brochure

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-620015

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 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-620015
TAMILNADU

ADMISSION TO Ph.D. PROGRAMMES 2020 - 2021 (July 2020 Session)

Ph.D. Programme (Full Time)

A. ELIGIBILITY AND ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

1. Faculty of Engineering
Bachelor’s and Master’s / M.S. (by Research) degree in Engineering / Technology in the
appropriate branch of study with a qualified GATE score obtained in the last five years from
the closing date of application form and with a minimum of 60% (or above) aggregate marks
(CGPA ≥ 6.5/10) in UG and PG for admission under OC/OC-EWS/OBC-NCL category and
55% aggregate (or above) marks or equivalent CGPA of ≥ 6.0 for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Candidates with PG degree in Science (Physics/Chemistry/Material Science/Applied
Science/Applied Physics/Applied Chemistry) followed by M.Tech. Degree/M.S (by
Research) in Material Science and Engineering/equivalent PG degree in related discipline
with a qualified GATE score obtained in the last five years from the closing date of
application form are also eligible to apply. The department successfully runs Centre of
Excellence in Corrosion and Surface Engineering (CECASE) brief profile of which can be
viewed on https://www.nitt.edu/home/academics/departments/cecase/.

CECASE (Part time only): Candidates with M.E./ M.Tech. in Metallurgical

Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Welding Engineering, Industrial Metallurgy,
Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Manufacturing, Design, Automobile
Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Nano Science & Nano Technology, Chemical
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Instrumentation and Control
Engineering or any other equivalent degree with a qualified GATE score obtained in the last
five years from the closing date of application form are eligible to apply.

Department of Civil Engineering

Candidates with B.E. / B.Tech. or M.E. / M.Tech. with any specialization offered by Civil
Engineering Department with a qualified GATE score obtained in the last five years from
the closing date of application form are also eligible to apply.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Candidates with B.E/B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering with Master’s in
Design/Thermal/Industrial Safety streams along with a qualified GATE score obtained in the
last five years from the closing date of application form are eligible to apply.

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2. Department of Architecture
Bachelor’s degree in Architecture/Planning and Master’s degree in
Architecture/Design/Planning/Building Engineering and Management/Building technology
or its equivalent with a qualified GATE score obtained in the last five years from the closing
date of application form and with a minimum of 60% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA
of 6.5/10 in UG and PG for admission under OC/ OC-EWS/ OBC-NCL category or a
minimum of 55% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA of 6.0/10 in UG and PG for
admission under SC/ ST/ PwD category.

3. Department of Management Studies

2 years full time Master’s degree in Business Administration / 2 years Post Graduate Diploma
in Management / Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering / Management or Industrial
Engineering / Management with Operations research / Systems / other relevant discipline with
a minimum of 60% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA of 6.5/10 in UG and PG for
admission under OC / OC-EWS / OBC-NCL category or a minimum of 55% aggregate marks
or equivalent CGPA of 6.0/10 in UG and PG for admission under SC / ST / PwD category
with a CAT / XAT / MAT / GMAT / GATE qualified score obtained in the last five years
from the closing date of application form OR UGC-NET qualified score OR doctoral research
fellowships like JRF / RGNF / other equivalent research fellowships for management may
apply.

4. Department of Computer Applications

Master’s degree in Computer Applications or M.Sc.(Computer Science/OR&CA) with a
qualified GATE score (obtained in the last five years from the closing date of application
form) /NET/UGC/CSIR/NBHM score and a minimum of 60% (or above) aggregate marks
(CGPA ≥ 6.5/10) in UG and PG for admission under OC/OC-EWS/OBC-NCL category and
55% aggregate (or above) marks or equivalent CGPA of ≥ 6.0 for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
Master’s degree (M.E. / M.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering or Data Analytics
with a qualified GATE score obtained in the last five years from the closing date
of application form with 60% (or above) aggregate marks (CGPA ≥ 6.5/10) in UG and PG
for admission under OC/OC-EWS/OBC-NCL category and 55% aggregate (or above) marks
or equivalent CGPA of ≥ 6.0 for SC/ST/ PwD candidates.

5. Department of Science

Department of Mathematics
Master’s degree in Mathematics with a qualified GATE score (obtained in the last five years
from the closing date of application form)/NET/ UGC/ CSIR/ NBHM score and a minimum
of 60% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA of 6.5/10 in B.Sc and M.Sc for admission
under OC/ OC-EWS/ OBC-NCL category or a minimum of 55% aggregate marks
or equivalent CGPA of 6.0/10 in B.Sc and M.Sc for admission under SC/ST/PwD category.

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Department of Chemistry
Master’s degree in Chemistry/Applied Chemistry with a qualified GATE score(obtained in
the last five years from the closing date of application form)/NET/ UGC/ CSIR/ and a
minimum of 60% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA of 6.5/10 in B.Sc and M.Sc for
admission under OC/ OC-EWS/ OBC-NCL category or a minimum of 55% aggregate
marks or equivalent CGPA of 6.0/10 in B.Sc and M.Sc for admission under SC/ST/PwD
category.

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Master’s degree in the relevant discipline of Humanities/Social Science/Economics/Business
Administration/Commerce/Statistics with a qualified UGC/NET/CAT/AIMA/XAT/MAT and
a minimum of 60% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA of 6.5/10 in UG and PG for
admission under OC/OC-EWS/OBC-NCL category or a minimum of 55% aggregate marks
or equivalent CGPA of 6.0/10 in UG and PG for admission under SC/ST/PwD category.

Department of Physics
Master’s degree in Physics/Applied Physics/Materials Science/Applied Electronics with a
qualified GATE score (obtained in the last five years from the closing date of application
form) /UGC/NET/CAT/AIMA/XAT/MAT score and a minimum of 60% aggregate marks or
equivalent CGPA of 6.5/10 in UG and PG for admission under OC/OC-EWS/OBC-NCL
category or a minimum of 55% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA of 6.0/10 in UG and
PG for admission under SC/ST/PwD category.
(or)
M.Tech. in Non Destructive Testing with a qualified score in GATE obtained in the last five
years from the closing date of application form with 60% (or above) aggregate marks or
equivalent CGPA of ≥ 6.5/10 for admission under OC/OC-EWS/OBC-NCL category and
55% (or above) aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA of ≥ 6.0/10 for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
In case of AMIE/ AMIIM candidates, a minimum of 55% is eligible for admission in all the
branches.

B. ADMISSION CATEGORIES

1. There are three categories of admission under Ph.D. (Full Time).

1.1 Ph.D. (Full Time) - Stipendiary Category

Half Time Research Assistantship (HTRA) is available to full time scholars who are
admitted to Ph.D. programmes in different departments subject to the availability as
stipulated by Ministry of Human Resources Development. The award and renewal of the
assistantship/scholarship is as per the guidelines reissued by MHRD, from time to time. The
recipients of HTRA are required to assist the department in academic works to a minimum
of 8 hours per week. The assistantship / scholarship will not be available for sponsored
candidates or to scholars getting financial support from any private agency or other agencies
under state or central governments. The maximum period to complete the programme is 6

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years for Full-time research scholars. However, HTRA will be given up to 5 years or date of
submission of thesis whichever is earlier for Full-time research scholars.

The fellowships are available in the following departments. The areas of specialization for
Ph.D. work in various departments are given in the Annexure-1

OC- OBC-
Departments OC SC ST Total
EWS NCL
Architecture 2 1 2
2 1 8
Chemical 4 - 2
1 1 8
Chemistry 3 1 2
1 - 7
Civil Engineering 4 2 4
2 1 13
Computer
3 1 2 1 1 8
Applications
Computer Science &
2+1(PwD) 1 3 2 1 10
Engineering
Electrical &
Electronics 6+1(PwD) 1 2 1 - 11
Engineering
Electronics &
Communication 5 1 3+1(PwD) 2 1 13
Engg.
Energy &
Environment 1 - - 1 0+1(PwD) 3
Engineering
Humanities 1 1 1+1(PwD) 1 - 5
Instrumentation &
3+1(PwD) - 2 1 - 7
Control Engineering
Management
3 1 1 0+1(PwD) 1 7
Studies
Mathematics 3 0+1(PwD) 2 1 1 8
Mechanical
5 1 4 3 - 13
Engineering
Metallurgical &
Materials 3 1 2 1 1 8
Engineering
Physics 2 1 1 1 1 6
Production
5 1 3 2 - 11
Engineering
Total 58 15 38 24 11 146

Reservation: Government of India reservation policy will be followed for OC-EWS/OBC-

NCL/SC/ST and the Persons with Disabilities (PwD) Candidates. In the absence of
application from PwD candidates, the seat reserved for PwD category will be filled by the
candidate(s) who belong to the same category (without PwD).

Candidates having their own fellowships from funding agencies such as DST, CSIR, UGC,
NBHM, etc. can apply for Ph.D. (full time) in any department relevant to the research grant.

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1.2 Ph.D. - Internal category
Limited number of seats is allotted under Ph.D. Internal category approved by the competent
authority. Faculty, staff members of institute and candidates working under sponsored
project in NIT-Trichy with qualified GATE score (obtained in the last five years from the
closing date of application form) / UGC / CSIR / NBHM / NET / CAT / ATMA / XAT /
MAT score will be considered for admission under Ph.D. (Internal) – category.
Note: Any faculty or staff members of the institute (NIT-Trichy) seeking admission to
Part time Ph.D. program should submit the hard copy of completed online application
through Proper Channel. However, the selection procedure shall remain the same as
cited above.

1.3 Ph.D. (Full Time) - Non-Stipendiary Category

Limited number of seats is allotted under non-stipendiary category in the Faculty of Science
and Humanities. Candidates with qualified GATE score (obtained in the last five years from
the closing date of application form)/ UGC / CSIR / NBHM / NET / CAT / ATMA / XAT /
MAT score will be considered for admission.

2. Ph.D. (Part Time )

Part-time Ph.D. programme is offered by all the departments for working professionals from
Govt. R&D Organizations / Public sector / Industries / National Research laboratories and
for faculty members from Govt. / Govt. Aided /Private Engineering Colleges / Science and
Arts Colleges / Universities. There shall be the following two broad categories for the
candidates seeking to pursue part time Ph.D. at NIT-Tiruchirappalli:

2.1 Part-time (External): Candidates working in reputed industry / organizations having

R&D facilities, Govt. R&D Departments / National Research Laboratories / Units of
Government / Quasi Government / Public sector are considered under this category. For
Ph.D. Programme (Part time – External) GATE score is not mandatory. The candidates must
be officially sponsored by their employing organization. A candidate working in an
establishment which is equipped with the necessary research and library facilities only shall
be considered for admission under this category.

In particular, this provision shall be extended to regular faculty members of graduate

engineering programme from NITT mentee institute, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Institute of
Technology, Port Blair, Andaman and Nickobar Islands, to enroll and pursue Ph.D.
programme as Part-time (External) research scholars in NITT. At the time of admission, the
candidate must submit a “no objection” certificate from the Parent institute.

At the time of application, the employer must expressly undertake to pay full salary to the
candidate and relieve him / her to complete his / her residential requirement. A candidate
applying for admission to the external registration programme must provide detailed
information about the research facilities available at his / her organization and a certificate
from the employer / Supervisor that these would be available to him / her for carrying out
research (Form-1). He/she should also provide the bio-data of the prospective supervisor
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(External Research Supervisor) or Research Coordinator who would supervise/co-ordinate
the candidate's work at her/his organization (Form-2).

A committee appointed by the Director (consisting of Dean Academic or her/his nominee,

Dean-R&C or her/his nominee and Head of the Department concerned or her/his nominee
shall assess the adequacy of the research facilities in such organization/institution before
recognizing the organization/institution for the above purpose.

2.2 Part-time (on Campus): Regular/Full-time teachers/employees working in

Govt./Govt.aided/private Engineering/Technical institutions or Science and Arts
Colleges/Universities/industry/public sector with qualified GATE score (obtained in the last
five years from the closing date of application form)/ UGC / CSIR / NBHM / NET / CAT /
ATMA / XAT / MAT score will be considered for admission under this category. At the time
of admission, the candidate must submit a “no objection” certificate (Form-3) and also a
“relieving certificate” from the Parent institute/organization to relieve her/him to complete
her/his residential requirement. The candidate should have at least three years’ experience
in a regular/permanent position at the time of application. The college/organization must
have 5 years of its existence for patronizing candidates to Part-time Ph.D. program. The
departments concerned would decide the candidature of the selected candidates.

2.3 Selection Procedure

For both categories, the mode and norms for selection shall be on par with those in
force for full-time Ph.D. candidates. Following the scrutiny and short-listing of the
applications, eligible candidates will be called to attend a written test. The candidates, short
listed based on the written test performance need to appear for a technical and personal
interview by the Departmental Research Committee comprising of HOD, all eligible
Research Supervisors and the Dean’s nominee (observer).

2.4 Duration of the Programme

The duration of the programme and the time for submission of the thesis are counted from
the date of provisional registration. The minimum duration of the Part-time Ph.D.
Programme shall be three years for both categories (External and On campus). This implies
that a candidate can submit the synopsis (duly satisfying other academic requirements) only
after a minimum period of study of 36 months from the date of registration. The maximum
period to complete the Part-time Ph.D. Programme is 7 years.
Hostel accommodation may be provided subject to availability.

2.5 Place of research work

The candidates admitted under external category will normally carry out part or all of his /
her research work in their respective industry / organization / national laboratories,
employing the scholar. For these scholars, there will be two Research Supervisors, one
internal Research Supervisor from NIT Trichy and one external Research Supervisor / Co-
supervisor from his / her place of work.

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For the candidates admitted under “on campus” category, the place of work is NITT even
though he/she may be carrying out a part of research work in her/his College / Institution. For
these scholars, NITT faculty shall be the internal (principal) Research Supervisor. External
Research Supervisor, if any shall be from the industry only.

2.6 Course work / Residential requirement

The candidates admitted under external category shall report to the research supervisor / DC
at least on three different occasions (visits) in every semester for official discussions. The
course work requirement can be considered to be fulfilled either by undertaking to study the
courses at NIT Tiruchirappalli or by taking online courses under reputed agencies which are
approved by the Doctoral Committee. After completion of online courses (after
certification), the evaluation will be facilitated / carried out by the research supervisor / DC
at NIT Tiruchirappalli. The course work shall be completed within one and half years of
provisional registration in the programme. Subsequent to the completion of course work,
they can continue their research work in their respective industry/ institution.
For the candidates under on campus category, the minimum residential requirement is one
semester. Four relevant theory courses at Master’s degree level (as recommended by the DC)
shall be taken by the scholar. Normally, the course work shall be undertaken during the
residential period of one semester itself. The requirements relating to course work will be as
per norms of fulltime scholars. Subsequently, the scholars shall continue their research work
on a Part-time basis, through regular interaction with the Research Supervisor. The scholar
(both external and on campus categories) shall spend at least one week per semester in the
NIT-T campus until the submission of synopsis.

C. SELECTION PROCEDURE
Name of
S.No. Category Mode of Selection
Programme
1 Ph.D. Full time / Part time Written Test & Interview

The detailed Ph.D. Regulations are available at:

https://www.nitt.edu/home/academics/rules/PhD-regulations-2019.pdf

D. HOW TO APPLY?
Candidates applying for Ph.D. programme must apply online through the web site
www.nitt.edu. The information brochure is available in the website. The processing fee per
department preference is Rs. 500/- for OC/OBC-NCL and Rs. 200/- for SC/ST/PwD
candidates. For example - If 3 department preferences are chosen, candidates have to pay 3
times the processing fee as per the category she/he belongs to.

The fee payment should be made only through State Bank icollect mode
(https://www.onlinesbi.com/prelogin/icollecthome.htm?corpID=88587).
The last date for submission of application is 28-05-2020.

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E. ENTRANCE TEST and INTERVIEW (Tentative Dates)

Candidate applying for more than one department must write the entrance test in all the
departments.

Programme Activity Date &Time

Written Test

Ph.D. Interview Will be intimated later through NITT website

(for shortlisted
candidates only)

For further queries, contact:

The Chairperson (MS and PhD Admissions)
Academic Office
National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli – 620015, Tamil Nadu.

Phone: +91 431 2503011, 2503668

E-mail: phdsection@nitt.edu

LAST DATE FOR SUBMITTING ONLINE APPLICATION IS 28.05.2020

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 Form - 1
Sponsorship Certificate
(To be submitted in the Official Letter Head by the Ph.D. External Registration Candidates)

The application from Mr./Ms.………………....…………..……………………………………

working as...……….…….……….…..…………… in ……………..………………since
…..……….. is herewith recommended and forwarded for admission under External Registration
Scheme for Part time Ph.D. Program in the Department of…….…………………………….,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Certified that:

1. Our organization has adequate facilities for carrying out the research as indicated by the
applicant and if he/she is selected, these will be made available to her/him till the
completion of the programme.
2. The applicant will be deputed/given leave for duration of her/his residence period at
NIT, Tiruchirappalli.
3. Facilities will be made available to the Supervisor (External Research Supervisor) to
supervise the work of the applicant and to attend the DC meetings at NIT,
Tiruchirappalli, when necessary.
4. Till the completion of her/his research programme, the applicant will not ordinarily be
transferred to another unit or place which may impede her/his work under the scheme. If
such a transfer is necessary, NIT, Tiruchirappalli will be informed atleast before one
month of such transfer order.
5. No part of the work carried out in fulfillment of the Research programme will be utilized
commercially or for applying for a Patent without the approval of National Institute of
Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Date: Signature of the Sponsoring Authority

Name and Designation

Seal of the organization/ Institution

Postal address of the Organization/ Institution:

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 Form - 2
Certificate from the External Research Supervisor/ Research coordinator
(To be submitted by the Ph.D. External Registration Candidates)

This is to state that in the event of Mr./ Ms. ………………………………. of this organization
being selected for Part time Ph.D. programme in the Department of
…………………………………………. under the
External Registration Scheme of NIT, Tiruchirappalli, I agree to be her/his External Research
Supervisor / Research coordinator and shall extend all possible guidance and access to the
following facilities to enable her/him to carry out her/his research programme towards the
submission of thesis.

*Particulars of Prospective External Research Supervisor/Research Coordinator:

(1) Name of proposed External Research Supervisor / Research coordinator (In Block letters):

(2) Designation:

(3) Academic qualifications of External Research Supervisor /Research coordinator:

(4) Experience (No. of Years):

(5) No. of Publications with details:

(6) Membership in Professional Societies:

Research Facilities (relevant to area of research only) Available: (To be listed here)

Date: Signature of the External Research Supervisor/Research Coordinator

Name and Designation

Seal of the organization

*The external Research Supervisor should have a Ph.D. degree and a minimum of 2 papers in
refereed journals. The research coordinator should have a PG degree with atleast ten years of
experience.

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 Form - 3
No Objection Certificate from the Employing Organization
(To be submitted in the Official Letter Head by Ph.D. Part time - On campus candidates)

The applicant ………………………….……..……………………………………………………

working as ..……….…….……in……………………………since …..……….. is herewith
recommended and forwarded for admission under Part time on campus scheme for Ph.D.
programme in the Department of
………………………………………… National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

1. We note that facilities of the NIT, Tiruchirappalli will be made available to him/ her for
carrying out the research work under the supervision of a Research Supervisor and he/ she
has to pay full fees every semester for the use of laboratory, library and other facilities of
the Institute.

2. The research facilities available in our organisation will also be accessible to him/ her in the
case of selection.

3. The applicant will be deputed/given leave for duration of her/his residence period at NIT,
Tiruchirappalli.

4. Till the completion of her/his research programme, the applicant will not ordinarily be
transferred to another unit or place which may impede her/his work under the scheme. If
such a transfer is necessary, NIT, Tiruchirappalli will be informed atleast before one month
of such transfer order.

5. No part of the work carried out in fulfillment of the Research programme will be utilized
commercially or for applying for a Patent without the approval of National Institute of
Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

Date: Signature of the Sponsoring Authority

Name and Designation

Seal of the organization/ Institution

Postal address of the Organization/ Institution

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 ANNEXURE – I
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
S.No Department Specializations
Architecture (General / Any specialization), Building technology and
construction management, City planning/ Town & country planning, Fine arts
1 Architecture
(Painting), Landscape architecture and any emerging area of specialization
related to its discipline.
Bio-chemical engineering, Biotechnology, Process modeling and simulation,
Electrochemical engineering, Advanced materials, Fuels and energy, Polymer
Chemical
2 engineering, Process control, Transfer operations, Water treatment &
Engineering
reclamation and any emerging area of specialization related to Chemical Engg.
discipline.
3 Chemistry Organic/Analytical/Physical chemistry
Structural engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Environmental engineering,
Civil
4 Transportation engineering, Water resources engineering, Remote sensing &
Engineering
GIS
Big data analytics, Bioinformatics, Cloud computing, Computational
optimization, Computer networks, Cryptography, Data base management
systems, Data compression, Data mining, Distributed systems, DNA computing,
Computer
5 Graph theory and algorithms, Information extraction, Information retrieval,
Applications
Information security, Membrane computing, Multimedia computation, Parallel
computing, Software engineering, Text analytics, Theory of computing and
Web technology.
Algorithms and graph theory, Computer architecture/Computer hardware,
Computer networks and network security, Databases and data mining,
Operating systems, Cloud computing, Speech and vision, Theoretical
computer science, VLSI design, Web informatics and Web technology,
Computer
Wireless networks, Cryptography, Image processing & Image security,
6 Science and
Machine learning, Deep learning, Natural language processing, Software
Engineering
engineering, Social network analysis and recommendation systems,
Embedded and real-time systems, High performance computing, Data
analytics, Data science, and any emerging area of specialization
related to CSE discipline.
Algal technology, Waste water treatment, solar hybrid systems, Carbon capture
Energy and technologies, Energy system analysis, Coal and biomass conversion, value
7
Environment added products from biomass and thermal storage, Energy storage, Energy
conservation, Thermo-chemical conversion of biomass.
Signal and image Processing, Wireless communication, Wireless networks,
Electronics and Microwave engineering, Microwave integrated circuits, Antennas,
8 Communication Metamaterials, RFMEMS, Optical communication, Photonics, Electronic
Engineering packaging, Pattern recognition and Computational intelligence, VLSI design and
any emerging areas of specialization related to ECE.

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 Applied electronics, Wireless sensor networks and knowledge management,
Electrical and Control and instrumentation energy engineering, High voltage engineering,
9 Electronics Power electronics / Power electronics & drives / electrical drives & control /
Engineering Electrical machines, Power systems, VLSI systems and any emerging area of
specialization related to its discipline.
English: Language teaching, Literature, Linguistics.
Humanities Economics: Entrepreneurship development, Financial economics, Industrial
10 and economics.
Social Sciences Any emerging area of specialization related to
English and Economics.
Sensor design and development, Control theory, Sensor signal processing,
Instrumentation
Biomedical, Network control system, Artificial intelligence, Process and
11 and Control
industrial automation and any emerging area of specialization related to
Engineering
Instrumentation and Control Engineering.
Management Marketing, Finance, Human resource management/Organization behavior and
12
Studies any emerging area of specialization related to its discipline.
Computational fluid mechanics, Numerical analysis and differential
13 Mathematics equations, Networks and graph algorithms, Probability and applied
Statistics, Geometric function theory.
Alternate fuels, Automobile engineering, Biomechanics, Combustion,
Computational fluid dynamics, Cryogenics, Design of pressure vessel and
piping, Energy storage systems, FE Simulation, Fluid mechanics, Fluid power
systems and control, Heat transfer, IC Engines, Industrial safety engineering,
Mechanical Machine design, MEMS, Nanomaterials and composites, Peridynamics,
14
Engineering Polymer composites, Refrigeration and air conditioning, Renewable energy,
Solar energy applications, Stress analysis, Thermal management, Vibrational
analysis, Welding, Wind turbine, and 3D Printing.

Bio-materials, Ceramic materials, Composite materials, Computational

materials science, Corrosion, Electro – chemistry, Failure analysis, Foundry
technology, Fuel cells, Iron making and Steel making, Joining of materials,
Material characterization, Materials processing, Mechanical behaviors of
materials, Metal casting, Metal forming, Mineral processing, Nano-materials,
Non destructive testing, Non-ferrous extraction, Non-metallic materials,
Physical metallurgy, Polymers, Powder metallurgy, Process metallurgy /
Extractive metallurgy, Process modeling, Simulation, Structure property
Metallurgical Correlations, Surface engineering, Welding and any emerging area of
15 and Materials specialization related to its discipline.
Engineering
CEECASE: Basic and applied aspects of corrosion science and engineering,
surface science and engineering; Surface catalysis, Spectroscopy and sensors,
Engineering and industrial tribology, Lubrication, Industrial coatings, Thermal
spray, Laser surface engineering, Weldment corrosion & its control,
Corrosion inhibition, Castings, Development of new materials, Coatings for
High temperature applications, Nano materials, Nano composite coatings, Solid
state joining, Process control and instrumentation, Electro chemical engineering
– as applicable to Railways, Power Plants, Process industries, Petro chemical
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 plants, Naval / Marine, Mining, Paper and Pulp, Automobile and all their allied
industries.
Nano fluid and nano materials, Thin film & applications, Energy harvesting
& Energy storage devices, DFT and condensed matter physics, Non linear
16 Physics
materials, Nanostructured materials and any emerging area of specialization
related to its discipline.
Production engineering / Manufacturing engineering / Industrial
Production
17 engineering / Mechanical engineering any emerging area of specialization
Engineering
related to its discipline.

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