Guidelines For PHD Program For Working Professionals With Minimum Residential Requirements 1) Primary Eligibility Criteria

Guidelines for PhD Program for Working Professionals with Minimum Residential
Requirements
1) Primary Eligibility Criteria
a) Reputation of the company or organization where the candidate is working.

• The companies (private/government), research organizations, Ministries of Central and State
Governments wherein the candidate is presently employed should have well established
reputation & image and possibly known to the faculty members of the department in which
the candidate is desirous of seeking PhD admission.
• If this is an enterprise or company, it is expected that it should have a listing in the premier
stock exchanges and should have an annual turnover of at least 20 crore rupees.
• List of the reputed companies/ organizations/ firms should be updated regularly at the
departmental level to verify the credentials.
• In case the department is not sure about the company/organization, the decision will be
taken by a committee consisting of the Dean PGS&R, Dean UGS, Head of the
Department/Centre/School and the Chairman CDC.
b) Defence or other ministries of the Government of India or any other government organizations;
c) Established industrial research and development organizations;
d) Autonomous bodies and public undertakings excluding academic institutions
2) Requisite Qualifications
a) The candidate must meet the following criteria to be shortlisted for interview and test. She/he
should be having (at least) BTech/BE/MBBS/MSc degree (or equivalent degrees) from a
reputed educational institution with a minimum CGPA of 7.5 in a 10 point scale or 70 percentage of
marks in their Bachelor’s as well as Masters’ degree (if applicable). However, any conversion of
CGPA to marks (or vice versa) to meet this criterion will not be permitted.
B) Experience: Two years of post qualification experience (experience may include stints at multiple
organizations) for candidates holding Bachelor/Master degree in relevant disciplines.
c) Candidates need to provide a ‘NO OBJECTION’ certificate issued from their company, stating it has
no issues with the candidate pursuing PhD under the proposed scheme: PhD Program for Working
Professionals with Minimum Residential Requirements. No commitment of financial support or the
continuation of their employment during or after the PhD is required.
3) Selection of the Candidate

a) Candidates who meet the above requirements should look out for prospective faculty members in
the department where he/she is interested to register for his/her PhD degree.
b) A research proposal approved by the prospective supervisor must be submitted by the candidate
at the time of the application.
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c) The candidates fulfilling the above will have to appear for interview/test along with other regular
candidates appearing for PhD admissions.
4) Requirement of Courses & Examinations
a) The coursework will be a minimum of 20 credit points (for candidates with Bachelors degree) and
16 credit points (for candidates with Masters degree) with due consideration to special
requirements if any. No compulsory courses e.g., English for communication, management etc are
required.
b) A plan of study shall be prescribed by the DSC (constituted as per the prevalent norms) which may
include besides the available courses in the Institute, courses of MOOCS/NPTEL/virtual
classrooms/interactive exercises and active learning programs offered only by
IIT/IISc/IIM/IISER/AIIMS. The GIAN courses may also be specified, if found relevant. For ongoing
MOOCS courses the grade assigned at the end of the course will be directly transferred to the
student’s coursework. For all other courses the concurrence from a faculty member to set the
question paper and evaluate the performance of the student should be obtained.
c) Self-study courses with standard format (weekly or bi-weekly assignments and its uploading in the
ERP) will be mandatory to ensure progress and rigor. The candidate will have to appear for only the
end semester examinations, preferably during the regular examination period of IIT Kharagpur. For
self study course the consent of the subject teacher must be obtained before registration.
d) At the end of the online & contact courses listed above, the student should submit the course
completion certificate(s) with grades/marks for record in his/her course work.
e) Submission of semester progress report though seminar and presentation will be compulsory.
f) The candidate shall have to spend at least one week per semester at IIT Kharagpur, interacting
with his supervisor that may include working in the laboratory. During this period the student may
stay at appropriate guest houses of the Institute on payment basis, subject to availability. If the
student needs to spend extended period (beyond one month), IIT Kharagpur will extend hostel,
library, outdoor medical and other facilities on payment basis. HMC should decide on whether to
accord facilities including inter hall/institute activities on a case by case basis.
5) DSC Formation and Registration

The selected candidates will have a Doctoral Scrutiny Committee as per the existing regulations. A
person with the suitable background from the parent company is preferred as the Joint Supervisor
but not mandatory.
6) Duration of PhD Program

The minimum duration of PhD program for such candidates is 3 years and the maximum tenure is 8
years from the date of enrolment.
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7) Annual Progress Report
The candidate will have to submit a yearly progress report and appear for seminars every year after
his/her registration. In addition, the candidate will have to appear for a comprehensive examination
(viva voce only) before registration seminar.
8) Synopsis and Thesis Submission

a) In order to become eligible for the submission of the synopsis Seminar, the candidate must have
at least two publications in SCI journals/monographs.
b) Rest of the rules for synopsis, thesis submission/ viva-voce will be as per the existing rules of the
institution.
9) Fees
a) The tuition fee for this program will be Rs. 25000 per semester and it will be revised from time to
time.
b) There is no provision of scholarship for the prospective PhD candidates.
Initially efforts will be made to maintain the ratio of one such type of PhD candidates per four faculty
members with a view to restrict not more than 125 of such type of PhD candidates at a time
pursuing PhD in the institute.
All other rules/norms of the Institute regarding PhD students will be applicable.
Online application link: https://erp.iitkgp.ac.in/IITKGPApplications/index?admiss_ch=44
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Guidelines for PhD Program for Working Professionals with Minimum Residential

1) Primary Eligibility Criteria

a) Reputation of the company or organization where the candidate is working.

3) Selection of the Candidate

4) Requirement of Courses & Examinations

5) DSC Formation and Registration

6) Duration of PhD Program

8) Synopsis and Thesis Submission

Online application link: https://erp.iitkgp.ac.in/IITKGPApplications/index?admiss_ch=44

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