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Ref.: 275 /Acad./2024-25 Date : 21.05.2024

ADMISSION NOTICE/( वेश सूचना)

National Institute of Technology Patna invites application for admission to Ph.D Programme
through Institute Admission Test and/or Interview during Odd Semester (July-December 2024)
for the Academic Session 2024-25 under Full Time/Part-Time/Sponsored
Scheme/Visvesvaraya PhD scheme for Electronics and IT: Phase-II and selection for JRF/SRF
positions for externally funded projects currently at NIT Patna .

Departments offering the Ph.D. programmes and their area of specialization can be seen at
ANNEXURE-I.

CATEGORIES
Applicants will be eligible for admission to the Full- Time / Part-Time Ph.D. Programme
of the Institute. Selection process, Admission Fees, requirement for awarding PhD. etc.
will be guided by PhD regulation of NIT Patna.

The applicants seeking admission to the Ph.D. programme shall be classified under any one
of the following categories:

(i) Full Time Ph.D Programme:

 With Stipend/Scholarship/Teaching Assistantship – Funded by NIT Patna

 Full Time Sponsored Candidate: Regular employee of PSU, Government department, R&D
organization, Industries of repute, Faculties of the Educational institutions and sponsored
defence personnel may be considered for admission as a sponsored full-time research
scholar.
 The sponsored candidates are exempted from GATE/ NET qualification, but they should
possess the minimum qualification fixed by the institute as per eligibility criteria for full time
candidate selection. These candidates may be exempted from the Screening Written test for
admission. However, they have to undertake the selection interview to assess their
knowledge in the field of their research interest.
 Sponsored applicants have to submit NOC from their employer and shall be considered
against supernumerary seats, and shall not be counted against open seats notified for
admission to the program. If sponsored candidates join new job during his/her PhD
programme, then he/she must submit NOC from new employer.

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(ii) Visvesvaraya PhD scheme for Electronics and IT: Phase-II (2024-25).

Scheme Salient Features No of Seats

04 (Four) Full Time* seats

Full-Time PhD  This is a Full-Time Ph.D ECE* (02)/CSE (01)/EE (01)

program under the program with fellowship.
‘Visvesvaraya PhD *01 (One) seat out of 02 seats
scheme for Electronics  For more details visit the in ECE Department shall be
and IT:Phase-II’ website of the allocated for implementation of
agency/ministry concerned. the C2S Programme

02 (Two) Part Time seats

 This is a Part-Time Ph.D
Part-Time PhD
program under the program CSE (01), EE (01)
‘Visvesvaraya PhD
 For any incentives and other
scheme for Electronics
and IT:Phase-II’ details visit the website of the
agency/ministry concerned.

(iii) Part Time: without Scholarship

 Sponsored employee of PSU, Government department, Research/ Development

organization, Industry of repute, Educational institutions Faculty, employees under MoU,
sponsored defence personnel etc.
 The sponsored candidates are exempted from GATE/ NET qualification, but they should
possess the minimum entry qualification fixed by the institute as per eligibility criteria for
part time programme. These candidates may be exempted from appearing at screening test
for admission. However, they have to appear in the selection interview to assess their
knowledge required in the field of their research interest.
 Sponsored applicants have to submit NOC from their principal employer and shall be
considered against supernumerary seats, and shall not be counted against open seats
notified for admission to the program. If sponsored candidates join new job during his/her
PhD programme then he/she must submit NOC from new employer.

(iv) JRF/SRF working at NIT Patna

JRFs / SRFs who fulfill the eligibility criteria and are working in an externally funded
research project running in the Institute, provided such projects must not have less than one
year tenure left on the date of registration in the Programme are eligible for Admission in
Ph.D programme in the respective domain/department as a Part Time candidate.
Such a candidate should submit a no-objection certificate from the Principal Investigator (PI)
of the project. They will be required to attend normal duties assigned to them by the PI of
the research project and attend classes to complete the course work requirements. They are
also required to continue the work of Research Project till the duration for which they were

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 appointed in the project, failing which their admission in Ph.D Programme will stand
cancelled.
He / She will not be eligible for any Institute Scholarship/Fellowship even after completion
of research project. Such admission will be taken against supernumerary seats only. Such
candidate will be guided by PhD Regulation of the Institute. Admission committee of the
department will send the recommendation for admission to Dean (Academic). In case,
he/she left the project during the project duration then his/her admission will be terminated
without assigning any reason.

(v) Non-PhD Faculty either Regular or Appointed on consolidated salary of NIT Patna
can be admitted to Ph.D programme as a Part-time candidate to the Doctoral Program
against supernumerary seat provided they fulfill minimum eligibility of qualification and
will be governed by the Regulation of the Doctoral Program. They will be required to attend
normal duties assigned to them by the Head of Department and attend classes to complete
the course work requirements.

Selection for JRF/SRF

There are sufficient numbers of additional positions for JRF/SRF in externally funded project
currently under execution at the Institute.

Candidates who fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria will be eligible for selection for
JRF/SRF position through interview of this process.

Those candidates who could not qualify the written test exam (screening test) may also
appear for JRF/SRF position through interview (see admission schedule for Ph.D
programme- Odd Semester (July-December 2024) during the session 2024-25).

Seat Matrix

The seats allotted for the Academic Session 2024-25 in various Departments can be seen at
ANNEXURE – II.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

Candidates with following qualification will be eligible for admission to the Ph. D.
Programme of the Institute.

(i) M. Tech./ M. E./ M. Arch/ M. Planning/M. Design or equivalent degree with at least
6.5 CGPA (in the scale of 10) or 60 percent marks in aggregate from a recognized
technical institute or university.
(ii) B.Tech/BE/B.Arch/MCA*/ M. Sc./ M. Com./ MBA/ MA or equivalent degree with
First class, if not specifically mentioned by the Institution, then 60% marks or 6.5
CGPA with a valid GATE/UGC-NET/ CSIR-NET score.
* (for CSE branch only)
(iii) The minimum CGPA/ marks percentage shall be relaxed by 0.5 CGPA or 5 percent in
case of candidates belonging to the SC/ ST/PwD categories in all cases.

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 (iv) All Candidates are required to produce a proof of having qualified GATE/UGC-
NET/CSIR-NET score card at the time of submission of application form.
(v) The sponsored candidates are exempted from GATE/NET examination.
(vi) The candidates who possess certificates/qualifications from any of the professional
societies (such as The Institution of Engineers (India) (IE), The Institution of Civil
Engineers (ICE), The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
(IETE), The Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), The Indian Institute of Chemical
Engineers, including Polymer and Environmental Group (IIChemE), The Indian
Institute of Metals (IIM), The Indian Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), etc. ) and
have enrolled with these institutions with permanent recognition up to May 31,
2013 may also be eligible to participate, as per the eligibility criteria mentioned
above. However, the candidates who have enrolled with these institutions after May
31, 2013, are not eligible.
Kindly refer https://aicte-india.org/sites/default/files/professional%20bodies.pdf.

Reservations

Reservations for SC/ST/OBC/PWD/EWS are applicable as per GOI norms.

Admission Procedure and Other Details

Admission to the Ph.D Programme shall be made by the Institute based on minimum
eligibility criteria for the programme and selected after evaluation of the candidate in
Screening Test and/or selection Interview conducted by the respective Admission
Committee.
Candidates' name with application number, fulfilling minimum eligibility criteria for
admission to the respective department and programme will be displayed on the Institute
website as per admission schedule.
Admission Committee of the respective department will conduct screening Test and/or
Selection Interview. The final selection will be done after Selection Interview.

A merit list will be prepared based on selection interview only. Admission will be
strictly based on merit subject to verification of documents and original certificates.

Important Information for Candidates

i. The admitted candidates shall be governed by the Ph.D regulations/ordinances

of NIT Patna.
ii. Once registered under Part Time Ph.D Programme at the Institute, conversion of
candidature from Part Time to Full Time is not permissible.

iii. A candidate can apply online for more than one department, if he/she is eligible
for that discipline.However, he/she has to apply separately.

iv. A candidate is required to appear for Admission Test and/or Interview separately

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 for all departments at the Institute in physical mode for which he/she has applied.
v. Application number allotted to candidates will be used for any future reference.

vi. No separate acknowledgment or call letter will be sent by the institute for attending
the Admission Test at the Institute in physical mode.
vii. As no separate Admit Card is issued for the admission Test, hence the candidates
are to bring a print of their application form along with any standard Photo I-Card
(in Original) with a photocopy thereof, such as, Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, EPIC,
Driving Licence, I-card issued by their Employer, or any Govt./ Public Sector
Organization etc.

viii. Candidates reporting without any standard I-Card (in original) as stated above
shall not be allowed to appear at admission Test/Selection Interview.

ix. Candidates must report in the Institute at least 30 minutes before start of admission
Test elsethey will not be allowed to appear at the written Test.

x. Sponsored candidate may submit their NOC till admission date.

xi. Candidates are advised to visit the Institute website www.nitp.ac.in for regular
updates.
xii. The name of the short-listed candidates eligible for the Screening test / Interview
shall also be displayed on the Institute website.

xiii. A candidate shall be considered for Screening test / Interview even if the result of
the qualifying examination is awaited. If selected, such candidates will be allowed
to join the programme provisionally. He/she is required to submit a certificate
from their Principal/Registrar stating that the candidate has completed all
course requirements for obtaining the qualifying degree for admission in Ph.
D Programme, at the time of written examination/ Interview.

xiv. Admission Screening Test questions only for Full Time Institute Fellowship: The
qualifying Screening test marks is 40% of the full marks of the test for General, EWS
and OBC candidate and 35% of the full marks of the test for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
Syllabus for screening test will be Syllabus of GATE/NET Exam of respective
discipline.

xv. Interview: Candidates based on screening test will be shortlisted for the interview,
and are required to appear at Interview. Candidate other than Full Time Institute
Fellowship category such as with direct financial support from Govt. / Semi Govt.
agencies e.g. CSIR, UGC, DST, DAE, etc. / Sponsored / Part Time / JRF, SRF working
at NIT Patna / Non-Ph.D regular Faculty and Faculty Appointed on Consolidated
salary of NIT Patna will be called directly for selection interview. In Selection
Interview, his/ her depth of the knowledge in domain/Research subjects and
aptitude for research will be tested. Their original documents, academic records

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 and credentials will be verified before the interview. If found not eligible for
admission, he/she shall not be permitted to appear at the interview and his/her
candidature shall stand cancelled. A candidate recommended for rejection by
Interview Board is summarily rejected from admission in the program.

xvi. Merit list: The merit list shall be prepared by the admission committee based on
the Selection Interview Marks and availability of seat. Cut off marks for admission
cannot be less than 50% of full marks for Selection Interview. Selected candidates
shall be notified on Institute website bythe Academic Section.

The selected candidates are required to report for admission on due date
and time. No separate selection letter will be sent to any candidate.

xvii. In case of sponsored candidate, an advance copy of the application may be sent by
the candidate.

Admission Test details and marks distribution for preparation of merit list

 Screening Test consisting of Full Marks 100

 Selection Interview consisting of Full Marks 100

(To be conducted by the Department/ Centre)

Scholarship & Financial Assistance for Ph. D. Programme

Institute Research Fellowship/Assistantship will be available to the eligible students as per

MoE, GOI norms. The Period and amount of research fellowship shall be as per notification
of the competent authority from time to time. Selected candidate is required to execute
an undertaking/agreement bond mentioning that they will refund the
stipend/scholarship/assistantship received from the Institute in the case of leaving
the programme without its completion, irrespective of the reasons at his/her end on
the prescribed format.

Note: The scholarships/fellowship/Assistantship from any other agency/ organization are

governed by rules and regulation of funding agency only. If certain rules/regulations are not
mentioned then candidates shall be governed by PhD rules/regulation of NIT Patna.

Documents required for verification during the Screening Test, interview and admission
(i) The candidates are required to bring any standard Photo I-Card (in original) with a
photocopy thereof, such as Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, EPIC, Driving Licence, I-Card
issued by their Employer, or any Govt./ Public Sector Organisation etc. at the time of
Screening Test.
(ii) The candidates are required to bring following documents at the time of interview:
a. High School Certificate in original.

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 b. Mark sheets of qualifying examination in original.
c. Character Certificate issued by the Head of the Institution last
attended/ from employer.
d. Certificate of sponsorship in the prescribed format (if applicable).
e. No Objection certificate from parent employer (if applicable).
f. Caste Certificate – {For OBC (NCL)/EWS issued after 1st April 2024}.
(iii) The candidates are required to submit following self-attested documents at the time
ofinterview:
a. Downloaded Application form along with proof of on-line payment
b. Photocopy of High School Certificate
c. Photocopies of all Mark sheets
d. Certificate of sponsorship in the prescribed format (if applicable).
e. A photocopy of GATE/NET score card (if applicable)
f. A photocopy of the certificate of Caste (if applicable).

(iv) The candidates are required to bring following documents at the time of admission (If
any document(s) are missing, your admission will stand cancelled):
a. Passport size Photographs (4 Nos.).
b. Proof of Payment for admission fee.
c. Two set of Self attested copies of all the documents listed at S.No. (ii) along
with original certificates/documents
d. Admission letter, if any, issued by the Institute/ verified document/ Admit Card
used for Admission Test.
e. Migration Certificate
Fee Structure
(First Semester at the time of Admission*)
 Ph.D (Regular) - Rs. 59,750/-
 Ph.D (Part-Time) - Rs. 59,750/-
*Fees excludes Hostel & Mess Fee

Application Procedure

(i) All candidates are advised to apply only through online on NIT Patna website
http://www.nitp.ac.in. The last date for payment of online application fees is
28th June 24, upto 11:00AM. Application fees need to be paid online through
Institute website only. The last date for submitting online application is 8th July 2024
,upto 5pm.
(ii) After submission of online application, applicant should download the printed
application for future reference.
(iii) Application fee (non-refundable) is of Rs. 1500/- for General/ OBC/ EWS/Sponsored
category and Rs. 750/- for SC/ ST/ PwD.
(iv) Applicants from SC/ ST/ PwD category must enclose Certificate issued by competent
authority to claim relaxation in application Fee.

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Admission Schedule

Admission Schedule for Ph.D Program Odd Semester (July-December 2024) for
the Academic Session 2024-25 can be seen at ANNEXURE- III.

NOTE: Institute reserves the right to vary the number of seats or cancel the admission process
without assigning / informing any reason thereof.
The Institute reserves the right to refuse admission to any candidate without assigning
any reason. All disputes are subject to Patna High Court only.

 For any query, please contact on: Phone: Office: (0612) 237-1929, 237-0843, Ext. 172;
Fax: (0612) 2670631
 Institute Web Site: www.nitp.ac.in;
 Email ID: [email protected]; [email protected]

Sd/-

Dean (Academics)

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 ANNEXURE- I
Departments Area of Specialization
Architecture, Urban Planning, Rural Planning, Climate change, Climate Change adaptation, Regional Planning,
Architectural Conservation, Heritage Management, Sustainable Architecture, Structural forms in Architecture,
Architecture
and Planning Environmental Planning, Vernacular Architecture, Housing, Healthcare Architecture, Smart & Resilient Cities,
Architecture Pedagogy, Disaster Resistant Architecture & Planning
Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resource Engineering,
Civil
Engineering Environmental Engineering, Remote Sensing and GIS
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Pattern Recognition, Recommender System, Big Data,
Data Mining, Network and Information Security, Multimedia Security, Threat Modelling, Biometric, Social
Networks, Computational Geometry, Data Network, Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things Bioinformatics,
Computer Semantic Web, Natural Language Processing, Cloud Computing, Knowledge Engineering, Software Engineering,
Science &
Blockchain Technology and Cyber Security, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Fog Computing, Security in
Engineering
edge Computing, IoT Security, Access Control, Privacy Models in Cloud. Optimization Algorithms, Evolutionary
Algorithms, Differential Privacy, Game Theory, Federated Learning, Human- AI interaction, Graph Neural
Network, Computational Biology
Power and Energy Systems, Electrical Machine & Drives, Control Theory & Practices, Power Electronics & its
Application, Electric Vehicles & Energy Storage System, Instrumental & Signal Processing, Semi-Conductor
Electrical
Engineering Devices & Circuit System, Robotics & Automation

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 Departments Area of Specialization
RF, Microwave, Millimeter wave, THz devices, Circuit and Systems, Meta- materials and Meta- surfaces, Antenna
Engineering, VLSI, Image Processing, Speech Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing, Wireless
Electronics and Communication and Networks, Network Security, Optical communication, Quantum Communication, Nano
Communication
Networks, Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design, FPGA-based System Design, Robotics,
Engineering
Drone/UAV Applications, Intelligent Control, Energy Harvesting, Artificial Intelligence, Wireless Sensor Network
(WSN), Internet of Things (IoT), Vehicular Communication (V2X), Radar, Photonics, Optoelectronics.
Mechanical Design Engg, Solid Mechanics, Thermal Engg, Energy, Production and Industrial, Materials
Engineering
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Material Science, Polymer
Chemistry
Science, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemical Science and Technology, Medicinal Chemistry
Analysis, Algebra, Topology, Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, Fluid Dynamics, Nonlinear Dynamics,
Mathematics
Mathematical Biology, Numerical Methods for PDEs, Stochastic Modelling in Biology

Experimental: Solid State Physics, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Fuel Cells,
Ceramic Membranes, Multifunctional Materials, Nano and Bulk Inorganic and Organic Sensing Materials,
Biophysics, Thin Films and Optoelectronic Devices, Magnetism in Strongly Correlated Systems, Defect Induced
Physics
Magnetism by Ion Beam in 2D Materials, Ion Matter Interaction.
Theoretical: Black Hole Physics, String theory, Thermodynamic Information Geometry, Statistical Mechanics,
Geometry of Open Quantum Systems.
Humanities and Agriculture, Labour & Employment, Finance, Rural Development, Growth and Development
Social Science
Kindly note:
i) For admission in a particular department under Full Time category, candidate must qualify for GATE/NET in that particular discipline.
ii) Applicants are also allowed to pursue multidisciplinary research work.
iii) For multidisciplinary research, applicant should fill application form for the department in which he/she has GATE/NET score. After
selection, a co-supervisor will be allocated to support/collaborate research in the relevant multidisciplinary areas.

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 ANNEXURE -II
SEAT MATRIX

PH
Department Seat Allotted UR EWS OBC- NCL SC ST
(Horizontal)

ECE 16 7 2 4 2 1 1
EE 16 7 1 4 2 2
CSE 16 7 2 4 2 1 1
CE 17 7 2 5 2 1
ME 18 7 1 6 3 1 1
ARCH. & PLAN. 10 3 1 3 2 1 1
MATHS 6 2 1 2 1 0
PHYSICS 6 2 1 2 1 0 1
CHEM 6 3 0 1 1 1
HSS 2 1 0 0 1 0 1

TOTAL 113 46 11 31 17 8 6

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 ANNEXURE - III

Admission Activities Important dates

Last date of online fee payment 28th June 2024 (upto 11:00 AM)

Last date of online application 8th July 2024 (upto 5:00 PM)
Display of list of eligible candidates for Admission Test on
12th July 2024
Institute’ website
Admission Test 22nd July 2024

Result of Written Admission Test 23rd July 2024

Interview for eligible candidates (Full Time/Visvesvaraya PhD

24th – 26th July 2024
scheme/Part Time/JRF/SRF)
Merit list of selected candidates 30th July 2024

Admission and Registration in 1st Semester To be announced later

Commencement of Classes To be announced later

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