PhD

To find out more about admissions to the PhD program, visit the PhD admissions page.

Specialization

EE1

Communication & Signal Processing

The Group, consisting of 16 faculty members, actively pursues various research areas: Wireless Communication, Microwave RF, Antenna, Signal Processing, Fiber Optics and Photonics, Communication Networks, Computer Vision, Media processing, Image Processing.

EE2

Control & Computing

The activities of the Control and Computing Group include Automatic control, Computational methods for systems theory, Graph and matroid decompositions, Cryptography and coding theory, Dynamical systems, Grobner basis methods.

EE3

Power Electronics & Power Systems

An important aspect of the group's program is the integration of power electronics with the study of power systems. The group is actively providing research and development support for the national electric power infrastructure.

EE5

Electronic Systems

The research areas being pursued by the Electronic Systems Group are Embedded System design, Signal processing, Biomedical Electronics, Electronic Instrumentation, and Audio and Speech Processing.

EE6

Integrated Circuits & Systems

The research, teaching and learning activities in EE6 specialization are focused on techniques for design and development of integrated circuits for various applications.

EE7

Solid State Devices

Engineers need to use physical objects to sense, compute and signal the natural physical world. These objects are solid-state devices. Major thrusts are nanoscale technology, design, and modeling of advanced devices.

Program Requirements

PhD programme comprises of course work for prescribed credits with a minimum prescribed performance and a research dissertation reflecting original and independently performed research contributions in the respective area.

PhD thesis is expected to result in high quality publications in peer reviewed international journals and conferences with a minimum of one journal and one conference paper publication before the thesis can be submitted for review.

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Course Structure

The course requirement for the Ph.D. students is in accordance with the area of interest, and is decided after the orientation programme of the new entrants.

Optional Requirements

The department offers admissions to a new, dual degree (M.Tech. + Ph.D.) programme. The programme is designed to induct bright students who have completed their B.E./B.Tech./M.Sc. degrees directly to the doctoral programme. Key features include:

→Timelines aligned with M.Tech and Ph.D. programmes
→Mandatory coursework in first three semesters
→Assistantship after successful completion of qualifiers
→Both M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees awarded on completion
→Exit option with M.Tech. degree under exceptional circumstances
→M.Tech students can apply for conversion to Dual MTech+PhD

Rules and regulations regarding Dual MTech+PhD programmes can be found here.

Policies

Ph.D. Qualifiers

The department has done away with the Qualifier Examination, in order to give Research Scholars more time to pursue their research problem. Instead, for students with M.Tech. qualifying degree, the GPA of the three best courses (excluding R&D project, seminar, and UG courses) should be at least 8.0, met by end of second semester. For other students, GPA of six best courses should be at least 8.0, met by end of third semester.

During PhD

Research Scholars spend their work time producing novel research — reading about latest advances, proposing and experimenting with novel ideas, critically analyzing results, and publishing findings at selective international conferences and journals. Ph.D. students are expected to take their own initiative and transition to become independent researchers over the course of time.

Detailed guide for PhD students →