Ph.D Information Bulletin 2012(Dec Session)

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA, SURATHKALMangalore- 575025, Karnataka State

IINNFFOORRMMAATTIIOONN BBUULLLLEETTIINN

Admission to Ph.D Programmes 2012-2013

(December Session)

Website: www.nitk.ac.in EPABX : 2474000-2474023Fax : 91-0824-2474033 E-Mail :[email protected]


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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA, SURATHKALMangalore- 575025, Karnataka State, India

IINNFFOORRMMAATTIIOONN BBUULLLLEETTIINN

Admission to Ph.D Programmes 2012-2013

(December Session)

Website: www.nitk.ac.in EPABX :2474000-2474023Fax : 91-0824-2474033 E-Mail : [email protected]


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1. The Institute 12. Location 13. Self-Contained Residential Campus 14. Computing Facilities and Campus Network 15. Library Facilities 26. Courses of Study 27. Minimum Qualifications/Eligibility 2-38. Selection Procedure 39. How to Apply 3-410. Documents to be Produced 4-511. Financial Assistance 512. Sponsored Candidates 513. Fees and Deposits 6


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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA, SURATHKAL

1. The Institute:

The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal is rated as one of the top Institutions in India. Sinceits inception in 1960 as the Karnataka Regional Engineering College, the Institute has established itself as a premier center

engaged in imparting quality technological education and providing support to research and development activities. TheGovernment of India as per the NIT Act 2007 declared NIT as Institute of National Importance. The Institute is governed bythe rules and status of the NIT Act. The Institute has a long tradition of research for several years in both traditional andmodern areas of engineering and sciences in all departments. The Institute has been actively involved in application orientedresearch focussed in resolving problems faced by the society in several areas like environment, water resources, rockmechanics, new structures, VLSI, etc. NITK attracts students from all over the country and abroad. The Institute admitsstudents to the B.Tech degree program on the basis of the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE). Foreignstudents are admitted on various student exchange programs through MEA, ICCR, etc. and scheme of Direct Admission toStudents Abroad (DASA). Scholarship seats for M.Tech programs are awarded on the basis of the Graduate Aptitude Test inEngineering (GATE) and a few seats are available for sponsored/Research students. Every year the Institute offers more than50 Ph D fellowships and also admits sponsored/external candidates to the doctoral program. NITK graduates are sought after

by top industries/companies and the Institute has been rated as one of the best Institutions in the country with regard to studentplacements.

2. Location:NITK is located in Mangalore City along the Kanyakumari-Mumbai National Highway 66. It is well connected by road,

rail and by air to major cities in India and a few international destinations. The Institute is located amid 300 acres of sylvansurroundings with the picturesque Western Ghat Mountains on the east and the sun-kissed sands of the Arabian sea to the west.The Mangalore (Bajpe) airport and the Mangalore Railway Station are about 20 kms. away from the Campus, while SurathkalRailway Station is about 3 kms. away from the campus. The campus is located far away from the din and bustle of a city and is

very conducive for academic activities. The climate throughout the year is equitable and has temperature range of 18 to 38Celsius. The campus being on the sea shore, is blessed with clean air and healthy climate.

3. Self-Contained Residential Campus:

The Institute is a residential Institution with adequate hostel facilities for boys and girls. All the students are expected tostay in the Institute hostels. To suit the tastes of the students from different regions, independent messes of various types arerun in different hostels. The amenities include 11 Hostel blocks for boys & 8 hostel blocks for ladies with all basic amenities.A good number of faculty quarters provide ample opportunity to draw upon benefits of corporate life. Vast stretches of playfields, an International standard swimming pool, a gymnasium, a central library, a well equipped Health Care Centre, postoffice, branches of State Bank of India and Canara Bank, both with A.T.M facilities and two canteens are the amenitiesavailable. N.C.C. and N.S.S. constitute two more prominent extra-curricular activities in addition to music, photography, webenthusiast and dramatic clubs of the Institute.

4. Computing Facilities and Campus Network:

NITK has a campus wide network spanning the entire campus academic buildings, guest houses, student hostels andcampus residences. Each department has its own LANs connected to this network. These LANs have adequate number of

computers to cater to the needs of the department. In addition, two LANs are provided in the CCC which are accessible afterthe office hours and on weekends. The campus network uses 12 core optical fibre cabling for inter building connectivity with1Gbps speed depending on the no. of computers in the end point LANs. Intra departmental and Hostel LANs are Fast Ethernet(100 Mbps). Residences are as a DSL (broad band) network with ADSL2 technology (8Mbps downlink, 1Mbps uplink). Thisnetwork is being expanded to include more residences. The Institute has 24 x 7 Internet connectivity. The present band width is1Gbps. The journals subscribed through INDEST consortium are available throughout the campus LAN. The Institutesnetwork operations and data centre are in CCC. These are kept alive round the clock. At present, 20 servers are available in thedata centre to provide the network based services. The Server capacity is being expanded to support the additional demand ofemail and web services to all faculty and students. The Institute is part of National Knowledge Network (under NMEICT). Theinstitute hosts the NPTEL video and text lessons in its service for the Campus Network.


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5. Library Facilities:

The Institute Library functions from 8.00 A.M to 12.00 midnight from Monday to Saturday, from 8.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M.on Sunday and from 9.00 to 12.00 noon on General Holidays. The Institute library caters to the needs of undergraduate,

postgraduate, research scholars and faculty members of all departments. The Library posses about 1.25 lakh books includingBook-Bank section. The Library subscribes to 341 Technical Journals (Indian 182 + Foreign 159) annually. The Book-Bank

books are entirely meant for issue to students on monthly basis. The central library is also extending its services to the localindustries and educational institutions by giving membership facilities. For the benefit of the users, we are providing the openaccess facilities, Xerox facility, online database on e-journals and e-books. Library is fully automated and computerizedinformation retrieval service- OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) is available at 10 different nodes in the library. Internetand online search facilities are also made available to the end users of the library.

Library has access to 2328 full text online journals and 7500 abstract journals through Indian National Digital Library inEngineering, Science and Technology (INDEST). It coordinate and provide access to these online full text and abstract

journals such as IEEE databases, Science Direct, Indian Standards, ASME, ASCE & Nature Journals, etc. Separate digitallibrary unit is established for accessing digital resources. The library; has taken up the membership with INFLIBNET,DELNET and Mangalore University, thereby facilities to access to over 5000 additional online resources.

6. Courses of Study:The Institute offers undergraduate programmes in 9 disciplines and post-graduate programmes in 29 specialised areas.

The Institute also offers facilities for research leading to Ph.D. degrees in various branches of Engineering, Science andHumanities & Social Sciences. The academic responsibilities are shared by the following 14 Teaching Departments:1. Applied Mechanics & Hydraulics2. Chemical Engineering3. Chemistry4. Civil Engineering5. Computer Science and Engineering6. Electrical & Electronics Engineering7. Electronics & Communication Engineering8. Humanities, Social Sciences & Management9. Information Technology10. Mathematical and Computational Sciences11. Mechanical Engineering12. Metallurgical & Materials Engineering13. Mining Engineering14. Physics

7. Minimum Qualifications/Eligibility:i) Admission to a Ph.D. Programme shall be open to candidates who passed the prescribed qualifying examination with a

Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 6.5 in the 0-10 scale grading system, or not less than 60% marks inthe aggregate (taking into account the marks scored in all the subjects of all the public/ university examinations conductedduring the entire prescribed period for the degree programme). However, this prescribed minimum shall be a CGPA of6.0 or 55% marks in the aggregate for SC/ST candidates. The prescribed qualifying examination is as follows:a. For Ph.D. in Engineering/Technology Masters degree in relevant field.

b. For Ph.D. in Science /Humanities, Social Sciences & Management Masters degree in relevant field.ii) Employed professionals having experience and proven competence aspiring for Ph.D. Programme will be considered

under External Registration and will be allowed to pursue their research at their own location of work. A minimum of onesemester residential requirement is to be completed by all external registrants.

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There are five types of student status for Ph.D. programme:1. Full-time students on Institute Scholarship2. Full-time sponsored students on QIP3. Full-time/External Registrants sponsored from Industry or other organizations including Educational Institutions.4. Full-time/ External Registrants non sponsored non-scholarship students5. Internal Registrants sponsored staff of NITK.

iv) There will not be any age restriction. However, preference should be given to those who are below 45 years of age.


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Specializations in Ph.D. Programme are listed below:

1. Civil Engineering Structures, Geotechnical, Transportation, Earthquake Engg. Environment, EarthSciences

2. Applied Mechanics &Hydraulics

Water Resources Engg & Management, Marine Structures & Coastal Engg., RS & GISApplications.

3. Mechanical Engg Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels, IC Engine & Combustion, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics, Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue, FEM,Stress Analysis, Tribology, Machine Dynamics and Vibration, Advance Materials,Advance Manufacturing, Mechatronics, MEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics and Control.

4. Electrical Engineering Energy Systems, Power Electronics & Drives, High Voltage Engg, Power Systems,Control Systems, Instrumentation Engg.

5. Electronics & Commn. Communication/VLSI/ Signal Processing6. Chemical Engineering Process Development, Particulate System, Biotechnology, Environmental Engg. Transfer

Operation, Industrial Biotechnology

7. Metallurgical & MaterialsEngineering

Mechanical Processes, Chemical Processes & Materials

8. Mining Engg. Rock Mechanics & Ground Control, Drilling & Blasting, Mine Planning, EnvironmentalManagement

9. Physics Solid State Physics, Materials Science, Theoretical Physics, Electromagnetics,Photonics.

10. Chemistry Physical, Inorganic, Organic Chemistry11. Humanities, Social Sciences

& ManagementManagement, Economics, English (Comparative Literature) & related Disciplines

12. Mathematics &Computational Sciences

Graph Theory, Fluid Mechanics, Computer Applications, Reliability Engg., SystemsOptimization, Functional Analysis.

13. Information Technology Applied Perception, Cloud Computing, Databases, Data Mining, Distributed / HighPerformance Computing, Human Computer Interaction, Multimedia InformationRetrieval, QOS Aware Bio-Inspired MANETS, Virtual Reality, Web Services, WirelessSensor Networks.

14. Computer Science andEngg

Computer Networks, Software Engineering, Distributed Computing, Databases, DataMining, Information Security, High Performance Computing, Computer Vision.

8. Selection Procedure:Selection of candidates for admission to Ph. D. programme will be based upon the academic performance in the qualifyingexaminations, written aptitude test, presentation on a research topic and interview as specified by the concerned departments.

9. How to Apply:The prescribed application form and Information Bulletin can be downloaded from the Institute website www.nitk.ac.in. Theapplication form can be duly filled and sent to the Dy. Registrar (Academic), National Institute of TechnologyKarnataka, Surathkal, Srinivasnagar, Mangalore -575 025, Karnataka State on or before the last date prescribed03.12.2012 along with the D.D. of Rs. 500/- (for SC/ST- Rs.150/-). drawn in favour of the Director, N.I.T.K., Surathkal

payable at State Bank of India, orCanara Bank, NITK, Campus Branch, Surathkal.

Candidates sponsored by the Educational Institutions/Industries must get their applications forwarded through properchannel.


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Applications which are incomplete/defective/received late are liable to be rejected summarily and no correspondence will beentertained on such applications.

Note: If a candidate desires to apply to more than one Department, he/she should submit separate application alongwith D.D. for each PhD programme. Candidates called for interview will have to appear for interview at their own cost.The interview will be held at N.I.T.K., Surathkal.

Calendar of Events for admission to Ph.D. Programmes 2012-13 (December Session):

Last Date for receiving completed applications 03.12.2012 (Monday)

Applications to be sent to the Departments for processing, on or before 03.12.2012 (Monday)

Preparing preliminary merit-list or short-listing 07.12.2012 (Friday)

Last date for dispatch of call letters to short-listed candidates, andannouncement in the website by respective departments.

07.12.2012 (Friday)

Selection Test and/or Interview 17.12.2012 (Monday)

Publication of provisional selection/merit-list on website by respectivedepartments.

18.12.2012 (Tuesday)

Last date for Sending admission orders/letters 24.12.2012 (Monday)

Reporting Dates for Selection-List Candidates 19.12.2012 to 28.12.2012

Last Date for sending admission orders/letters to waiting-list candidates 01.01.2013 (Tuesday)

Last Date for Reporting, for waiting-list candidates 02.01.2013 (Wednesday)

Commencement of Programme 31.12.2012 (Monday)

Details of full-time scholarships available:

OC OCPH OBC OBCPH SC SCPH ST STPH TOTAL

26 01 22 01 12 01 07 00 70

Note:i) Reserved Seats unfilled due to non availability of SC/ST candidates will not be filled by candidates from OC/OBC.ii) Reservation for SC/ST Physically Challenged/PH (Persons with disability) shall be as per Central Government rules.iii) Reservation of seats for OBC shall be as per GOI/MHRD norms.

10. Documents to be Produced:A. At the time of counselling/interview:

1. Original marks card of all Semesters/years of all degrees obtained.2. Degree Certificate or Provisional Pass Certificate issued by University.3. Date of Birth Certificate in Original (SSLC/X Std.)4. Caste Certificate if belonging to SC/ST (original)5. Caste certificate as per prescribed format for OBC candidates.(if applicable) from the Competent Authority issued

after 31.03.2012.6. Sponsorship Certificate, if applicable7. Physically challenged certificate, if applicable.


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B. Documents to be Produced at the time of admission: 1. Admission order issued by Competent Authority.2. Original marks card of qualifying examinations (Ist to Final Year) with two sets of duplicate copies. (The spelling

and order of the name should be same in all the years of marks card, degree certificate and Migration Certificate).3. Degree Certificate or Provisional Pass Certificate issued by the University.4. Medical Certificate (general fitness).5. Relieving Certificate in the case of Sponsored Candidates6. Date of Birth Certificate in original(X Std. or SSLC)7. Caste Certificate in case of SC/ST.8. OBC Certificate (if applicable) from the competent authority issued after 31.03.2012.9. Transfer Certificate10. Conduct Certificate11. Sponsorship Certificate (if sponsored)12. Physically challenged certificate, if applicable.13. Migration Certificate.

Note: Candidate can download the prescribed format for OBC Certificate from the NITK website (i.e. www.nitk.ac.in)In case result of qualifying degree is awaited, provisional admission is given to a student subject to meeting eligibilityrequirements latest by 15th January 2013.OBC candidates have to furnish the OBC certificate as per prescribed format. OBC format can be downloaded from the NITKwebsite.

11. Financial Assistancea) The award of Institute fellowship is based on the minimum qualification/eligibility for the respective Ph.D

programme. Details of the fellowship offered are as follows:

i) Students with ME/M.Tech or equivalent degree are eligible for a fellowship of Rs. 18,000/- pm for the first twoyears and Rs. 20,000/- pm for the third year.

ii) Students with M.Sc/MBA or equivalent degree are eligible for a fellowship of Rs. 16,000/- pm for the first twoyears and Rs. 18,000/- pm for the third year.

Students are supposed to assist in teaching and laboratory assignment by the department and are eligible for 30 daysleave per year.

Full-time scholars with Institute fellowship are permitted to leave the Institution only after submitting the synopsis.

b) Full-time sponsored candidates may receive complete financial support including stipend, contingency grants andproject expenses from the sponsoring organizations.

c) Internal Registrants (Institute Faculty/Staff, Project staff) are expected to work for their Ph.D. Programmewhile fulfilling their normal duties.

d) External Registrants are expected to carry out their Research work in their parent organization after fulfilling certainpre-requisites in the Institute. They are not entitled to Institute scholarship. The external candidate shall produce asponsorship certificate from his employer and submit it along with the application for admission. A minimum of onesemester residential requirement is to be completed by all external registrants.

e) Full-time Self-financing candidates and Full-time Study leave candidates are expected to work full-time at theInstitute.

f) Sponsored candidates will not be eligible to receive scholarship.12. Sponsored Candidates:

A letter from the employer must be furnished stating that the candidate is being sponsored to get admission. Theemployer should also indicate that the candidate will not be withdrawn midway till the completion of the course.


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13. Fees and Deposits:FEE STRUCTURE FOR Ph.D. PROGRAMME for the year 2012-13:

First Year Second Year Third Year onwards

Semester FeesI Sem.

Rs.II Sem.

Rs.III Sem.

Rs.

IV Sem.

Rs.

Odd sem

Rs.

Even sem.

Rs.

Tuition fee # 17500 17500 17500 17500 17500 17500

Other Fees 4000 - 4000 - 4000 -Student Activity Council 825 - 775 - 775 -

Group Insurance coverage of students (Full TimeCandidates only)

350 - 350 - 350 -

Security Deposit (refundable) 4000 - - - - -

Institute Development Contribution (IDC)(SC/ST Rs.750/- per semester)

3000 3000 - - - -

Alumni Association 1000 - - - - -

Hostel Fee (for Hostler)

i) Admission Fee 750 - - - - -

ii) Hostel Rent (including water/electricity charges) 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000

# Tuition fee for candidates under DASA scheme US $ 4000 per year (SAARC country US $ 2000 per year) (One time in 1 st year)

and for 2ndyear onwards US $ 2000 per sem (SAARC country US $ 1000 per sem)

Fee structure for Employees of NITK and sister concerns for Ph.D programme.Tuition fee = Rs.5000 per yearInstitute Development Contribution = Rs.6000 first yearAlumni Association = Rs.1000 (one time payment at the time admission)

Mess Fees (At Hostel Office) for Hostellers (tentative)

Ph.D1. Mess Admission Fee 100.002. Mess Advance each semester 10000.003. Establishment Charges (per semester) 4250.00

4. Other fee (per semester) 825.00

5. Reading Room fee (per year) 70.00

6. Recreation Committee fee (per year) 70.00

7. T.V. Maintenance Charges 50.00

For fresh admission only

8. Cooler Maintenance Charges 75.00

9. Mess Employees Gift Fund (per year) 10.00

10. For celebration of festivals (per year) 50.00

15,500.00

============Note: Refund of fees and deposits paid for Institute admission:Any student who withdraws admission before the closing date of admission is eligible for the refund of all the fees and deposits,after deduction of a processing fee of Rs.1000 /- (Rupees One Thousand Only)

Ragging: If any incident of ragging comes to the notice of the authority, concerned student shall be given liberty to explain

and if his explanation is not found satisfactory, the authority would expel him / her from the institution.

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