Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar invites application for admission to Ph.D. Programme from eligible candidates for the year 2016-17 in the following categories :

• Institute Scholar
• Sponsored Scholar
• Project Scholar (Projects running at IIT Bhubaneswar)

• School of Basic Sciences :
  

  Biosciences	Biophysical Chemistry: Protein Chemistry & Spectroscopy, Structure-Function Elucidation of Various Small Heat Shock Proteins Related to Different Diseases (Cataract, Leprosy and Tuberculosis); Biochemistry, Enzymology, G-protein Coupled Receptors & Signal Transduction, Chemical and Cellular Biology, Peptide/Protein Design & Engineering, Computational Biology.
  Chemistry	Coordination Aspects of Homo and Heterometallic Complexes; Metal Based Drug Design, Nanoparticle Based Sensors; Magneto Chemistry of Grid Complexes and Coordination Polymers, Bioinorganic Perspective of Coordination Complexes, Fluorescent Chemosensors, Coordination Complexes as Contrast Agent for MRI; Carbohydrate Chemistry, Synthetic Methods Development, Bioactive Natural and Unnatural Products Synthesis; Supramolecular Chemistry, Molecular Recognition; Metal-Organic and Covalent Open Frame (MOF and COF) Compounds; Biophysical Chemistry: Protein Chemistry & Spectroscopy, Structure-Function Elucidation of Various Small Heat Shock Proteins Related to Different Diseases (Cataract, Leprosy and Tuberculosis); Organometallic, Homogenous Catalysis, Green Chemistry; Theoretical Chemistry, Development of Theoretical and Computational Methods with Application to Electronic Structure, Electron-atom/ molecule Scattering Processes, and Electronically 'nonadiabatic' Effects and Dynamics.
  Physics	Experimental Atomic-Molecular-Surface Physics, nanomaterial, Biomolecules, Nanophotonics, Plasmonics and Fiber Sensors; Large Scale Quantum Simulations of Nanostructures, Quantum Transport in Graphene and 2-Dimensional Layered Structures, Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Mechanics Modeling of Biological Systems, Biophysics; Nanomagnetism, Weyl Semimetal, Magnetic thin films and multilayers; Energy storage devices, Biosensors; Quantum Dissipation & Decoherence; Experimental High Energy Physics; Quantum Field Theory, String Theory and Black Holes.
  Mathematics	Queueing Theory, Stochastic models, Applied Probability, Control of Queues, Complex Dynamics and Fractals, Soft Computing, Optimization Theory, Numerical Methods & Computational Fluid dynamics, Combinational Matrix Theory, Spectral Graph Theory, Functional Analysis, Variational inequalities, Complementarity problems

  
  
• School of Earth, Ocean & Climate Sciences :
  

  Geo-Science	Asian monsoon variations, Paleoclimatic changes in Mahanadi Basin, Paleomonsoon, Geochemistry, Environmental and Aqueous Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Active and Passive Seismology, Neo-Tectonics of Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt.
  Climate Science	Atmospheric Aerosols and Climate, Air-Sea Interactions and Climate Change, Tropical Meteorology, Monsoon Dynamics, Equatorial Waves, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Data Assimilation, Modeling of extreme weather events, Physical and Satellite Oceanography, Ocean Circulation Modeling.

  
  
• School of Electrical Sciences :
  

  Computer Science	Computer vision, Network & system security, Cloud computing and analytics, Software testing and verification, Internet of things.
  Electronics and Communication Engineering	Optical communication, Fiber wireless (FiWi) networks, Antenna design, Radar systems, Microwave and Wireless communication, Sensor networks, Digital Signal processing, Cognitive radio, Semiconductor Devices, Biomedical Signal Processing, Medical Imaging, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition,Detection Systems (Radar and Sonar), Green radio, Internet of Things.
  Electrical Engineering	Power transmission and distribution protection, PMU, wide area monitoring and application, Power systems and Power electronics drives, High Voltage Engineering,System Modelling and Control, Renewable Energy.

  
  
• School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management :
  

  Economics	Open macroeconomics and Natural Resource Economics. Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Management and Climate Change and Rural Development, Mining Economics, Financial Management, Health Economics
  English	Commonwealth Studies, Indian Diaspora Literature, Travel Writings/Autobiographies/Memoirs, Indian Writing in English. Postcolonial World Literature, Native North American Literature, Indigenous Literature Written in English, Indian Writing in English, ELT, Cross-cultural Communication, Business Communication.
  Psychology	Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurolinguistics, Positive Psychology and Psychology of Personality, Clinical Psychology, Consumer Behaviour, Cyber psychology (online Behaviour)

  
  
• School of Infrastructure (Civil Engineering) :
  
  • Water Resources Engineering: Hydraulics, Hydrology
  • Structural Engineering: Structural dynamics, Earthquake engineering, Concrete technology
  • Geotechnical Engineering: Soil dynamics, Environmental geotechnics, Soil-structure interaction
  • Transportation Engineering: Transportation planning, Traffic engineering
  • Environmental Engineering: Water and waste water engineering, Bio-Energy.
• School of Mechanical Sciences :

  Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Large Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Inverse Heat Transfer, Two Phase Heat Transfer, Bio-Heat Transfer, Thermal System Optimization, Radiation Heat Transfer in Participating Medium, Conjugate Heat Transfer, Acoustics, Composite Materials, Sandwich Structures, Fracture Mechanics, Composite Materials, Smart Composite Structures, Vibration, Solid Mechanics, Robotics, Manufacturing, Pulse Heat Transfer in Manufacturing Analysis, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Quality Control, Industrial Noise Control, Condition Monitoring, Product Development, Entrepreneurship.

• School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering :

  Light metals and alloys, Metal matrix nanocomposites, High entropy alloys, Friction stir processing, Surface engineered alloys, Batteries, Discrete element modeling , Extraction and Recycling of Metals, Fuels Cells, Microstructural modeling of thermo-mechanical processes, Modeling & simulation of metallic glasses, Structural & magnetic frustration of materials, Polymer nanocomposite films for Microsystems, First-principles study of the structure property correlations in functional oxides, Multiferroic Transition Metal Oxides, Energy harvesting using ferroics and Multiferroics, studies on beneficiation of low gradefinely disseminated iron ores, studies on recovery of nickel from chromite ore overburden.

• Eligibility Criteria for Institute Scholar :

  Candidates who possess the qualifications as mentioned below are eligible for admission into the Ph. D. Programme for full-time with Institute Research Assistantship or UGC/CSIR-NET Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) or any other doctoral fellowship offered by Govt. of India (GoI), as the case is applicable. A relaxation of up to 5% marks in all academic examination levels is permitted for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

• Eligibility Criteria for Sponsored Scholar :

  The sponsored candidates are not eligible for Institute Research Assistantship; but they must meet the same requisite standards of marks/grades in their qualifying degree and other examinations as mentioned above. They must also be in continuous service for at least three (3) years in any one of the following organizations, where appropriate R & D facilities exist:

  • Departments and Ministries of the Government of India or any other government organization.
  • Established industrial research and developmental organizations.
  • Recognized autonomous bodies and public undertakings.
  • Recognized universities/colleges.
• Eligibility Criteria for Project Scholar :

  The scholars working in sponsored research projects at IIT Bhubaneswar can apply for the Ph.D Programme if they meet the applicable eligibility criteria for admission and have at least two years of fellowship tenure remaining, counting from the academic session or semester in which they are seeking admission. If such a candidate intends to be considered for Institute Research Assistantship after the tenure of the project is over, he/she must present a valid GATE score at that point of time or provide the evidence of a valid GATE score used in the year of admission into M.Tech. or equivalent programme.

Programme wise Eligibility Criteria :

N.B. 5% relaxation of marks in all academic examination would be granted to the SC/ST/PwD candidates compared to the General/OBC (NCL) candidates. This is applicable to all candidates.

The Institute reserves the right to call a limited number of candidates for interview or written test. For more details on selection procedure, visit the official website of the college.

• Aspiring candidates can required to apply through the university website:
  http://webapps.iitbbs.ac.in/phd-application/index.php
• For General/OBC candidates the application fees is Rs 500/- and for SC/ST/PwD candidates, the fees is Rs 250/-
• Candidates applying for more than one program need to submit separate online application(s)
• All communications will be made through mail and SMS only.
• All female candidates are exempted from paying application fee.

Application Fee (Non-refundable):

N.B.:

• Application fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances.
• Female candidates are exempted from payment of application fee.