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IIT Gandhinagar PhD Programs
- Biological Sciences and Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Earth Sciences
- Cognitive Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics
- Materials Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Linguistics
- Archaeology
- Political Science
- Social Epidemiology
- Sociology
- Development Studies
- Economics
Admission Categories
Regular(RR): Fulltime residential research candidate.
Continuing Doctoral Programme (CDP): This if for the candidates working in industry or as a faculty in any educational institution. In this category the candidate is given advance admission with 90 days of residency requirement in 1st year and on successful completion of 1st year, the admission is confirmed with the expected minimum 2 years of full time residential requirement on campus for completing course work and a major part of thesis work. After 2-years, the candidate may be permitted to go back to parent organization subject to significant progress in thesis work. Subsequently, the candidate is expected to complete at least 2 weeks of residency at the Institute for each semester all through the PhD programme. A certificate in support of the candidature must support the application. Click here for more details about the programme.
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2024-25 (Semester-I)
IIT Gandhinagar invites applications from highly motivated students for admission to its PhD programme for the academic year 2024-25 (Semester I) in
- Biological Sciences and Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Computer Science & Engineering, and
- Artificial Intelligence
- Earth Sciences, Earth Systems Science,
- and Archaeological Sciences
- Electrical Engineering
- Humanities & Social Sciences, and
- Society & Culture
- Materials Engineering
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics
Focus Areas 2024-25 (Semester-I)
Biological Sciences and Engineering:
- Epigenomics and Genome regulation (Evolution of gene function, Stress response)
- DNA Regulatory Mechanisms
- Quadruplex Nucleic Acids in Disease Regulation, Chemical Biology
- Neuroscience (Learning, Memory, Neural Control of Movement, Movement Disorders, Rehabilitation)
- Ultrasound (Imaging, Diagnostics, and Ultrasound-mediated therapy)
- Biomolecular Crystallography
- Computational Biology, Systems Biology
- Plant biology (Development, Reproduction, Cell-cell Signaling, Biotechnology)
- Drug Delivery Technologies
- Biomaterials (Hydrogels and Implants)
- DNA Nanotechnology
- Stem Cell Differentiation and Tissue Engineering
- Neurodegenerative Diseases and Therapeutics
- Cancer Biology and Therapeutics
- Peptide Engineering
Chemical Engineering:
- Chemical Reaction Engineering, Heterogeneous catalysis, Catalyst synthesis, Multiphase reactions
- Functional materials (CO2 capture, adsorbents), Surface Engineering and Superhydrophobic surfaces
- Pharmaceutical Engineering and Drug Delivery, Biomaterials, nano-drug suspensions, microbubbles for biomedical applications such as drug delivery and ultrasonic imaging, Stimuli-responsive hydrogels, Biomedical Engineering
- Wastewater treatment, Drinking water
- Powder Technology, Particulate matter and aerosols
- Polymer Processing, Polymer Gels, Polymer Blends, Shape memory polymers, Smart Polymeric Materials, Polymer Ionic Liquids, Polymer nanocomposites
- Process Engineering, Control, and Optimization, Cyber-Physical Systems for Industrial Manufacturing and Buildings, Machine Learning and Data Science
- Colloids and Interfaces, Rheology
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Molecular simulations, Protein aggregation and protein folding, Biomolecular Simulations, molecular dynamic simulations for aqueous solutions of drug molecules
- Supercapacitors and other energy storage devices
- Bio-printing, 3D printing
- Crystallization of pharmaceuticals, polymorphic behavior of pharmaceuticals
- Flow and transport in porous media, Hydrodynamic instability
- Building Energy Management, Indoor air quality, atmospheric transport and transformation of pollutants
- Synthetic biology, protein engineering
- Nanotechnology, Hybrid nanomaterials, and biomolecules for agricultural applications.
Chemistry:
- Chemistry Machine learning potentials in material simulations
- Photocatalysis with gold nanoparticles, sunlight to hydrogen production, Single-particle spectroscopy, plasmonics
- Molecular simulations of graphene membrane
- Post-translational modifications influencing disordered protein aggregation
- Electrochemical Reduction of CO2
- Molecular electrocatalysis for nitrogen to ammonia interconversion, Development of novel organocatalysts, Application of organocatalysis to the asymmetric synthesis of bioactive molecules
- Chemical Biology, Cancer therapeutics
- Drug Discovery, Synthesis of Fluorescent dyes and polymers, and theranostic imaging, adsorptive materials, biomass-inorganic nanocomposites, rare earth element and N harvesting, Small molecule activation with Main group metal complexes, dinitrogen fixation.
Civil Engineering:
- Dynamic behavior
- Liquefaction
- Suction and collapse of unsaturated soils
- Constitutive modeling
- Earthquake Engineering
- Geosynthetics
- Machine learning architectures for Hydrological Sciences
- Resilience of Urban water distribution systems
- Land surface hydrologic modeling, remote sensing applications in hydrology, Climate change impacts on water resources
- Dam breach and levee breach hydraulics, Integrated urban water management, Blockage/leak detection in pipes
- Fire engineering, Sustainable building materials, Performance-based earthquake engineering, Tall structures, Probabilistic seismic hazard and ground motion characterization, Seismic isolation of nuclear structures, Structural health assessment and monitoring, High-performance concrete, 3D concrete printing, Resilience of infrastructure, Computational solid mechanics, topology optimization, multiscale material modeling, Blast engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Aerosol and Air Quality
- Indoor Air Quality
- Pollution Mitigation, Climate Change Risk Assessment on Water Infrastructure, Modeling of floods and droughts, Transportation Engineering, Mechanistic modeling of flexible and rigid pavements, pavement-environment interaction, urban sustainability, AI/ML applications in pavement engineering.
Cognitive Science:
- Learning, Memory
- Motor Control, Movement Disorders, Rehabilitation, Visuo-motor control and processing
- Emotion, Attentional selection and control
- Visual Cognition, Embodied Cognition, Multilingual Cognition
- Robotics, Human Robot Interaction
- Decision Making
- Neural Correlates of Music & Meditation
- Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease using Machine learning
- Brain Connectivity
- Tactile Perception
- Bilingual Processing
- Mental Lexicon
- Multisensory Perception
- Curiosity
Computer Science and Engineering:
- Theoretical computer science, Computational complexity, Algebra and computation, Algorithms
- Machine learning
- Quantum machine learning, Natural language Processing, Large Language Modelling
- Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Deep Learning Applications for Vision and Graphics
- Brain-Computer Interface, Eye-tracking, Medical Imaging, Artificial Intelligence of Things, eHealth
- Software Engineering using Generative AI, Empirical Software Engineering, Software Testing, Mining Software Repositories
- System security, Web security, Usable privacy and security, Formal methods and verification
Earth Sciences:
- Climate Change, Water Resources
- Solid Earth, Mineralogy and Mineral Physics, High Pressure Metamorphism
- Geothermal Energy, Carbonate Depositional Systems, Sea level change
- Geophysics, Geodynamic Modelling, Statistical Seismology, Numerical modeling of landscapes
- River Science, Earth Surface Processes, tectonic geomorphology
- Natural Hazards and risk, Remote sensing & GIS
- Environmental Archaeology, Geoarchaeology
- Archaeology, Ceramic Petrology, Ancient Technology
- Micropaleontology and Paleoclimate
Electrical Engineering:
- Nanoelectronics, Nanotechnology, Advanced Semiconductor Devices, Emerging Memories, High-Frequency Analog Circuit Design, Multi-scale modeling, Analog IC Design, Semiconductor device and process modeling, Power Management IC Design
- VLSI Design, Computing in Memory for ML, AI Hardware, Computer Architecture
- Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) Design, IoT electronic system design
- Biomedical Engineering, Human Computer Interaction
- Computer Vision, Image and Video Processing, Computer Graphics, Deep Learning
- Signal Processing, Soft Computing
- Control Systems, Estimation Theory
- Power Systems and Smart Grid
- Electrical Machines and Power Electronics
- Smart power electronics for Renewable Energy Integration and Electric Vehicles
- Photonic Sensors, Fiber-optics, Nanophotonics, Electromagnetic Metamaterials, Computational Electromagnetics
- Next-generation ultrasound imaging and therapy
Humanities and Social Sciences:
- Cognitive Linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology
- Modern Indian History, History of Bengal and Northeast India in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries
- Indian Writing in English, Representation of Women in Indian English along with Bengali literature, Indian Diasporic Literature in English
- Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology, Archaeometry, Archaeometallurgy, Museum Studies (including new museology), Indigenous Archaeology, Field Archaeology
- Education, Educational Technology, Teacher Professional Development, Learning Sciences
Mechanical Engineering:
- Thermofluids: Fluid Mechanics and Heat transfer, Compressible flows, Turbulence, Combustion and propulsion, Fuel cells, Complex Fluids, Porous media, Boiling, Condensation and frosting.
- Robotics and Dynamics Systems: Control systems, Robotics, Nonlinear dynamics and wave propagation
- Solid Mechanics: Material Mechanics, Biomechanics, Fracture mechanics, Beams, Composites.
Materials Engineering:
- 2D Materials and heterostructures, Quantum materials, Spintronics, Desalination and Fuel cell membranes, Nanoscale Transport
- Non-wetting, Tribology, Ceramics Processing, Corrosion
- Alloy design, Phase Transformations, Vacuum Technologies
- Antimicrobial polymers and surfaces
- Thin Film Fabrication, Optoelectronic Characterization, Thermochromic coating, low emissivity coating
- Mechanical properties of high entropy alloys at different temperature, cu-Ag sintering
- High temperature alloys, Physical metallurgy, Deformation mechanism, Al-,Cu-,Fe-based alloys
- AI and ML applications in Materials Science
- Biomaterials, Environmental Application of Materials, Nanomaterials, nanomedicine
Mathematics:
- Partial Differential Equations
- Probability & Stochastic Processes
- Matrix Analysis
- Spectral Graph Theory
Physics:
- Particle physics theory: Flavor physics, Dark Matter
- Theoretical High Energy Physics: Hot and Dense QCD matter
- High Energy Theory: Effective Field Theory and scattering amplitude and their application to gravitational wave, TQFT and AdS/CFT
- Nanostructure synthesis and characterization for photonics device applications
- Nanomagnetism and Spintronics
- 2D Materials and heterostructures, Quantum materials, Desalination and Fuel cell membranes, Nanoscale Transport
- Experimental Active Matter Physics
- Soft Condensed Matter Physics, sedimentation and flow of colloidal suspensions; active matter dynamics
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2024-25 (Semester-I) Special-Drive
IIT Gandhinagar invites applications from highly motivated students from SC/ST/ OBC(NCL)/ PwD categories for admission to its PhD programme for the academic year 2024-25 (Semester I) in following disciplines –
- Biological Sciences and Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Computer Science & Engineering, and
- Artificial Intelligence
- Earth Sciences, Earth Systems Science,
- and Archaeological Sciences
- Electrical Engineering
- Humanities & Social Sciences, and
- Society & Culture
- Materials Engineering
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics
Focus Areas 2024-25 (Semester-I) Special-Drive
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Epigenetics, DNA Regulatory Mechanisms, Quadruplex Nucleic Acids in Disease Regulation, Neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Neural Control of Movement, Movement Disorders, Rehabilitation, Biomedical engineering and Instrumentation, Ultrasound Imaging, diagnostics, hydrogels, stem cells, tissue engineering, Chemical Biology, Peptides and their applications, Molecular mechanism of Neurodegeneration, Biomolecular Crystallography, 3D-Bioprinting, Computational structural biology, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Networks, Plant biology (development, reproduction, cell-cell signaling, biotechnology), Drug delivery technologies, Implants, Nanomedicine and Biomaterials
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Reaction Engineering, Multiphase reactions and functional materials (CO2 capture, adsorbents), Surface Engineering and Superhydrophobic surfaces, Pharmaceutical Engineering and Drug Delivery, Waste water treatment, Drinking water, Particulate matter and aerosols, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Polymer Processing, Polymer Gels, Polymer Blends, Shape memory polymers, Smart Polymeric Materials, Polymer Ionic Liquids, Process Engineering, Control and Optimization, Cyber-Physical Systems for Industrial Manufacturing and Buildings, Machine Learning and Data Science, , Colloids and Interfaces, Rheology, Powder Technology, Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Molecular simulations, Protein aggregation and protein folding, Biomolecular Simulations, Supercapacitors and other energy storage devices, Polymer nanocomposites, Biomaterials, Bio-printing, 3D printing,Crystallization of pharmaceuticals, nano-drug suspensions, microbubbles for biomedical applications such as drug delivery and ultrasonic imaging, polymorphic behavior of drug molecules, liquid marbles, molecular dynamic simulations for aqueous solutions of drug molecules , Flow and transport in porous media, Hydrodynamic instability, Wetting behavior, Biological motors, Ion exchange resins, Building Energy Management, Indoor Air-quality Control; Synthetic biology, protein engineering, stimuli-responsive hydrogels, Hybrid nanomaterials and biomolecules for agricultural applications, Safety Engineering, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Catalyst design and synthesis, Spectroscopy of nanomaterials, Aerosols, Air Quality, Air Pollution Control, Green Buildings, wearable sensors for smart electronics, Bio-sensing, Smart farming
Chemistry
- Organometallic Catalysis, C-H Activation, Photo-catalysis, Porphyrins for Anti-cancer Application
- Developing Small Molecules to Study DDR Kinases and Therapeutic Approaches to Eradicate H. pylori Infection
- Computational Chemistry, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, and Free Energy Calculations of Nanoscale Systems and Biosystems. DNA Sensing Using Nanopores, Computational Drug Discovery of Ayurvedic Phytochemicals
- Asymmetric Organocatalysis, Asymmetric Synthesis of Bio-active Natural Products
- Computational Chemistry, Machine Learning Potentials, Small Molecule Organic Semiconductors for OLEDs and Solar Cells Applications
- Synthesis of Conjugated Organic Molecules and Their Bioconjugates for Cellular Imaging, Chemosensing, and Cancer Diagnostics
- Control and Monitoring of Photocatalytic Reactions with Nanoparticles, Single-Particle Optical Spectroscopy, Plasmonic Photocatalysis
- CO2 Conversion Technologies
Civil Engineering
Dynamic behavior; Liquefaction; Suction and collapse of unsaturated soils; Constitutive modeling; Earthquake Engineering; Geosynthetics; Machine learning architectures for Hydrological Sciences; Resilience of Urban water distribution systems; Land surface hydrologic modeling, remote sensing applications in hydrology, Climate change impacts on water resources; Dam breach and levee breach hydraulics, Debris flow modelling, Blockage/leak detection in pipes; Fire engineering, Performance-based earthquake engineering, Tall structures, Structural health assessment and monitoring, High-performance concrete, 3D concrete printing, Resilience of infrastructure, Blast engineering; Environmental Engineering; Aerosol and Air Qaulity; Indoor Air Quality; Pollution Mitigation
Cognitive Science
Learning, Memory, Motor Control, Movement Disorders, Rehabilitation, Emotional Processing, Visual Attention, Visual Cognition, Multlingual Cognition, Robotics, Human Robot Interaction, Decision Making, Neural Correlates of Music & Meditation, Early Detection of Alzheimers Disease using Machine learning, Brain Connectivity, Tactile Perception, Educational Technologies, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, Teaching and learning of thinking skills.
Computer Science & Engineering
Theoretical Computer Science, Algorithms and Data Structures, Computational Complexity, Game Theory, Data Mining, Social Networks, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Computer Systems, High-Performance Computing, Natural Language Processing, Computational Sustainability, Internet of Things (IoT), Ubiquitous computing, Computational Algebra, Spectral Graph Theory, Large scale numerical linear algebra, Dynamic graph algorithms, Streaming algorithms, Formal methods and verification, and Web security, NLP for Indic languages, Computer Networks, Cloud and Network Security, Distributed Systems, Software Defined Networks (SDN), and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Computational Neuroscience, AI hardware circuits and systems, Computer Architecture, Memory Subsystems.
Earth Sciences, Earth System Science, Archaeological Sciences
Climate Change, Solid Earth Geophysics, Geothermal Energy, Geodynamic Modelling, Mineralogy and Mineral Physics, Statistical Seismology, River Science, Earth Surface Processes, Carbonate Depositional Systems, Natural Hazards and risk, Water Resources, Remote sensing & GIS, Numerical modeling of landscapes, High Pressure Metamorphism, Environmental Archaeology, Geoarchaeology.
Electrical Engineering
- Nanoelectronics, Semiconductor Devices, Nanotechnology, Computational Electronics
- VLSI Design, AI Hardware, Memories, Computer Architecture, Radiation hardened circuits
- Biomedical Engineering, Physiological Signal Processing, Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy
- Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition
- Signal Processing, Soft Computing
- Power Systems and Smart Grid; Renewable energy optimization, Smart power electronics, Green energy storage, Transportation electrification, Net zero transition
- Fiber Optics, Photonic Sensors, Nanophotonics, Electromagnetic Metamaterials, Computational Electromagnetics
- Deep Learning, Internet of Things IoT, High Performance Computing
- Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Control Systems
Humanities & Social Sciences, Society & Culture
Development Economics. Language acquisition, Semantics, Syntax Indian Writing in English, Women’s writing, Indian Feminist Literature, Harappan Archaeology; Ancient Technology & Provenance Studies; Ancient Indian Art, Architecture, Epigraphy, Numismatics; Heritage Management and Conservation Environmental Archaeology, Archaeozoology and taphonomy, Experimental Archaeology, Sociolinguistics, writing and literacy, endangered languages, multimodality, Modern and Contemporary Indian History, Ethnic movements and Politics of Identity, Comparative Literature, Digital Cultures, Classics from Gujarat and Odisha, Urban Development, Development Studies, Sustainable Development, Social transformation, Systems of Power and Knowledge, Social structures
Mechanical Engineering
- Solid Mechanics, Material Mechanics, Biomechamics, Fracture mechanics
- Control systems, Robotics
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat transfer
- Combustion and Propulsion
- Nonlinear dynamics and wave propagation
Materials Engineering
- Ceramics processing, powders synthesis and processing, porous membranes, biomimicry, soft lithography, wetting, tribology
- Mechanistic and microstructural modeling of additive manufacturing
- CALPHAD simulation and alloy development
- Antibacterial surfaces and Biomimetic materials
- Computational materials/artificial intelligence applications
- Functional Biomaterials, Nanotoxciology, Environmental applications of nanomaterials, Metal organic frameworks
- Transmission Electron Microscopy based technique for materials characterisation
- Modeling and simulations of structure-property relations at atomic scales
- Optoelectronic materials, Thin Films, Thermochromic coatings, Transparent conductor
Mathematics
- Algebraic Geometry
- Partial Differential Equations
- Probability Theory and Stochastic Process
- Algebra
- Analytic Number Theory
- Matrix theory
- Linear Algebra
Physics
- Theoretical High Energy Physics-hot QCD and strong interaction physics
- High Energy Physics Phenomenology: flavor physics, dark matter
- Black Hole Physics, Gravitational Waves, Modified Gravity Theories
- Effective Field theory approach in Gravitational Wave Physics, Conformal Field & Quantum Information in Holography
- Renewal Energy, Nanotechnology, Surfaces and Interfaces
- Experimental soft condensed matter physics: Microfluidics, Soft and active matter physics
Financial Support
Students who will be joining as regulars (RR) Ph.D. program will be considered for Institute Fellowship based on the following norms:
- Candidates with qualifications in any of the points (a-f) mentioned below are eligible for a monthly fellowship of Rs. 37,000/-
- a). Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science with NET/GATE Qualification or Graduate Degree in Professional Courses (B.Tech/B.E.) with NET/GATE Qualification or Postgraduate Degree in Professional Courses (M.Tech/M.E. etc)
- b). BTech degree from a CFTI (Centrally Funded Technical Institute) with CPI at least 8.0 (on a scale of 10).
- c). MSc/MA from IITs with CPI at least 8.0 (on a scale of 10)
- d). BS from IISc with CPI at least 6.4 (on a scale of 8)
- e). BS-MS from IISERs with CPI at least 8.0 (on a scale of 10)
- f). BS from IISERs with CPI at least 8.0 (on a scale of 10)
- After successful completion of two years in a regular PhD programme, a PhD candidate may be eligible for a monthly fellowship of Rs. 42,000/-.
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2024-25 (Semester-I) Eligibility Criteria
At least 55% marks or 5.5 CPI marks in M.A./ M.Sc./ B.Tech./ M.Tech./ BS (IISc, IISER)/ BS-MS (IISER) or equivalent degree in appropriate branches.
Above mentioned eligibility criteria is minimum at Institute level.
The disciplines may use higher cut off levels for short listing besides giving due consideration to the way questions are answered in the application form.
Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PD categories would be eligible for relaxations, as per norms, in the selection criteria.
For discipline wise minimum eligibility criteria – click here
Admission Procedure
Admission is generally offered on the basis of an interview, which is supplemented by a written test if necessary.
The Institute will invite a limited number of candidates for a written test and/or interview based on the academic records, statement of purpose, etc.
The final selection will be mainly based on academic credentials, written test and/or interview.
The mode (offline/online) and dates for the written test (if any) and interview will be communicated to the shortlisted candidates by their respective departments.
In addition to the announced admission cycles with prescribed deadline of application, the Institute also considers applications any time of the year in case of exceptional candidates. Based on the qualifications of the candidates and the need of the discipline concerned, applications received are processed through duly constituted selection committees at regular intervals.
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2024-25 (Semester-I) Important Dates
Regular Ph.D. Admission Drive (Semester-I, AY 2024-25)
| Events | Dates |
|---|---|
| Application Deadline | March 22, 2024 (Wednesday) by 5:00 PM (IST) |
| Announcement of the Shortlisted Candidates | April 3, 2024 (Wednesday) (tentative) |
| Written Examinations/Interviews | April 8 – April 22, 2024 (tentative) |
| Announcement of Result | May 15, 2024 (Wednesday) (tentative) |
Special Ph.D. Admission Drive (Semester-I, AY 2024-25)
| Events | Dates |
| Application Opens | January 24, 2024 |
| Application Deadline | March 21, 2024 |
| Announcement of Shortlist (Tentative) | April 3, 2024 |
| Interviews and/or written test | 8-22 April 2024 |
| Announcement of Results (Tentative) | May 15, 2024 |
The exact date/time for the written examinations and/or interview will be communicated to the shortlisted candidates by respective disciplines.
Application Process
- Applications have to be submitted online.
- If you are applying for more than one discipline you have to submit a separate application for each discipline.
- You will receive an application number and a link to download the application form after successful submission of the application form.
- You have to furnish hard copy of the application form and self attested copies of all the required documents at the time of interview.
Application Fees
| Category | Fee |
| SC/ST/PD Category | Rs. 150/- |
| Others | Rs. 300/- |
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2024-25 (Semester-I) Results
Shortlisted Candidates
Important Links
| Brochure Regular Drive | Click Here |
| Brochure Special Drive | Click Here |
| Application Link | Click Here |
| IIT Gandhinagar Website | Click Here |
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IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2023-24 (Semester-II)
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2023-24 (Semester-II) Important Dates
| Application deadline | October 03, 2023 |
| Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates (tentative) | October 09, 2023 |
| Written Examinations/Interviews (tentative) | November 1-November 10, 2023 |
| Result announcement (tentative) | November 20, 2023 |
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2023-24 (Semester-I)
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2023-24 (Semester-I) Important Dates
| Application deadline | 23 March 2023 |
| Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates (tentative) | 30 March 2023 |
| Written Examinations/Interviews | 15-21 April 2023 |
| Result announcement (tentative) | 28 April 2023 |
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission Special Drive 2023-24 (Semester-I)
Programs for IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission Special Drive 2023-24 (Semester-I)
IIT Gandhinagar invites applications from highly motivated students from OBC(NCL)/SC/ST/PWD categories for admission to its PhD programme for the academic year 2023-24 (Semester I) in following departments –
- Biological Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Design
- Electrical Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Cognitive Science
- Earth Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Sociology
- Literature
- Archaeology
- Linguistics
- Development Studies
- Economics
Admission Categories
Regular(RR): Fulltime residential research candidate.
Focus Areas
Biological Engineering
Epigenetics, DNA Regulatory Mechanisms, Quadruplex Nucleic Acids in Disease Regulation, Neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Neural Control of Movement, Movement Disorders, Rehabilitation, Biomedical engineering and Instrumentation, Ultrasound Imaging, diagnostics, hydrogels, stem cells, tissue engineering, Chemical Biology, Peptides and their applications, Molecular mechanism of Neurodegeneration, Biomolecular Crystallography, 3D-Bioprinting, Computational structural biology, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Networks, Plant biology (development, reproduction, cell-cell signaling, biotechnology), Drug delivery technologies, Implants, Nanomedicine and Biomaterials
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Reaction Engineering, Multiphase reactions and functional materials (CO2 capture, adsorbents), Surface Engineering and Superhydrophobic surfaces, Pharmaceutical Engineering and Drug Delivery, Waste water treatment, Drinking water, Particulate matter and aerosols, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Polymer Processing, Polymer Gels, Polymer Blends, Shape memory polymers, Smart Polymeric Materials, Polymer Ionic Liquids, Process Engineering, Control and Optimization, Cyber-Physical Systems for Industrial Manufacturing and Buildings, Machine Learning and Data Science, , Colloids and Interfaces, Rheology, Powder Technology, Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Molecular simulations, Protein aggregation and protein folding, Biomolecular Simulations, Supercapacitors and other energy storage devices, Polymer nanocomposites, Biomaterials, Bio-printing, 3D printing, Crystallization of pharmaceuticals, nano-drug suspensions, microbubbles for biomedical applications such as drug delivery and ultrasonic imaging, polymorphic behavior of drug molecules, liquid marbles, molecular dynamic simulations for aqueous solutions of drug molecules , Flow and transport in porous media, Hydrodynamic instability, Wetting behavior, Biological motors, Ion exchange resins, Building Energy Management, Indoor Air-quality Control; Synthetic biology, protein engineering, stimuli-responsive hydrogels, Hybrid nanomaterials and biomolecules for agricultural applications, Safety Engineering, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Catalyst design and synthesis, Spectroscopy of nanomaterials, Aerosols, Air Quality, Air Pollution Control, Green Buildings, wearable sensors for smart electronics, Bio-sensing, Smart farming
Chemistry
- Organometallic catalysis, C-H Activation, Photo-catalysis, Porphyrins for anti-cancer application
- developing small molecules to study DDR kinases and Therapeutic approaches to eradicate H pylori infection.
- Computational chemistry, Molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations of nanoscale systems and biosystems. DNA sensing using nanopores, Computational Drug Discovery of Ayurvedic Phytochemicals
- Asymmetric organocatalysis, asymmetric synthesis of bio-active natural products
- computational chemistry, machine learning potentials, small molecule organic semiconductors for OLEDs and solar cells applications.
- Synthesis of conjugated organic molecules and their bioconjugates for for cellular imaging, chemosensing and cancer diagnostics.
- Control and monitoring of photocataytic reactions with nanoparticles, single-particle optical spectroscopy, plasmonic photocatalysis.
- CO2 conversion technologies.
Civil Engineering
Dynamic behavior; Liquefaction; Suction and collapse of unsaturated soils; Constitutive modeling; Earthquake Engineering; Geosynthetics; Machine learning architectures for Hydrological Sciences; Resilience of Urban water distribution systems; Land surface hydrologic modeling, remote sensing applications in hydrology, Climate change impacts on water resources; Dam breach and levee breach hydraulics, Debris flow modelling, Blockage/leak detection in pipes; Fire engineering, Performance-based earthquake engineering, Tall structures, Structural health assessment and monitoring, High-performance concrete, 3D concrete printing, Resilience of infrastructure, Blast engineering; Environmental Engineering; Aerosol and Air Quality; Indoor Air Quality; Pollution Mitigation
Cognitive Science
Learning, Memory, Motor Control, Movement Disorders, Rehabilitation, Emotional Processing, Visual Attention, Visual Cognition, Multilingual Cognition, Robotics, Human Robot Interaction, Decision Making, Neural Correlates of Music & Meditation, Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease using Machine learning, Brain Connectivity, Tactile Perception, Educational Technologies, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, Teaching and learning of thinking skills.
Computer Science & Engineering
Theoretical Computer Science, Algorithms and Data Structures, Computational Complexity, Game Theory, Data Mining, Social Networks, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Computer Systems, High-Performance Computing, Natural Language Processing, Computational Sustainability, Internet of Things (IoT), Ubiquitous computing, Computational Algebra, Spectral Graph Theory, Large scale numerical linear algebra, Dynamic graph algorithms, Streaming algorithms, Formal methods and verification, and Web security, NLP for Indic languages, Computer Networks, Cloud and Network Security, Distributed Systems, Software Defined Networks (SDN), and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Computational Neuroscience, AI hardware circuits and systems, Computer Architecture, Memory Subsystems.
Design
- Educational technology
- Innovative teaching-learning techniques using educational technology
- Teaching and learning of creativity in education
- Faculty development at scale
- Design
- Visual design for eLearning
Earth Sciences
Climate Change, Solid Earth Geophysics, Geothermal Energy, Geodynamic Modelling, Mineralogy and Mineral Physics, Statistical Seismology, River Science, Earth Surface Processes, Carbonate Depositional Systems, Natural Hazards and risk, Water Resources, Remote sensing & GIS, Numerical modeling of landscapes, High Pressure Metamorphism, Environmental Archaeology, Geoarchaeology.
Electrical Engineering
- Nanoelectronics, Semiconductor Devices, Nanotechnology, Computational Electronics
- VLSI Design, Asynchronous Circuits, Computer Architecture, Radiation hardened circuits
- Biomedical Engineering, Physiological Signal Processing, Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy
- Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition
- Signal Processing, Soft Computing
- Power Systems and Smart Grid, Renewable energy optimization, Smart power electronics, Green energy storage, Transportation electrification, Net zero transition
- Fiber Optics, Photonic Sensors, Nanophotonics, Electromagnetic Metamaterials, Computational Electromagnetics
- Deep Learning, Internet of Things IoT, High Performance Computing
- Electrical Machines and Power Electronics and Control Systems
Humanities & Social Sciences
Development Economics. Language acquisition, Semantics, Syntax Indian Writing in English, Women’s writing, Indian Feminist Literature, Harappan Archaeology; Ancient Technology & Provenance Studies; Ancient Indian Art, Architecture, Epigraphy, Numismatics; Heritage Management and Conservation Environmental Archaeology, Archaeozoology and taphonomy, Experimental Archaeology, Sociolinguistics, writing and literacy, endangered languages, multimodality, Modern and Contemporary Indian History, Ethnic movements and Politics of Identity, Comparative Literature, Digital Cultures, Classics from Gujarat and Odisha, Urban Development, Development Studies, Sustainable Development, Social transformation, Systems of Power and Knowledge, Social structures
Mechanical Engineering
- Solid Mechanics, Material Mechanics, Biomechanics, Fracture mechanics
- Control systems, Robotics
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat transfer
- Combustion and Propulsion
- Nonlinear dynamics and wave propagation
Materials Engineering
- Ceramics processing, powders synthesis and processing, porous membranes, biomimicry, soft lithography, wetting, tribology.
- Mechanistic and microstructural modeling of additive manufacturing.
- CALPHAD simulation and alloy development.
- Antibacterial surfaces and Biomimetic materials.
- Computational materials/artificial intelligence applications.
- Functional Biomaterials, Nanotoxicology, Environmental applications of nanomaterials, Metal organic frameworks.
- Transmission Electron Microscopy based technique for materials characterization.
- Modeling and simulations of structure-property relations at atomic scales.
- Optoelectronic materials, Thin Films, Thermochromic coatings, Transparent conductor.
Mathematics
- Algebraic Geometry
- Partial Differential Equations
- Probability Theory and Stochastic Process
- Algebra
- Analytic Number Theory
- Matrix theory
- Linear Algebra
Physics
- Theoretical High Energy Physics-hot QCD and strong interaction physics
- High Energy Physics Phenomenology: flavor physics, dark matter
- Black Hole Physics, Gravitational Waves, Modified Gravity Theories
- Effective Field theory approach in Gravitational Wave Physics, Conformal Field & Quantum Information in Holography
- Renewal Energy, Nanotechnology, Surfaces and Interfaces
- Experimental soft condensed matter physics: Microfluidics, Soft and active matter physics
Financial Support
Students who will be joining as regulars (RR) Ph.D. program will be considered for Institute Fellowship based on the following norms:
- Candidates with qualifications in any of the points (a-f) mentioned below are eligible for a monthly fellowship of Rs. 31,000/-
- a). Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science with NET/GATE Qualification or Graduate Degree in Professional Courses (B.Tech/B.E.) with NET/GATE Qualification or Postgraduate Degree in Professional Courses (M.Tech/M.E. etc)
- b). BTech degree from a CFTI (Centrally Funded Technical Institute) with CPI at least 8.0 (on a scale of 10).
- c). MSc/MA from IITs with CPI at least 8.0 (on a scale of 10)
- d). BS from IISc with CPI at least 6.4 (on a scale of 8)
- e). BS-MS from IISERs with CPI at least 8.0 (on a scale of 10)
- f). BS from IISERs with CPI at least 8.0 (on a scale of 10)
- After successful completion of two years in a regular PhD programme, a PhD candidate may be eligible for a monthly fellowship of Rs. 35,000/-.
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2023-24 (Semester-I) Special Drive Eligibility Criteria
At least 55% marks or 5.5 CPI marks in M.A./ M.Sc./ B.Tech./ M.Tech./ BS (IISc, IISER)/ BS-MS (IISER) or equivalent degree in appropriate branches.
Above mentioned eligibility criteria is minimum at Institute level.
The disciplines may use higher cut off levels for short listing besides giving due consideration to the way questions are answered in the application form.
Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PD categories would be eligible for relaxations, as per norms, in the selection criteria.
For discipline wise minimum eligibility criteria – click here
Admission Procedure
Admission is generally offered on the basis of an interview, which is supplemented by a written test if necessary.
The Institute will invite a limited number of candidates for a written test and/or interview based on the academic records, statement of purpose, etc.
The final selection will be mainly based on academic credentials, written test and/or interview.
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission Special Drive 2023-24 (Semester-I) Important Dates
| Application deadline | 25 March 2023 |
| Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates (tentative) | 29 March 2023 |
| Written Examinations/Interviews | 15-21 April 2023 |
| Result announcement (tentative) | 26 April 2023 |
The exact date/time for the written examinations and/or interview will be communicated to the shortlisted candidates by respective disciplines.
Application Process
- Applications have to be submitted online.
- If you are applying for more than one discipline you have to submit a separate application for each discipline.
- You will receive an application number and a link to download the application form after successful submission of the application form.
- You have to furnish hard copy of the application form and self attested copies of all the required documents at the time of interview.
Application Fees
| Category | Fee |
| SC/ST/PD Category | Rs. 150/- |
| Others | Rs. 300/- |
Important Links
| Brochure | Click Here |
| Minimum Eligibility Criteria | Click Here |
| Application Link | Click Here |
| IIT Gandhinagar Website | Click Here |
| Latest PhD Admissions | PhD Admissions |
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2022-23 (Semester-II)
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2022-23 (Semester-II) Important Dates
| Application deadline | 09 October 2022 |
| Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates (tentative) | 17-20 October 2022 |
| Written Examinations/Interviews | 04-15 November 2022 |
| Result announcement (tentative) | 24 November 2022 |
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2022-23 (Semester-II) Results
Candidates Provisionally Selected
List of Candidates Provisionally Selected for admission to Ph.D. Programme AY: 2022-23 (Semester II) is available now.
Candidates Provisionally Shortlisted for Written Examinations/Interviews
List of Candidates Provisionally Shortlisted for Test/Interview of PhD Admissions in Interdisciplinary Themes : AY 2022-23 (Semester-II).
Click here to view result.
List of Candidates Provisionally Shortlisted for Written Test/Interview of PhD (Regular & CDP) Programme AY: 2022-23 (Semester-II).
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IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2022-23 (Semester-I)
Programs for IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2022-23 (Semester-I)
- Biological Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Earth Sciences
- Cognitive Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics
- Materials Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Philosophy
- Archaeology
- Political Science
- Social Epidemiology
- Sociology
Important Dates
| Application deadline | 31 March 2022 |
| Announcement of shortlist (tentative) | 08 April 2022 |
| Interview | 11-17 April 2022 |
| Result announcement (tentative) | 30 April 2022 |
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2021-22 (Semester-II)
Programs for IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2021-22 (Semester-II)
- Biological Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Earth Sciences
- Cognitive Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics
- Materials Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Philosophy
- Archaeology
- Political Science
- Social Epidemiology
- Sociology
Important Dates
| Application deadline | 24 Oct 2021 |
| Announcement of shortlist (tentative) | 01 Nov 2021 |
| Online interview and written test | 08-14 Nov 2021 |
| Result announcement (tentative) | 26 Nov 2021 |
| Date of commencement of course | 20 Dec 2021 |
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2021-22 (Special Round)
Programs for IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2021-22 (Special Round)
- Biological Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Earth Sciences
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics
- Materials Engineering
Admission Categories
Regular(RR): Fulltime residential research candidate.
Continuing Doctoral Programme (CDP): This if for the candidates working in industry or as a faculty in any educational institution.
Important Dates
| Submission deadline | 24 Aug, 2021 |
| Announcement of shortlist (tentative) | 27 Aug, 2021 |
| Online interview | 31 Aug-02 Sept, 2021 |
| Result announcement (tentative) | 15 Sept, 2021 |
| Date of commencement | 11 Oct 2021 |
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2021-22 (Semester-I)
Available Programs
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Earth Sciences
- Cognitive Science
- Biological Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Philosophy
- Archaeology
- Political Science
- Social Epidemiology and Sociology
Important Dates
| Application Submission Deadline | 27 March 2021 |
| Announcement of Shortlist Candidates | 06 April 2021 |
| Written Tests and/or Interview | 08-14 April 2021 |
IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission 2020-21 (Semester II)
Important Dates
| Application Submission Deadline | 02 November 2020 |
| Announcement of Shortlist Candidates | 11 November 2020 |
| Written Tests and/or Interview | 22-28 November 2020 |