National Institute of Technology Warangal

Ph.D. Admissions
December 2017 Session

Brochure

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 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WARANGAL

Admission into Ph.D. Programs for December 2017 session

The Ph.D. Programs, in Full-time (FT) and Part-time (PT) modes, are offered in the
following Departments:

1. Civil Engineering 2. Electrical Engineering 3. Mechanical

Engineering
4. Electronics and 5. Metallurgical and 6. Chemical
Communications Materials Engineering Engineering
Engineering
7. Computer Science and 8. Biotechnology 9. Physics
Engineering

10. Chemistry 11. Mathematics 12. Humanities and

Social Sciences
13. School of
Management

The candidates selected for admission into Ph.D under Full-Time program are eligible to
receive institute fellowship as per MHRD rules. (vide reference No. http : // mhrd.gov.in / sites /
upload files / RevPhd02032015.pdf, dt. 02.03.2015). The above institute fellowships are
subject to change from time to time, under instructions of the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India.

Candidates who are in final year of Qualifying Degree can also apply. However, such
candidates have to submit their provisional certificate on or before 01.02.2018.
Category-wise (OBC, SC, ST, PWD) reservations on overall available seats will be followed as
per Government of India norms.

Tentative Schedule of Ph.D. Admissions for December, 2017 Session:

Announcement of inviting Applications: October 16th 2017

Last date to receive applications: November 7th 2017

Announcement of candidates called for Written Test/Interview: November 13th 2017

Dates of Written Test/Interview: November 22nd - 24th 2017

Announcement of Selected Candidates: December 4th 2017

Dates of Reporting of selected candidates for Ph.D. admission: December 11th & 12th 2017

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A)ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION INTO Ph.D. PROGRAM ON FULL-TIME BASIS

i) Faculty of Engineering Departments:

Masters/M.S. (by Research) degree in Engineering / Technology in the appropriate branch of

study with minimum 60% aggregate marks (CGPA 6.5/10) in UG or PG for admission under
OC / OBC category and minimum 55% aggregate marks (CGPA of 6.0) for candidates under
SC/ST/PwD category. OR

Bachelors in Engineering / Technology with valid GATE score and at least CGPA of 8.0/10 or
75% of marks under OC/OBC category and atleast CGPA OF 7.5/10 or 70% for candidates
under SC/ST/PwD category. Candidates who have obtained their Bachelors degree from
Centrally funded institutes will be exempted from valid GATE score requirement.

ii) Faculty of Sciences (Maths/Physics/Chemistry) and Humanities & Social Sciences

(English)

Masters degree in the relevant discipline of Science (Maths/Physics/Chemistry) and

Humanities & Social Sciences (English) with minimum of 60% aggregate marks (CGPA
6.5/10) in PG for candidates under OC/OBC category and minimum of 55% aggregate marks
(CGPA 6.0) in PG for candidates under SC/ST/PwD category. All candidates must have a
valid GATE/UGC/CSIR/INSPIRE/NET score.

iii) Faculty of Management Studies:

Masters degree in Business Administration with minimum 60% aggregate marks (CGPA
6.5/10) in PG for candidates under OC/OBC category and minimum of 55% marks (CGPA
6.0) for candidates under SC/ST/PwD category. All candidates must have a valid
UGC/NET/CAT/MAT score.

GATE qualification means score above the prescribed cut-off mark specified in the GATE
score card for respective categories viz; OC, OBC, SC and ST Candidates can visit
http://admissions.nitw.ac.in for information regarding the individual departments.

The above qualifications are the minimum eligibility criteria required and Institute reserves the
right to fix higher norms for shortlisting of the candidates to be called for written test / interview.

B) DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS & SPECIALIZATIONS:

B.Tech. or B.E. or Equivalent degree in any branch of Engineering &

Department of
Technology
Civil Engineering
M.Tech. or M.E. in relevant specialization.

Research areas

Structural Dynamics & Civil Engineering Materials

Earthquake Engineering
Construction Technology & Management Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering

Environmental Engineering Transportation Engineering

Remote Sensing & Geotechnical Engineering

Geographic Information System

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 B.Tech. or B.E. or Equivalent degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical
Department of and Electronics Engineering.
Electrical
Engineering M.Tech. or M.E. in Electrical Engineering or allied specializations in broad
research areas mentioned below.

Research areas

FACTS/HVDC Control Power System Deregulation Renewable Energy Sources

Power Quality A I Techniques in Power Motor Drives

Systems
Power System Smart Grid Technologies Switch Mode Power
State Estimation Conversion
Real Time Control Power System Stability and Control &
of Power Systems Security Instrumentation

Power System Wide Area Control of Power

Protection Systems

B.Tech. or B.E. or Equivalent degree in Mechanical Engineering /

Production Engineering / Industrial Engineering / Mechatronics /
Department of Automobile Engineering/Aeronautical Engineering / Marine Engineering.
Mechanical
Engineering M.Tech. or M.E. in Mechanical Engineering allied areas and
specializations of within in the broad research areas mentioned below.

Research areas

Materials NDT Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Technology
Heat Transfer Mechatronics Computational Fluid Dynamics

Fluid Mechanics Automobile Engineering Metrology/Precision Engineering

Composites / Nanomaterials
Entrepreneurship Turbo Machines
Design / Structural Optimization
Robotics Thermal Engineering
/Finite Element Analysis
Alternative Sources of
Welding Additive Manufacturing
Energy/Energy Systems
I. C. Engines & Alternate CAD/CAM/CIM/Geometric
Tribology
Fuels Modeling
Manufacturing Industrial Engineering
MEMS/NEMS Engineering and Management

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 Department of B.Tech. or B.E. or Equivalent degree in Electronics and Communication
Electronics and Engineering with M.Tech. or M.E. in Electronics and Communication
Communication Engineering or equivalent with research areas in Communication /
Engineering VLSI/Instrumentation.
Research areas
Signal Processing Wide Band Communications
Microwave Engineering VLSI

Department of B.Tech. or B.E. or Equivalent degree in Metallurgical and Materials

Metallurgical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
and Materials M.Tech. or M.E. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and related
Engineering fields.
Research areas
Physical Metallurgy Surface Engineering
Powder Metallurgy High Temperature Corrosion and Oxidation
Welding Metallurgy Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
Structure Property Correlation Environmental degradation of Materials
Special steels / High temperature
materials Ceramics, Polymers and Composites
Severe plastic deformation Biomaterials
Materials for extreme Environments Nano Materials
Smart Materials Ultra fine grain Materials
Non-destructive evaluation

B.Tech. or B.E. or Equivalent degree in Chemical Engineering /

Mechanical Engineering / Biotechnology / Petrochemical Engineering/
Petroleum Technology/ Instrumentation and Control Engineering /
EEE / Electrochemical Engineering / Electronics & Instrumentation/
Chemical Technology/ Polymer Technology/ Biochemical Engineering/
Energy Engineering/Environmental Engineering and allied disciplines.
Department of
Chemical
M.Tech. or M.E. in Chemical Engineering/Mechanical
Engineering
Engineering(Thermal Engineering)/ Biotechnology / Petrochemical
Engineering / Petroleum Technology/ Process Control and
Instrumentation / Control Systems / Polymer Technology / Biochemical
Engineering / Energy Engineering / Nanotechnology / Environmental
Engineering; and allied areas.
Research areas
Biomass Gasification Fuel Cells
Plate Heat Exchangers Membrane processes
Bioreactors Flow batteries
Reactive Distillation Chemical process scheduling
Microfluidics Multiphase flows
Interfacial Science Chemical reactor analysis and design
Wastewater Treatment Sustainable and energy efficient technologies
Micro Reactors Process control
Process Intensification Non linear analysis
Nano Materials Computational Fluid Dynamics
Fluidized Bed Operations Biofuels
Catalysis Corrosion Engineering
Biochemical Engineering Transport phenomena

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 B.Tech. or B.E. or Equivalent degree in Computer Science and
Engineering.
Department of
Computer M.Tech. or M.E. in Computer Science and Engineering or equivalent.
Science and
Engineering Note: Some additional fellowships sponsored by M/s.TCS and IDRBT are
also available.
Research areas
Optimization Techniques Information Security Computer networks
Big Data Analytics Cryptography Mobile Computing
Database Management Neural Networks Service-Oriented Architecture
Systems
Parallel Computing Distributed Systems Computational Neuroscience
Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision Image Processing
Algorithms and Graph Machine Learning and Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor
Theory Soft Computing Networks
Cluster and Cloud Data Mining Model-Driven Framework-oriented
Computing systems
Security and Privacy Bioinformatics

B.Tech. or B.E. or Equivalent degree in Biotechnology/Industrial

Biotechnology/ Chemical Engineering/ Biochemical Engineering /
Biomedical Engineering

M.Tech/MS in Biotechnology/Industrial Biotechnology/ Bioinformatics

Department of
/ Biomedical Engineering
Biotechnology
Integrated M.Tech in Biotechnology / Industrial Biotechnology /
Bioinformatics / Biomedical Engineering

M. Sc. in Biotechnology / Biochemistry / Microbiology / Botany /

Zoology / Bioinformatics with M.Tech in Biotechnology.

Research areas

Downstream Processing Metabolic Engineering

Environmental Biotechnology Systems Biology
Stem Cell Technology Bioinformatics
Modeling and Simulation of Bioprocesses Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology
Signaling Network and Cancer Biology Biosensors & Bio nanotechnology
Gene Regulation/Transcriptional Gene
Biofuels and Bioprocess Engineering
Regulation
Cancer System Biology Cancer Gene Therapy

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 Department
B.Sc. and M.Sc. / M.Phil. in Mathematics or equivalent degree
Mathematics
Research areas

Fluid Mechanics Operations Research / Optimization

Bio-Mechanics Numerical Analysis

M.Sc. /M.Sc. (Tech) in Physics / Photonics / Electronics / Instrumentation /

Department
Atmospheric Science / Radio Physics / Materials Science/Nanotechnology
Physics
or M.Tech. in relevant area.
Research areas
Fiber Optic Sensing / Photonics/Optical
Nanomaterials / Thin films
Design
Electronic Instrumentation / Biomedical Signal Nuclear Instrumentation
Processing/Sensors and Transducers
Tropospheric Radio Propagation Swift Ion Beam Irradiation
Materials Science / Condensed matter Glass and glass Ceramics for Photonic
Physics/Quantum Interference Applications
Polymer Composites Organic Electronic Devices
Liquid Crystals/Microfluidics/Emulsions Solar cells/Fuel Cells
Nanophosphors Biomaterials

Department
B.Sc. and M.Sc. / M.Phil. in Chemistry or equivalent degree
Chemistry
Research areas

Coordination Chemistry Nanocatalysts for Fuel Cells

Electrochemistry Bio-Organic Chemistry
Catalysis Nanomaterials
Spectrophotometry Organic Synthesis
Chromatography Medicinal Chemistry
Environmental Pollution Supramolecular Chemistry
Synthetic Organic Chemistry Carbohydrate Chemistry
Stereo Selective Synthesis Molecular Modeling
Electrochemical Biosensors

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 Department
Humanities & Post Graduate Degree in English with NET Qualification and having
Social Sciences studied BA/B.Sc./B.Com.

Research areas

British Literature English Language Teaching

School of Any graduate having Full Time M.B.A degree

Management

Research areas

Marketing Human Resources

Finance Economics

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C) Ph.D. PROGRAM ON PART-TIME BASIS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
.
1. Part-time Ph.D. program is open to:

(a) Persons working in National Research Laboratories / Govt. R&D organizations.

(b) Persons working in PSUs / Industries having an MOU with NIT, Warangal.
(c) Permanent faculty members of NIT, Warangal.
(d) JRFs/SRFs in CSIR/DST/Defense laboratories/Government R&D Organizations.

2. Eligibility Criterion is same as full time candidates given in Section-A above for all
categories except that candidates for Part-Time program are exempted from GATE /
NET score. In addition, the candidates applying for part time program needs to have the
following experience.

(i) ME/M.Tech with at least 3 years experience having measurable research output.
(or)
(ii) BE/B.Tech. with at least 6 years experience having measurable research output.
(or)
(iii) Research Fellows with BE/B.Tech/ME/M.Tech./M.Sc or equivalent qualification,
working in Research Projects of National Research Laboratories having MOU with
NIT Warangal

The candidates selected for admission into Ph.D. program under Part time basis are not
eligible to receive institute fellowship.

Residential and Other Requirements for Part time Candidates:

(a) For the candidates from National Research Laboratories / Government R&D
organizations / Public Sector Units, the minimum residential requirement is one
semester, which is to be completed at a stretch preferably immediately after joining.
During this time the candidate completes the course work requirement.

(b) However, in case of candidates with very good research experience (not less than
10 years or more) in National Research Laboratories /Government R &D organizations/
Public Sector Units , with the special permission of the Doctoral Scrutiny Committee
and approval of the Senate, the residential requirement may be waived completely.
Nevertheless it is mandatory for such candidates also to complete the course
Work for The prescribed number of credits on self-study mode, following all steps
Like assignments, examinations etc., as prescribed for a regular course at NIT,
Warangal.

(c) For the candidates of Ph.D. under part time, one guide from National Institute of
Technology, Warangal and one guide from the parent organization are mandatory.
Hence, the candidates applying for Ph.D. under part time must identify a suitable
guide in his/her organization, take his/her written consent (in the proforma given) and
must indicate the same in the application.

(d) The guide at the parent organization must possess Ph.D. qualification or sufficient
research experience in the concerned area. In any case, the bio-data of the
Research guide at the parent organization must accompany the written consent given
by him.

(e) The candidates applying for Ph.D. under part-time must ensure that adequate
facilities for doing research are available at his/her organization.
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 D) FEE STRUCTURE FOR FULL-TIME / PART-TIME :
DECEMBER 2017 SESSION ONLY

INSTITUTE FEE:

Sl. Details Amount (Rs.)

No.
1. At the time of admission (One time payment) Details of Other Fee (per semester)
(a) Admission Fee 1,000.00
(b) ID Card 100.00 Amount (Rs.)
(a) Medical Fee 350.00
(c) Alumni Association Fee 2,000.00 (b) Students Club 150.00
(d) Security Deposit / Lab./Library 4,000.00 (c) Games Fee 200.00
(Refundable) (d) Magazine Fee 50.00
(e) Institute Development 10,000.00 (e) Students Library Fund 600.00
Contribution (f) Students Aid Fund 50.00
(f) Cooperative Stores 400.00 (g) Students Welfare Fund 50.00
(h) Film Club Charges 50.00
2. Tuition Fee (per semester) 7,500.00 (i) Technical Association Fee 50.00
3. Computer and Email (per semester) 500.00 Total 1,600.00

4. Other Fee (per semester) 1,600.00

Total 27,100.00

HOSTEL FEE:

Sl. Item Fee in Rs.

No.

1. Hostel Seat Rent (per semester) 2500 (Boys) & 2000 (Girls)
2. Electricity & Water Charges ( per semester) 2,250
3. Hostel Caution Deposit (at the time of admission) 10,000
4. Hostel Maintenance Charges (per semester) 2,750
5. Mess Advance (per semester) 12,000
6. Online fee in favor of Chief Warden, NIT Hostels 29,500 (Boys) & 29000 (Girls)

Note:
1. Tuition fee will be waived for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD category
2. The selected candidates are required to submit the fee online.
3. The Original certificates will be returned only after completion of the course. The
candidate is advised to keep sufficient number of Photocopies of the original
certificates.
4. Accommodation to girls is subject to availability.

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E) INSTRUCTION TO APPLY:

Ph.D. PROGRAM ON FULL-TIME BASIS:

(i) Application form is to be submitted online which is available at

http://admissions.nitw.ac.in . All the necessary documents are to be uploaded online.
Final application is to be downloaded and send it along with the relevant documents in
hard copy to Chairman (Admissions), NIT Warangal, Warangal-506004 superscribing
the envelope with Application for Ph.D program in the Department of -----------------.
The proof of payment of registration fee (Rs.1000/- for UR/ OBC and Rs.500/- for
SC/ST candidates) must accompany the application form. The link to pay registration
fee through SBI i-collect is www.onlinesbi.com/sbicollect/icollecthome.htm . Other
payments like mobile payments (IMPS), NEFT, RTGS and Direct transfer will not be
accepted. If paid by any chance, it will not be refunded.

(ii) The candidates who are employed and wish to do Ph.D. under full - time must
enclose NO OBJECTION certificate from the employer.

(iii) Check list of documents to be uploaded a long with the application

Copy of SSC in support of Date of Birth

Copy of Intermediate/(10+2) Certificate
Copies of Provisional certificate / Degree Certificates and Marks Memos of the
qualifying Examinations
Attested copy of the caste certificate (in case of SC/ST candidates)
For OBC candidates, OBC certificate issued after 1st April 2017 as per the format
given in the Annexure-II only is acceptable.
No Objection Certificate from the employer, if employed.
Photograph on application form
Copy of the Grade/Rank Card of GATE or NET or CAT or GMAT (as applicable)
Fee payment receipt with transaction Number.
Any other documents (List of publications (if any))

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Ph.D. PROGRAM ON PART-TIME BASIS:

(i) Application form is to be submitted online which is available at http://admissions.nitw.ac.in

All the necessary documents are to be uploaded online. Final application is to be
downloaded and send it along with the relevant documents in hard copy to Chairman
(Admissions), NIT Warangal, Warangal-506004 superscribing the envelope with
Application for Ph.D program in the Department of -----------------, Part-Time. The proof of
payment of registration fee (Rs.1000/- for UR/ OBC and Rs.500/- for SC/ST/PWD
candidates) must accompany the application form. The link to pay registration fee through
SBI i-collect is www.onlinesbi.com/sbicollect/icollecthome.htm . Other payments like mobile
payments (IMPS), NEFT, RTGS and Direct transfer will not be accepted. If paid by any
chance, it will not be refunded.

(ii) Check list of documents to be uploaded a long with the application

Copy of SSC in support of Date of Birth

Copy of Intermediate/(10+2) Certificate
Copies of Provisional certificate / Degree Certificates and Marks Memos of the
qualifying Examinations
Attested copy of the caste certificate (in case of SC/ST candidates)
For OBC candidates, OBC certificate issued after 1st April 2017 as per the format
given in the Annexure-II only is acceptable.
No Objection Certificate from the employer, if employed.
Photograph on application form
Fee payment receipt with transaction Number.
Bio-data and written consent of Guide in the organization where the candidate is
working as per Annexure-IV
Any other documents (List of publications (if any))

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