VNIT Nagpur PhD Admission 2024 (Jan): Dates, Application Form, Results

VNIT Nagpur PhD Admission 2024 (Jan) – Applications are invited by Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur for PhD Programs in various departments for Jan 2024.

Check here more details such as the program offered, eligibility criteria, application process, and more on VNIT Nagpur PhD Admission 2024 (Jan).

VNIT Nagpur PhD Programs

PhD offered in following Departments

• Engineering
  • PhD Civil Engineering
  • PhD Mechanical Engineering
  • PhD Electrical Engineering
  • PhD Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • PhD Computer Science
  • PhD Chemical Engineering
  • PhD Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  • PhD Mining Engineering
  • PhD Applied Mechanics
  • PhD VLSI & Nanotechnology
• Architecture & Planning
• Sciences
  • PhD Physics
  • PhD Chemistry
  • PhD Mathematics
• Social Sciences and Humanities
• Inter disciplinary areas of research (Under Inter-Disciplinary BoS)

PhD Admission Categories

• Ph.D. programs offered by the Institute
  • Full Time: Cat. 1 to 7
  • Part Time: Cat. 8 to 9

Categories

1. Non-sponsored candidates with Teaching Assistantship
2. VNIT’s M.Tech. Students with Teaching Assistantship
3. SRF / JRF / research staff of R&D projects sponsored to VNIT
4. Sponsored candidates (place of research work VNIT only) with DST Inspire/CSIR/UGC fellowship or equivalent
5. Sponsored Candidates from 100% centrally funded research laboratories, including public sector and private industries
6. Direct admission of B.Tech. / B.E. students to PhD
7. Full-time: Non GATE/NET
8. Part-time: GATE/NET/ qualified
9. Part-time: Non GATE/NET/SET

Eligibility Criteria for VNIT Nagpur PhD Admission 2024 (Jan)

Essential requirements

Essential requirement for Cat. 1, 2, 5 and 8

Essential requirement for Cat. 3 and 4

An essential qualification requirement is as per the sponsoring agencies norms.

Essential qualification requirement: Cat. 6

Essential qualification requirement: Cat. 7 and Cat. 9 Non GATE/NET/SET)

Qualifying Degree requirement is same at Cat 1.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applied Mechanics
  • I) B.E. / B. Tech./ AMIE in Civil Engineering.
  • II) ME / M.Tech in Structural Engineering/ Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering/ Structural Engineering related specialization/ Civil Engineering/ Excavation Engineering, Mining Engineering, Rock Mechanics/ Geotechnical Engineering/ Material Engineering/ Construction Management/ Urban Planning / Transportation Engineering/ Forensic Structural Engineering / AIML / Civionics.
  • III) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale
    at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • IV) Qualified GATE score in Civil Engg. in the past.
• Chemical Engineering
  • I) BE/B.Tech/AMIE in Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology/Biochemical Engg./Biomedical Engg./ Biotechnology/ BioMineral Processing/Electrochemical Engg./Food Engineering and Technology/ Corrosion Science andEngg./Dyestuff Technology/ Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology/ Surface Coating technology/Surface Engg./ Civil Engg./Environmental Engg./ Mechanical Engg./Materials Engg./ Energy Engg./Polymer Engg./ Plastics Engg./ Plastic and Polymer Technology/ Nanotechnology/ Pharmacy (B. Pharm)./ Bioprocess Engg./Bioinformatics/ Mineral Engg./Ceramic Technology/ Petroleum Engg./ Petro-Chemical Technology/ Energy Engg. /PetroChemical Engg./Agricultural Engg./ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Nanotechnology/ Nanoscience and Nanotechnology/ Paper and Pulp Technology/ Pharmaceutical Science and Technology/ Pharmaceutical Engg./ Process Engg./Fire and Safety Engg./ Industrial Pollution and Abatement/ Industrial Engg./Fibre and Textile Processing Technology/Water Resources Engg./ Materials Science andEngg./ Process Control and Instrumentation/ Process Design Engg./ Computer Aided Chemical Engg./ Energy and Environmental Engg./ Polymer Science and Engg., and other Chemical Engineering related disciplines.
  • II) ME / M. Tech/MS in Chemical Engineering / Chemical Technology/ Biochemical Engg./ Biotechnology/ Bioprocess Engg./Biomedical Engg./ Bioinformatics/ BioMineral Processing/Mineral Engg./Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology/ Corrosion Science andEngg./ Ceramic Technology/ Dyestuff Technology/ Surface Coating Technology/ Surface Engg./ Metallurgical Engineering/ Petroleum Engg./Petro-Chemical Technology/ PetroChemical Engg./ Agricultural Engg./ Production engineering/ Industrial Engg./AgriculturalBiotechnology/Process Control andInstrumentation/Nanotechnology/Nanoscience and Nanotechnology/Fibre and Textile Processing Technology/ Pulp and Paper Technology/Pharmaceutical Science and Technology /Pharmaceutical Engg./ ProcessEngg./Industrial Safety/Fire and Safety Engg./ WaterResources Engg./Materials Science and Engg./ Process Design Engg./Energy Engg./ Renewable Energy/Energy and Environmental Engg./Polymer Science and Engg./Electrochemical Engg./Civil Engg./Environmental Engg./Mechanical Engg./ Materials Engg./Industrial Pollution and Abatement/ Food Engineering and Technology/Computer Aided Chemical Engineering/ Molecular Simulations/ Metallurgical Engineering/ Computational Nanotechnology Polymer Engg./ Plastics Technology/ Polymer Engg./ Plastics Engg./Plastic and Polymer Technology/ Perfumery and Flavour Technology/ Pharmacy/ M. Pharm/Pharmacy/ Rural Technology, and other Chemical Engineering related disciplines.
  • III) M.Sc/M.Sc Tech (Physics/Chemistry/ Biotechnology/Industrial Biotechnology/Applied Biotechnology/ Nanoscience/Nanoscience and technology/ Materials Science/ Nanomaterials and Technology/Industrial Chemistry/ Environmental Science)
  • III) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale
    at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • IV) Qualified GATE score in the related discipline in the past.
• Civil Engineering
  • I) B.E. / B.Tech / AMIE in Civil Engg.
  • II) M E / M.Tech in any branch of Civil Engineering/ Excavation Engineering/ Mining Engineering/Applied Geology/ Urban Planning/ Urban Resource Planning/ Master’s in Planning(M Plan).
  • III) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale
    at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • IV) Qualified GATE score in the past.
• Computer Science and Engineering
  • I) B.E. / B. Tech. / AMIE or equivalent in any branch of Engg.
  • II) M.E./M. Tech or equivalent in one of the following branches : Computer Science/ Computer Technology/Computer Engineering/ Information Technology/ Information Science and allied Computer Science branches Electronics / Electronics and Communication /Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation/ Microelectronics/ Nanoelectronics/ VLSI and Embedded Systems/ Digital Electronics and allied Electronics branch.
  • III) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale
    at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • IV) Qualified GATE score in the past.
• Electrical Engineering
  • I) B.E./B.Tech in Electrical Engineering / Allied branches such as Electrical & Electronics, Power Engineering, Electrical & Power, Energy Systems, Electronics & Instrumentation, Control &Instrumentation, Instrumentation.
  • II) M.E/M.Tech in Electrical Engineering/ Allied Specializations Such as Power Electronics & Drives, Power Electronics, Electronics, Signal Processing, Power Systems, Condition Monitoring, Energy systems, Instrumentation, Control systems, Power & Control, Smart Grid, Bio-medical.
  • III) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • IV) Qualified GATE Score in Electrical Engineering (EE) OR Instrumentation (IN) in the past.
• Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • I) B.E. / B. Tech. /AMIE/AMIETE/B.Sc.(Engg.) of four years duration in one of the following branches : Electronics and Communication /Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics/ Electronics and Instrumentation and other allied branches of Electronics Engineering/Computer Science with minimum first class or CPI / CGPA 6.75 on a 10 point scale
  • II)M.Tech/M.E./M.S.(at least two year program) in above branches.
  • III) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale at Bachelor’s and Master’s level.
  • IV) Qualified GATE in EC/IN/CS/EE in the past.
• VLSI & Nanotechnology
  • I) B.E/B.Tech in Electronics Engg.or equivalent.
  • II) M.E. / M. Tech in one of the following branches Microelectronics, Nanoelectronics, VLSI and embedded system, VLSI design, VLSI systems, digital Electronics, Microelectronics and VLSI design, VLSI and Embedded systems related branches, Microelectronics/ Nanoelectronics related branches
  • III) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • III) Qualified GATE score in the past.
• Mechanical Engineering
  • I) B.E/B.Techin Mechanical Engg.or equivalent.
  • II) M.E/M.Tech in Mechanical Engg. / Production Engg. / Machine Design / Automobile Engg. / Industrial Engg. /Power Plant Engg. / Chemical Engg. / Aerospace Engg. / Energy Systems & Engg. /Renewable Energy / Production and Industrial System Engg./Materials Engg./Technology/Thermal Engg. /Fluid and Thermal Engg.,or Equivalent
  • III) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • IV) Qualified GATE score in the past.
• Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
  • I) B.E. / B. Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Allied branches / Mechanical / Production / Industrial / Chemical.
  • II) M E / M. Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Mechanical / Production / Industrial / Chemical and M.Sc(Physics or Chemistry or Materials Science)
  • III) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • IV) Qualified GATE score in the past in the discipline of UG/M.Sc.
• Mining Engineering
  • I) B.E/B.Tech in Mining/ Civil/Constructions/ Environment or Equivalent.
  • II) M.E/M.Tech in Mining Engg or related to Mining Engg/Civil Engineering /Construction Engg. / Env. Engg. / Geo-Tech Engg/ Mine Planning / Rock Mechanics / Opencast Mining / Mineral Engg./ Earth Resource Engg./ Geomatics/ Reliability Engg. / Safety Engg. OR M.Sc. / M.Sc. Tech in Geology / Applied Geology/ Environment.
  • III)Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale at Bachelor’s or Master’s level or equivalent.
  • IV) Qualified GATE score in any of the above disciplines or relevant branches in the past.
• Architecture and Planning
  • I) B.Arch. / BE (Civil) / B.Tech.(Civil) / B.Plan. / B.Tech. (Plan) or equivalent with M.C.P./M. Arch./M.Des. / M.Tech. (Urban
    Planning) / M. Plan./ M.U.R.P. / ME (T&C.P) / other masters in
    relevant field.
  • II) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale
    at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • III) Qualified GATE/NET score in the past.
• Physics
  • I) Master’s Degree in the concerned or an allied subject.
  • II) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale
    at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • III) Qualified GATE / NET/JEST score in the past.
• Chemistry
  • I) Master’s or equivalent degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, other allied disciplines like Microbiology and Pharmacy (M. Pharm – Pharmaceutical Chemistry/ Medicinal Chemistry).
    II) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale
    at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
    III) Qualified GATE/NET/GPAT score in the past.
• Mathematics
  • I) M.Sc. in Mathematics / Applied Mathematics.
  • II) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale
    at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • III) Qualified GATE / NET score in the past.
• Humanities and Social Sciences
  • I) M.A. in English / Sociology /Economics./Psychology/MBA-HR)
  • II) Minimum first class or 6.75 CPI / CGPA on a 10 point scale
    at Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
  • III) Qualified GATE / NET score in the past.
• Interdisciplinary Board
  • Parent department eligibility criteria will be applicable Applied Mechanics: i) BE/B.Tech in any branching of Engineering ii)ME/M.Tech in of engineering any branch of engineering iii) Min First Class or 6.75 CPI iv) Qualified GATE/NET/NON-GATE

For detailed eligibility conditions read Information Brochure.

Note:

• i)The candidate having secured Government Fellowship i.e, DST fellowship, CSIR fellowship, UGC fellowship can apply for Ph.D. program under Cat 4 at VNIT even if candidate does not have valid GATE scores/NET qualification or candidate has not appeared for GATE/NET.
• ii) Candidates, whose M.E. / M.Tech/ M.Arch. / M.Plan. / M.Sc. result is awaited, can also apply for Ph.D. program. They will have to submit the result of M.E. / M.Tech/ M.Arch. / M.Plan./M.Sc. exam to Academic Section, till that time their registration will be provisional.

VNIT Nagpur PhD Admission 2024 (Jan) Important Dates

Schedule for Written Test & Interview

VNIT Nagpur PhD Admission 2024 (Jan) Application Process

The application form is available on institute website https://vnit.ac.in/admission.

The duly filled application form, along with photo copies of the certificates (self-attested) & photograph, and copy of payment receipt, should be sent by speed post or hand delivery. Candidates should mention on the Envelope: PhD- Name of Department.

Applications received after the last date and incomplete applications will liable to rejection.

In addition to the above process of physical form submission, candidate need to fill Google Form (Online), link for the same is displayed along with the Boucher. Candidate are requested to fill correct information in the Google Form as per the information given in the actual form submitted. Candidate take important Note that, if they are submitting PhD application for Multiple Branches then they need to fill different Google Form for different branches.

Application Fee

• Candidate is required to pay application fee of Rs 500/- (per application form) online through online payment portal of VNIT.
• After payment, candidate shall mention this VNIT Payment Ref. No in the application form & also attach the printed copy of receipt.

Selection Procedure for VNIT Nagpur PhD Admission 2024 (Jan)

All candidates will be required to appear for the written test, which will be conducted in the respective departments on the date specified in the information brochure. Further, the shortlisted candidates on the basis of performance in the written test shall be interviewed.

Top most scorer of the written test will be normalized to 100 and marks of other candidates will be scaled accordingly. Then Department can set a cut-off normalized score (not below 40%) depending on the number of candidates to be called for the interview. Candidates will appear for written test / interview at their own cost.

Final List Preparation

Final list will be prepared on the basis of following points

• Cat: 1 to 5 and Cat. 8
  • Candidate should have qualified GATE/NET/SET score in the past. The GATE/NET/SET score, percentile GATE score as well as qualified mark should be stated.
  • Candidate should also score minimum 40% marks in Interview for selection.
  • Final list will be prepared based on following weightage.
    • Written Exam – 40%
    • GATE/NET/SET Score – 40%
    • Interview – 20%
• For Cat. 6:
  • Research aptitude test will be conducted for the candidates. The candidate should score minimum 50% marks in the written test to qualify for the interview. Final merit list will be prepared based on the performance in the interview and higher credentials.
• For Cat. 7 and 9: (Non GATE/NET/SET)
  • Written Exam – 60%
  • Interview – 40%

Syllabus for Written Test

Syllabus for Written Test is given in information brochure.

VNIT Nagpur PhD Admission 2024 (Jan) Results

• Provisional List of Candidates Selected for Ph.D Program January 2024
• Eligible List for PH.D Admission January 2024

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