Applications are invited for admission to the Ph.D programme starting in July 2021 Semester, as per details given below:
Note : Due to technical difficulties, SBI Collect portal is down. Candidates are requested to make the payment on 03.05.2021 after 10.00 AM. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.
Note : Closing Date for Online applications has been extended till 03^rd May 2021.
Research Areas :
Engineering
Chemical Engineering:
Process Control and Optimization, Machine Learning in Process Systems, Multiphase systems and Microfluidics, Advanced Separation Technology, Food Science and Technology, Colloids and Interfaces, Nanomaterials, Catalysis.
Civil Engineering:
1. Geotechnical Engineering
2. Water Resources Management *
3. Air quality modeling and management / Environmental Life Cycle Analysis*
4. Water and wastewater treatment engineering * - (only project positions)
5. GIS and Remote Sensing (only for UGC NET qualified candidates with JRF.) ‘*’ UGC NET qualified candidates with JRF may also apply for PhD.

Computer Science & Engineering
Parallel Computing, Reinforcement Learning, Data Science Algorithms and Applications, Computer Networks, ML for IoT, AI Accelerator, VLSI Test & Verification, and Software Engineering
Electrical Engineering:
Regular Candidates: Power Engineering and Smart Grids, Power Electronics and Drives, Semiconductor Devices & Nanoelectronics, RF and Microwave Engineering, Wireless Communication and Networking, Embedded Systems
External Candidates: Power Engineering and Smart Grids, Power Electronics and Drives, Semiconductor Devices & Nanoelectronics, RF and Microwave Engineering, Wireless Communication and Networking, Embedded Systems
Mechanical Engineering:
Regular Candidates:
Fluids and Thermal: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, Sprays and Combustion, Energy Storage
Solid Mechanics: Computational Mechanics, Composites, Plasticity and phase transformations.
Manufacturing: Additive manufacturing, Dynamic and high temperature deformation of alloys, Advanced Manufacturing, Micro and Nano Manufacturing, Smart Manufacturing, Machining
External Candidates:
Fluids and Thermal: Theoretical and Computational Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, Renewable Energy, Sprays and Combustion, Energy Storage, Turbomachines
Solid Mechanics: Computational Mechanics, Composites, Plasticity and phase transformations, Dynamics and Vibrations
Manufacturing: Additive manufacturing, Dynamic and high temperature deformation of alloys, Advanced Manufacturing, Micro and Nano Manufacturing, Smart Manufacturing, Machining, Metrology

Sciences:
Chemistry:
Organic Chemistry: New methods of development for sustainable organic synthesis by transition metal catalysis; electro- and photo-redox catalysis; C-X (X = H, C, O, N) bond activation. Bioinorganic/Environmental/Medicinal Chemistry: Development of functional models (enzyme mimics) of novel enzymes relevant to the environment and energy; understanding the detoxification mechanism of arsenic and mercury-related compounds in the cellular system, production of natural gases like methane, ethane by functional models; Coordination & Supramolecular Chemistry; Development of inhibitors of metalloenzymes for therapeutic applications.
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry: Stochastic thermodynamics; Polymer Translocation; Stochasticity in Biochemical processes; Chemical Dynamics and Spectroscopic Modelling; Statistical Mechanics; Quantum chemical modelling of functional molecules and low-dimensional materials.
Note:
Institute fellowship is available only for the following research areas: Chemical Dynamics and Spectroscopic Modelling; Statistical Mechanics; Quantum chemical modelling of functional molecules and low-dimensional materials.
Ph.D. aspirants having qualified for CSIR/UGC-JRF, Inspire and or having any other external fellowships are encouraged to apply.
Mathematics:
Analysis of Fractals, Environmental / Spatio temporal / Geo Statistics, Statistical Finance (only for UGC-CSIR/NET-JRF/INSPIRE/NBHM or any other external fellowship qualified candidates with JRF and External Category)

Physics:
Experimental Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Quantum communication, Quantum Optics, Precision laser spectroscopy, Laser cooling, Ion trapping, Cavity ring down spectroscopy. Theoretical and experimental plasma physics, plasma mediated processing for wastewater treatment, agriculture and food processing, quantum-mechanical many-body calculations, fine-structure resolved plasma modelling, emission spectroscopy, precision laser absorption spectroscopy, ion trapping and simulation, evaporative cooling of molecular ions.
Humanities and Social Sciences:
Political Philosophy, Ethics, Contemporary Indian Thought (only for UGC-JRF or any other external fellowship qualified candidates with JRF)

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