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Guidelines for Admission Ph.D Programmes

Last date is extended till 10/6/2021

Eligibility Criteria for Ph.D. (Full Time & Part Time)

Please refer to UGC (Minimum Standards & Procedure for the award of M.Phil./PhD Degrees) regulations July 2016, click here 

Applications are invited for admission to the below mentioned disciplines,

• Engineering Streams: Automobile / Civil / Computer Science / Computer Eng. / Electronics and Comm. Eng./ Electrical Eng. / Mechanical Eng. /Metallurgical

• Science & Humanities Stream: Physics / Chemistry/ Mathematics / English

• Management Stream: Management (Areas: Human Resources /Marketing/ Finance / Information Systems / Operations /Retail Management/ Business Strategy/Family Business / Tourism & Hospitality / Healthcare / Mass Communication / Commerce / Design Management).

Application Fees: Rs. 1,500/- payable online.

Components of Fees

Full Time (₹)

Part Time (₹)

P.G. Registration Fees (One Time)

500/-

500/-

Annual Fees

50000/-

40000/-

Course Work Fees (One Time)

10000/-

10000/-

Library Fees (Every Year)

2000/-

2000/-

Caution Money/Library Deposit (Refundable)

3000/-

3000/-

Total (₹)

65,500/-

55,500/-

 

  1. Applicants fulfilling minimum eligibility criteria will be required to take Indus University Research Aptitude Test (IURAT) and appear for a personal interview (PI).
  2. The Research Aptitude Test will comprise of two sections, one section on Research Methodology & Communication Skills and the other in the respective domain. The test paper will have computer based multiple-choice type questions. Duration of the test will be of one hour thirty minutes.
  3. During the Personal Interview(PI), the candidate will be required to make a presentation for about 10 to 15 minutes on the main theme of the proposed research, which will be followed by an interview by the panel. The Doctoral Research Committee (DRC) will test the potential of the applicant for carrying out research
  4. Based on the academic / research / industrial record and the performance of the applicant in IURAT & PI, the DRC will recommend names of suitable candidates to the Executive President (Vice Chancellor) through Apex Research Committee (ARC)/Dean
  5. Successful candidates will be informed of their selection through their email ID within two weeks from the date of IURAT &PI.
  6. Candidates who have qualified UGC/NET/ CSIR/ and M.Phil. will be exempted from the entrance

Minimum period of study and research shall not be less than 3 years for full-time and 4 years for part-time from the date of provisional registration of the candidate. However, in case of exceptional performance, the period can be reduced with the recommendations of the ARC and approval of the competent authority from the University.

Research assistantships, limited in number, may be available to full time research scholars, based on recommendation of ARC /

Selected candidates have to earn the credits as per UGC norms.

The note should be a description of the proposed research. This note is to be submitted along with the application form.

The note should cover the area of topic of your research interest. During the Personal Interview, you are expected to make a presentation for about 10 to 15 minutes based on this


The brief note may be up to 2 pages and may include the following:
1. Research Area
2. Overview of the selected research

List of Ph.D. Supervisors & Vacancy

Sr. No.Research supervisorDepartmentResearch DomainVacancy for July 2021
1Dr. Madhuresh MakavanaChemistryThermodynamic Properties, Solution Chemistry, Computational Chemistry

6

2Dr. Nikunj ValandChemistrySupramolecular Chemistry, Organic-Heterocyclic Chemistry,
Nanotechnology, Computational Chemistry

8

3Dr. Anupam Kumar SinghCivil EngineeringSustainability of water, environment and building energy

5

4Dr. Samir PatelCivil EngineeringTransportation Planning, Public Transportation, Sustainable Urban Planning, Non-Motorized transport, Public bicycle Sharing, Electric Mobility, High speed Mobility, Autonomous Vehicles

6

5Dr. Jishnu R. GohelCivil EngineeringConstruction Management, Six-Sigma, Lean, Statistical Process Control, Statistical Quality Control, Retrospective Quality Control, Mathematical and statistical modelling of Construction Management

8

6Dr. Vishal dahiyaComputer ScienceAI , BIG data, Image processing

4

7Dr. Seema MahajanComputer EngineeringData Mining , Remote sensing image processing

2

8Dr. Gaurav Kumar AmetaComputer EngineeringData Mining , Privacy Preserving, Machine Learning

5

9Dr Nimisha PatelComputer EngineeringCloud Computing, Networking,  Security

3

10Dr. Lokesh GangnaniComputer Scienceimage processing

7

11Dr. Akshara DaveComputer Sciencesoftware engineering

6

12Dr. Sandeep ChakravortyElectrical EngineeringPower system Planning, Soft computing

4

13Dr. Sweta ShahElectrical EngineeringPower system, AI, Power System Protection

3

14Dr. Jaydeep ChakravortyElectrical EngineeringPower system

1

15Dr. Vrushank ShahElectronics and CommunicationCommunication Systems, Signal Processing, Computer Network Security

3

16Dr. Minesh ThakerElectronics and CommunicationComputer Networking, Network Protocols

6

17Dr. Ashwin PataniElectronics and CommunicationCommunication Systems, Power Electronics

6

18Dr. Mamta PillaiEnglishEnglish Language Teaching

7

19Dr. Ritendra SharmaEnglishIndic Study

8

20Dr Arnaz WadiaManagementManagement, Marketing

7

21Dr. Dharmil PatelManagementHuman Resource(HR)/ Industrial Relations

4

22Dr. Dipti SethiManagementHuman Resource(HR) Specialization : viz.OB/OD/Perf Mgmt./SHRM/

2

23Dr. Hardik BavishiManagementMarketing

2

24Dr. R K SinghManagementMarketing

3

25Dr. Reena ShahManagementHuman Resource(HR)

0

26Dr. Renu ChoudharyManagementFinance, Accounting, Commerce, Taxation

7

27Dr. Tejal ShahManagementOperations Management

7

28Dr. Daisy KurienManagementMarketing

3

29Dr. Manisha UbaleMathematicsSpecial Functions

6

30Dr. Jigna PanchalMathematicsFinancial Mathematics

6

31Dr. Amrita JhaMathematicsComputational Mathematics

7

32Dr. Umang PatdiwalaMechanical EngineeringMechanical Engg. – Thermal & Energy

4

33Dr. S Y JaniAutomobile / MechanicalIndustrial Engineering

3

34Dr. Mitesh J MunglaMechanical EngineeringVibrations, Structural Dynamics, Kinematics & Robotics

3

35Dr A  D DhassMechanical EngineeringRenewable Energy(Thermal and Electrical Applications)

8

36Dr.Bansi RajaMechanical EngineeringThermal System design and optimization, Energy Engineering, Refrigeration and Air conditioning

8

37Dr. Dhiren R. PatelMechanical Engineering

Surface Metrology, Advance Welding Technology, Additive manufacturing

6

38Dr. Sujoy chaudhuryMetallurgical EngineeringSurface engineering, physical metallurgy, nanomaterials, alloy development, casting technology.

5

39Dr.K. SanthyMetallurgical EngineeringComputational Materials Science, Structure Property Correlation, Composite Materials

7

40Dr. Manisha VitahlpuraPhysicsRemote Sensing and Oceanography

6

41Dr. Tanushree BasakPhysicsTheoretical Astro-particle physics, Phenomenology of Dark matter modelling, Neutrino Physics

7

For any queries you may contact the following:

Sr. No.NameDesignationEmail
1Dr. Sujoy ChaudhuryDirector, IITEdirector@iite.indusuni.ac.in
2Dr. Sweta ShahOSD, Researchosdresearch@indusuni.ac.in
3Dr. K SanthyMember Secretary, ARCmt.hod@indusuni.ac.in

Guidelines for Online Payment and Form Submission

Ph.D Program: Application Fees Rs. 1500

Mode of online Payment:

Online payment mode through University Web Portal using the following link. https://webfront.payu.in/webfront/#/payment/webfrontpage/indus-university/single/529

  1. All the applicants will download the application form and submit the same with supporting testimonials and online payment receipt through the link https://forms.gle/uSht5p4nQkb3xdaj6.
  2. The same should send it by India speed post only to, The OSD Research, Indus University, Indus Campus, Rancharda, Via Thaltej Shilaj Road Ahmedabad 382115. 
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