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 Supervisor

Branch

Research Domain

Vacancy for January 2022

1

Prof. (Dr.) V K Srivastava

Environmental Engineering & Environmental Science

Solid waste Management & Energy Recovery, Waste water Treatment, Issues related to climate change.

3

2

Dr. Chetana Deoghare

Chemistry

Polymer Synthesis and Applications, Green Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry

3

3

Dr. Nikunj Valand

Chemistry

Supramolecular chemistry, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry and Computational Chemistry

3

4

Dr. Madhuresh Makavana

Chemistry

Solution Chemistry, Thermodynamic Properties, Computational Chemistry, Nano Chemistry

2

5

Dr. Paras A. Patel

Chemistry

Chemistry – Computational Chemistry, Solution Study

4

6

Dr. Samir Patel

Civil Engineering

Sustainable Transportation Planning; Sustainability; Autonomous vehicles; Sharing Mobility;

2

7

Dr. Payal Mehta

Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering

3

8

Dr. Ankit Sodha

Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering

4

9

Dr. Jishnu R. Gohel

Civil Engineering, Construction Project Management

Six-Sigma Tools and Techniques, Engineering Optimization, Construction Management

3

10

Dr. Gaurav Kumar Ameta

Computer Engineering

Data Mining, Privacy Preserving, Machine Learning

0

11

Dr. Nimisha Patel

Computer Engineering

Cloud Computing, Security

0

12

Dr. Yogesh Kumar

Computer Engineering

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Health Informatics and NLP applications

1

13

Dr. Pushpendra Singh Sisodia

Computer Engineering

Deep learning, AI, Remote Sensing and GIS

6

14

Dr. Ankur Saxena

Computer Science, Computer Engineering

CSE-Digital Image Processing in general & Digital watermarking in particular.

5

15

Dr. Ronakkumar Babubhai Patel

Computer Science

Biometric, Image processing

2

16

Dr. G. PRABU KANNA

Computer Engineering

Cloud Computing , Big Data, Networks, Distributed systems and security

5

17

Dr. Vishal Dahiya

Computer Science

BIG DATA, IMAGE PROCESSING

1

18

Dr. Akshara Dave

Computer Science

Software Engineering, Big Data, Blockchain

1

19

Dr. Madhavi Dave

Computer Science

Internet of Things, Advance Networking, Blockchain

2

20

Dr. Vrushank Shah

Electronics and  Communication

Communication Systems, Signal Processing, Computer Networks and IoT

0

21

Dr. Minesh P Thaker

Electronics and  Communication

IOT, Computer Network

3

22

Dr. Sweta Shah

Electrical Engineering

Power System, AI

0

23

Dr. Sandeep Cha

Electrical Engineering

Power System 

2

24

Dr. Jaydeep Chakravorty

Electrical Engineering

Power System 

2

25

Dr. Arnaz Wadia

Management

Marketing management

0

26

Dr. Gauri Gaur

Management

Economics and Statistics

2

27

Dr. Hardik Vipinkumar Bavishi

Management

Marketing

0

28

Dr.Neelam Kshatriya

Management

HR

0

29

Dr. Daisy Kurien

Management

Marketing

0

30

Dr. Tejal Shah

Management

Operation Management

0

31

Dr. Renu Choudhary

Management

Finance

2

32

Dr. Neerav Verma

Management

Marketing

6

33

Dr. Dharmil Patel

Management

HR

0

34

Dr. Richa Verma

Management

HR

4

35

Dr. Sujoy Krishna Chaudhury

Metallurgy

Physical Metallurgy

5

36

Dr. K. Santhy

Materials and Metallurgical Engineering

Structure property correlation, Computational Materials Science, Composite

5

37

Dr. Manisha Ubale

Mathematics

Special Functions

1

38

Dr. Jigna Panchal

Mathematics

Financial Mathematics

2

39

Dr. A D Dhass

Mechanical Engineering

Renewable Energy

4

40

Dr. Dhiren R. Patel

Mechanical Engineering

Surface Metrology, Advance Welding Technology, Additive manufacturing

1

41

Dr. Umang Patdiwala

Mechanical Engineering

Thermal – Solar Engineering

0

42

Dr. Mitesh Mungla

Mech Engg

Vibrations, Dynamics

2

43

Dr. Bansi Raja

Mechanical

Thermal system design,Energy,HVAC system

4

44

Dr. Tanushree Basak

Physics

Theoretical Astroparticle Physics, Dark matter, Supersymmetry

4

45

Dr. Manisha Vithalpura

Physics

Satellite Remote Sensing, Oceanography and Ocean Modeling

2

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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