IIT Roorkee Biotech PhD Admissions 2016

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

PhD Programmes for the academic year 2016-17

Departments offering PhD:

· Alternate Hydro Energy Centre

· Biotechnology

· Earth Sciences

· Hydrology

· Institute Instrumentation Centre

· Centre for Transportation

· Disaster Mitigation & Management

· Water Resources Development & Management

Eligibility: · BE/ B.Tech / ME/ M.Tech./ M.Sc. in relevant discipline.

How to Apply:

· Candidates can apply through online at http://pgadm.iitr.ernet.in/Login.aspx
?ReturnUrl=%2fPhd%2fPart1.aspx

· Deposit the requisite fee of Rs.200/- for Gen/ OBC and Rs.100/- for SC/ ST/ PwD category candidates in any branch of State Bank of India throughout the country through downloaded bank challan form on the next working day of finalization of online application or on or before 2nd March, 2016.

· Bank will retain a copy and will return two copies to you. Out of these two copies, retain the candidate’s copy with you and attach the IITR’s copy with the application form.

· Duly filled-in application form with appropriate enclosures must be sent by speed post (preferably) or by registered post to

PG ADMISSION OFFICE,
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE,
ROORKEE-247667, UTTARAKHAND.

Selection Process:

· The short listing of applications for the purpose of admission will be carried out by the DRC/ CRC of the concerned department/ centre.

· The DRC/ CRC of the concerned department/ centre may set the short-listing criteria, if considered necessary, higher than the minimum eligibility criteria defined.

· The basic guidelines/ instructions for short listing and selection are given below: 

 
a) A merit list of all candidates shall be prepared on the basis of UG and PG marks only for short listing the candidates. The list shall include all PG candidates both from IITs and non-IITs. GATE, Inspire, ICAR, ICMR, GPAT or their equivalent shall be considered only as qualifying criteria.
b) The final selection of candidates will be on the basis of either interview only or written test-shortlisted-interview as decided by the departments.
c) If the departments are selecting the candidates only on the basis of interview, department may put a higher cut-off criteria to restrict the number of candidates called for selection.
d) If the departments are conducting written test, the candidates are shortlisted on the basis of their performance in written test and only these shortlisted candidates are to be interviewed.

· The final selection of candidates will be done on the basis of performance both in written test and interview (40% written test + 60% interview).

Important Dates:

Last date for applying online: 29th February, 2016
Last date for deposit of application fee: 2nd March, 2016
Receiving of downloaded application form: 4th March, 2016

More Info:

http://pgadm.iitr.ernet.in/Docs/
Ph.D.%20information%20brochure.pdf