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1. Preamble
1. Preamble
Located in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, NIT Hamirpur enjoys a scenic environment and pleasant weather. Established in the year 1986, as REC Hamirpur, NIT Hamirpur has been declared as the Institute of National Importance under the Act of Parliament, 2007.
At present, NIT Hamirpur offers four years B.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Engineering Physics, and Mathematics & Computing and a five years B.Arch. degree. Besides this the Institute also offers two five-year Dual Degree Programme leading to Bachelor and Master of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering and in Electronics & Communication Engineering. The Institute also offers M.Tech./M.Arch. /MSc/MBA programmes with various specializations.
In 2006, Ph.D. Programme was started in all disciplines. Since then many candidates have registered for Ph.D. in this Institute. Thus, NIT Hamirpur is making all efforts to move ahead towards the national goal of producing more and more number of quality postgraduates and doctorates, who can pursue their choice of careers in various institutions.
This Information Brochure is regarding PhD admissions of January 2025 (Full Time/Part Time) in Engineering, Architecture, Sciences, Management and Humanities.
2. Categories of Ph.D. Programmes
2. Categories of Ph.D. Programmes
The Institute shall admit Ph.D. candidates in following categories of Ph.D. programmes:
A. Full-Time Research Scholars
I. Fellowship Research Scholars (Category Code: FT01)
These scholars shall be eligible for financial assistance in the form of fellowship at the approved rates and guidelines as notified by MoE/other ministries of Government of India from time to time. The applicants must have qualified the National Level Test: UGC-NET/UGC-CSIR NET or GATE. The sponsored/ employed candidates are not eligible to apply under FT01 category.
II. Non-Fellowship Research Scholars (Category Code: FT01-A)
These scholars will have to pursue their PhD program in self-finance mode (without any financial assistance from the Institute). Such applicants must mandatorily appear for Institute/Department level written examination as per GATE/NET Syllabus. The applicants who have qualified the National Level Test: UGC-NET/UGC-CSIR NET or GATE are exempted from appearing in the written examination.
III. Externally Funded Research Scholars (Category Code: FT02)
These scholars shall receive fellowship from other agencies such as UGC, CSIR, DST, etc. The applicants must have qualified the National Level Test: UGC-NET/UGC-CSIR NET or GATE.
IV. Sponsored Research Scholars (Category Code: FT03)
These scholars shall be sponsored by Government/Semi-Government Organizations/Institutions/Industry, and they are further classified into two categories:
(a) These scholars shall be sponsored by Government/Semi-Government Organizations/Reputed Private Institutions/Industry and will be under study leave from their parent organization. Such a candidate must be sponsored by the current employer and must have been in employment with the sponsoring Institutions/Organization for at least 02 years. Candidates in service are to be relieved on study leave or extraordinary leave from the Institution/Organization for Full-Time research work at NIT Hamirpur and must furnish a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from their current employer.
(b) These Research Scholars will receive financial support from foreign country through their government or awarded fellowship by the Government of India, under Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) or other such agencies/organizations for Doctoral programme. Such Research Scholars shall require approval from the Ministry of External Affairs and NOC from the MOE, and Government of India or are admitted under a MoU with such agencies.
The admission process of sponsored Doctoral Research Scholars of above two categories (a & b) would be as per the guidelines issued by the related coordinating agencies.
B. Part-Time Research Scholars
I. Institute Research Scholars (Category Code: PT01)This category refers to PhD Research Scholars who are regular employees of the Institute or who are working on various sponsored projects undertaken by the Institute from various agencies/organizations. They are expected to work for their PhD programme after fulfilling their normal duties. Candidates need to qualify an Institute/department level test.
II. Sponsored Research Scholars (Category Code: PT02)
This category comprises of PhD Research Scholars who are working professionals and are sponsored by their respective organizations. While working at their respective organizations, they can pursue the PhD work as a Research Scholar of the Institute. Such PhD Research Scholars, after completion of residential requirement (completion of course work and minimum stay of 01 Year in the Institute campus), may be allowed to join his/her parent organization, where he/she will be doing the research work while serving the parent organization and would be allowed to continue as Part Time Research Scholar. Those applicants who have their workplace within 500 kms radius of NIT Hamirpur can be exempted from the residency period and can be allowed to carry out course work in self-study mode (NPTEL/Swayam/MOOCs etc.) if recommended by the supervisor with suitable justification and approval by Dean Academic. However, for all evaluations (mid-semester examination, end-semester examination, end-semester presentation etc.) the student needs to be physically present in the NIT campus and appear for the same. Candidates need to qualify an Institute/department level test.
3. Departments Offering Ph.D. Admissions
3. Departments Offering Ph.D. Admissions
The Ph.D. programmes shall be offered in the following Departments in various areas of research specialization:
A. Architecture
Thrust Areas:
Architecture and Planning, Housing, ICT and Built environment, Sustainable built environment in Hill Towns, Landscape Architecture, Developmental regulations and Disaster Resilience, Vernacular and Traditional Architecture, Urban, Rural and Regional Planning, Thermal Comfort, Sustainable Architecture, Energy Efficient Architecture, Solar Passive
Architecture, Sustainable Architecture, Urban Design, Sustainable Tourism, Eco-tourism.
Resilience, Urban Transportation, Sustainable built indoor environment, Climate Responsive Architecture, Sustainable Habitat, Green Infrastructure, Application of GIS in Architecture and Planning. Sustainable Development planning, Designing Hill areas, GIS Applications and Quantitative Analysis, Consumer Behaviour, Urban Conservation, Regional Dynamics, Infrastructure Planning.
B. Civil Engineering
Thrust Areas:
Water Resources, Environment Engg., Remote Sensing, Geotechnical Engg., Geology, Structural Engg., Transportation Engg., Earthquake Engg., Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Performance of Materials and Structures under impact loading & Construction Management.
C. Computer Science & Engineering
Thrust Areas:
Computer Networks, IoT, Cloud Computing, Network Security, Distributed Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Image Processing, Speech Processing.
D. Electronics & Communication Engineering
Thrust Areas:
VLSI Design, Communication Systems, Microwave, MEMS, Embedded System, Signal Processing, Nanoelectronics, RF, THz, Devices, Antenna.
E. Electrical Engineering
Thrust Areas:
Power System, Signal Processing, Control and Automation, Instrumentation, Power Electronics & Drives, High Voltage Engineering & Condition Monitoring.
F. Mechanical Engineering
Thrust Areas:
Thermal Engineering: Heat Transfer, Multiphase flow, Boiling heat transfer, Micro and nano scale heat transfer, Phase change materials, Solar Thermal Energy, Solar Evaporation, Hydrophobic/hydrophilic coating, Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Solar Thermal Systems, Renewable Energy, Turbomachines, Solar Thermal Heating, Cooling and dehumidification using Rotary dehumidifier, Exergy Analysis of systems, Alternate fuels, Thermal Management, CFD.
Design Engineering: Design and Development of novel metamaterial structures, Smart Structures and their applications, Tribology, Condition monitoring, Vibrations, Design of Machine elements, Fracture Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Numerical modelling
Industrial and Production Engineering: Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Automation, Supply chain and logistics, Operations management Industry 4.0/5.0. Manufacturing Engineering, Composite Materials.
G. Chemical Engineering
Thrust Areas:
Kinetic Modelling to design reactors, Desalination Wastewater treatment, Nanomaterials for environmental applications, Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Waste-to-Wealth, Hydrogen Production, Plastic waste management, Process Intensification, Hydrogen storage, Bio electrochemistry, Gas Hydrates, Biomass Valorisation, Carbon capture, Sequestration and Storage, Earth air Heat Exchanger, Green composites, Coal Beneficiation Computational Fluid Dynamics in Bioprocesses, Chemical Analysis using Microfluidics,AI/ML assisted Chemical Process Modelling and Design, CFD in Circular economy, Gas explosion modelling,Smart polymer, Dynamics of complex fluids, Drug Delivery, Nanocomposites and Their Applications, Biosurfactants, Novel Coatings for Implants CO2 flooding and sequestration, Phase Equilibria, Statistical Thermodynamics.
H. Materials Science & Engineering
Thrust Areas:
Functional Oxide materials, Polymer Composites/Nanocomposites, Metal-Matrix Composites, Dielectric/electrical properties of materials, Surface Engineering, Physical metallurgy, Thin Film Magnetism, Nano Magnetism, Alloy Design, Severe Plastic Deformation of Alloys.
I. Chemistry
Thrust Areas:
Vitrimers, smart materials, self-healing materials, drug delivery agent, Molecular Architecture: Design and Development of Natural Product Mimics as Bioactive, Molecules with diverse applications, Molecular Structural Analysis: Spectrophotometric and computer aided study of Bioactive, Molecules with G- Quadruplexes as potential anticancer agents, Synthesis of organic supramolecular chemosensors and their environmental applications, Molecular-level interaction studies with biomacromolecules, Coordination Chemistry, synthesis of metallo-drugs and their pharmacological potential, Nanomaterials/Physical chemistry, Photochemistry and Photophysics.
J. Physics & Photonics Science
Thrust Areas:
Theoretical high energy physics, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Energy Conversion and Storage Devices, High Energy Physics Phenomenology, Higgs Physics at the LHC and Future Colliders, Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) Physics, Optoelectronics, high-quality growth of single crystals of topological materials, magneto-transport, and quantum oscillation, Hydrogen evolution study, Photodetectors, Gas sensing, Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Material Science
Liquid crystals, Photonic Crystal, Semiconductor Physics.
K. Mathematics & Scientific Computing
Thrust Areas:
Real Complex and functional analysis, Solid and Fluid Mechanics, Integral Transforms, Harmonic Analysis, Pseudo-Differential Operators, and Wavelet Transforms, Numerical Analysis, Numerics of Partial Differential Equations, Computational Methods, Probability and Statistics, Operations Research, Optimization Methods in Finance, Interval optimization, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Mathematical Image Processing, Cryptography and Network Security, Blockchain Technology, Internet of Things.
L. Management Studies
Thrust Areas:
Marketing Management, Human Resource Management.
M. Humanities & Social Sciences
Thrust Areas:
Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, Pharmacoeconomics. Population Economics, Development Economics, Applied Economics, Translation and Intercultural studies, English Literary Studies, English Language Education (ELE), Technology Integrated Language Learning, Deleuze and Guattarian Studies, Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture, American Literature, Comic Studies, Health Humanities, Gender Studies
Applied Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Health Psychology, Social Psychology, Social Work and Community Counselling Behavioural and Social Sciences Sociology.
N. Centre for Energy Studies
Thrust Areas:
Solar energy, Bio energy, Biofuels, Environment, Wind energy, Energy management, Energy storage, Energy policy and economics, Bioremediation, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Environmental microbiology, Algal Biotechnology.
4. Educational Qualifications for Admission
4. Educational Qualifications for Admission
A. Ph.D. in Engineering (i.e. Civil/Mechanical/Electrical/Computer Science/Electronics & Communication)
B. Ph.D. in Engineering (Chemical/Materials Science & Engineering)
C. Ph.D. in Department of Chemistry
D. Ph.D. in Department of Physics & Photonic Sciences
E. Ph.D. in Department of Mathematics & Scientific Computing
F. Ph.D. in Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
G. Ph.D. in Department of Management Studies
H. Ph.D. in Department of Architecture
I. Ph.D. in Centre for Energy Studies
NOTE: Additional Requirements for Sponsored Candidates (Category Code: FT03 & PT02)
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