Candidates with following qualification shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. Programme of the Institute:

(a)   Candidates possessing M.Tech./ M.E./ M.Sc. (Engg.)/ M.Arch./ M.Pharm./ M.Plan./ M.Sc./ MCA/ MBA or equivalent Degree in relevant branch from a recognized University/Institute with minimum 60% marks or 6.0 CGPA on a ten point scale in the qualifying examination are eligible to apply for admission in the relevant departments.

(b)   Candidates possessing B.Tech./ B.E/ B.Sc. (Engg.)/ B.Pharm/ B.Arch./ B.Plan. or equivalent Degree in relevant branch from a recognized University/Institute with a minimum of 80% marks or 8.0 CGPA on a ten-point scale in the qualifying examination and a valid GATE/ GPAT score with a minimum of 80 percentile are eligible to apply for admission in the departments as per their Specialization. (In this case, the candidates need to pass in more numbers of qualifying Pre-PhD papers;).

(c)    Sponsored candidates must have minimum of two years of professional work experience, besides fulfilling the above criteria. In addition, such candidates should have valid sponsorship at least for three years. RELAXATION FOR SC/ ST CANDIDATES Eligibility criteria will be relaxed by 5% marks for SC / ST candidates.

Note:

1. NOC from the Institute is mandatory for employees of the Institute which shall be obtained before appearing at the admission test for the Ph.D. programme.
2. Employees from other organizations shall produce NOC from his/her respective employers at the time of admission.
3. In case of the candidates with other grade point scale, the decision of the equivalence made by the assigned committee of the Institute shall be final.

SELECTION PROCEDURES:

Selection in the Ph.D. programme shall be based on the performance in a Written Test.

DATE, TIME & VENUE OF THE ENTRANCE TEST & INTERVIEW: The Ph.D. Entrance Test shall be conducted on 16th December 2019 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Institute Main Building in the Institute’s Campus at Mesra, Ranchi- 835215.

EXEMPTION FROM THE ENTRANCE TEST: Those with UGC-CSIR/ DBT/ BINC/ ICMR-JRF / DST INSPIRE and all other similar all India fellowships based on a written test may be exempted from the Entrance Test but will be required to appear in the interview. Note: Candidates will not be entitled to get any kind of financial assistance from the Institute.