Selected Candidates
Shortlisted Candidates
The goal of the Ph.D. program at IIIT-Delhi is to empower students to become part of the global research ecosystem, and contribute to research organizations and top class universities across the world. The program is based on the best practices models at top universities across the world. IIIT-Delhi offers Ph.D. programs in Computational Biology (CB), Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE), Human-Centered Design (HCD), Mathematics (Maths), and Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH).
"Candidates qualified for UGC/CSIR JRF, DST INSPIRE, DBT Fellowship and fresh B.Tech. graduates with research aptitude are strongly encouraged to apply. GATE score is not mandatory for some departments."
Eligibility Criteria
For discipline wise minimum eligibility criteria, please click here. The concerned Department may use higher cut off levels for shortlisting besides giving due consideration to the way questions are answered in the application form. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/Differently abled categories would be eligible for relaxations, as per norms, in the selection criteria. (Details mentioned in the FAQ point no. 2)
Admission Categories
Regular Ph.D. - Candidates who are not holding regular work/employment and are primarily engaged in their academic program only. Those who are already employed will have to resign and submit the relieving before joining the Programme.
Sponsored Ph.D. - IIIT-Delhi allows highly motivated working professionals to pursue a Ph.D. degree while still employed at the sponsoring organization. Click here for more details.
Financial Support
Students joining the Ph.D. program as regular student will be considered for Institute Fellowship. Presently institute is offering fellowship at the rate of Rs.31,000/- per month in the 1st & 2nd year and Rs.35,000/- per month in 3rd & 4th year. For 5th year, fellowship is at the reduced rate that is, Rs. 30,000/- per month.
Additional Financial Support
- Support upto Rs 50k is provided towards purchase of laptop/ desktop.
- Contingency grant of Rs.10k per annum.
Institute Travel Grant
Full time Ph.D. students are encouraged to present their research work at International Conferences. Financial support of up to Rs. 2L for the entire duration of the program is available.
Overseas Research Fellowship (ORF)
Support upto US $6000 may be considered in deserving cases to conduct research collaborations with reputed Universities/Labs abroad for a period of 3 to 6 months.
Admission Procedure
Rolling Admissions - It is meant for candidates who have a clear idea of the area they want to work. The interested candidates are expected to interact with the concerned faculty member(s) in IIIT-Delhi and get their consent for working with him/her. However, such candidates will undergo a full selection process before being admitted to the Ph.D. program. Click here for more details.
Regular Admissions - The regular admission happens in two cylces; once during February - April every year (for Monsoon Session) & other during September-November every year (for Winter Session).
Applications are invited from eligible candidates through an open advertisement. Admission is generally offered on the basis of an interview and/or written test, if necessary. The Institute will invite a limited number of candidates for a written test and interview based on the academic records, statement of purpose, etc. The final selection will be mainly based on academic credentials, written test and/or interview. The candidates who do not qualify in the written test need not appear for interview. The reserved category candidates will be given due relaxation in cutoff marks as per the norms.
The outstation candidates (non-NCR) who are shortlisted to appear for the written test/ interview, will be reimbursed their travel fare by second sleeper or public bus fare by the shortest route, whichever is cheapest. They will have to furnish the proof of travel. If a candidate decides to choose a different mode (e.g. 3AC, air, etc.), they will be only reimbursed the second sleeper or public transport bus fare by the shortest route.
Application Procedure
- Candidates can apply only through the online application portal. There is no provision for offline submission of application forms.
- If you are applying for more than one discipline, please submit a separate application for each discipline.
- After successful submission of the application form, you will receive an application number and a link to download the application form. Please save the application form. You need to furnish hardcopy of the application form and self-attested copies of all the relevant documents at the time of interview.
- Incomplete applications will be rejected.
- The application fee for Ph.D. program is as follow:
Rs.150/- : For SC/ST/ PD candidates
Rs.300/- : For other candidates - Apply Online. (Applications are Closed now )
Note:
The Institute reserves the right to call or not to call eligible candidates for the admission process.
Institute reserves the right to make changes in the admission procedure including schedule of test/interview. The changes made, if any, will be notified on the website.
Important Dates
Start Date of Online Application | 4th April 2022 |
Last Date of Application Submission | |
Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates | |
Conduct of PhD Interview/Test | Between 14th May 2022 to 22nd May 2022 (Tentative) |
Conduct of Ph.D. (ECE) Written Test and/or Interview | 20th May 2022, Friday |
Conduct of Ph.D. (CSE) Written Test and/or Interview | 16th May 2022, Monday |
Conduct of Ph.D. (CB) Written Test and/or Interview | 14th May 2022, Saturday |
Conduct of Ph.D. (HCD) Written Test and/or Interview | 14th May 2022, Saturday |
Conduct of Ph.D. (SSH) Written Test and/or Interview | 20th May 2022, Friday & 23rd May 2022, Monday |
Conduct of Ph.D. (Mathematics) Written Test and/or Interview | 13th May 2022 (written examination followed by detailed interview that day itself) |
Announcement of Results | 31st May 2022 |
Research Areas
Computational Biology
Department | |
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CB | Systems and Mathematical Biologyy |
CB | Bioinformatics |
CB | Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computational Gastronomy |
CB | Deep Learning, Single Cell Genomics, Cancer Biology |
CB | Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare |
CB | Computational Biology, Genomics, AI |
CB | Chemoinformatics and Genomics |
CB | Protein structure and dynamics, cardiovascular diease, Structural biology |
CB | Diagnostics and therapeutcics development for neurodegenerative diseases & Computational modeling of viral infections &Virtual screening in GPUs |
Computer Science and Engineering
Department | |
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CSE | High Performance Computing |
CSE | Machine Learning in medical imaging |
CSE | Software-defined Networking |
CSE | Neuromarketing using Deep Learning |
CSE | Secured Data Movement |
CSE | Fairness in Entity matching |
CSE | Document reconstruction |
CSE | NLP, Social Computing, Deep Learning for Graphs |
CSE | Speech and Audio Processing |
CSE | Federated Learning |
CSE | Neural Architecture Search |
CSE | Scalable Data Structures |
CSE | Networked Systems |
CSE | Computer Architecture |
CSE | Security |
CSE | Knowledge Graphs, Multimodal data analysis |
CSE | Applied deeplearning & Big data algorithms in Genomics |
CSE | Autonomous Driving (Perception) |
CSE | Autonomous Driving (Dynamic Planning) |
CSE | Cryptography |
CSE | Deep Learning |
CSE | Usable Security, Differential Privacy |
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Department | |
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ECE | Autonomous Driving (Dynamic Planning) |
ECE | Machine Learning and its applications |
ECE | Deep learning and its application in Healthcare |
ECE | Machine Learning and Computer Vision |
ECE | Circuits and Systems, Memory Design |
ECE | Circuits and Systems, System on Chip Design, Computer Architecture |
ECE | Nanoelectronics, Solid-State Devices & Nanotechnology |
ECE | Nanoelectronics |
ECE | Hardware Architectures for AI/ML |
ECE | Radar and Wireless Communications |
ECE | Hardware Architectures for Radar and Wireless |
ECE | Control theory and optimization, Robotics, Cyber-physical systems, Analysis and control of Networks |
ECE | Wireless and optical communication, 5G cellular standard |
ECE | Autonomous Driving (Perception) |
Mathematics
Department | |
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Mathematics | Approximation Theory and Harmonic Analysis |
Mathematics | Discrete Differential Geometry and Exterior Calculus |
Mathematics | Game Theory in Economics |
Mathematics | Machine Learning: Applications of Geometry and Topology, and Theoretical Aspects |
Mathematics | Mathematical Logic |
Mathematics | Number Theory |
Mathematics | Partial Differential Equations: Analysis, Linear and Nonlinear, and Numerical Methods |
Mathematics | Statistics |
Social Sciences and Humanities (Philosophy, Communication, Governance and Politics)
Department | ||
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SSH (Philosophy, Communication, Governance and Politics) | Social and Political Philosophy, Marx and the Critical Theory tradition, Philosophy of Technology, Ethics, Applied Ethics, Ethics of AI, Kant and transcendental Idealism, phenomenology, Social and Political Philosophy in the continental tradition. |
Social Sciences and Humanities (Economics / Cognitive Science)
Department | |
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SSH (Economics) | Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Development Economics, Political Economy, Health Economics and allied areas |
SSH (Cognitive Science) | Cognitive Science, attention |
SSH (Cognitive Science) | Affective Cognitive Neuroscience, Anxiety disorders, Autism Spectrum Conditions |
Human-Centered Design
Department | |
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HCD | Design |
HCD | Design Futures |
HCD | Affective Computing |
HCD | Multimodal Computing |
Last updated: 20-03-2023