Advertisement for admiting working professionals for Research Studies leading to PH.D. degree at IIIT-A
Currently the admission to various Ph.D. programmes in Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIITA) is on full time basis and on scholarship support. Somehow this is inhibiting even the candidates who could be sponsored and deputed for full time Ph.D. studies from applying. Working /Practicing professional would have gathered so much of work experience and talent, that over time each one could act as a knowledge hub. If such a professional is provided with an opportunity, encouragement and a right push to record his/her experience into an organized document, then such a document could become a literature/reference material for such professionals. There are Industries, R & D organisations, Laboratories, Government. / Private Institutions, NGOs, Banking Institutions, and other Academic Institutions where quality infrastructure for advance research and right kind of aspirants to take up advance research activities are present, but the mechanism to convert such specialized works into research credentials is lacking. IIIT-Allahabad aims to project these untapped potential with a model to transform their working desk/field to a learning desk/field so that working professional could channelize his/her learning potential into a creative innovation. IIIT-Allahabad, the institute of national importance aspires to act as an avenue to create symbiotic academic environment by promoting such the professionals while enhancing the research quality and culture in their assigned works. In this backdrop it is proposed to recognize appropriate professional centres as research centres, for enabling research studies leading to Ph.D., and also to provide admission for the working professionals on full / part time basis from the next academic year and onwards.
1. Suitably qualified working professionals as per the standards of admission to Ph.D. will be eligible to apply for respective research studies in various subjects as available in IIITA.
Candidates who satisfy the following conditions are eligible to seek provisional registration for Ph.D. course
(i) The candidate should have employment and his/her area of proposed research should correspond to that of his/her profession (job).
(ii) A candidate should have M.Sc. / M.Tech. / M.S. / MBA/ or any Master Degree in the concerned subject or any other degree recognized as equivalent thereto with an overall minimum of 65% of marks (CGPA of 6.5 in 10 point scale).
2. Such an aspirant may be exempted from appearing for an entrance test in lieu of sponsorship that she/he holds, however the candidate has to face the interview process before s/he could be formally admitted.
3. A sponsored candidate can be a full time residential scholar in IIITA or may even be considered for admission as full time / part time scholar at her/his work place itself, provided the work place could be recognized as a research centre upon the compliance of the following stipulations thereto:
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3.1 The said work place / professional centre should formally sponsor the aspirant candidate for research studies on full / part time basis.
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3.2 The Management / Administration of the work place / professional centre should agree to extend the research facilities, infrastructural support, library / computing resources and sufficient quality time for the researcher.
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3.3 The Management / Administration of the Work place / Professional centre should be willing to extend the logistics of providing local hospitality and travel expenses to the research supervisor(s) / Doctoral committee whenever the visit is warranted for monitoring and reviewing the research progress and also grant permission to the candidate to travel to IIITA to meet research supervisor(s) / Doctoral committee for discussion and assessment process.
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3.4 The Management / Administration of the Work place / Professional centre should be able to identify a suitably qualified resource person, if available, to act as a local mentor / local supervisor for the research candidate, who could be identified as the joint supervisor for such a candidate by IIITA along with the main supervisor from IIITA.
4. Such a sponsored candidate may complete the course requirement in remote mode, remaining in contact with the research supervisor(s) on line / offline. S/he has to carry out the studies as stipulated, submit the assignments, participate in discussion-sessions, present seminars, appear for quizzes, review tests etc. offline or online or in person. However such a sponsored candidate has to be in the campus of IIITA with the research supervisor(s) at least for 15 days in every 6 months.
5. The application of any individual teacher is not considered in this scheme. However, if any university/institute establishes a high end research lab under active supervision of IIITA faculty member(s), then it can enter into a MOU with IIITA and avail the benefits of this programme to its faculty members.
6. The research papers / patents resulting from such joint work will be the joint properties of both the institute and the professional workplace, and the advantage will be proportionately shared.
7. If the sponsored candidate is a full-time research candidate, s/he would be governed by the present minimum duration stipulations. However, if the sponsored candidate is a part time Ph.D. candidate, then the minimum duration required to submit the Ph.D. Thesis would be 3 years after completing all credit requirements, and the maximum would still remain as per the norms.
Registration:
- The candidate should identify a supervisor/mentor for his study, identify a research topic, identify a relevant field of research from his profession and propose a plan of study. With this pre-preparation the candidate should apply for registration.
- Registration shall be based on the recommendation of the prospective supervisor, DPGC of the concerned department, Chairman SPGC and with the approval of the Chairman Senate/ Director. However in special case the DPGC may also suggest the name of the prospective supervisor, if the candidate requires a support in selecting the supervisor.
- Provisional registration maybe recommended by circulation of application amongst the DPGC members. In such a case the process should not take more than 30 days.
- The registration is valid for four years. This can be extended by one more year on the basis of the request by the candidate and with the specific recommendation of the supervisor and the approval of the Chairman Senate and on the payment of the prescribed fees, provided there is no change in the topic of research.
- If the candidate fails to submit the thesis even after five years as mentioned above, the registration will become invalid automatically.
The final application for the candidate will be submitted only after the supervisor will accord his/her approval.
At the time of submission final application, the following documents should be enclosed:
1. No Objection Certificate from the place of work.
2. Support Rendering Document from the place of work.
3. Supervisors Acceptance Letter.
4. Research Proposal.
5. Course Work & Syllabus
However, the initial application to request for consideration of the candidature is as below:
Application Form
NOC
Declaration
Supervisor Acceptance
Curriculum
