NIT Kurukshetra PhD Admission 2024: Dates, Eligibility, Selection Criteria, Fees

NIT Kurukshetra PhD Eligibility Criteria 

An applicant holding the prescribed qualifications shall be eligible for admission to a PhD program of the institute. The course along with the University of qualifying degree must be accepted by AICTE UGC and will be authenticated by Academic Section before registration. 

• Master's degree in respective discipline or equivalent with a minimum CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale or 60% marks in aggregate equivalent as determined by the Institute wherever letter grades are awarded.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology with a minimum of 70% marks in aggregate or equivalent CGPA and a minimum of 10 years of work experience (at the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent) in an engineering degree-level technical Institute or R&D organization/industry, and Evidence of Master's level R&D work.

Note: Degrees obtained through distance education programs shall not be considered.

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Eligibility Criteria (Additional) for Part-Time PhD

• The applicants should be professionally employed as engineers/scientists in PSU/Government Departments or national level R&D organization/national laboratories/industry, having enough facilities to research their place.
• All such candidates should at least have an experience of 2 yrs at the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent as a regular employee in the sponsoring institute/university/college/organization or R&D organization / national laboratory/industry at the time of applying for admission. 
• Part-time candidates have to submit a "No Objection Certificate" on a proper letterhead from the appropriate authority in the organization clearly stating the following:
  • The candidate is permitted to pursue studies on a part-time basis.
  • That his/her official duties permit him/her to devote sufficient time for research.
  • Facilities for research in the candidate's field of research are available at the candidate’s place of work. 

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NIT Kurukshetra PhD Admission Criteria 

To seek NIT Kurukshetra admission in PhD, candidates have to first register and fill the application form online. After that, a written test is to be given on the scheduled date. Candidates qualifying for the written test will be called for a personal interview round. Thereafter the final selection will be made. 

NIT Kurukshetra PhD: How to Apply?

• Go to official NIT Kurukshetra website, nitkkr.ac.in 
• Go to ACADEMIC->ADMISSION->PhD. 
• Download the Application Form.
• Applications, as received, will be scrutinized at the central level by inviting two DRC/SRC(Department/School Research Committee) nominees. After scrutiny, a list of all eligible applicants will be uploaded on the institute website. 

Note: A research scholar will be required to pass at least four PG courses (min. 13 credits) with a minimum CGPA of 7.0 out of maximum 10.0. The scholar can register for these courses after the approval of the research supervisor(s) only. 

• The course of research methodology (with four credits) will be compulsory for all research scholars. CGPA shall be computed based on letter grades obtained in PG courses only. 
• At the close of every semester, a scholar is required to submit a semester progress report by June 30th for even semester and December 31st for the odd semester to the Chairman of the DRC/SRC. 
• The progress shall be evaluated by the DRC/SRC and the result of evaluation recorded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory on the registration form of the scholar for the subsequent semester. The scholar should be present in the Department when a DRC/ SRC meeting is held for evaluating his/her performance.
• In case of change of status from full~time to part-time, the time spent as a full-time scholar will be taken into account for the purpose of minimum registration period requirement. 
• For a change of status from full time to part-time, the scholar must have completed a minimum of 2 yrs as a full-time scholar at the institute. 
• A research scholar is required to complete all the requirements for the award of the PhD degree within the specified period as per the regulations failing which he/she will be de-registered.
• The part-time scholars shall have to complete the course work as a full-time resident scholar. The coursework is required to be completed before the comprehensive examination. 
• On completion of thesis submission & evaluation, exam evaluations & viva voce with minimum required credits, the PhD degree will be awarded.

NIT Kurukshetra PhD: Written Test Details

 All eligible applicants are to appear in two objective type written tests of PG level as below:

• Qualifying marks are 50 % of the total marks (60 marks). The respective departments will conduct the tests.
• Detailed guidelines for the conduct of tests (along with tests schedule) will be provided by the Dean (Academic).
• List of the qualifying candidates will be uploaded by the office of Dean (Academic) on the Institute website.
• All qualified candidates will be required to appear before the respective DRC/SRC for an interview consisting of a brief presentation by the candidate related to the research area. Qualified candidates may contact prospective supervisors in the departments. 
•  DRC/SRC will evaluate the candidates and marks will be awarded out of 40 marks :15 marks for presentation, 15 marks for interview and 10 marks for academic achievements.
•  Qualifying marks for this are 40% (16 marks). 
• Based upon their performance in written test and interview with DRC/SRC, respective DRC/SRC will release the merit list of candidates by awarding marks out of 100, seat wise along with the allotted supervisor(s).
• In case of a tie, the merit list will be prepared based on following (in order of preference):(i) Performance of the candidate in written test (ii) Percentage of marks in the qualifying degree (iii) Age of the candidate.
• After receiving the merit list as above, Dean (Academic) will issue the admission letters to recommended candidates for joining the programs.

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NIT Kurukshetra PhD Scholarship 

The initial award of the scholarship at the time of Provisional admission to PhD program will continue for one year from the date of the issue of the scholarship. There shall be an annual assessment of the performance of the PhD scholar for the continuation of the scholarship. 

Eligibility for Scholarship 

• Only GATE / NET qualified students shall be considered for the award of the Institute fellowship. 
• For 2nd Year of Fellowship, Successful completion of PhD Course with mm. 7.0110.0 CGPA. 
• For 3rd Year of Fellowship, Successful completion of a comprehensive examination and 01 research publication accepted/published in SCI/SCIE/Scopus/Web of Science indexed non-paid journal. 
• For 4th & 5th Year of Fellowship, 02 research publications accepted/published in SCI/SCIE/Scopus/Web of Science indexed non-paid journal 
• Publications must be in the relevant area of research of the scholar with affiliation to NIT Kurukshetra 

NIT Kurukshetra Scholarship once discontinued will be restored as and when eligibility conditions (as above) are acquired. However, this will be effective from the 1st day of the next month. 

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