Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics & IT

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has conceived a scheme to enhance the number of PhDs in the Electronic Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) and IT/IT enabled Services (ITES) sector. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the scheme with a total estimated cost of ₹ 466 crore (Rupees Four Hundred One Crore only)over a period of nine years.

Digital India Corporation (Formerly Media Lab Asia) (a Section-25 not-for-profit organization of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology(MeitY)) would be responsible for providing implementation support to the scheme. The duration of scheme would be for a period of five years for the purpose of selecting PhD candidates for support under the scheme. However, the funding would be continued till 9th year for the commitments already made during the scheme period.

Key research areas

3D Printing

1

Students

1

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

5G Communication

26

Students

20

Full-Time

6

Part-Time

Analog Electronics

21

Students

19

Full-Time

2

Part-Time

Artificial Intelligence

83

Students

61

Full-Time

22

Part-Time

Big Data

62

Students

44

Full-Time

18

Part-Time

Biotechnology/ Medical Electronics

71

Students

60

Full-Time

11

Part-Time

Blockchain/ Distributed Computing

7

Students

2

Full-Time

5

Part-Time

Cloud Computing

55

Students

45

Full-Time

10

Part-Time

Complier Design

4

Students

4

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

Computer Architecture

9

Students

6

Full-Time

3

Part-Time

Computer Networking

15

Students

13

Full-Time

2

Part-Time

Control Systems/ Robotics

17

Students

14

Full-Time

3

Part-Time

Cryptography

29

Students

23

Full-Time

6

Part-Time

Cyber Security

43

Students

29

Full-Time

14

Part-Time

e-Governance

2

Students

2

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

Electrical Machines and Drives

4

Students

4

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

Electromagnetic

1

Students

0

Full-Time

1

Part-Time

Embedded System

3

Students

3

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

Geospatial System

4

Students

3

Full-Time

1

Part-Time

Green and Sustainable ICT

2

Students

2

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

Hardware security

2

Students

2

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

HCI and ICTD

2

Students

2

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

Image Processing/ DSP/ Pattern Recognisation

118

Students

75

Full-Time

43

Part-Time

Internet of Things/ Wireless Sensor Network

68

Students

42

Full-Time

26

Part-Time

IT and Agriculture

1

Students

1

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

Large Area Electronics

6

Students

5

Full-Time

1

Part-Time

Machine Learning

58

Students

34

Full-Time

24

Part-Time

Materials

37

Students

33

Full-Time

4

Part-Time

Microwave Devices

9

Students

8

Full-Time

1

Part-Time

Mobile Communication

14

Students

9

Full-Time

5

Part-Time

Nanoelectronics

33

Students

30

Full-Time

3

Part-Time

Natural Language Processing

23

Students

13

Full-Time

10

Part-Time

Optoelectronics

73

Students

59

Full-Time

14

Part-Time

Packaging

24

Students

20

Full-Time

4

Part-Time

Power Electronics

58

Students

48

Full-Time

10

Part-Time

Quantum Computing/ Communication

10

Students

10

Full-Time

0

Part-Time

Renewable Energy source

17

Students

13

Full-Time

4

Part-Time

RF/ Wireless Communications

124

Students

88

Full-Time

36

Part-Time

Scientific Evaluation

2

Students

1

Full-Time

1

Part-Time

Software Engineering

4

Students

2

Full-Time

2

Part-Time

Vehicular electronics

4

Students

3

Full-Time

1

Part-Time

VLSI Design

81

Students

67

Full-Time

14

Part-Time

Who can join?

Institutes

For the enrollment of Research Fellows in the area of IT/ITES or ESDM, PhD seats(Full/Part Time) are allocated to the institutions.

PhD Candidates

PhD aspirants interested for PhD in IT/ITES or ESDM areas may enroll themselves at the institutions supported under the scheme.

Young Faculty

"Young Faculty Research Fellowoship" award to young faculty members involved in R&D in areas of IT/ITES or ESDM at the institutions supported under the scheme.

What they're saying

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“Visvesvaraya PhD program is seen as a unique honor for a student to be selected, the academic committee concentrates on quality of work carried out by the scholars, on an ongoing basis.” — Professor S V Raghavan
Chairman, Academic Committee

“The Visvesvaraya PhD program has enabled several institutions nationwide to support additional number of PhD scholars, making substantial contributions to capacity building in these fields. ” — Krishna Moorthy Sivalingam, Ph.D.
Professor, CSE Dept, IIT Madras, Chennai, India