Ph.D. @ IIIT Kottayam
IIIT Kottayam launched its doctoral programme to impart the knowledge, skills, and attitude to do world-class research in the area of computer science and its allied fields. Few Ph.D. Scholars have been awarded scholarships under various schemes from different funding agencies, like DST. Institute may provide teaching assistantships to eligible students as per prevailing norms. Our scholars are now collaborating with international universities to enhance their research works. The faculties of the Engineering departments and Computational Science and Humanities department along with their research scholars, perform cutting-edge research in their respective domains and have resulted in highly acclaimed publications in reputed Journals and Conferences, as well as Patents in their respective domains. Our faculties also take industrial consultancy projects, apart from sponsored research projects and collaborative projects with Industry/Academia within India and abroad.
Major Areas of Research
Computer Science & Engineering
AI, Knowledge Representation, Precision Agriculture, Signal Processing, Human Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, IoT-Edge-Cloud, Biomedical Image Processing, Natural Language Processing (NLP), etc.
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CSE - Cyber Security
Cyber Security with Machine Learning, AI based Cyber Security, Cyber Security, Cryptography and Network Security, IoT, Intrusion Detection and Malware, Privacy preservation, Data Security, Cloud Computing, Healthcare, etc.
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Admission Categories
SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS (FULL-TIME)
A candidate in this category works full-time in the Institute for his/her Ph.D. degree. He/she receives assistantship/fellowship from INSPIRE/CSIR/UGC/NBHM/QIP or any other recognized funding agency but no financial assistance/scholarship from the Institute. Such candidates are required to perform the teaching assistantship and other duties assigned by the department from time to time.
SPONSORED (FULL-TIME)
A candidate in this category is sponsored from a recognized R & D organization, academic institution, government organization or industry and doing research in the Institute on a full-time basis. The candidate must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in the respective field. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student. An intending sponsored candidate must submit his/her application in prescribed form along with No objection cum sponsorship certificate for admission through his/her employer, to the Institute with suitable endorsement. A sponsored candidate selected for admission shall be required, at the time of joining the Institute, to produce certificate in the prescribed form from the employers to the effect: (i) that he/she has been officially released from his duties for purpose of joining the programme and has been granted leave for the required period; (ii) that his services may/shall be retained with the employer.
SELF-FINANCED (FULL-TIME)
A candidate in this category works full-time towards the Ph.D. Programme. The Institute will not provide any financial assistantship/fellowship to such a student.
EXTERNAL REGISTRANTS
A candidate working in Industries/Institutes/Research Organisations can register as External Registrant and do research work either in their own organisation along with their regular work or in the host institute. A no objection certificate issued by the competent authority of parent organization shall be attached with the application for admission. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a candidate.
Ph.D. THROUGH SPONSORED PROJECT
A candidate working in a sponsored project of the Institute (IIIT Kottayam) can register to the Ph.D. program under project category. The minimum remaining period of the project should be at least 2 years from the date of joining the Ph.D. program. They will do research work along with their regular project work. They shall submit recommendation of the Principal Investigator and HoD along with the application. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a candidate for his PhD registration.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Selection of the candidate will be based on the performance in the written test and /or interview. Appearing for the test and/or interview does not entitle any candidate to admission to the Ph.D. programme.
CONTACT US
Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam
Valavoor P.O., Pala, Kottayam, Kerala, India - 686635
Phone (Faculty): +91 - 0482-220 2272 / 2161 / 2224
Phone (Academic Office): +91 - 0482-220 2140 / 2149
Email: phdprogramme@iiitkottayam.ac.in | kanchanlata@iiitkottayam.ac.in
For technical queries, please contact itsupport@iiitkottayam.ac.in or call 0482-220 2117
