Media Lab Asia Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme Registration & Application Status Check Online

Organization : Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India
Service Name : Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme Registration & Application Status Check Online

Website :  http://phd.medialabasia.in/index.php
Register Here : http://phd.medialabasia.in/registration.php
View Application Status : http://phd.medialabasia.in/view_app_status.php

Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme For Electronics & IT :

Department of Electronics and Information Technology, 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.

Media Lab Asia (a Section-25 not-for-profit organization of Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information technology) 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.

Eligibility Criteria:
The minimum requirement for the Institutions/Universities, Research Centers etc. for being eligible to receive grants under the scheme is compliance to the UGC’s minimum standards and procedures for award of M.Phil./PhD Degree, Regulation, 2009 (ref. The Gazette of India July11, 2009 Part III sec 4) as amended time to time.

All institutions falling in the following seven categories are eligible to participate in the scheme and receive grants:
** Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs)
** National Institutes of Technologies (NITs)
** Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
** Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)
** Central Universities
** Deemed Universities under Central Government
** Colleges/Institutions of National Importance

Institutions falling into the following six categories also:
** Universities created under a Provincial Act/State Act
** State Universities
** Private Universities
** Private Deemed to be Universities
** Colleges that are allowed to offer PhDs
** Other academic and R&D institutions

are eligible to participate in the scheme subject to meeting the additional eligibility criteria as mentioned below:
** The Institution should have existing post graduate stream in ESDM/IT/ITES and have produced PhDs in these areas for the last 3 years. The PhD student(s) under this scheme to be admitted as per UGC admission norms
** The Institution should be recognized by AICTE and NBA (National Board of Accreditation) accredited with respect to ESDM & IT/ITES Programmes.
** Or
** The Institution should be accredited by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council of UGC).

Such an institution would be required to furnish a copy of documents in support of meeting the above mentioned eligibility criteria to the PhD Cell, DeitY.

Terms and Conditions for support of PhD candidates:
** The support will be for additional PhD candidates taken by an institution. No support would be provided for current levels of enrolment of the PhD programme.
** The candidates enrolled/ registered for PhD, under Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme, during the period of the scheme would only be eligible to apply for the financial support.
** The support under the scheme will be provided to the institution granting the PhD degree and no direct funding support will be provided by Government of India to the PhD candidates or faculty members or to the Departments in the supported institution.
** The institution will be responsible for seeking financial support and for furnishing utilization certificates of the funds released and based on the scheme parameters, and as per conditions of the sanction of grant-in-aid.
** The PhD candidates who successfully complete their PhDs, either as full time or part-time, and are provided financial assistance under the scheme shall be counted towards achieving the target of the scheme.
** IPR generated under the scheme will be governed by existing rules and regulations of Government/UGC/CSIR.
** All institutions who will participate would be subjected to Audit of their accounts/records in respect of the scheme as per government norms.
** Assets created under the scheme using the research grant to the participating institutions would be used by institutions for the research and development activities in these institutions after the end of the scheme.