Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics & IT

5750

Research Publications

795

PhD Completed

32

Thesis Submitted

“Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronic & IT”, with the approval of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, was initiated in 2014 with an objective to enhance the number of PhDs in the country (Budget: Rs. 466 Cr.). PhD seats were allocated to institutions (IITs, NITs, Central & State Universities etc.) in 25 states and 4 Union Territories. Some of the achievements of the scheme are as follows-

PhD Completion: 795 Full Time & 171 Part Time
Thesis submission: 32 Full Time & 7 Part Time
Currently Pursuing: 63 Full Time & 99 Part Time
Research Publications: 5750
Patents filed: 90

Phase-II of the scheme was launched with a budget of Rs. 481.93 Crs for 9 years targeting:

1000 Full Time PhD Candidates
150 Part Time PhD Candidates.
50 awardees of “Young Faculty Research Fellowship (YFRF)”.
225 awardees of “Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF)”.

Features of Phase-II

Enhancement in number of PhD in ESDM, IT/ITES
Full Time PhD candidates will receive monthly fellowship along with RoR through DBT
Selected 250 Full Time candidates will get support for 6 months visit to Labs Abroad.
Support of Research Contingency Grant for each Full Time PhD candidate @ Rs. 1.20 Lakhs/year/candidate

Status of phase-II:

1000 Full Time seats have been allocated to 155 institutions
153 Part Time seats have been allocated to 112 institutions
517 Full Time candidates are currently pursuing PhD
57 Part Time candidates are currently pursuing PhD
One workshop for review of research work of PhD scholars was held at IIT Mandi in Sep 2024
11 YFRF awardees have been selected.
125 Post Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) seats have been allotted to 114 institutions in May 2025.

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