Lok Sabha Question No. 106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: PhD Programmes
Ministry: Education
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## PhD Programmes

## 106.   SHRI S. VENKATESAN

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the annual permitted strength of the Ph.D Programmes at each Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)  during  2021  along  with  their  category-wise  institute-funded,  project,  sponsored,  other fellowships, etc.
- (b) the total number of vacant PhD seats in each department at each IIT during the said year along with their Unreserved/Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST)/ other Backward Classes (OBCs)/ Economically Weaker Section (EWS) composition;
- (c) whether the annual permitted strength of the Ph.D programme is fixed for an academic year or for a calender year at each IIT;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  total  number  of  eligible  applications  received  for  selection  and  out  of  which  the  total number of students admitted to the PhD programmes in each department at each IIT during the said year along with their SC/ST/OBC/EWS composition?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a), (c) & (d): The category-wise annual permitted strength of the Ph.D. programmes at the Indian Institutes  of  Technology  (IITs)  during  2021  is  at Annexure-I. In  some  of  the  IITs,  the  annual permitted strength of the Ph.D programme is fixed for an academic year, while it is not fixed and keeps rolling in others.

(b)  &  (e):  The  details  of  the  eligible  applications  received,  students  admitted  and  vacant  seats  for PhD  programmes,  department-wise,  with  UR/  SC/  ST/  OBC/  EWS  break-up,  during  2021  is  at Annexure-II .

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a), (c) & (d) OF THE REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022 ASKED BY SHRI S. VENKATESAN , HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, REGARDING Ph.D.

## PROGRAMMES.

| Category-wise annual permitted strength of the Ph.D. programmes at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) during 2021   | Category-wise annual permitted strength of the Ph.D. programmes at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) during 2021   | Category-wise annual permitted strength of the Ph.D. programmes at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) during 2021                                        | Category-wise annual permitted strength of the Ph.D. programmes at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) during 2021                                        | Category-wise annual permitted strength of the Ph.D. programmes at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) during 2021                                        | Category-wise annual permitted strength of the Ph.D. programmes at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) during 2021                                        |
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| S.No.                                                                                                                       | Name of the Institute                                                                                                       | Institute Funded                                                                                                                                                 | Project                                                                                                                                                          | Sponsored                                                                                                                                                        | Other Fellowship                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                                           | IIT Delhi                                                                                                                   | 3144                                                                                                                                                             | 1746                                                                                                                                                             | 1746                                                                                                                                                             | 1746                                                                                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                                                           | IIT Kanpur                                                                                                                  | 1648                                                                                                                                                             | 5                                                                                                                                                                | 13                                                                                                                                                               | 258                                                                                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                                           | IIT Kharagpur                                                                                                               | There is no sanctioned strength for Ph.D. programme in IIT Kharagpur. Admission is given to all those who are above the cut-off that is fixed for that semester. | There is no sanctioned strength for Ph.D. programme in IIT Kharagpur. Admission is given to all those who are above the cut-off that is fixed for that semester. | There is no sanctioned strength for Ph.D. programme in IIT Kharagpur. Admission is given to all those who are above the cut-off that is fixed for that semester. | There is no sanctioned strength for Ph.D. programme in IIT Kharagpur. Admission is given to all those who are above the cut-off that is fixed for that semester. |
| 4                                                                                                                           | IIT Bombay                                                                                                                  | 431                                                                                                                                                              | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       |
| 5                                                                                                                           | IIT Madras                                                                                                                  | 400                                                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                                           | IIT Guwahati                                                                                                                | 535                                                                                                                                                              | 20                                                                                                                                                               | Only Foreign Students                                                                                                                                            | 40                                                                                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                                           | IIT Roorkee                                                                                                                 | 1642                                                                                                                                                             | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                                                           | IIT BHU                                                                                                                     | 170                                                                                                                                                              | 3                                                                                                                                                                | 40                                                                                                                                                               | 7                                                                                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                                           | IIT Ropar                                                                                                                   | 68                                                                                                                                                               | 39                                                                                                                                                               | 25                                                                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                                                          | IIT Patna                                                                                                                   | 338                                                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                                                          | IIT Hyderabad                                                                                                               | 120                                                                                                                                                              | 52                                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 76                                                                                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                                                          | IIT Jodhpur                                                                                                                 | 385                                                                                                                                                              | 18                                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 59                                                                                                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                                                          | IIT Gandhinagar                                                                                                             | 237                                                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                                                          | IIT Bhubneshwar                                                                                                             | 43                                                                                                                                                               | 12                                                                                                                                                               | 16                                                                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                                                          | IIT Indore                                                                                                                  | 20                                                                                                                                                               | 6                                                                                                                                                                | 13                                                                                                                                                               | 124                                                                                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                                                          | IIT Mandi                                                                                                                   | 158                                                                                                                                                              | 7                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                                          | IIT Jammu                                                                                                                   | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                                                          | IIT Bhilai                                                                                                                  | 20                                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 9                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                                                          | IIT Goa                                                                                                                     | 11                                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                                                                |
| 20                                                                                                                          | IIT Palakkad                                                                                                                | 42                                                                                                                                                               | 5                                                                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                                                                | 12                                                                                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                                                          | IIT Dharwad                                                                                                                 | 58                                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                                                          | IIT Tirupati                                                                                                                | 72                                                                                                                                                               | NA                                                                                                                                                               | NA                                                                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                                                          | IIT ISM Dhanbad                                                                                                             | 253                                                                                                                                                              | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       | No specified sanctioned strength is there.                                                                                                                       |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (b) & (e) OF THE REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 106 TO BE  ANSWERED  ON  18.07.2022  ASKED  BY SHRI  S.  VENKATESAN,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT,  REGARDING Ph.D. PROGRAMMES.

| Eligible application received, student admitted and vacant seats for PhD programmes  S.No  .  Name of the  Institutes  Department  Year 2021  Total No. of eligible application received for  Ph.D  Total No. of students admitted to  Ph.D programme  Total No. of Vacant Ph.D Seats  Remarks  UR  SC  ST  OBC  EWS  Total  UR  SC  ST  OBC  EWS  Total  UR  SC  ST  OBC  EWS  Total  1  IIT Delhi  Applied Mechanics  230  39  4  122  42  437  30  1  1  7  3  42  20  24  15  38  16  113  Ph.D. seats are not on annual intake basis  but  on  rolling  basis,  based  on  sanctioned  faculty strength. Extra admissions in some  Departments/Centre/School  are  against  overall sanctioned seats for Ph.D.  Bharti School of  Telecommunicatio  n Tech & Mgmt.  80  19  2  28  7  136  12  0  0  0  0  12  -12  7  4  8  3  10  Biochemical  Engineering &  Biotechnology  519  104  14  171  65  873  8  0  0  0  0  8  -1  14  7  19  10  49  Centre for Applied  Research in  Electronics  172  47  10  76  19  324  10  1  1  2  1  15  -5  9  5  11  6  25  Centre for  Atmospheric Sci.  116  30  7  57  19  229  6  1  0  0  0  7  20  16  9  31  13  90  Centre for  Automotive  Research and  Tribology  123  28  2  42  18  213  4  0  0  0  0  4  29  15  8  28  12  92  Centre for Bio-  Med. Engg.  182  41  7  68  22  320  7  0  0  1  0  8  -8  12  6  16  8  36  Centre for Rural  Dev. & Tech.  196  46  12  88  24  366  11  0  1  5  1  18  -9  4  4  7  7  12  Chemical  Engineering  239  72  4  126  30  471  21  3  1  5  4  34  9  19  9  28  14  79  Chemistry  563  100  23  290  133  1109  19  2  0  14  4  39  19  31  16  34  15  115  Civil Engineering  795  225  70  405  113  1608  31  5  1  7  1  45  19  39  25  70  33  187   |
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| Eligible application received, student admitted and vacant seats for PhD programmes  S.No  .  Name of the  Institutes  Department  Year 2021  Total No. of eligible application received for  Ph.D  Total No. of students admitted to  Ph.D programme  Total No. of Vacant Ph.D Seats  Remarks  UR  SC  ST  OBC  EWS  Total  UR  SC  ST  OBC  EWS  Total  UR  SC  ST  OBC  EWS  Total  G.S. Sanyal School  of  Telecommunicatio  n  26  0  0  6  1  33  6  0  0  1  0  7  Humanities and  Social Sciences  171  15  6  66  22  280  21  1  0  4  1  27  Ranbir and Chitra  Gupta School of  Infrastructure  Design and  Management  38  9  2  10  2  61  4  0  1  0  0  5  Industrial and  Systems  Engineering  64  11  3  31  4  113  4  0  0  3  0  7  Rajiv Gandhi  School of  Intellectual  Property Law  21  5  4  14  3  47  4  0  0  1  0  5  Centre of  Excellence for  Indian Knowledge  Systems  24  9  0  6  1  40  4  2  0  0  0  6  Mathematics  34  31  11  29  13  118  10  4  1  9  1  25  Mechanical  Engineering  88  35  6  85  17  231  16  0  0  11  4  31  Mining  Engineering  18  5  4  21  7  55  6  4  0  6  2  18  School of Medical  Science and  Technology  147  26  0  37  13  223  15  2  0  3  0  20  Materials Science  135  18  0  48  30  231  5  1  0  0  0  6  Metallurgical and  Materials  Engineering  76  15  1  38  10  140  29  2  0  7  2  40  Ocean Engineering  and Naval  Architecture  11  1  0  5  0  17  3  0  0  3  0  6   |
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| Eligible application received, student admitted and vacant seats for PhD programmes  S.No  .  Name of the  Institutes  Department  Year 2021  Total No. of eligible application received for  Ph.D  Total No. of students admitted to  Ph.D programme  Total No. of Vacant Ph.D Seats  Remarks  UR  SC  ST  OBC  EWS  Total  UR  SC  ST  OBC  EWS  Total  UR  SC  ST  OBC  EWS  Total  Chemistry  57  15  1  27  12  112  4  2  0  3  0  9  1  1  Computer Science  & Engg.  55  17  3  34  5  114  3  1  2  2  0  8  -1  1  Civil Engg.  84  30  5  48  13  180  9  2  0  5  0  16  -2  1  2  1  Electronics Engg.  57  30  3  41  10  141  7  5  1  8  3  24  3  -1  1  -1  2  Electrical Engg.  67  23  5  44  13  152  3  0  0  2  1  6  1  1  1  3  Environmental  Science & Engg.  57  18  9  37  11  132  2  3  3  1  0  9  Fuel, Minerals and  Metallurgical  Engg.  9  4  0  7  1  21  3  0  0  1  0  4  1  1  Humanities &  Social Sciences  50  15  6  28  11  110  1  1  0  1  1  4  2  2  Maths &  Computing  80  25  3  43  29  180  3  0  1  4  4  12  4  1  1  -3  3  Mining Engg.  14  8  5  21  6  54  3  2  1  6  1  13  2  -2  Mechanical Engg.  89  36  4  100  16  245  17  6  2  9  4  38  -1  1  2  2  Mining Machinery  Engg.  2  2  1  7  0  12  1  1  1  4  0  7  1  1  1  3  Management  Studies  54  18  4  37  18  131  6  3  1  3  1  14  -1  1  Petroleum Engg.  21  5  0  14  2  42  3  3  0  7  1  14  5  -2  1  4  Physics  82  18  2  39  20  161  6  4  1  5  2  18  3  1  4   |
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