Lok Sabha Question No. 556 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Phd Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 556

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## PhD SCHEME

## 556  COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to extend the duration of the Visvesvayara PhD Scheme started in 2014 beyond 2023;
- (b) the  State-wise  details  of  distribution  of  funds  allocated  and  institutions  associated  with  the scheme;
- (c) whether  the  Institutions  of  National  Importance  have  been  covered  under  the  scheme, specially the ones which have been nominated in the last two  years and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the  details  of  number  of  fellows  enrolled  in  the  above  said  scheme  as  per  their  area  of research;
- (e) whether the  Government has granted an extension to the  graduating  fellows  in  light  of  the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the  Government has taken action towards updating the structure  of  the  above  said scheme as per research objectives laid out in the National Education Policy 2020; and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) There  is  no  such  proposal.  Phase-II  of  Visvesvaraya  PhD  Scheme  has  been  launched  on September 17 th , 2021.
- (b) The details of distribution of funds allocated and institutions associated with the scheme are at Annexure A.
- (c) As per the guidelines of the scheme, all the institutions of national importance are eligible to receive support under the scheme.
- (d) The details of number of fellows enrolled in the Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme as per their area of research are at Annexure B.
- (e) Visvesvaraya PhD scheme is an institutional scheme and is being implemented as per the rules of the participating institutions. The fellowship support under the scheme is provided to  the  research  fellows  through  participating  institutions  upto  5  years  or  their  PhD
- completion,  whichever  is  earlier.  No  fellowship  extension  was  granted  to  the  graduating fellows in light of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
- (f) Visvesvaraya PhD scheme was initiated with the objective of enhancing the number of PhDs in  Electronics  System  Design  and  Manufacturing  (ESDM)  and  IT  /  IT  enabled  Services (ITES)  sectors.  The  research  areas  such  as  Machine  Learning  and  Artificial  Intelligence mentioned  under the National Education Policy 2020  are covered in Phase II of Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme.

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## Visvesvaraya Phd Scheme for Electronics & IT

| State wise details of distribution of funds allocated and institutions associated with the scheme   | State wise details of distribution of funds allocated and institutions associated with the scheme   | State wise details of distribution of funds allocated and institutions associated with the scheme   | State wise details of distribution of funds allocated and institutions associated with the scheme   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.N.                                                                                                | Name of the States/UT                                                                               | Name of the Institutions                                                                            | Amount (in Rs. Lakhs)                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                      | Andhra University                                                                                   | 248.48                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                   | Arunachal                                                                                           | NIT Arunachal Pradesh, Yupia                                                                        | 139.85                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                   | Pradesh                                                                                             | NERIST Nirjuli                                                                                      | 129.37                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                   | Assam                                                                                               | Gauhati University                                                                                  | 252.28                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | IIIT Guwahati                                                                                       | 72.00                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | IIT Guwahati                                                                                        | 340.75                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | NIT Silchar                                                                                         | 201.79                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | Tezpur University                                                                                   | 257.63                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                                               | IIT Patna                                                                                           | 793.80                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | NIT Patna                                                                                           | 368.23                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                   | Chandigarh                                                                                          | Punjab Engg College University of Technology, Chandigarh                                            | 170.52                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University                               | 158.71                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                   | Delhi                                                                                               | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi                                                    | 233.73                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | IIT Delhi                                                                                           | 1697.69                                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi                                             | 803.54                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | Jamia Millia Islamia                                                                                | 433.72                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | JNU Delhi                                                                                           | 54.35                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | South Asian University                                                                              | 51.91                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                   | Goa                                                                                                 | Goa University                                                                                      | 203.38                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | NIT Goa                                                                                             | 104.60                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                             | IIT Gandhinagar                                                                                     | 267.75                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | Nirma University                                                                                    | 135.09                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat                                          | 145.12                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                                             | NIT Kurukshetra                                                                                     | 177.36                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                                  | Himachal                                                                                            | IIT Mandi                                                                                           | 306.09                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                                  | Pradesh                                                                                             | NIT Hamirpur                                                                                        | 205.23                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                  | Jammu&                                                                                              | University of Kashmir                                                                               | 88.81                                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                                  | Kashmir                                                                                             | NIT Srinagar                                                                                        | 53.73                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                                           | IIT-Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad                                                                 | 42.46                                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                                           | IISc Bangalore                                                                                      | 1446.86                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     | IIIT, Bangalore                                                                                     | 449.73                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     | NIT Karnataka, Surathkal                                                                            | 621.62                                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                                  | Kerala                                                                                              | Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala                                                                   | 53.69                                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     | NIT Calicut                                                                                         | 127.62                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                      | Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya                                                                         | 61.98                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     | IIT Indore                                                                                          | 673.20                                                                                              |

## Annexure A

|    |             | Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior                 |    1.63 |
|----|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|    |             | Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur     |  160.72 |
|    |             | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal                              |  127.26 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | Bharati Vidyapeeth University                                                      |   55.07 |
|    |             | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University                                       |   39.89 |
|    |             | IIT Bombay                                                                         |  745.81 |
|    |             | Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University                                     |    3.25 |
|    |             | Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati                                      |    3.25 |
|    |             | Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded           |   93.66 |
|    |             | Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering &Management, Nagpur                         |   16.85 |
|    |             | SNDT Women's University                                                            |   51.47 |
|    |             | Solapur University                                                                 |   98.96 |
|    |             | VNIT Nagpur                                                                        |  924.53 |
| 17 | Meghalaya   | NE Hill University, Shillong                                                       |  102.51 |
|    |             | NIT Meghalaya                                                                      |  113.3  |
| 18 | Odisha      | IIT Bhubaneswar                                                                    |   22.82 |
|    |             | NIT Rourkela                                                                       |  264.37 |
| 19 | Puducherry  | Pondicherry University                                                             |   75.09 |
|    |             | NIT Puducherry                                                                     |   53.04 |
| 20 | Punjab      | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar                     |   24.12 |
|    |             | Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar                                                |   27.26 |
|    |             | IIT Ropar                                                                          |  169.74 |
|    |             | Punjabi University                                                                 |  111.76 |
|    |             | Thapar University                                                                  |  336.02 |
| 21 | Rajasthan   | Central University of Rajasthan                                                    |   15.77 |
|    |             | IIT Jodhpur                                                                        |  412.16 |
|    |             | MNIT Jaipur                                                                        |  491.57 |
| 22 | Sikkim      | NIT Sikkim                                                                         |  112.2  |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu  | Amrita University                                                                  |  376.21 |
|    |             | Anna University                                                                    |  545.06 |
|    |             | Annamalai University                                                               |  118.65 |
|    |             | IIT Madras                                                                         |  141.51 |
|    |             | Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram |   45.75 |
|    |             | Karunya University, Coimbatore                                                     |   63.33 |
|    |             | NIT Tiruchirappalli                                                                |  889.61 |
|    |             | PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore                                              |   31.6  |
|    |             | SRM University                                                                     |   73.7  |
|    |             | Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu                                        |   86.15 |
| 24 | Telangana   | IIT Hyderabad                                                                      | 1199.17 |
|    |             | International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad                        |  382.19 |

|    |               | NIT Warangal                                          |   145.76 |
|----|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------|
|    |               | University College of Engineering, Osmania University |   153.48 |
|    |               | University of Hyderabad                               |   213.33 |
| 25 | Tripura       | NIT Agartala                                          |    60.56 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh Muslim University                             |   233.61 |
|    |               | IIT BHU                                               |   145.87 |
|    |               | IIT Kanpur                                            |  1018.6  |
|    |               | Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad |    23.87 |
|    |               | MLN-NIT Allahabad                                     |   505.03 |
| 27 | Uttrakhand    | IIT Roorkee                                           |   480.04 |
| 28 | West Bengal   | IIEST Shibpur                                         |   683.85 |
|    |               | IIT Kharagpur                                         |    20.29 |
|    |               | ISI Kolkata                                           |   189.87 |
|    |               | Jadavpur University Kolkata                           |   594.44 |
|    |               | NIT Durgapur                                          |   896.6  |
|    |               | University of Calcutta                                |   208.53 |

## Annexure B

|   S/No. | Research Areas                     |   No. of fellows |
|---------|------------------------------------|------------------|
|       1 | 3D Printing                        |                1 |
|       2 | 5G Communication                   |               29 |
|       3 | Algorithms                         |                1 |
|       4 | Analog Electronics                 |               22 |
|       5 | Artificial Intelligence            |               94 |
|       6 | Big Data                           |               67 |
|       7 | Biotechnology/ Medical Electronics |               74 |
|       8 | Blockchain/ Distributed Computing  |                6 |
|       9 | Cloud Computing                    |               57 |
|      10 | Complier Design                    |                4 |
|      11 | Compressed Sensing                 |                1 |
|      12 | Computer Architecture              |               12 |
|      13 | Computer Networking                |               17 |
|      14 | Control Systems/ Robotics          |               21 |
|      15 | Cryptography                       |               34 |
|      16 | Cyber Security                     |               50 |
|      17 | e-Governance                       |                2 |
|      18 | Electrical Machines and Drives     |                4 |
|      19 | Electromagnetic                    |                2 |
|      20 | Embedded System                    |                4 |
|      21 | Evolutionary Computation           |                1 |
|      22 | Fluid and thermal                  |                1 |
|      23 | Geospatial System                  |                4 |
|      24 | Green and Sustainable ICT          |                2 |

## Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics & IT

|   25 | Haptics                                      |   1 |
|------|----------------------------------------------|-----|
|   26 | Hardware security                            |   2 |
|   27 | HCI and ICTD                                 |   2 |
|   28 | Image Processing/ DSP/ Pattern Recognisation | 134 |
|   29 | Internet of Things/ Wireless Sensor Network  |  76 |
|   30 | IT and Agriculture                           |   1 |
|   31 | Large Area Electronics                       |   7 |
|   32 | Machine Learning                             |  67 |
|   33 | Materials                                    |  45 |
|   34 | Microwave Devices                            |  10 |
|   35 | Mobile Communication                         |  17 |
|   36 | Nanoelectronics                              |  36 |
|   37 | Natural Language Processing                  |  31 |
|   38 | Optoelectronics                              |  83 |
|   39 | Packaging                                    |  27 |
|   40 | Power Electronics                            |  64 |
|   41 | Quantum Computing/ Communication             |  12 |
|   42 | Renewable Energy source                      |  17 |
|   43 | RF/ Wireless Communications                  | 149 |
|   44 | Robust control of motors                     |   1 |
|   45 | Scientific Evaluation                        |   2 |
|   46 | Software Engineering                         |   5 |
|   47 | Synthesis and Sensor Technology              |   1 |
|   48 | Vehicular electronics                        |   6 |
|   49 | VLSI Design                                  |  93 |