Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT: Part Time PhD Candidates
State: Central
Ministry: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Department: null
Category: Science, IT & Communications, Education & Learning
Beneficiary Type: Individual

The scheme aims at generating a total of 150 Part-time PhDs in emerging research areas of Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) and IT/IT Enabled Services (IT/ITES) sectors over a period of 5 years.

Benefits:
- Part-time PhD candidates will receive a one-time incentive of ₹3,00,000/- upon successful completion of their PhD degree and reporting of the same to PhD Cell through their institution with PhD completion documents.

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Eligibility:
Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme is an institutional scheme wherein eligible institutions submit proposals requesting Part-time PhD seats against an active call for proposal by Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme, DIC, MeitY. 
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1. The call for proposal for Part-time PhD seats will be notified by PhD Cell, DIC; MeitY through the web portal https://phd.dic.gov.in/.  
2. Proposals for allotment of Part-time PhD seats are to be submitted by eligible institutions only. Suitable number of seats would be allotted to institutions for further enrollment of Part-time PhD fellows on these seats following the scheme guidelines.
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  - Part-time PhD seats are provisioned for professionals working at reputed places/organizations.
  - The selected candidates should not be availing any PhD Fellowship/scholarship from any other scheme of Central or State Government.

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***Termination of the Support***
PhD Cell, DIC, MeitY reserves the right to hold/ stop/ terminate the support for this component at any stage, including but not limited to:

-  Appropriate progress is not being made.
-  Violation/ Non-compliance of guidelines.
-  Any other reason, which is deemed appropriate by PhD Cell, DIC, MeitY.

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Application Process:
[Online]
Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme is an institutional scheme wherein eligible institutions submit proposals requesting Part-time PhD seats against an active call for proposal by Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme, DIC, MeitY. 
The call for proposal for Part-time PhD seats will be notified by PhD Cell, DIC; MeitY through the web portal https://phd.dic.gov.in/. 
Proposals for allotment of Part-time PhD seats are to be submitted by eligible institutions only. Suitable number of seats would be allotted to institutions for further enrollment of Part-time PhD fellows on these seats following the scheme guidelines.
Interested candidate to join the scheme, need to contact respective institutions for admission formalities.

Documents Required:
Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme is an institutional scheme wherein eligible institutions submit proposals requesting Part-time PhD seats against an active call for proposal by Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme, DIC, MeitY. 
1. The call for proposal for Part-time PhD seats will be notified by PhD Cell, DIC; MeitY through the web portal https://phd.dic.gov.in/. 
2. Proposals for allotment of Part-time PhD seats are to be submitted by eligible institutions only. Suitable number of seats would be allotted to institutions for further enrollment of Part-time PhD fellows on these seats following the scheme guidelines.
Accordingly, the applicants may contact their respective institutions for documents and other formalities.