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Admission Notification for Ph.D.
Full time Doctoral Research Fellowship in Engineering Education
(Inter-disciplinary)

NITTTR, Chennai is affiliated to the University of Madras for the Doctoral Degree Programme in Engineering Education (Inter-disciplinary). As the Ph.D. Programme of the Institute is affiliated to the University of Madras all the rules and regulations prescribed by the University from time to time will apply to the candidates selected as Research Fellows. The candidates selected will be required to apply for admission into Ph.D. Programme of University of Madras.

ELIGIBILITY:
For purposes of admission in to the Ph.D. Programme in Engineering Education and getting the fellowship from NITTTR, the following are the eligibility conditions;
(1) The candidate should have obtained a Master’s Degree in Engineering / Technology / Architecture / Computer Applications / Electronic Media / Visual Communication / Environmental Science / Physics / Chemistry / Maths / English / Commerce / Management / Psychology / Sociology / Education / HRD or any other discipline related to Engineering Education. The candidate should have secured first class at Master’s degree with atleast 60% marks or equivalent Grade.
(2) The candidates who have studied their Master’s Degree Course through Correspondence will not be eligible.
(3) The candidate should have passed two year Post Graduate Degree Course after 3 year Degree Course and Higher Secondary of 12 years duration or Pre-University under 11 year SSLC + 1 year or 10 +2 pattern. Candidates who have passed the P.G. Degree Examination with less than 17 years of total duration of the course are not eligible for admission to Ph.D. Programme.
(4) The candidate should not be getting salary or pension or fellowship from any other source.

AGE LIMIT : Candidates less than 40 years of age alone are eligible (age relaxation will be given to SC/ST/OBC/PD candidates as per Government of India’s norms).

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS AND RESERVATION OF SEATS: The maximum number of full time research fellows to be selected per year is 10. The statutory provisions (as per Government of India’s regulation) for reservation of seats will be available to the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC and Persons with Disabilities (PD).

SCREENING OF APPLICATIONS: All applicants need not be called for the written test. The screening committee may fix additional / stiffer criteria and may restrict the candidates to be called for the written test, only to certain disciplines and / or to those applicants who have secured marks higher than a cut off score specified.

SELECTION PROCEDURE: The selection of fellows will be made by a selection committee constituted by the Director. The selection committee will conduct a written test on “Teaching & Research Aptitude”. The written test will also be used as a Screening test i.e. only those candidates who score above a cut off point (to be specified by the selection committee) will be interviewed.
The weightage for different parameters of selection is given below;
Master’s Degree Mark : 30%
Mark in the written test : 30%
Mark in the interview : 40%
Total : 100%

PUBLICATION OF THESIS: All the fellows shall submit to NITTTR one copy of the final form of the thesis and an electronic version in PDF format after the Viva Voice Board recommends the award of the Ph.D. Degree. NITTTR will consider publication of completed research in an appropriate form. The fellow can apply to NITTTR to publish his / her research work elsewhere.

APPLICATION FEE : Demand Draft for Rs.500/- (Rs.250/- in the case of SC/ST/PD candidates) drawn in favour of “The Director, NITTTR, Chennai” payable at Chennai.

HOW TO APPLY :
i) Information Brochure alongwith Application form can be downloaded from NITTTR website.

ii) The completed application form along with attested copies of all mark sheets, certificates and other required enclosures (as per the checklist enclosed with the application form) should be sent to the following address before the prescribed last date i.e. 30th June 2013. (Please write “Application for Doctoral Research Fellowship Programme” on the Cover).
The Director,
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research,
Taramani, Chennai - 600 113.
Tamil Nadu, India.

Last Date : 30th June 2013.