Indian Institute of Technology School of Engineering (Civil Engineering) Date: 20 th May, 2015 Ph.D. Admissions for Odd Semester (August, 2015) (Materials / Solid Mechanics / Thermal) School of Engineering had called applications for the PhD program in Materials / Solid Mechanics / Thermal. The minimum qualifications for applying to PhD programs in School of Engineering at IIT Mandi were advertised in the institute website. The following candidates are shortlisted for the interview and/or written test. The shortlisting criterion and syllabus for the written test for each specialization were given before the shortlist. Shortlisted candidates are requested to appear for the admission process as per the schedule given below: Venue: Academic Block, I.I.T. Mandi, Near Bus Stand, Mandi-175001, H.P., India Date and Time: June 2, 2015 (Tuesday) at 09:30 AM The result of the final selection will be announced in the institute webpage. Shortlisted branches: Program PhD (Materials) PhD (Solid Mechanics &Design) Shortlisted Branches M.Sc (Chemistry / Physics / Material Science / Polymer Science and Technology / Industrial Chemistry / Metallurgical Engineering / Nanotechnology) with valid UGC/CSIR NET JRF or GATE score. Or M. Tech Materials /Nanotechnology or other relevant B. Tech (Mechanical/Civil/Aerospace) and M.Tech./M.S. in Design, Applied Mechanics, Biomechanics + GATE PhD (Thermal) B. Tech (Mechanical/Aerospace) + M. Tech (Thermal or related ) + GATE Page 1 of 8
Shortlisting Criteria for PhD (Thermal): Master s (M. Tech/M.E. or equivalent) Percentage Criteria for shortlisting: For General/OBC candidates with GATE qualified, 65% or 7.0 CGPA For SC/ST/PC candidates with GATE qualified, 60% or 6.5 CGPA For General/OBC graduates of IITs/IISC, 65% or 7 CGPA For SC/ST/PC graduates of IITs/IISC, 60 % or 6.5 CGPA For Direct PhD (applied for Ph. D after their B. Tech): o B. Tech (from non IIT) + GATE score >= 550 (The candidates who have applied under this category must prove that they are in top 5 % or top 20 of their university examinations). o B. Tech from IIT: CGPA >= 8.0 (Gen/OBC)+Valid GATE score; >=7.5 (SC/ST/PC)+Valid GATE score Syllabus for Written Test: Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer Shortlisted Candidates (Thermal): Sr. No. Appl. No. Fullname 1 16 Meenu Agrawal 2 37 Aditya Dhuria 3 39 Mahesh Kumar Tiwari 4 43 Gaurav Tripathi 5 55 Ankit Sharma 6 82 Dewanand Pandit 7 89 Rahul Rathee 8 102 Suveg Singh 9 118 Sridhar Sahoo 10 120 Est Dev Patel 11 127 Est Dev Patel 12 131 Shraddha Verma 13 136 Sandeep Kumar Verma 14 140 Ajay Kumar Singh 15 148 Saurabh Kumar 16 162 Piyush Garg 17 165 Roshan Raman 18 173 Raj Kumar Gupta 19 185 Sumit Kumar Singh 20 192 Manish Bhendura 21 195 Bhupendra Singh 22 220 Lord Jaykishan Nayak 23 232 Alankrita Singh 24 237 Davinder Page 2 of 8
25 244 Gurpreet Singh Sodhi 26 245 Soumik Bose 27 248 Vinay Singh 28 249 Vipul Dogra 29 258 Chandrasekhara Pratap G C 30 260 Sonia Rani 31 298 Md Nazeem Khan 32 315 Tushar Kant Swain 33 320 Amit Kumar 34 329 Padma Lochan Nayak 35 333 Manju Bisht 36 334 Suvendu Mohanty 37 340 Anup Jyoti Das 38 355 Rajani Kant Rao 39 377 Prabhash Kumar Dwevedi 40 381 Rishant Sharma 41 386 Rishant Sharma 42 397 Amit Laxman Joshi 43 401 Amit Kumar 44 415 Ashish Singh 45 428 Himanshu Agrawal 46 434 Rajib Das 47 440 Ankit Sharma 48 441 Varinder Singh 49 442 Rohit Kumar 50 456 Prabhakar Zainith 51 462 Aurabinda Swain 52 474 Jermy Varghese Thomas 53 490 Anil Kumar 54 528 Lakshya Garg 55 529 Parmod Kumar 56 534 Amit Goel 57 543 Rajan Kumar 58 549 Gajendra Kumar 59 556 Aniket Mazumder 60 569 Nagendra Kumar 61 580 Amit Garg 62 585 Rajesh Kumar 63 Ankur Kaundal 64 Rahul Raj Page 3 of 8
Shortlisting Criteria for PhD (Solid Mechanics &Design): Master s (M. Tech / M. E or Equivalent) Percentage Criteria for shortlisting: For General/OBC candidates with GATE score, 65% or 7.0 CGPA For SC/ST/PC candidates with GATE score, 60% or 6.5 CGPA For General/OBC candidates without GATE score, 75% or 8 CGPA For SC/ST/PC candidates without GATE score, 70% or 7.5 CGPA For Direct PhD (applied for Ph. D after their B. Tech): B. Tech (from non IIT) + GATE score >= 550 (The candidates who have applied under this category must prove that they are in top 5 % or top 20 of their university examinations). Syllabus for Written Test: Solid Mechanics, Machine Design, Engineering Mechanics, Vibrations Shortlisted Candidates (Solid Mechanics/Design): Sr. No. Appl No. Full Name 1 7 Ishan Aggarwal 2 10 Mokal Sneha Dipak 3 28 Avinash Shukla 4 35 Devendra Singh 5 40 Aditya Dhuria 6 50 P M G Bashir Asdaque 7 72 Shreekant Talewad 8 78 Vivek Kumar Gupta 9 83 Anurag Sharma 10 122 Surya Pratap Singh 11 142 Shubham Kushwaha 12 145 Durjyodhan Sethi 13 151 Akashdeep Gupta 14 172 Sharad Kumar Chandrakar 15 177 Ram Bhushan Singh 16 180 Subhajit Konar 17 184 Subhas Singh 18 186 Ravi Kumar 19 193 Prasanya 20 206 Dewanand Pandit 21 213 Saran Theja Manige 22 218 Vikash Chauhan 23 233 Rajbeer Singh Anand 24 236 Amit Kumar 25 239 Anupam Kundu Page 4 of 8
26 253 Subrata Mondal 27 257 Manmathakrishnan 28 287 S Srikant Patnaik 29 294 Mukesh Kumar 30 296 Abhay Gupta 31 307 Vinod Kumar Rishidev 32 310 S.Sarath 33 330 Shubham Verma 34 341 Emon Barua 35 358 Krishna Kant Pandey 36 359 Katariya Pankajkumar Vaikunthbhai 37 363 Dharmendra Kumar Madhukar 38 368 Anurag Dhiman 39 376 Sooraj Singh Rawat 40 399 Priyanka Pathak 41 411 Bhupendra Kumar Saraswat 42 416 Praveen Nagesh 43 424 Shailendra Kumar 44 425 Jeenendra Kumar Shiv 45 438 Saroj Kumar Basantia 46 439 Anmol Kothari 47 446 Narayan Mishra 48 454 Ayush Gautam 49 459 Ashish Dwivedi 50 466 Upendra Kumar Singh 51 485 Deepak Kumar Gupta 52 488 Kesani Dinesh 53 489 Devismita Sanjay 54 500 Ajay Singh 55 514 Lavepreet Singh 56 515 Amit Kumar Thawait 57 520 Rahul Thakur 58 554 Aniket Mazumder 59 555 Sunil Kumar 60 558 Sashank Thapa 61 565 K Mani 62 567 Vedanta Baruah 63 596 Akash Dhiman 64 597 Preeti Gulia 65 598 Abhishek Mishra Page 5 of 8
Shortlisting Criteria for PhD (Materials): Master s Percentage Criteria for short listing: For General/OBC candidates with GATE score, 65% or 7.0 CGPA. For SC/ST/PC candidates with GATE score, 60% or 6.5 CGPA. For General/OBC candidates without GATE score, 75% or 8.0 CGPA. For SC/ST/PC candidates without GATE score,70% or 7.5 CGPA Syllabus for Written Test: Bonds in Structures; Crystal, Geometry, structures and defects; Nanostructure Material; Thermal, electrical, magnetic and optical properties of Materials Shortlisted Candidates (Materials): Sr. No. Appl. No. Full Name 1 23 Biraj Kanta Satpathy 2 30 Seema 3 41 Taresh Aggarwal 4 44 Ashish Tiwari 5 45 Akancha Pandey 6 59 Neha Shukla 7 64 Shakti Mishra 8 88 Rajat Biswas 9 96 Raj Kumar Yadav 10 134 Neha Gupta 11 188 Bulti Pramanick 12 198 Sovandev Ganguly 13 212 Aamir Mushtaq 14 219 Mohammad Ubaid 15 231 Neethu 16 265 Md Aminul Islam 17 266 Ankita Mathur 18 278 Sachin Sharma 19 302 Puneet Jain 20 303 Mahendra Singh Yadav 21 314 Sanjay Kumar 22 319 Savidh Khan 23 324 Shashi Kumar 24 342 Ramachandran 25 367 Ch Visweswara Rao Page 6 of 8
26 385 Prashant Kharey 27 494 Mudit Upadhyay 28 530 Rajeev Ray 29 562 Piyush Kumar Avasthi 30 563 Tripta Parida 31 571 Ganesh Kumar Maurya Documents required at the time of selection process: You are requested to bring along with you the following documents: 1. A copy of the invitation/call letter received on e-mail from IIT Mandi. 2. All your original educational certificates (from Class X onwards) and also certificates/ documents related to professional experience, if any. 3. A set of self-attested photo copies of the all the certificates/documents. 4. One updated Resume/CV. 5. One Passport size photograph. 6. Any other relevant documents (e.g. experience certificate, papers, research related, etc.) Page 7 of 8
Important notes: Those (General/OBC/SC/ST) Ph.D. candidates with ONLY a Bachelor s degree in Engineering from a non - IIT (Direct PhD after B. Tech) will need to produce the following through certificates / documents at the time of their interview: o Should be among the top 5% or 20 rank holders, declared by the University. The certificate should be issued by the university. o GATE score as mentioned in the shortlisting criterion. If you are not among the top 5% or top 20 rank holders of your university or you cannot prove your eligibility through a certificate, then please don't come for the interview. You should bring all the original certificates for verification. Carry a photocopy of the certificates. All candidates who had qualified GATE should bring the GATE score card for verification purpose. Do carry your M. Tech thesis and journal paper, if any, for the written test and/or interview Important: All shortlisted candidates will receive a call for interview via email. If you do not receive any communication via email before the date of your interview and your name is in the list, then please do come for your interview on the assigned date. If you are qualifying as per the shortlisting criteria and your name is not in the shortlisted candidates list, then please contact immediately at seoffice@iitmandi.ac.in. Please make sure that you have read the shortlisting criteria carefully before sending such an email. Page 8 of 8