Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics & IT- Phase II
MEITY has approved implementation of Phase-II of Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics & IT with the objective of enhancing the number of PhDs in the Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) and IT/IT Enabled Services (ITES).
The scheme aims at generating a total of 1000 Full-time PhD Candidates (@200 Candidates per year) and 150 Part-time PhDs (@30 Candidates per year) in emerging research areas of ESDM and IT/ITES sectors over a period of 5 years.
The scheme will also identify and support 50 Young Faculty Research Fellowships (@10 awards/year) to recognize and encourage young faculty involved in research and technology development in the areas of ESDM and IT/ITES.
The scheme would support 225 Post-Doctoral Fellowships for candidates @ 25 seats per year for a period of support of one year to encourage specialized research in emerging research areas under ESDM and IT/ITES sectors. The support has been provisioned for a total of 9 years.
The scheme will have a provision for one time support to 250 Full time PhD fellows for 6 months to facilitate visits to labs abroad, to broaden their research perspective and be in-sync with the state of art research being carried out throughout the globe.
Full-time PhD candidates (1000 candidates @200candidates/year):
1 Fellowship: Rs. 38,750 per month in 1st& 2 nd year and @Rs. 43,750 per month in 3rd,4th and 5 th years of PhD. (support till PhD completion or 5 years whichever is earlier.
Part-time PhD candidates(150 candidates @30candidates/year):
1 Part-time candidates who do not avail of any PhD Fellowship/scholarship/stipend from any Central or State Government shall be provided a one-time incentive of Rs. 3 Lakh on successful completion of the PhD degree.
. Young Faculty Research Fellowship (50 awards @10 awards/year):
1 Research Fellowship @ Rs. 20,000/Month, in addition to regular income/salary of the awardee.
2 Research Contingency Grant of Rs. 5 Lakh/Year for presenting paper and research-work at national and international conferences and other research expenses for a maximum of five years.
3. Maximum tenure of each award will be 5 years subject to performance review.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship(225 candidates @25candidates/year):
Post-Doctoral Fellowship will be provided to eligible candidates for a period of one year @ 25 candidates/year.