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Admission to Ph.D. program is based on merit as decided on overall academic performance, written examination and Personal Interview.

Candidates with the following qualification shall be eligible for admission to the Ph. D. Programme of the Institute. 

• M.  Tech./  M.E./  M.  Arch/  M.  Planning/  M. Design or equivalent degree in a relevant and related discipline, with at least 7 .5 CGPA (in the scale of 10) or 70 percent marks in aggregate from a recognized technical institute or university. Candidates  with  M.Tech/  M.E/  M.Arch/  M.  Planning  or  equivalent  degree  from  CFIs  in relevant  discipline  are  required  to  produce  a  proof  of  having  qualified  GATE/  JAM/  JEST/ CAT or equivalent national eligibility test while taking admission in the  master degree in the relevant discipline OR has valid Score in one of the national eligibility test. 
• M.  Sc./  M.  Com./  MBA/  MA or equivalent degree in relevant and related discipline with at least  6.0  CGPA  (in the scale of 10)  or  55 percent marks or equivalent in aggregate from a recognized institute or university. Candidates  with  M.  Sc./  M.  Com./  MBA/  MA  or  equivalent  degree  from  CFIs  in  relevant discipline are required to produce a proof of having qualified GATE/ JAM/ JEST/ CAT/ NET/ SLET/ JRF or equivalent national eligibility test while  taking admission in the master degree in the relevant discipline OR has valid Score in one of the national eligibility test. 
• B. Tech/ B.E./ B. Arch or equivalent degree in relevant discipline with at least 8.5 CGPA (in the scale of  10)  or  80 percent marks in aggregate from a  recognized technical institute or university, with a valid GATE/ NET/ JAM/ JEST qualifying score, is mandatory.

a. Must have passed the qualifying examination in Single attempt without any backlog or failure in any semester from IITs/ NITs/ CFTI/ SFTI or Central/ State University

b. Has not graduated earlier than one year, and holds the rank of 1  to 10 in the university from where graduated. 

c. Candidates with Graduation Degree only as per under this section shall be admitted by default under Type -I. However may opt for Type -II candidature, if admitted in dd semester of any session as persecution 2.6.

• The minimum CGPA/ marks percentage shall be relaxed by 0.5 CGPA or 5 percent in case of candidates belonging to the SC/ST categories in all cases.

• Master’s Degree holders satisfy the criteria stipulated under Clause 2 above.
• Candidates who have cleared the M.Phil. course work with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade 'B' in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever the grading system is followed) and successfully completing the M.Phil. Degree shall be eligible to proceed to do research work leading to the Ph. D. Degree in the same Institution in an integrated program. A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC(non-creamy layer)/differently-abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time to time.
• A person whose M.Phil. dissertation has been evaluated and the viva voce is pending may be admitted to the Ph.D. program of the same Institution—candidates possessing a Degree considered equivalent to M.Phil. Degree of an Indian Institution, from a Foreign Educational Institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized, or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions, shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. program.