Soon,seamless shift to PhD at IIT-B

Such a scheme will,however,not be made mandatory for all departments. Instead,it will be applicable for academic units which are in favour of it. “The initiative will help students save almost a year. This is because the students who will shift to the M Tech-PhD programme would only be required to give an interview. Normally,students who have completed their masters have to clear the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering or GATE for admission to the PhD programmes,” said V S K Murthy Balijepalli,general secretary of academic affairs,postgraduate programmes,IIT Bombay.

“A dual degree (B Tech-M Tech) student would already be tuned to the IIT Bombay system and would be familiar with the research area also. Further,it will help students complete their thesis in less time,” said a senior faculty member.

The initiative is part of the institute’s PhD review programme. The details of the scheme and mode of implementation are currently been chalked out. It will come into effect from the coming academic year. A body comprising the post-graduate programmes committee and the UG programmes committee will finalise the details for consideration and approval by the institute.