can we do (mtech + phd) integrated course in any iit Or nit....???? means is there any provision like this..???

Hi..
I am talking about IIT Guwahati
About the Programme

The salient features of the Dual (M Tech + Ph D) Degreeprogrammeof the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, are as follows:



Students shall be admitted only under `regular category. A regularcategory student will have to workfull-timefor his/her Dual (MTech+PhD) degreeprogramme. He/she receives assistantship from the Institute or any other recognized funding agency, as per prevailing norms.



Eligibility :B.E/B.Techin any disciplineother than CSE or IT or equivalent, with any one of the following criteria (Please note that thisprogrammeis not meant forengineering graduates incomputer or information technology related disciplines) :



a.a CPI of 7.5 or marks of 70% and a valid GATE score in any subject, if the qualifying B E/B Tech degree is not from an IIT

b.a CPI of 8.0, if the qualifying B Tech degree is from an IIT

c.a CPI of 7.0 (or more) but less than 8.0, a valid GATE score in any subject, if the qualifying B Tech degree is from an IIT

Assistantship:Details are provided under the sectionFinancial Support indicated below.

CourseWorks:Students admitted under the presentprogrammeshall, in the very beginning, be required to do course works of the duration of 3(three) semesters.

Comprehensive Examination:After successful completion of his/her course works, the student concerned will also have to pass the Comprehensive Examination in maximum two attempts - but before his/her completion of the second year in theprogramme,.

Within 6 months of successful completion of the Comprehensive Examination, the student concerned will have to present a State-of-the-Art Seminar (SOAS). The presentation will be open to all. In this, the student will present a literature survey of broad areas of his/her proposed area of research.

Thereafter, the student concerned will have to keep on fulfilling progress review requirements relating to his/her research as per Institute rules.

Duration of theprogramme:Minimum 3 years, and maximum 7 years from the date of admission.

Award of the degree:After successful completion of the Viva Voce relating to his/her thesis works, the student concerned will be awardedthe M Tech and Ph D degrees together. The M Tech degree will be retroactive from the date of the completion of his/her Comprehensive Examination.

Non-satisfactory performance:At any time after successful completion of the Comprehensive Examination and SOAS by the student concerned, should the Doctoral Committee feel that the progress of the student is not satisfactory, it may recommend termination of the student from theprogramme. In that case, the student concerned will receive just the M Tech degree and leave theprogrammeassuming yearly progress report as M Tech thesis work; and the M Tech degree will be effective from the date of leaving theprogramme.

Financial Support

(For REGULARcategory students, who are Indian nationals)



1. Institute assistantships will be available to eligible Dual (MTech+PhD) degreeprogrammestudents as per prevailing (MHRD, GOI) norms, as applicable from time to time. The present rates of assistantships are as below:

1 ^st & 2 ^nd Year :Rs.16,000/- p.m.

3 ^rd to5 ^th Year :Rs.18,000/- p.m.

Note: No assistantship will be available beyond 5 ^th year of theprogramme.

2. Assistantships from external funding organizations will be available as per terms and conditions of the concerned funding organizations.

3. Students receiving assistantships from the Institute or fellowships from any other fundingagencies,shall be required to perform academic duties as per prevailing norms.

4. The continuation of the assistantship/fellowship is subject to satisfactory performance of the assigned duties and satisfactory progress of the student in the Dual (MTech+PhD) degreeprogramme.

Hello Vinay,

There  are not any provision or separate course for Integrated  (M.Tech+PhD) in IITs/NITs . But you have given an option at the end of 1st year of M.Tech to convert it into integrated M.Tech-PhD you have to fulfill criteria of IITs/NITs to extend MTech research work to PhD.