Course Programmes (M Tech)
(for Sponsored candidates)
The Institute offers programmes based on course work: Master of Engineering (ME) (from 2016 onwards
renamed as M Tech) and Master of Technology (M Tech) for the sponsored candidates from Defence,
DRDO, BARC, ISRO, NAL, KSRTC, BMTC, BDA, PWD and CPRI. The Institute admits about 50 students
every year under sponsored category for its course programmes.
Eligibility
Candidates possessing a minimum of Second Class in the following degrees are eligible to apply.
(a)
Bachelor’s degree holders in Engineering/Technology or its equivalent.
(b)
Bachelor’s degree holders in Physics/ Chemistry/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/
Electronics followed by qualifications obtained through an examination conducted by professional
societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE.
(c)
Master’s degree holders in Science disciplines including Physics with Electronics/
Instrumentation/Geology/ Computer Application/ Physical Sciences/ Mathematical Sciences as
applicable to individual department offering M Tech programmes.
Sponsored candidates are entitled to choose only one disciplines from M Tech programmes.
Note: Organization-wise disciplines available are:
ISRO and BARC –
All the disciplines except Transportation Engineering.
Defence –
All the disciplines except Climate Science, Earth Science,
Materials Engineering, Nano Science & Engineering and
Transportation Engineering
All the disciplines except Climate Science, Earth Science
and Transportation Engineering
DRDO –
NAL –
Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Communication
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Electronic Systems
Engineering.
KSRTC, BMTC and BDA–
Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering.
CPRI –
Electrical Engineering.
PWD –
Civil Engineering.
M Tech PROGRAMMES
The participating departments/centres, disciplines, minimum qualifications, areas of study are listed in the
table given below.
Sl.
No.
1.
Discipline
Aerospace
Engineering
Department/
Centre
Aerospace
Engineering
Qualification
2.
Chemical
Engineering
Chemical
Engineering
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
Aeronautical, Mechanical, Civil,
Chemical, Electrical, Electronics
or Communication.
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
Chemical Engineering..
3.
Civil
Engineering*
Civil
Engineering*
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
Civil.
4.
Mechanical
Engineering
Mechanical
Engineering
BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in
Mechanical.
5.
Materials
Engineering
Materials
Engineering
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
Metallurgy, Mechanical
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Ceramic
Engineering/Technology,
Materials Engineering.
Areas of study
Structures, Aerodynamics;
Propulsion; Control and Guidance of
Aircraft, Rockets and Spacecraft.
Catalyst design and synthesis; Cell
membranes and soft interfaces;
Computational biology, therapeutic
engineering, host-pathogen
interactions, and dynamics of
infectious diseases; Energy storage in
batteries and supercapacitors, gas
hydrates; High resolution single
molecule techniques to probe
nanoscale biosystems; Microfluidics
and soft solids; Modelling,
optimization and control of
bioreactors; Nanotechnology for
sensors, actuators, fuel and solar
cells; Polymer degradation; Reaction
engineering in multifunctional and
microreactors; Rheology and
dynamics of powders, and
suspensions of living and nonliving
matter; Water
remediation/purification, activated
carbon fabric.
Geotechnical Engineering; Water
Resources and Environmental
Engineering; Structural Engineering.
Solid Mechanics, Finite Element
Analysis, Computer Aided Design,
Non-Linear Dynamics, Vibration,
Technical Acoustics, Design of
Mechanical Systems, Robotics,
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems,
Nano-Mechanics, Biomechanics,
Tribology, Advanced Manufacturing
Process, Material Science, Fluid
Mechanics, Heat Transfer, I C
Engines, Combustion, Refrigeration
and Air-Conditioning.
Materials: Structural Alloys (light
metal, superalloys, refractory metals),
Shape Memory Alloys, Engineering
Ceramics, Nanomaterials, Electronic
Materials, Ferroelectrics and
Multiferroics, Polymer Blends and
Nanocomposites, Organic
Photovoltaics.
Phenomena: Phase Transformations,
Rapid Solidification, Mechanical
Alloying, Diffusion, Texture and Grain
Boundary Engineering, Mechanical
Behaviour including Creep,
Superplasticity, Fatigue and Fracture,
Thin Films and Coatings, Contact
Deformation, Tribology,
Contd……..
Sl.
No.
Discipline
Department/
Centre
Qualification
Contd……
6.
Computer
Science
&
Engineering
Areas of study
Thermoelectromechanical
Phenomena, Biomaterials, Tissue
Engineering, Sensors, Mineral
Processing, Biohydrometallurgy,
Extractive Metallurgy.
Computer
Science
&
Automation
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
Computer Science / Engineering,
Information Technology,
Information Science/Engineering.
Computational Modeling of
Processes, Alloy Stability, Defects
and Transformations.
Theoretical Computer Science:
Algorithms; Complexity Theory;
Combinatorial Optimization; Graph
Theory; Information and Coding
Theory;
Cryptology; Computational Geometry;
Computational Topology; Algorithmic
Algebra; Computational Biology;
Automata Theory; Formal Verification.
Computer Systems and Software:
Computer Architecture; Multi-Core
Computing; Operating Systems;
Storage Systems; Security; Database
Systems;
Distributed Computing; Cloud
Computing; Modeling and Simulation;
Programming Languages; Software
Engineering; Compiler Design;
Program
Analysis; Graphics and Visualization;
Parallel and High Performance
Computing.
7.
Communication
& Networks
Electrical
Communication Engineering
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
Electronics & Communication
Telecommunication, Electronics,
Electrical Engineering with
specialization in Electronics &
Communication.
8.
Electrical
Engineering
Electrical
Engineering
9.
Microelectronic Systems
Jointly
conducted by
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
Electrical or Electrical and
Electronics Engineering.
BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in
Electrical, Electronics and
Communication, Computer
Science/Engineering,
Instrumentation with Electronics.
Electrical
Communication
Engg &
Electronic
Systems Engg
Intelligent Systems: Pattern
Recognition; Machine Learning;
Information
Retrieval; Data Mining; Data
Analytics; Convex Optimization;
Stochastic
Control and Optimization;
Reinforcement Learning; Game
Theory; Auctions
and Mechanism Design; Electronic
Markets; Social Network Analysis;
Cognitive Systems; Natural Language
Processing.
Communications and Networking,
Information and Coding Theory,
Microelectronics, Microwaves,
Photonics, Signal Processing, Optical
Communication, Wireless
Communication Information Theory
and Coding.
Power Systems, Power Electronics,
High Voltage Engineering.
Digital VLSI Design, FPGA, ASIC;
Nano CMOS Technology; Analog
and RF Circuits Design, MEMS,
Photonic Integrated Circuits. Optics.
Sl.
No.
10.
Discipline
Signal
Processing
Department/
Centre
Jointly
conducted by
Electrical
Engineering &
Electrical
Communication
Engineering
11.
Systems
Science
&
Automation
Jointly
conducted by
Electrical
Engineering &
Computer
Science
&
Automation
Qualification
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
Electrical or Electrical &
Electronics Engineering,
Electronics and Communication,
Telecommunication.
BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in
Computer Science / Engineering,
Electrical or Electrical &
Electronics Engineering,
Electronics & Communication,
Communication,Telecommunication, Instrumentation,
Mechanical, Chemical.
Areas of study
Digital Signal Processing, Image
Processing, Signal Compression,
Neural Networks, Biomedical Signal
Processing, Speech/Audio Info.
Processing, Array Processing,
Pattern Recognition, Signal
Processing for Communication,
Sparse Signal Processing,
Compressed Sensing Indoor
Localization. Detection and
Estimation.
Digital Signal Processing, Machine
Learning, Pattern Recognition,
Computer Vision, Graphics,
Stochastic Systems, Multimedia,
Real Time and Fault Tolerant
Systems, Sensor Networks, E
Commerce, Speech Processing,
Real Time Signal Processing and
Embedded Systems.
Candidates should have done a formal
course in programming in C and C++.
12.
13.
Electronic
Systems
Engineering
Computational
Science
Electronic
Systems
Engineering
Department of
Computational
& Data
Sciences
14.
Climate
Science
Centre for
Atmospheric
and Oceanic
Sciences
15.
Instrumentation
Instrumentation and
Applied Physics
BE / B Tech or equivalent
degree with Electronics as one of the
subjects of study or
M Sc or equivalent degree in
Physics with Electronics as the
special subject.
(M Sc or equivalent degree holders
should possess 2 years experience
in Electronics hardware).
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
any discipline or
M Sc or equivalent degree in any
discipline or
Master’s in Computer Application.
In all cases a strong mathematical
and programming background is
required.
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
any discipline or
M Sc or equivalent degree in
Physical Sciences.
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree or
M Sc or equivalent degree with
specialization in Instrumentation..
Communication Networks,
Embedded Systems, Power
Conversion, VLSI Design,
Electronics Systems Packaging,
Electro Magnetic Compatibility,
Analog Circuits, Mechatronics,
Product Engineering. Signal
Processing and Information Theory,
VLSI Systems Architecture.
Multidisciplinary Program
Addressing: Supercomputing,
Parallel and Distributed Computing,
Computational Issues in Large
Scale Problem Solving and
Simulation in Science and
Engineering, Numerical Techniques
and Algorithms, and Scientific
Computing.
Interdisciplinary Programme
Covering Atmospheric Dynamics
and Thermodynamics, Ocean
Dynamics, Clouds Radiation and
Climate, Earth System, Numerical
Modeling of Climate, Methods of
Observations, Satellite
Meteorology, Climate Data Time
Series Analysis.
Semiconductor Devices and
Circuits, Control Systems, Sensors
and related Instrumentation,
Materials Engineering, Microscopy
and Imaging, Analytical
Instrumentation, Electronic
Instrumentation, Lasers and Optical
Instrumentation, Microfluidic
Devices, Solar Energy and Thermal
Instrumentation, Vacuum and Thin
Films.
Sl.
No.
16.
17.
18.
Discipline
Department/
Centre
Qualification
Transportation
and
Infrastructure
Engineering
Earth Science
Civil
Enigneering
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
any discipline.
.
Centre for
Earth Sciences
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
any discipline or
M Sc or equivalent degree in
any discipline.
Nano Science
and
Engineering
Centre for
Nano Science
and
Engineering
BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in
any discipline or
M Sc or equivalent degree in
Electronics, Physics, Chemistry.
Areas of study
Interdisciplinary program covering
Traffic & Transportation Systems,
Intelligent Transport Systems, and
Infrastructure Engineering.
Interdisciplinary programme covering
solid Earth processes; geochemistry
and geochemical cycles; petrology;
Earth system interaction;
seismotectonics; seismic hazards;
geophysical fluid dynamics.
Interdisciplinary program covering
Solid state physics, Nanomaterials,
Nanoelectronics, MEMS and NEMS,
Nanophotonics, Biosensors,
Micro/Nano fluidics, with hands-on
training on Nanofabrication and Nano
Characterization techniques