INDIANINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGYBOMBAY

InformationBrochure M.Tech./M.Tech.+Ph.D.(DualDegree) Admissions201314

CONTENTS I. ImportantGuidelinesforM.Tech.Application II. A A.1 A.2 A.3 A.4 A.5 A.6 A.7 ImportantDates GENERAL TheInstitute Researchfacilities StudentsAmenities M.Tech.Programme Admission FeesandDeposits(TableIFees,Deposits&HostelRent) GeneralEligibilityforM.Tech.Programme (TableIISummaryofM.Tech.Programmes) (TableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferentDisciplines) Guidelinesforfillinguptheapplicationform M.Tech.+Ph.D.(DualDegree)Programme TerminationofStudentship M.TECH.PROGRAMMES AerospaceEngineering(AE) [DepartmentofAerospaceEngineering] Specialization: Aerodynamics(AE1) DynamicsandControl(AE2) AerospacePropulsion(AE3) AerospaceStructure(AE4) BiomedicalEngineering(BM) [DepartmentofBiosciencesandBioengineering] ChemicalEngineering(CH) [DepartmentofChemicalEngineering] CivilEngineering(CE) [DepartmentofCivilEngineering] Specialization: TransportationSystemsEngineering(CE1) GeotechnicalEngineering(CE2) WaterResourcesEngineering(CE3) StructuralEngineering(CE4) OffshoreEngineering(CE5) RemoteSensing(CE6) ComputerScienceandEngineering(CS) [DepartmentofComputerScienceandEngineering] EarthSciences(ES) [DepartmentofEarthSciences] Specialization: Geoexploration(GS) PetroleumGeoscience(PG)

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ElectricalEngineering(EE) [DepartmentofElectricalEngineering] Specialization: CommunicationEngineering(EE1) Control&Computing(EE2) PowerElectronics&PowerSystems(EE3) Microelectronics(EE4) ElectronicSystems(EE5) EnergySystemsEngineering(EN) [DepartmentofEnergyScience&Engineering] EnvironmentalScience&Engineering(EV) [CentreforEnvironmentalScience&Engineering(CESE)] Geoinformatics&NaturalResourcesEngineering)(GNR) [CentreofStudiesinResourcesEngineering(CSRE)] IndustrialEngineeringandOperationsResearch(IO) [InterdisciplinaryGroupinIndustrialEngineeringandOperationsResearch(IE&OR)] MechanicalEngineering(ME) [DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering] Specialization: Thermal&FluidsEngineering(ME1) DesignEngineering(ME2) ManufacturingEngineering(ME3) NuclearEngineering(ME4) MetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterialsScience(MM) [DepartmentofMetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterialsScience] Specialization: MaterialsScience(MM1) ProcessEngineering(MM2) SteelTechnology(MM3) CorrosionScience&Engineering(MM4) Materials,ManufacturingandModeling(MMM) [CrossDepartmentalProgrammeofMechanicalEngineering,MetallurgicalEngineering& MaterialsScience,andMathematics] Systems&ControlEngineering(SC) [InterdisciplinaryGroupinSystems&ControlEngineering(SC)] TechnologyandDevelopment(TD) [CentreforTechnologyAlternativesforRuralAreas(CTARA)] StatementofPurpose(SoP) SponsorshipCertificate(Fulltime)AppendixI SponsorshipCertificate(Parttime)AppendixII CertificateforProjectStaff(PS)categoryAppendixIII

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I.ImportantGuidelinesforM.Tech.Application 1 Pleasereadtheinstructionsgiveninthebrochurecarefullybeforefillinguptheapplicationform. 2 Online Application Form & Information Brochure is available on the Institute website http://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/mtech.jsp from 18th March 2013 to 2nd April 2013. CandidatesarerequiredtosubmittheirapplicationONLINE.Afterfillingtheform,candidatesare advisedtotakeaprintoutandkeepthesamefortherecord. 3 Theapplicationfeeis 300/forGN/OBCNCand .150/forSC/ST.Thefeeistobepaidby DebitCard/CreditCard/SBIInternetBanking/OnlinePaymentSystem/DemandDraftdrawnon anyNationalizedBank(preferablyStateBankofIndia/CanaraBank)infavourof"Registrar,IIT Bombay",payableatMumbaibranch. YoumustwriteyourName,Department,ApplicationnumberorGATEregistrationnumberand EmailaddressonreversesideoftheDemandDraft. If you are paying through Demand Draft, you MUST send the Demand Draft along with the completedcopyoftheapplication. IfyouhavepaidtheapplicationfeethroughDebitCard/CreditCard/SBIInternetBanking/ OnlinePaymentSystemyoudonothavetosubmitthehardcopyoftheapplication. Applicationswithoutonlinepaymentdetails/DemandDraftwillnotbeconsidered. APPLICATIONFEEISNONREFUNDABLE. 4 PleaserefertotheInstitutewebsite http://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/mtech.jsp for filling ONLINEapplicationform. 5 Ifthenameofyourqualifyingdisciplinedoesnotmatchexactlywiththequalifyingdiscipline listedinthebrochure,youmayselectthecodeforthedisciplineclosesttoyourqualifyingdegree discipline.Incaseyoudonotfindaclosematch,youmayselectZE(incaseofB.E./B.Tech. degree)orZS(incaseofM.Sc.degree).Admissionofferedinthesecaseswillbesubjecttothe verificationofthecurriculumbytheconcernedAcademicUnitofIITBombay. 6 Youcanapplyformorethanoneprogrammeandcanselectupto10preferences.Ifadiscipline hasmultiplespecialization,eachspecializationiscountedasoneoption. 7 OBCcandidatesmaynotethatthelimitofannualincomeis 4.5lakhsfor determiningthe creamylayeramongOtherBackwardClasses(OBCs)candidates. TheOBCNCcertificateissuedafter01.04.2012(financialyear for201213)bytheCompetent Authority in the prescribed format must be uploaded in the ONLINE application form and submittedatthetimeofadmission.In 8. RequirementofFirstClass/60%forPGadmissionatIITBombay As given under A.7.3. GENERAL ELIGIBILITY FOR M.TECH/M.TECH.+Ph.D.(DUAL DEGREE) PROGRAMMES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS/ CENTRES/ SCHOOLS/ ID GROUPS/ CROSS DEPARTMENTS. 9 PleasenotethatyoucansubmitonlyONEapplication.

10 YouMUSTuploadthefollowingwhilesubmittingtheM.Tech.Application. Scannedversionofphotograph Scannedversionofsignature Marksheetofthelastsemester/Consolidatedmarksheetofthequalifyingdegree. (Exampending/resultawaitedcandidateshavetouploadtheirlatest/previoussemester marksheet). CasteCertificate(OBCNC/SC/ST),ifapplicable.Anaffidavitforhavingappliedincase thecertificateisnotyetreceived. PDCertificate,ifapplicable StatementofPurpose,ifapplicable 11 Candidates applying for Chemical Engineering (CH), Biomedical Engineering (BM), Electrical Engineering(EE1,EE2,EE3,EE4,EE5)MUSTprovidethefollowinginformationalongwiththe applicationform: Titleofthefinalyearproject. Fourcoursesstudied,whichyouthink,arerelevanttotheM.Tech.Programme. Shorttermcoursesattended. 12 In case of payment by Demand Draft, the copy of the completed application along with the demanddraft(of therequiredamount)istobesentinanenvelopesuperscribingonthetop ApplicationforM.Tech.Programme,tothefollowingaddress:DeputyRegistrar(Academic),IIT nd Bombay,Powai,Mumbai400076andmustreachthisofficeby2 April,2013 . 13 YoushouldchecktheInstitutewebsitehttp://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/mtech.jsp orresults/ importantannouncements. 14 Youshouldcheckemailssenttotheemailaddressprovidedinyourapplication,forallimportant communicationsandannouncements. 15 Candidatescalledforwrittentest/interviewshouldbringwiththem(i)PhotoIDCard(ii)Hard copy of the application submitted online (iii)/Final year thesis / dissertation / report / publication/copyofcertificates/Marksheets. 16 Candidateshavingdegreefromforeignuniversitiesarerequiredtosubmitequivalencecertificate fromAssociationofIndianUniversities(AIU),NewDelhiforqualifyingExamandproofofhaving Firstclassor60%(55%forSC/ST)orequivalentinqualifyingexamination. 17 SeatsarereservedforOtherBackwardclassNonCreamylayer(OBCNC)/ScheduledCaste(SC)/ ScheduledTribe(ST)/PersonwithDisability(PD)category,asperGovernmentofIndiarules. CandidatesneedtoapplyONLINEonly.NoDownloadableFormswillbeavailable.

II.IMPORTANTDATES
No 01. 02. 03. 04. Particulars Advertisement(inallleadingNewspapersandonIITwebsite) Dates March10,2013 March18,2013 April02,2013 March05,2013

ModeofApplicationform:Online

Availabilityofapplicationforms Lastdateforsubmissionofcompletedapplication forms

Last Date to convey the minimum Qualifying GATE score/QualifyingDisciplineGATEscoretobeeligible forapplyingatIITBombay(onlythecandidatesabove thisGATEscorewillbeeligibletoapply)byconcerned academicunitstotheAcademicOffice. LastDatetoconveytheminimumqualifyingscorefor cutoffforWrittenTest/InterviewtoGNcandidatesby concernedacademicunitstotheAcademicOffice.
AE&IE&OR(1stroundonly) CH,CS,EE,SC,ME(forME2&ME3only)&MMMonthebasisofGATE score only for TA category (No Written Test and/ or Interview for GN,SC,ST,OBCNC&PDcandidates)

05.

April09,2013

06.DirectAdmissionOffer
Result Announcement Lastdateforpayment offees

1stoffer 2ndoffer(exceptAE,IO) 3rdoffer(exceptAE,IO) 4thofferforCH,EE,ME,SC(ifrequired) 07.WrittenTestand/orInterview TodisplaythelistforcandidatescalledforTA/TAP/FA/ RA/RAP/PS/IS/SWfor WrittenTestandor/Interview schedule/details

April10,2013 April19,2013 April29,2013 May31,2013

April16,2013 April25,2013 May6,2013 June7,2013

April16,2013

08.DatesfortheWrittenTestandorInterviewforallcategories(i.eTA/TAP/FA/RA/RAP/PS/IS/SW) Department TeachingAssistantship (TA)/Teaching AssistantshipThrough Project(TAP)/Fellowship Awardee(FA) ResearchAssistantship (RA)/Research AssistantshipThrough Project(RAP) ProjectStaff (PS)/InstituteStaff (IS)/Sponsored(SW)

May13th,2013(WrittenTest Aerospace and/orInterview) Engineering (AE1,AE2,AE3,AE4) May14th&15th,2013 Bioscience& BioEngineering(BM) (WrittenTestand/or Interview)

May13th,2013(Written Testand/orInterview) May14th&15th,2013 (WrittenTestand/or Interview) May14th&15th,2013 (WrittenTestand/or Interview)

ChemicalEngineering (CH)

CivilEngineering CE1,CE2,CE3, CE4,CE5,CE6

May16th&17th,2013 (WrittenTestand/or Interview)

May16th&17th,2013 (WrittenTestand/or Interview)

Candidatesshortlistedforwrittentest/interviewforspecializationCE1,CE2andCE4shouldreporttoCivil Engineering Department at 8.30 a.m. on May 16th, 2013 & May 17th, 2013 and for remaining disciplines CE3,CE5andCE6therewillbeonlyInterview. Thosewhoarenotabletoattendwrittentest/interviewonMay16 th 17th 2013asaspecialcase(onlyon accountofqualifyingdegreerelateduniversityexaminations),theycanappearon May19 th,2013(Sunday) 8.30amonwards.

ComputerScience& Engineering(CS) EarthSciences (GS,PG)

May20,2013 (WrittenTestand/or Interview)

May20,2013
(WrittenTestand/or Interview) May17th&18th,2013 (Interview)

May17th&18th,2013 (Interview)

ElectricalEngineering (EE1,EE2,EE3, EE4,EE5) EnergySystems Engineering (EN) Environmental Science& Engineering(EV) Geoinformatics& NaturalResources Engineering(GNR) May14th&15th,2013 (WrittenTestand/or Interview) May18th&19th,2013 (interviewonly) May18th&19th,2013 (WrittenTestand/Or interviewonly)

June6th,7th&8th,2013 June6th,7th&8th,2013 (WrittenTestand/or (WrittenTestand/or Interview) Interview) May14th&15th,2013 (WrittenTestand/or Interview) May18th&19th,2013 (interviewonly) May18th&19th,2013 (WrittenTestand/Or interviewonly)

Industrial May16th,17th&18th,2013 Engineering& (WrittenTestand/or OperationsResearch Interview) (IO) Mechanical Engineering (ME1,ME2,ME3, ME4) May5th,2013(Written TestforME1*&ME4*) FellowshipInterviewfor Admittedcandidatesin ME4onJuly5th,2013

July8th,2013(Written May16th,17th&18th, Testand/orInterview) 2013(WrittenTest and/orInterview) May5th,2013(Written May5th,2013(Written TestforME1*). TestforME1*). July5th,2013(written July5th,2013(written test/interview,forME2 test/interview,forME2 &ME3only). &ME3only). NoPS/IS/SW/TAP/PA PositionforME4.

ME2&ME3Through NoRAPositionfor DirectAdmissionsOnly(as ME4. perSr.No.7).

*WrittentestsyllabusforME1&ME4availableonwww.me.iitb.ac.in. Metallurgical Engineeringand MaterialsScience (MM1,MM2, MM3,MM4) May17th&18th,2013 (Writtentestand/or interview) May17th&18th,2013 (Writtentestand/or interview)

Materials, Manufacturingand Modeling(MMM) Systems&Control Engineering Technology& Development(TD)

May2nd,2013 (WrittenTestand/or Interview) May13th,2013 (WrittenTest) May14th&15th,2013 (Interview) May22,2013

May13th,2013 (WrittenTest) May14th&15th,2013 (Interview)

09. DateforreceiptofrecommendationsfromHeadsofDept/ School/Centre/IDgroups 10.DeclarationofResultforTest/Interviewandlastdateforpaymentoffees

Offers 1stoffer 2 offer(ifrequired) 3rdoffer(ifrequired) Finaloffer(ifrequired)
nd

Result Announcement May28,2013 June6,2013 June17,2013 June25,2013

Lastdatefor paymentoffees June3,2013 June12,2013 June23,2013 July1,2013

11Spotadmissions(forVacantSeats,ifany,ifrequired)forTAcategoryonly MechanicalEngineering(TA/RA)***&ME4**
** Fellowship interviews for the ME4 stream will be held on July 5 , Spot admissions forvacantseats,if any, will also bedecidedbythesameinterview committee.IFtherearetoomanyapplicantsforspotadmissions,onlythetop25% of the candidates present, based on the written test on May 5 th, will be interviewed. ***Pleasereferthewebsiteformoredetails.
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July05,2013

Bioscience&Bioengineering,CivilEngineering, ElectricalEngineering,EarthSciences. EnergySystemsEngineering,EnvironmentalScience&Engineering, Geoinformatics & Natural Resources Engineering, Industrial Engineering&OperationsResearch,MetallurgicalEngineeringand MaterialsScience,Systems&ControlEngineering,. AerospaceEngineering,ChemicalEngineering,ComputerScience& Engineering,Technology&Development. 12 RegistrationandOrientationProgramme 13 Instructionsbegins
CH,EE,CS,ME2&ME3,MMM,SC AE,IE&OR

July08,2013 July09,2013

July10,2013

July12,2013toJuly17,2013 July18,2013

TheseacademicunitsofferDirectAdmissionsonthebasisofGATEscoreONLY (Nowrittentestand/orinterview)(ForadmissiontoTA/TAPcategory) TheseacademicunitsofferadmissionthroughDirectAdmissionsonthebasisof GATEscore&throughWrittenTestand/orInterview(ForadmissiontoTA/TAP category)

The Written Test and/or Interview for M.Tech.+Ph.D. (Dual Degree) Programme will be communicatedbyAcademicOfficeseparatelyonIITwebsite: http://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/mtech.jsp . Results will be declared on IIT website: http://www.iitb.ac.in/newacadhome/mtech.jsp . The dates givenabovearetentative.Anychangesinthedateswillbeindicatedonthesamewebsite.

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GENERAL

A.1) THEINSTITUTE
TheIndianInstituteofTechnologyBombay(IITBombay)isoneofthehigherInstitutesofTechnology inthecountrysetupwiththeobjectivesofmakingavailablefacilitiesforhighereducation,research andtraininginvariousfieldsofScienceandTechnology.Itwasestablishedin1958. The Institute is located at Powai in a campus extending over 220 hectares amidst picturesque surroundingswithViharandPowailakesoneitherside. At present, Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes are offered by Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Earth Sciences, Energy Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Departments and by Interdisciplinary groups in IndustrialEngineeringandOperationsResearchandSystemsandControlEngineering. TheIndustrialDesignCentreoftheInstituteoffersa2yearM.Des.ProgrammeinIndustrialDesign, Visual Communication, Animation, Interaction Design, Mobility and Vehicle Design and a Ph.D. Programme in Design. M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in Applied Geology and Applied Geophysics, Chemistry,Mathematics,Physics,M.Sc.ProgrammeinAppliedStatisticsandInformaticsareoffered bytherespectiveDepartments.TheDepartmentofPhysicsalsooffersa4yearB.Tech.Programmein EngineeringPhysics.TheHumanitiesandSocialSciencesDepartmentoffersdoctoralprogrammesand a2yearM.Philprogramme.TheCentreofStudiesinResourcesEngineering(CSRE)offersa2year M.Tech.ProgrammeinGeoinformatics&NaturalResourcesEngineeringanddoctoralprogrammes. TheDepartmentsofPhysics,EnergyScienceandEngineering, CentreforEnvironmentalScienceand Engineering arealsoofferingM.Sc.Ph.DDualdegreeprogrammesandtheiradmissionsarethrough JAM.TheInstituteoffersM.Tech.inTechnologyandDevelopmentofferedbyCTARAandalsooffersa doctoral programme, Ph.D in Nano Technology offered by CRNTS. The Institute offers Cross Departmental M.Tech programme in Materials, Manufacturing & Modelling (MMM) offered by MechanicalEngineering,Met.Engineering&Mat.Sci.&Mathematics.TheInstitutehasalsostarted PGDualDegreeProgrammes(M.Tech.+Ph.D.)invariousdisciplines. TheShaileshJ.Mehta,SchoolofManagementoffersa2yearMasterofManagementprogrammeand alsoadoctoralprogramme. TheDepartmentofBiosciencesandBioengineeringoffersM.Sc.inBiotechnology,Ph.D.andM.Tech. programmesinBiomedicalEngineeringandM.Sc.Ph.D.DualDegreeProgrammeinBiotechnology. TheInstituteonanaverageadmits 1131candidatesfortheUndergraduateprogrammesand 1476 candidatesfordifferentPostgraduateandDoctoralprogrammeseveryyear.StudentsfromBangladesh, Egypt,Ethiopia,Fiji,Iran,Iraq,Jordan,Mauritius,Malaysia,Nepal,Palestine,SriLanka,Vietnamand Yemen are also undergoing training in various programmes. In addition to these academic programmes, the Continuing Education Programme (CEP) organizes short, intensive courses in specializedtopicsbothforpracticingengineersaswellasforteachersfromengineeringcolleges;and alsoconductsseminarandconferencesoncurrentscientificandtechnologicaldevelopments.Further, teachers from various engineering colleges also join Institute for the postgraduate and doctoral programmes.underQualityImprovementprogramme(QIP).

A.2) RESEARCHFACILITIES
Allthedepartments,centres,schoolsandinterdisciplinarygroupsoftheInstitutehavewellequipped research laboratories and workshop facilities. In addition, there are a number of central facilities, whichincludeComputerCentre,CentralLibraryandCentralWorkshop.TheCentralLibraryhasavery largecollectionofbooks,backvolumesofperiodicals,standardspecificationsandotherliterature.The Librarynowhasmorethan3lakhsbooksandvolumesandsubscribestoover1500currentjournalsin Science,Engineering,HumanitiesandSocialSciences.TheComputerCentreofIITBombayprovides

highendnetworkedcomputingfacilities. TheInstitutehasmanyresearchcollaborationswithleadinguniversitiesinUSA,Europe,Japan,and otherEastAsiancountries.Aspartofthesecollaborations,thepostgraduatestudentsgetopportunities tocarryoutjointresearchprojectswithfacultyandstudentsfromtheseuniversities.Approximately7 to10M.Tech. projectsaretakenup everyyear in collaboration with GermanAcademicExchange Service(DAAD)whereinstudentsworkontheirprojectsinreputedGermanUniversitieslikeAachen, Berlin,Darmstadt,Karlsruhe,StuttgartandDresden. ThelocationofIITBombayincloseproximitytoseveralleadingR&DCentersandmajorindustrial establishments offers excellent opportunities to interact with them and plan some research programmes in collaboration with them. The Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre (IRCC) coordinatescollaborativeprojectswithindustryandotherresearchorganizationssuchasBARC,TIFR andCSIR.TheInstituteisactivelycollaboratingwithseveralorganizationsofothercountriesona bilateralbasis.

A.3) STUDENTSAMENITIES
TheInstituteisfullyresidentialandhas14hostelsforstudents.Eachhostelisanindependententity withitsownmessfacilities,recreationareas,etc.Howeverstudentsmaybepermittedtohavetheir own arrangements for accommodation outside campus. Some flatlets are available for married researchscholars. ExtracurricularactivitiesareprovidedbytheStudentsGymkhana.TheseactivitiesincludeSports, CulturalprogrammesandSocialService.VariousclubsoftheGymkhanaencourageindividualtalents ofstudentsinhobbiessuchaspainting,modeling,music,photography,aeromodellingandfabrication of electronic devices. A swimming pool is an additional facility. A wellplanned Student Activities Centre(SAC)routinelyorganizesseveralvibrantextracurricularevents.

A.4)

M.TECH.PROGRAMME

The Institute offers Master of Technology programmes in various disciplines. The aim of the programmeistotrainthestudentsindeepertheoreticalknowledgewhichwillenablethemtotackle practicalcomplexproblemsofdesignanddevelopmentinindustrialfields,aswellaspursuefurther academic achievements through research. Enough flexibility is provided in the structure of the programmeinrespectoflecturecourses,laboratoryandprojectworktohelpthestudentstoachieve theabovementionedaim.Thedepartmentsareequippedwithsufficientfacilitiesforthispurpose. TheInstituteoffersafulltimeprogrammeof2yearandaparttimeprogrammeof3yearduration. Theparttimeprogrammeisavailabletothe studentsadmittedunderthecategoriesofSponsored (SW),ResearchAssistant(RA),ResearchAssistantshipthroughProject(RAP),ProjectStaff(PS)and InstituteStaff(IS).PSandIScategoriesareonlyforpersonsemployedatIITBombay.Theworking hoursforthefulltimeandparttimeprogrammesarethesameandincludethenormalworkinghours of8.30a.m.to5.00p.m.andeveningslots.

A.5)

ADMISSIONS

Someofthedepartmentsandinterdisciplinarygroups,offer directadmissiontoalimitednumberof candidatessolelybasedonhigherGATEscore.Candidates,whoareoffereddirectadmission,haveto confirm the admission by paying the fees on the dates mentioned under Important Dates as per schedule of this brochure. However, such candidates have an option of not accepting the direct admissionofferingivenspecialization,buttoappearforwrittentest/interviewinadisciplineof his/herhigherpreferences. Seats remaining vacant after Direct Admissions will be filled through written test and/or interview/spotadmissions.

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Other Backward Class NonCreamy Layer(OBCNCL)/Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST)andPersonwithDisability(PD)Categories: Seats are reserved for Other Backward Class NonCreamy Layer(OBCNCL)/Scheduled Caste (SC), ScheduledTribe(ST)andPersonwithDisability(PD)categoriesasperGovernmentofIndiarules. ScheduledCasteandScheduledTribecandidatesareoffereddirectadmissionsolelybasedontheir GATEScoreandtheirpreferences. AdmissionforIITB.Tech.degreeholders CandidatehavinganIITB.Tech.DegreeandhavingaCGPA/CPIof8.00andaboveareexemptedfrom therequirementofGATEqualification. TheyareadmittedtoM.Tech.Programmethroughnormal procedureforselectionofcandidatesforTA/RApositionsthroughwrittentestand/orinterview

A.5.1 APPLICATIONCATEGORIESANDFINANCIALSUPPORT
TheInstituteadmitsM.Tech.candidatesunderthefollowingcategories: i ii iii iv v InstituteTeachingAssistantshipTA/InstituteTeachingAssistantshipthroughProject(TAP)/ FellowshipAward(FA) InstituteResearchAssistants(RA)/InstituteResearchAssistantshipthroughProject(RAP) ProjectStaff(PS)(forProjectstaffofIITBombay) InstituteFaculty/Staff(IS)(forfaculty/staffofIITBombay) Sponsoredcandidates(SW)

Admissions to all categories are subject to availability of seats. The continuation of the financial supportandtheregistrationfortheselectedprogrammewillbesubjecttosatisfactoryperformanceof thedutiesassignedbytheAcademicUnitaswellassatisfactoryacademicperformanceandfulfillment oftheotheracademicandnonacademicrequirements,asperrules.

A.5.1.1INSTITUTETEACHINGASSISTANTSHIP(TA)
A.5.1.1.1 Candidates to this category are selected subject to (i) a valid GATE score and (ii) PerformanceinTest/Interview. A.5.1.1.2 AsperMHRDdirectives,astudentholdingTeachingAssistantship(TA)shallnotaccept orholdanyappointmentpaidorotherwiseorreceiveanyemoluments,salary,stipend fromanysourceduringthetenureoftheaward(TA). A.5.1.1.3 ThestudentsjoiningtheprogrammeunderthiscategorywillbeconsideredforTeaching Assistantshipsof 8,000/permonth,basedonthefollowingnorms: i. Students getting assistantship will be required to assist / work for courses, laboratory,oranyotherrelatedacademic/administrativeworktotheextent of8hoursperweekasassignedbytheconcernedAcademicUnit. ii.Theassistantshipwillbeavailableforamaximumperiodof24monthsand studentswithTAhavetocompletetheM.Tech.programmein2years. Iii.Assistantshipwillbepaidonthebasisofmonthlyattendance.

A.5.1.1.4 Employees on the rolls (with or without pay) of any organization are not eligible for
admissionunderthiscategory.

A.5.1.2TEACHINGASSISTANTSHIPTHROUGHPROJECT(TAP)
A.5.1.2.1 Candidates to this category are selected subject to (i) a valid GATE score and (ii) PerformanceinTest/Interview.

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A.5.1.2.2 Thestudentsjoiningtheprogrammeunderthiscategorywillbeconsideredfor Assistantshipsbasedonthefollowingnorms: i.TheTAPholdersarerequiredtoworkinasponsoredR&Dprojectbeingcarried outattheInstitute. ii.TheywillalsodotheirM.Tech.dissertationworkundersamefacultygroupin sameareaasthesponsoredproject. iii.TheyhavetocompleteM.Tech.programmein2years. A.5.1.2.3 Only some disciplines/specializations have TAP seats. The candidates do not have to indicatetheirpreferencesforTAPseparately. A.5.1.2.4 Employees ontherolls(withorwithoutpay)ofanyorganizationare noteligible for admissionunderthiscategory.

A.5.1.3FELLOWSHIPAWARD(FA)
A.5.1.3.1 Candidates to this category are selected subject to (i) a valid GATE score and (ii) PerformanceinTest/Interview. A.5.1.3.2 Fellowships are available from agencies such as Aeronautics Research & Development Board(ARDB),Dept.ofScienceandTechnology(DST),ForbesMarshall,Pune,Textile MachineryManufacturersAssociation(TMMA),AtomicEnergyRegulatoryBoard(AERB), InternationalEnergy Initiative, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Larsen& Toubro, MaharashtraPollutionControlBoardetc. A.5.1.3.3 Only some disciplines/specializations have FA seats. The candidates do not have to indicatetheirpreferencesforFAseparately. A.5.1.3.4 Employees ontherolls(withorwithoutpay)ofanyorganizationare not eligible for admissionunderthiscategory.

A.5.1.4INSTITUTERESEARCHASSISTANTSHIP(RA)
A.5.1.4.1 Candidates to this category are selected subject to (i) a valid GATE score and (ii) PerformanceinTest/Interview. A.5.1.4.2 ThestudentsjoiningtheprogrammeunderthiscategorywillbeconsideredforResearch Assistantships(RA)of 9,000/permonth,basedonthefollowingnorms: i.ResearchAssistantshavetolookaftertheUndergraduatelaboratoriesand also assist in Teaching or Research or other work academic / administrativeworktotheextentof20hoursaweekasassignedbythe AcademicUnit. ii.Theyhavetocompletetheprogrammein3years. A.5.1.4.3 Only some disciplines/specializations have RA seats. The candidates do not have to indicatetheirpreferencesforRAseparately. A.5.1.4.4 Employees ontherolls(withorwithout pay)ofanyorganizationare noteligible for admissionunderthiscategory.

A.5.1.5RESEARCHASSISTANTSHIPTHROUGHPROJECT(RAP)
A.5.1.5.1 Candidates to this category are selected subject to (i) a valid GATE score and (ii) PerformanceinTest/Interview.

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A.5.1.5.2 The students joining the programme under this category will be considered for Assistantships supported under Sponsored Research Project being carried out at the Institutebasedonthefollowingnorms: i.ResearchAssistantshavetoworkintheassignedSponsoredR&Dproject.Theyare requiredtoworkforabout20hoursaweekontheSponsoredResearchProject. Theywilldotheirthesis/dissertationinsameprojectarea. ii. Theyhavetocompletetheprogrammein3years. A.5.1.5.3 Only some disciplines/specializations have RAP seats. The candidates do not have to indicatetheirpreferencesforRAPseparately. A.5.1.5.4 Employees on the rolls(with or without pay) ofany organization are not eligible for admissionunderthiscategory.

A.5.1.6PROJECTSTAFF(PS)
ThiscategoryisonlyforthepersonsemployedatIITBombayandworkinginaSponsoredResearch ProjectattheInstitute. A.5.1.6.1 Candidatestothiscategoryareselectedsubjectto(i)6monthsserviceinproject(ii)Valid GATEscoreOR2yearstotalexperienceofwhich6monthsintheProjectoftheInstitute (theoptionof2yearsofrelevantprofessionalexperienceisnotapplicableforapplyingto M.Tech. programme in Computer Science & Engineering) and (iii) Performance in WrittenTest/Interview. A.5.1.6.2 The students joining the programme under this category require to satisfy following norms: i.Thecandidateunderthiscategorywillberequiredtocontinueworkingonthe sponsored project and carry out the tasks as assigned by the Principal Investigatoroftheconcernedproject. ii.Theywillselecttheirthesis/dissertationareainconsultationwiththePrincipal Investigatoroftheproject. iii.TheyhavetocompleteM.Tech.programmein3years. The certificate to be submitted by the selected candidates under Project Staff(PS) is given in AppendixIII.

A.5.1.7INSTITUTESTAFF(IS)
ThiscategoryisonlyforthepersonsemployedatIITBombay. A.5.1.7.1 Candidatestothiscategoryareselectedsubjectto(i)AstaffoftheInstitute(IITBombay) havingcompletedatleastONEyearofserviceandhavingatleastTWOyearsofservice periodremainingatthetimeofapplication(ii)ValidGATEscoreORmorethan2years relevant experience (the option of 2years of relevant professional experience is not applicableforapplyingtoM.Tech.ProgrammeinComputerScience&Engineering).(iii) Performance in Written Test / Interview and (iv)They have to complete M.Tech. Programmein3years.

A.5.1.8SPONSOREDCANDIDATES(SW)
WithaviewtoencouragepersonsworkinginIndustries,theInstituteadmitsalimitednumberof sponsoredcandidatestotheM.Tech.Programme.Itisexpectedthatsuchcandidatesaftersuccessfully completing the programme, are better equipped to work in organizations sponsoring them. The selectioncriterionforsponsoredcandidatesareasfollows: i.TheymustbefromreputedIndustrialOrganization/AcademicInstitutions. ii.ValidGATEscoreOR2yearsofrelevantprofessionalexperienceafterobtainingFIRSTclass in qualifying degree. However, candidates applying to M.Tech. in Computer Science &

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EngineeringmusthavevalidGATEscoreinCS. iii.PerformanceinWrittenTest/Interview.Thewrittentestwillbeconductedtoexaminetheir knowledge in the discipline of their qualifying degree, which forms the prerequisite for admissiontothecorrespondingspecializationoftheM.Tech.Programme. Sponsoredcandidateswhoareadmittedtotheprogrammeshouldhavefullfinancialsupportfromthe concerned sponsoring agency for the entire duration of the programme. They can complete the programme on fulltime (duration 2year) or parttime (duration 3year) basis, depending on the natureof sponsorship. Sponsored candidates are not eligible for any financial assistance from the Institute. Sponsorshipcertificate(fulltime)isgiveninAppendixIand Sponsorshipcertificate(parttime)is giveninAppendixII.

A.6)FEESANDDEPOSITS
Variousfees,depositsandHostelRentarelistedinTableI

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TableI:Fees,Deposits&HostelRentforM.Tech.Students
Sr. Particulars No.

(subjecttorevisionasperMHRD/BoGdecision) Feepayable( )
GN/OBC Nonspons. Spons. Category# category@

SC/ST/PD Institute Staff

A)OnetimepaymentatthetimeofAdmission a.1.Admissionfee 2.GradeCard 3.MedicalExamination b.1.ProvisionalCertificate 2.StudentWelfareFund 3.Modernisation 4.IdentityCard 5.CoursesofStudybulletin 6.InstituteDayCelebration 7.ValedictoryFunctionFee Total(A) B)PerSemesterFees a.1.TuitionFeeStatutoryfees 2.ExaminationFee 3.RegistrationFee 4.GymkhanaFee *5.HostelSeatRent *6.Elect.&WaterCharges b.1.MedicalFee 2.StudentBenevolentFund *3.HostelEstabl.Charges 4.MedicalFund *5.ContributiontoHostelSubsidy 6.InternetFee *7.HostelMaint.Fees Total(B) C) Annual Med. Insu. Premium (onceinayear) 1.InstituteSecurityDeposit 2.LibrarySecurityDeposit *3.MessSecurityDeposit Total(D) TotalFees(A+B+C+D) forGN/OBCcategories forSC/STcategories 5000 500 500 750 500 2500 1000 1000 2000 00 6000 00 00 19750 126 25000 500 500 750 500 2500 1000 1000 2000 00 6000 00 00 39750 126 00 500 500 750 500 2500 1000 1000 2000 00 6000 00 00 14750 126 00 500 500 00 00 00 00 1000 00 00 00 00 00 2000 00 1400 300 200 200 1000 1500 400 00 00 00 5000 1400 300 200 200 1000 1500 400 00 00 00 5000 1400 300 200 200 1000 1500 400 00 00 00 5000 1400 300 00 200 1000 1500 00 00 00 00 4400

D)Deposits(Refundable)tobepaidatthetimeofAdmission 1000 1000 1000 3000 27876 1000 1000 1000 3000 47876 1000 1000 1000 3000 22876 00 00 00 00 6400

*StudentsnotstayinginHostelareexemptedfromthepaymentofHostelfees.

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#Nonsponsoredcategories (1)TeachingAssistantship(TA)/TeachingAssistantshipThroughProject(TAP), (2)ResearchAssistantship(RA)/ResearchAssistantshipThroughProject(RAP), (3)Govt./SemiGovt.Fellowshipsawardees @Sponsoredcategories Allothercategoriesi.e. Sponsored(SW), ProjectStaff(PS), Studentswho havebeengrantedtemporarywithdrawalfromtheprogrammearerequiredtopay 2000/ascontinuationfeepersemester. StudentswhoarestayinginquarterssuchasTansa,Tulsi,QIPetc.arerequiredtopaylicensefee, F.R.,etc.,asapplicabletothisquartersasperEstateOfficerules.

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A.7) GENERAL ELIGIBILITY FOR M.TECH/M.TECH.+PH.D.(DUAL DEGREE) PROGRAMMESINALLDEPARTMENTS/CENTRES/SCHOOLS/IDGROUPS/ CROSSDEPARTMENTS

A.7.1 CandidateswithFirstclassor60%(55%marksforSC/ST)marksinB.E./B.Tech./B.Sc. (Engineering)/M.Sc./M.C.A./MBBS/M.Pharm./B.Pharm.(4yr.Degree)/BDS(4yr. Degree)/AssociateMembershipExaminationsconductedbyrecognizedprofessionalbodies (likeInstitutionofEngrs.(India),InstituteofChemicalEngrs.,AeronauticalSocietyofIndia, Institute of Electronics & Telecommunication Engrs., Indian Institute of Metals etc.,) and recognizedasequivalenttoB.E./B.Tech.Degree. AdmissionforIITB.Tech.degreeholders CandidatehavinganIITB.Tech.degreeandhavingaCGPA/CPIscoreof8.00andaboveare exempted from requirement of GATE qualification. They will be admitted to M.Tech. ProgrammeunderTA/RApositionsthroughwrittentestand/orinterview.
Forgeneralcategorystudentsand/orforstudentswherenoconcessioninacademicperformance iscalledfor,theFirstClass/60%inthequalifyingdegreeexaminationastheeligibilityrequires meetingANYONEofthefollowingcriteria: (1)aminimumof60percentmarksinthefinalacademicyearoftheprogramme (2)aminimumof60percentmarksinaggregateorasspecifiedbytheuniversity(any oneofthem) (3)afirstclassasspecifiedbytheuniversity (4) aminimumCumulativeGradePointAverage(CGPA)orCummulativePeformance Index (CPI) of 6.0 on the scale of 010; with corresponding proportional requirementswhenthescalesareotherthanon010,(forexample,4.8onascale of08)

A.7.2

A.7.3 RequirementofFirstClass/60%forPGadmissionatIITBombay

ForstudentsfromtheSC/STcategory,thecorrespondingcriteriaare: (1)aminimumof55percentmarksinthefinalacademicyearoftheprogramme (2)aminimumof55percentmarksinaggregateorasspecifiedbytheuniversity(any oneofthem) (3)afirstclassasspecifiedbytheuniversity (4) aminimumCumulativeGradePointAverage(CGPA)orCummulativePeformance Index (CPI) of 5.5 on the scale of 010; with corresponding proportional requirementswhenthescalesareotherthanon010,(forexample,4.4onascale of08).

Eligibility criteria for the different programmes and specializations are given in the TableIIIofthisbrochure.

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TableII:SummaryofM.Tech.Programmes
Department/IDGroups/Centre 1.AerospaceEngineering [DepartmentofAerospaceEngineering] Specialization Aerodynamics Dynamics&Control AerospacePropulsion AerospaceStructures BiomedicalEngineering ChemicalEngineering TransportationSystems GeotechnicalEngineering WaterResourcesEngineering StructuralEngineering OffshoreEngineering RemoteSensing ComputerScience&Engineering Code AE1 AE2 AE3 AE4 BM CH CE1 CE2 CE3 CE4 CE5 CE6 CS

2.BiomedicalEngineering [DepartmentofBiosciencesandBioengineering] 3.ChemicalEngineering [DepartmentofChemicalEngineering] 4.CivilEngineering [DepartmentofCivilEngineering]

5.ComputerScience&Engineering [DepartmentofComputerScienceand Engineering] 6.EarthSciences [DepartmentofEarthSciences] 7.ElectricalEngineering [DepartmentofElectricalEngineering]

Geoexploration PetroleumGeoscience CommunicationEngineering Control&Computing PowerElectronics&Power Systems Microelectronics ElectronicSystems EnergySystemsEngineering EnvironmentalScience& Engineering GeoinformaticsandNatural ResourcesEngineering IndustrialEngineering& OperationsResearch

GS PG EE1 EE2 EE3 EE4 EE5 EN

8.EnergySystemsEngineering [DepartmentofEnergyScienceandEngineering] 9.EnvironmentalScience&Engineering [CentreforEnvironmentScienceand Engineering] 10.GeoinformaticsandNaturalResources Engineering [CentreofStudiesinResourcesinEngineering] 11.IndustrialEngineering&OperationsResearch [InterdisciplinaryGroupinIndustrial Engineering&OperationsResearch] 12.MechanicalEngineering [DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering]

EV GNR

IO

Thermal&FluidsEngineering. DesignEngineering ManufacturingEngineering NuclearEngineering

ME1 ME2 ME3 ME4

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13.MetallurgicalEngineering&MaterialsScience [DepartmentofMetallurgicalEngineering&Materials Science]

MaterialsScience ProcessEngineering SteelTechnology CorrosionScience& Engineering

MM1 MM2 MM3 MM4

14.Materials,ManufacturingandModeling Materials,Manufacturing MMM [CrossDepartmentalProgrammeofMechanicalEngineering andModeling MetallurgicalEngineering&MaterialsScienceand Mathematics] 15.SystemsandControlEngineering 16.TechnologyandDevelopment [CentreforTechnologyAlternativesforRuralAreas SystemsandControl Engineering Technologyand Development SC TD

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TABLEIII:ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONTODIFFERENTDISCIPLINES
Discipline[AcademicUnit]/Specialization Degree/QualifyingDiscipline
Firstclassor60%marks(55%marksforSC/ST)as specifiedintheclauseA.7.3.

GATE Requirement Anydiscipline CE,ME

AerospaceEngineering(AE) [DepartmentofAerospaceEngineering] Aerodynamics(AE1)

B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CivilEngineering(CE) MechanicalEngineering(ME)

AerospaceEngineering(AE) [DepartmentofAerospaceEngineering] DynamicsandControl(AE2)

B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Anydiscipline Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin EC,EE,IN, Electronics/Telecommunications Engineering ME (EC) ElectricalEngineering(EE) InstrumentationEngineering(IN) MechanicalEngineering(ME) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin MechanicalEngineering(ME) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CivilEngineering(CE) MechanicalEngineering(ME) Anydiscipline ME Anydiscipline CE,ME

AerospaceEngineering(AE) [DepartmentofAerospaceEngineering] AerospacePropulsion(AE3)

AerospaceEngineering(AE) [DepartmentofAerospaceEngineering] AerospaceStructure(AE4)

Candidates having two years of relevant work experience are exempted from requirement ofGATE score, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. BiomedicalEngineering(BM) (DepartmentofBiosciences& Bioengineering) (i)B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Anydiscipline BiomedicalEngineering(BM) Biotechnology(BT) ChemicalEngineering(CH) Computer Science and Engineering/ Information Technology(CS) ElectricalEngineering(EE) Electronics / Telecommunications Engineering (EC) EngineeringPhysics(EP) InstrumentationEngineering(IN) MechanicalEngineering(ME) Metallurgy&MaterialsScience(MT) (ii)M.Sc.orequivalentin Anydiscipline Biochemistry(BY) Biophysics(BP) Biotechnology(BT) Ceramics(CG) Chemistry(CY) Electronics/ElectronicSciences(EC)

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Ergonomics(ER) MaterialsScience(MS) Mathematics(MA) MolecularBiology(MG) Physics(PH) Physiology(PS) (iii)MBBS(Medicine)

AIIMSAllIndia MCI/JIPMER/ PGI Chandigarh / AFMCPune / DNB Part I national level medical postgraduate entrance examinations OR GATEXL Eligibility/ rank certificate oftheentrance examination is required. (iv) B.V.Sc., B.D.S., B.P.Th., B.O.Th., and All India level PreM.D.S/ B.Pharm.degree(Duration4yearsormore) M.V.Sc., M.Pharm. Selection examinationfor B.VSc., B.D.S andB.Pharm. OR GATEXL Eligibility/ rank certificate oftheentrance examination is required.

WrittentestandInterview: (i)Candidatescalledfortheinterviewwillappearinawritten testinthemorningofthefirstdayofthe interview.Thewrittentest,oftwohoursduration,willbeconductedinMathematics(forcandidateswitha Medical /Pharmacy / Life Sciences/Biotechnology background) and Biology with special emphasis on Physiology(forcandidateswithEngineering/Physicalsciencesbackground).Thesyllabiforthetestswillbein accordancewiththe12thstd.syllabiofCBSE. (ii)CandidateshavingtwoyearsofrelevantworkexperienceareexemptedfromrequirementofGATEscore, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. ChemicalEngineering(CH) [DepartmentofChemicalEngineering] B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin ChemicalEngineering(CH)orequivalent CH

Candidates having two years of relevant work experience are exempted from requirement ofGATE score, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. CivilEngineering(CE) [DepartmentofCivilEngineering] TransportationSystemsEngineering(CE1) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CivilEngineering(CE) CE

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CivilEngineering(CE) [DepartmentofCivilEngineering] GeotechnicalEngineeringCE2) CivilEngineering(CE) [DepartmentofCivilEngineering] WaterResourcesEngineering(CE3) CivilEngineering(CE) [DepartmentofCivilEngineering] StructuralEngineering(CE4) CivilEngineering(CE) [DepartmentofCivilEngineering] OffshoreEngineering(CE5) CivilEngineering(CE) [DepartmentofCivilEngineering] RemoteSensing(CE6)

B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CivilEngineering(CE) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CivilEngineering(CE) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CivilEngineering(CE) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CivilEngineering(CE) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CivilEngineering(CE)

CE

CE

CE

CE

CE

(i)Outofsixspecialisationchoices(CE1,CE2,CE3,CE4,CE5andCE6)inCivilEngineering,thecandidateshas tochooseonlythreechoicesintheorderoftheirpreference.WrittenTest/Interviewwillbeconductedonlyfor theFIRSTthreechoicesgivenbyanapplicantpertainingtoCivilEngineering. (ii)CandidateshavingtwoyearsofrelevantworkexperienceareexemptedfromrequirementofGATEscore, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. ComputerScience&Engineering(CS) [DepartmentofComputerScience& Engineering] (i). B.E./B.Tech./AMIE or equivalent in any CS engineeringdiscipline. (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentinanysciencediscipline. (iii). MCA (with Physics&MathematicsatB.Sc. level)orequivalent

ValidGATEscoreisrequiredforallapplicants(includingProjectStaff(PS)/InstituteStaff(IS)andSponsored (SW)candidates). EarthSciences(ES) [DepartmentofEarthSciences] Geoexploration(GS) EarthSciences(ES) [DepartmentofEarthSciences] PetroleumGeoscience(PG) M.Sc.orequivalentin Geology/AppliedGeology(GL) Geophysics/AppliedGeophysics(GP) M.Sc.orequivalentin Geology/AppliedGeology(GL) Geophysics/AppliedGeophysics(GP) GG

GG

Candidates having two years of relevant work experience are exempted from requirement ofGATE score, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. ElectricalEngineering(EE) [DepartmentofElectricalEngineering] CommunicationEngineering(EE1) (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CS,EC,EE,IN ComputerScienceandEngineering/Information Technology(CS) Electronics/TelecommunicationEngineering (EC) ElectricalEngineering(EE) EngineeringPhysics(EP) (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentin Electronics/ElectronicSciences(EC) Physics(PH) (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CS,EC,EE,IN Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) ComputerScienceandEngineering/Information

ElectricalEngineering(EE) [DepartmentofElectricalEngineering] Control&Computing(EE2)

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Technology(CS) Electronics / Telecommunication Engineering (EC) ElectricalEngineering(EE) EngineeringPhysics(EP) InstrumentationEngineering(IN) (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentin Electronics/ElectronicSciences(EC) Mathematics(MA) Physics(PH) ElectricalEngineering(EE) [DepartmentofElectricalEngineering] PowerElectronics&PowerSystems(EE3) (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin EC,EE,IN Computer Science & Engineering / Information Technology(CS) Electronics / Telecommunication Engineering (EC) ElectricalEngineering(EE) InstrumentationEngineering(IN) (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin CS, EC, EE, Computer Science & Engineering / Information IN,PH Technology(CS) Electronics/TelecommunicationEngineering (EC) ElectricalEngineering(EE) EngineeringPhysics(EP) InstrumentationEngineering(IN) Metallurgical Engineering / Materials Science & Engineering(MT) (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentin Electronics/ElectronicSciences(EC) Physics(PH) ElectricalEngineering(EE) [DepartmentofElectricalEngineering] ElectronicSystems(EE5) (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin EC,EE,IN BiomedicalEngineering(BM) ElectricalEngineering(EE) Electronics / Telecommunication Engineering (EC) EngineeringPhysics(EP) InstrumentationEngineering(IN) (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentin Electronics/ElectronicSciences(EC) (i)Outofthefivespecializationchoices(EE1,EE2,EE3,EE4,EE5)inElectricalEngineering,eachcandidateis permitteduptoTHREEchoicesintheorderofhis/herpreference.Alladmissionprocedureswillbeconducted onlyfortheFIRSTthreechoicespertainingtotheElectricalEngineering. (ii)CandidateshavingtwoyearsofrelevantworkexperienceareexemptedfromrequirementofGATEscore, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. EnergySystemsEngineering(EN) [DepartmentofEnergyScience& Engineering] B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Anydiscipline AutomobileEngineering(AU) Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) ChemicalEngineering(CH) CivilEngineering(CE) ElectricalEngineering(EE) EnergySystemsEngineering(EN) MechanicalEngineering(ME) MetallurgicalEngineering/MaterialsScience &

ElectricalEngineering(EE) [DepartmentofElectricalEngineering] Microelectronics(EE4)

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Engineering(MT) ThermalPowerEngineering(TP) Candidates having two years of relevant work experience are exempted from requirement ofGATE score, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. EnvironmentalScience&Engineering(EV) (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin AE, AG, BT, [CentreforEnvironmentalScience& Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) CH, CE, EN, Engineering(CESE)] AgriculturalEngineering(AG) ME, MN, MT, Biotechnology(BT) XE,XL ChemicalEngineering(CH) CivilEngineering(CE) EnergyEngineering(EN) EnvironmentalEngineering(EV) MechanicalEngineering(ME) MiningEngineering(MN) Metallurgical Engineering / Materials Science & Engineering(MT) (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentin AtmosphericScience(AT) Biotechnology(BT) BT,CY,GG, Biochemistry(BY) PH,XE,XL Chemistry(CY) EarthSciences(ES) EnvironmentalToxicology(ET) EnvironmentalScience(EM) Meteorology(MO) Microbiology(MB) Physics(PH) (i)ForcandidateswithM.Sc.,MathematicsisessentialatHigherSecondary/Intermediate(10+2)level. (ii)CandidateshavingtwoyearsofrelevantworkexperienceareexemptedfromrequirementofGATEscore, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship Geoinformatics&NaturalResources Engineering(GNR) [CentreofStudiesinResources Engineering(CSRE)] (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin AgriculturalEngg(AG) Architecture&Planning(AR) CivilEngineering(CE) ComputerScience(CS)/InformationTechnology (CS) Electronics/TelecommunicationEngineering (EC) ElectricalEngineering(EE) EnvironmentalEngineering(EV) MiningEngineering(MN) (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentin Geology/AppliedGeology(GL) Geophysics/AppliedGeophysics(GP) Mathematics(MA) Physics(PH)
(i)ForcandidateswithM.Sc.MathematicsisessentialatHigherSecondary/Intermediate(10+2)level.

AG,AR,CE, CS,EC,EE, GG,MA,MN, PH

(ii)CandidateshavingtwoyearsofrelevantworkexperienceareexemptedfromrequirementofGATEscore, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship.

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IndustrialEngineering&Operations Research(IO) [InterdisciplinaryGroupinIndustrial Engineering&OperationsResearch (IE&OR)]

B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin anyEngineeringdiscipline

Anydiscipline

Candidates having two years of relevant work experience are exempted from requirement ofGATE score, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. MechanicalEngineering(ME) [DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering] Thermal&FluidsEngineering(ME1) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) AutomobileEngineering(AU) ChemicalEngineering(CH) MechanicalEngineering(ME) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) AutomobileEngineering(AU) MechanicalEngineering(ME) MachineToolEngineering(MC) Production/IndustrialEngineering(PI) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin MechanicalEngineering(ME) MachineToolEngineering(MC) Production/IndustrialEngineering(PI) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin ChemicalEngineering(CH) ElectricalEngineering(EE) MechanicalEngineering(ME) Anydiscipline

MechanicalEngineering(ME) [DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering] DesignEngineering(ME2)

Anydiscipline

MechanicalEngineering(ME) [DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering] ManufacturingEngineering(ME3) MechanicalEngineering(ME) [DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering] NuclearEngineering(ME4)

Anydiscipline

CH,EE,ME

Candidates having two years of relevant work experience are exempted from requirement ofGATE score, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. MetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterials Science(MM) [DepartmentofMetallurgicalEngineering andMaterialsScience] MaterialsScience(MM1) (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Anydiscipline CeramicEngineering(CG) ChemicalEngineering(CH) ElectricalEngineering(EE) Electronics/TelecommunicationEngineering(EC) ElectrochemicalEngineering(EH) EngineeringPhysics(EP) MechanicalEngineering(ME) Metallurgical Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering(MT) PolymerEngineering(PO) (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentin Chemistry(CY) MaterialsSciences(MS) Physics(PH) MetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterials Science(MM) [DepartmentofMetallurgicalEngineering andMaterialsScience] ProcessEngineering(MM2) (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Anydiscipline ChemicalEngineering(CH) ElectrochemicalEngineering(EH) MechanicalEngineering(ME) MetallurgicalEngineering/MaterialsScience & Engineering(MT) (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentin Chemistry (CY), General or specialization in

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PhysicalorInorganicChemistry MaterialsScience(MS) MetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterials Science(MM) [DepartmentofMetallurgicalEngineering andMaterialsScience] SteelTechnology(MM3) MetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterials Science(MM) [DepartmentofMetallurgicalEngineering andMaterialsScience] CorrosionScience&Engineering(MM4) B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Anydiscipline ChemicalEngineering(CH) MechanicalEngineering(ME) Metallurgical Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering(MT) (i).B.E./B.Tech./AMIE/AMIIMorequivalentin Anydiscipline Aeronautical/AerospaceEngineering(AE) ChemicalEngineering(CH) CivilEngineering(CE) ElectricalEngineering(EE) ElectrochemicalEngineering(EH) MechanicalEngineering(ME) MetallurgicalEngineering/MaterialsScience & Engineering(MT) (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentin Chemistry(CY) Ceramic(CG) MaterialsScience(MS) PetrochemicalSciences(PM) (i)ForcandidateswithM.Sc.,MathematicsasasubjectatB.Sc.degreelevelisessential. (ii)CandidateshavingtwoyearsofrelevantworkexperienceareexemptedfromrequirementofGATEscore, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. Materials,ManufacturingandModeling (MMM) [CrossDepartmentalProgrammeof MechanicalEngineering,Metallurgical Engineering&MaterialsScience,and Mathematics] B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin Anydiscipline AutomobileEngineering(AU) ChemicalEngineering(CH) MetallurgicalEngineering/MaterialsScience & Engineering(MT) MechanicalEngineering(ME) ProductionEngineering(PI)

(i)CandidateshavingtwoyearsofrelevantworkexperienceareexemptedfromrequirementofGATEscore, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. Systems&ControlEngineering(SC) (i)B.E./B.Tech./AMIEorequivalentin [InterdisciplinaryGroupSystems&Control anyengineeringdiscipline Engineering] (ii)M.Sc.in Mathematics(MA) Physics(PH) Anydiscipline

Candidates having two years of relevant work experience are exempted from requirement ofGATE score, providedtheircandidatureissponsoredbytheemployer.TheyarenoteligibleforawardofTeaching/Research Assistantship. Technology&Development(TD) [CentreforTechnologyAlternativesfor RuralAreas](CTARA) (i).BE/B.Tech/B.Arch/AMIEorequivalentin Anydiscipline anyengineeringdiscipline. (ii).M.Sc.orequivalentinanysciencediscipline

Candidates with a qualifying degree (BE/ B.Tech./ B.Arch./M.Sc.) without a GATE score can apply under Sponsoredcategoryiftheyhaveminimumtwoyearsexperienceindevelopmentrelatedwork.

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A.8

GUIDELINESFORFILLINGUPTHEAPPLICATIONFORM

PleaserefertotheInstitutewebsitehttp://www.iitb.ac.in/mtechapp/mtechAdmissionLinks.jsp under

'Instructions'forfillingONLINEapplicationform.

Ifthenameofyourqualifyingdisciplinedoesnotmatchexactlywiththequalifyingdisciplinelistedin thebrochure,youmayselectthecodeforthedisciplineclosesttoyourqualifyingdegreediscipline.In caseyoudonotfindaclosematch,youmayselectZE(incaseofB.E./B.Tech.degree)orZS(incase ofM.Sc.degree).Admissionofferedinthesecaseswillbesubjecttotheverificationofthecurriculum bytheconcernedAcademicUnitofIITBombay.

A.9.M.Tech.+Ph.D.(DualDegree)Programme

InadditiontoM.Tech.Programme,IITBombayoffersDualDegreeM.Tech.+Ph.D.Programmesin certaindisciplines.

A.9.1AdmissiontoM.Tech.+Ph.D.(DualDegree)Programme
StartingJuly2013,someofthedisciplinesofferadmissionstotheM.Tech.+Ph.D.(Dualdegree) programme.Successfulcompletionoftheprogrammerequirementswillleadtotheawardofboth, M.TechandPh.D.degrees.Theprogrammeoffersattractivescholarshipforfiveyearsfromthestartof theprogramme.TheprogramisdesignedtoinductbrightstudentswhohavecompletedtheirB.E./ B.Tech./M.Sc.degreesdirectlytothedoctoralprogramme.Keyfeaturesofthisprogrammeare: ThetimelinesandkeymilestonesofthisprogrammearealignedwiththeM.Techand Ph.D.programmescurrentlyoffered. The student will be required to complete mandatory coursework in the first three semesters(similartothatofM.Techprogramme). Successfulcompletionofanannualprogressseminar/qualifierexaminationafterfirst yearmayentitlethestudenttoenhancedscholarshipatthePh.D.level. AftersuccessfulcompletionofrequiredcourseworkandPhDthesis,thestudentwillbe awardedbothM.Tech.andPh.D.degrees.Underexceptionalcircumstance,thestudent maybeconsideredtoexittheprogrammewithanM.Tech.Degreeattheendofthree yearssubjecttocompletionofrequiredcourseworkandM.Tech.dissertation. TheinterestedcandidatesshouldapplybyfillinguptheM.Tech.admissionformandindicatingtheir interesttobeconsideredforthisprogrammeattheappropriatelocationintheform.

A.9.2ConversionfromM.Tech.ProgrammetoM.Tech.+Ph.D.(DualDegree) Programme.
TheStudentswhoareadmittedtoM.Tech.ProgrammeatIITBombaycanconvertthemselvestothe Dual Degree (M.Tech.+Ph.D.) Programme after the first stage of evaluation of the Masters' dissertationwiththeconcurrenceoftheproposedDoctoralSupervisorandPostgraduateProgramme Committeeoftheconcernedacademicunit.AftersuccessfulcompletionofAnnualProgressSeminar/ qualifierexaminationmayentitlethestudenttoenhancedscholarshipatPh.D.Level. Astudentwhomovestothis DualDegreeProgrammeiseligibleforscholarshipasadmissiblefora Ph.DstudentwithMaster'squalificationafterthedateofsuccessfulexaminationofResearchProposal, foramaximumofFIVEyearsfromthecommencementoftheM.Tech./M.Phil.Degree.Inthecases, (hopefullyrare)whenastudentmovestotheDualDegreeprogrammeandisnotabletocompletethe requirementsofthePh.D,anexitoptionwiththeM.Tech./M.Phil.Degreeisavailableatanytimeat oraftertheendofthefinalsemesterofthenormalM.Tech./M.Phil.Programme. OnsuccessfulcompletionandexaminationoftheDoctoralThesis,BOTHthedegreesM.Tech.and Ph.D.areawardedtothecandidate.

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A.10.TerminationofStudentship
AllcandidatesshouldnotethatfailuretomeetacademicperformancecriterionsetbytheInstitute duringtheM.Tech.programmewillcauseterminationofstudentship.

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B)

M.TECH.PROGRAMMES

B.1) AerospaceEngineeringAE(AE1,AE2,AE3,AE4) [DepartmentofAerospaceEngineering]

The Masters degree programmein Aerospace Engineering provides education in multidisciplinary areasinvolvingAerodynamics,Dynamics&Control,AerospacePropulsionandAerospaceStructures. ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH I.Aerodynamics(AE1) ExperimentalAerodynamics,ExperimentalHypersonicAerothermodynamics,ShockWavesandtheir applications, Computational Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, ComputationalElectromagnetics,VortexandParticlemethods,Vortexflows,Aeroacoustics,Aircraft Design,AirTransportation,Turbulencemodelingandapplications,Computationalstudiesofscramjet intakes, Supersonic mixing, Computation of high enthalpy flows, Turbulence and transport in magnetizedplasmas,Plasmaassistedflowcontrol. II.DynamicsandControlofaerospacevehicles(AE2) Flightmechanics,guidance,navigation,trackingandcontroloflaunchvehicles,spacecraft,missiles, aircraft, mini aerial vehicles(MAV), Formation control of satellites, integrated navigation systems, airborne and spaceborne sensors and precision tracking systems, spacebased aircraft navigation; attitude dynamics and control, reentry dynamics and GN&C, HardwareInLoop Simulation, Co operativemissionsforMAVs. III.Propulsion(AE3) AircraftandSpacecraftPropulsion,Experimentalandnumericalstudiesondetonations,Combustion instabilities,Developmentofnewtechniquesforemissionreductionfromcombustionsystems,Heat Transfer,InfraredSignaturesofAerospaceVehicles,MicrochannelCoolingofGasTurbineBlades, CFDofpropulsivesystems,Aerodynamicdesignandperformanceanalysisofaxialflowturbomachines, Flow control of turbomachines and internal duct flows, Computational hypersonic aerothermodynamics, Turbulence modeling and applications, Computational studies of scramjet engines, Supersonicmixing and combustion, Computation of high enthalpyflows, Turbulence and transportinmagnetizedplasmas,Plasmaassistedcombustionandflowcontrol. IV.AerospaceStructures(AE4) Structural Health Monitoring, Wave Propagation, Aeroelasticity, Aeroservoelasticity, Structural Dynamics&Stability,MultidisciplinaryOptimization,MechanicsofMaterials(Metals,MetallicAlloys andComposites),FractureandFatigueinmaterials.

B.2)BiomedicalEngineering(BM) [DepartmentofBiosciencesandBioengineering]
TheBiomedicalEngineeringGroupatIITBombaywassetupin1988.ItisnowapartofDepartment ofBiosciencesandBioengineering(BSBE).BiomedicalEngineeringisoneoftheyoungestdisciplinesin engineeringandhasmadetremendousprogressinthelast4decades.Thishasbeenaidedbyrapid advancementsinSemiconductorTechnology,InformationTechnology,andBiotechnology.Inthefield ofBiomedicalEngineering,researcherswithexpertiseindiverseareasworktowardstheunifiedgoal ofcreatingproductsandtechniquesforbetterhealthcare.Thebackgroundsoffacultyreflectthewide spectrumofexpertiserequiredtomakebetterandmoreaffordablehealthcareareality.Further,the studentsadmittedtotheprogrammehavebackgroundsinEngineering,PhysicalSciences,LifeSciences and Medicine. The heterogeneous class composition promotes interaction between students and facultyofdifferentbackgroundsandprovidesopportunitiesforresearchinexcitinginterdisciplinary areas.

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Overthefirsttwosemesters,M.Tech.studentsarerequiredtodosubstantialamountofcourseworkto complementtheirundergraduateormastersleveleducation.Thethirdsemesterisdevotedmostlyto theM.Tech.projectsalthoughsomecoursesmayalsobetaken.Thefourthsemesterisfullydevotedto completionoftheproject.Thecurriculumhasbeendesignedtoprovideallstudentswithageneral background in Biomedical Engineering followed by more specific knowledge in the area of their choice. Theformerisachievedthrough core (for everyone )andcompulsory (for students with a particular background ) courses in the first semester. Electives takenduring the second andthird semesterprovidespecializedknowledgeintheareaoftheindividualinterest. Inthefirstsemester,studentswithbackgroundsinlifesciencesandmedicinearerequiredtotake compulsory courses in mathematics, electronic circuits and instrumentation. Students with backgrounds in physical sciences and engineering take courses in physiology. Further, everyone is requiredtopresentaseminaronatopicrelatedtoBiomedicalEngineeringundertheguidanceofa facultymember.Thereareotherelectivecoursestobetakenaswell. Inthesecondsemester,allstudentshavetogothroughacorecourseonBiostatisticsandDesignof Experiments.Studentswithbackgroundsinphysicalsciencesandengineeringundergoacompulsory course in Clinical Physiology. All students are required to undergo a course on quantitative and experimentalmethodsinphysiology.Therestofthecoursesareelectiveswhichthestudentschoosein consultationwiththefacultyadviser. Electiveareofferedinbioelectricity,ergonomics,medicalinstrumentation,bioMEMS,medicalphysics, physiological systems modeling, signal processing, etc. All students are required to take a course designatedasanInstituteElectiveofferedbyanotherdepartments.Inspecialcases,electivesother thantheinstituteelectivemaybetakenfromotherdepartmentsafterobtainingtheduepermissions. ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH Bioinstrumentationfordiagnosticsandtherapeutics Biomaterialsandtissueengineering,prosthesesandmedicaldevices Bionanotechnology Controlleddrugdeliverysystems Neurophysiology Physiologicalsystemmodellingandanalysis Studentscandotheirprojectsin,butnotrestrictedto,thefollowingareas: Bioinstrumentationforearlydetectionofcarcinomaandtropicaldiseases, BiointerfacesandLangmuirmodelsofbiologicalmembranes, Biomaterialsandtissueengineering, BiomedicaltransducersandsensorsincludingbiosensorsandbioMEMSdevices, Bionanotechnology, Biostatisticsandmathematicalmodeling, Cardiacelectrophysiologyandmusclemechanics, Controlleddrugdeliverysystems, Diagnostictoolsbasedonspectroscopicandimagingtechniques, Neurophysiology, Prostheticdevicesincludingaidsforthehandicapped, Pulmonarysurfactantreplacementsfortherapeutics, Signalprocessing, Telemedicineandknowledgebasedsystems RESEARCHFACILITIES ResearchinBiomedicalEngineeringisconductedinlaboratoriessetupbycoreaswellasassociated facultyofthegroup.Thevariousresearchlabsandfacilitiesavailableareasfollows:

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Biointerfaces laboratory for evaluation of surface phenomena in biological systems well equippedwithspecializedLangmuirBlodgettsystemsandsurfactometers BiomaterialsLaboratorywithfacilitiesforthedevelopmentandevaluationofnovelmaterials forclinicalapplications BiomedicalInstrumentationLaboratorywithstandardtestandmeasurementinstrumentssuch asdigitalstorageoscilloscopes,signalgenerators,etc. BiophotonicsLaboratorytostudytheinteractionofphotonswithtissueswithaviewtoelicit informationoftissuefunctionanddevelopnoninvasivediagnostictools. CardiacElectrophysiologyLaboratorywithhighspeeddataacquisitionandsignalconditioning modulesforresearchintoelectrophysiologyofischemiaandfibrillation. CellularEngineeringLaboratorytoconductcellularandsubcellularresearch.ThisLaboratoryis equippedforcellandtissuecultureaswellashybridomaresearch. HaemorheologyLaboratory,withinstrumentslikeconeandplateviscometer,redcellplatelet aggregaometerfortheevaluationofviscosityandflowparametersofbiologicalfluids NerveandMusclePhysiologylaboratoryhasfacilitiesforexperimentsonskeletal,cardiacand smoothmuscles WorkonErgonomicsandBiomechanicsiscarriedonintheErgonomicsLaboratoryinIndustrial DesignCentre(IDC) WorkonMedicalImageProcessingandElectrophysiologicalSignalProcessingiscarriedonin SignalProcessingandArtificialNeuralNetworks(SPANNLab)LaboratoryandtheInstrumentation andProjectsLaboratoryinElectricalEngineeringDepartment.

Thecomputingfacilityhousesmultipleworkstationsandservers.Fibreopticlocalareanetworkexists intheInstitute.StudentsandfacultyhaveaccesstotheInstitutefacilitieswhichincludehighend machines.ThecomputingfacilitiesarecomplimentedbyseveralPCswithdataacquisitioncards.

B.3)ChemicalEngineering(CH) [DepartmentofChemicalEngineering]

Awidevarietyofcoursesareofferedtoenableastudenttoobtainproficiencyinvariousfacetsofthe ChemicalEngineeringProfessionDesign,Production,ResearchandDevelopment,andacademics.The programmeprovidesstrongcorecoursestogetherwithasetofelectivecoursesinthefollowingareas: Biotechnology and BioSystems Engineering; Energy and Environment; Transport, Colloids and Interface Science; Catalysis and Reaction Engineering; Materials Engineering; Process Systems EngineeringandControl. ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH

Biotechnology&BioSystemsEngineering Metabolic&GeneticEngineering,Bioseparations,Bioinformatics,SystemsBiology,DrugDiscovery, Enzymology,BioprocessDevelopment,VermicultureforWasteManagement,DehydrationofFood Systems,ControlledAtmosphereStorage,andProcessDevelopmentofFoodSystems.

EnergyandEnvironment Climate change, Coal Gasification, Energy Integration, Green Engineering, Renewable Resources, WasteManagement,PollutionControl,AirPollutionPrediction&ControlandVermiculture.

Transport,ColloidsandinterfaceScience Fluidization, Granularflows, PowderMixing,Membrane Separations, RheologyofComplexFluids, Colloids, Solgels, Emulsions &Foams, Paints and Coatings, Microstructural Engineering, Aerosols, Electrohydrodynamics, Fluid Mechanics & Stability, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat & Mass transfer,Porousmedia,andSurfactants.
CatalysisandReactionEngineering Catalysis, Multiphase Reaction, Bioreaction Engineering and Reactor Modelling, Process

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intensification&reactivedistillation. MaterialsEngineering Polymermaterials,PolymerReactionEngineering,PolymerProcessing,PolymerPhysics,Polyurethane, Rubber, Polymer Rheology, Ceramics, Polymers, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Food Engineering, Microscopy,Nanocomposites,StatisticalThermodynamics,andSupercriticalFluids.

ProcessSystemsEngineeringandControl ProcessSimulation,Optimization,ProcessIntegrationandScheduling,EnergyConservationand OptimalResourceManagement,ArtificialIntelligenceandMathematicalModelling,Multiscale Modelling,SystemsIdentificationandProcessSafetyAnalysis,Nonlinearcontrol,faultdiagnosis.

B.4)CivilEngineeringCE(CE1,CE2,CE3,CE4,CE5,CE6) [DepartmentofCivilEngineering]
The programme is geared to meet the growing demand for designers, consultants, development engineers,researchscientistsandfaculty. AstudententeringtheM.Tech.programmeinCivilEngineeringcanfollowoneofthefollowing streams: (i)TransportationSystemsEngineering(CE1) (ii)GeotechnicalEngineering(CE2) (iii)WaterResourcesEngineering(CE3) (iv)StructuralEngineering(CE4) (v)OffshoreEngineering(CE5) (vi)RemoteSensing(CE6) ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH TransportationSystemsEngineering(CE1) Modellingtrafficflow,Urbanregionaltransportnetworkdesign,Transportplanningmodels,Urban publictransportoperationandmanagement;Economicevaluation,analysisandimpactassessment; Landusetransportplanning,Pavementanalysisanddesign,Pavementmaintenancemanagement.FS, ANN,AI,GA,ES,GISapplicationstotransportmodelling. GeotechnicalEngineering(CE2) Geotechnicalpropertiesofsoils,Soilstructureinteraction,Foundationforoffshorestructures,Earth damproblems,StabilityandSeepage,MechanicsofSwellingSoils,RockMechanicsandtunneling,Soil dynamics,Pilefoundations,Soilstabilization,Anchoredgeosynthetics,Reinforcedsoilstructuresand geosynthetics, Geotechnical centrifuge study, Optimization techniques and environmental geotechniques;Landslides. WaterResourcesEngineering(CE3) Real fluid flow, Dispersion in surface and ground water, Jets, Stratified flow, Fluid transients, Sedimenttransportinpipesandopenchannels,Mathematicalandanaloguemodelsforgroundwater flows, Hydraulic structures, Hydrology, Optimization techniques in water resources Engineering, Waterbalancestudies;Conveyancenetwork;Urbanwatermanagement;Urbanwatersupply,Strom waterandwastewatertreatmentanddisposal. StructuralEngineering(CE4) Earthquake engineering, Structural dynamics; Finite element techniques; Composite materials and mechanics; Earthquake disaster management; Reinforced and prestressed concrete; Computational mechanics;Windeffectsonstructures;Concretetechnology;Steelstructures;Strength,stabilityand dynamicsofthinmembranes;Platesandshells;Structuraloptimization;Structuralresponsetoimpact andshockloading;Pressurevessels;Reliabilityanalysis;Probabilisticdesignmethods;Curvedgrid; Cablenetworks,Plasticanalysistechniques;Inverseproblemsandartificialintelligenceapplications;

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OffshoreStructures;Shellfoundation. OffshoreEngineering(CE5) This programme consists of developing basic as well as advanced level knowledge in the area of offshoreengineeringthroughcourseworkandadissertation.Thecourseworkinvolvesexposureto fundamentalsoffluid,structuralandsoilengineeringwithrelevancetooffshoreenvironmentfollowed byhydrodynamic,structuralandgeotechnicalapplicationtoavarietyofoffshorefacilitiesincluding oilplatforms,coastalandharborstructures.Therearealargenumberoforganizationsingovernment bodiesandpublicsector,researchlabs,privateconsultancyfirms,andeducationalinstitutesthatneed candidateswithsuchbackground. RemoteSensing(CE6) Developmentofmethodsandalgorithmsfordigitalanalysisofremotelysenseddata;Digitalanalysis of thermal and microwave SAR data; Digital terrain modelling; Remote sensing and spatial informationanalysissystemsinhydrologicalmodelling;Landdegradationandsoilerosionassessment; Spectralstudiesofcropsandsoils.Fuzzy,ANNandotherapproachesinremotelysenseddataAnalysis; Statistical analysis of geodetic and remote sensing data; Geodesy and geodetic techniques; Global positioningsystemsanditsapplications.

B.5)ComputerScienceandEngineering(CS) [DepartmentofComputerScienceandEngineering
TheM.Tech.programmeinComputerScienceisaflexible,secondlevelprogrammeofferingstudents widechoiceofelectivesfromareassuchasalgorithms,programminglanguages,databases,machine intelligence,computergraphicsandvision,networks,architecture,distributedcomputingandformal methods.TheprogrammeisaimedatgenerationofhighqualitytechnicalmanpowerforResearch, DesignandDevelopmentinComputerScienceandComputerApplicationsbyexposingstudentsto coursesintheoryaswellasapplicationareas.Thedepartmenthasstrongtieswiththecomputer industryandmanyM.Tech.studentsworkonsponsoredprojects. ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH (i)Algorithms Algorithmsandcomplexity;Combinatoricsandgraphtheory;Geometricalgorithms. (ii)ArtificialIntelligence Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision; Intelligent systems and their applicationstutoring systems, Natural language understanding; Machine learning and neural networks. (iii)ComputerGraphics,ComputerVisionandImageUnderstanding Computeraided graphics design; Multimedia; High Performance computing; Visualization; Rendering;GraphicsdesignandAnimation;Computervision;Imageretrieval. (iv)ComputerNetworks Performance modeling of networks & distributed systems; Quality of service in distributed systems;Wireless LANs: analysis and design; Design, implementation and verificationofnetworksecurityprotocols;Distributedcontrolalgorithmsandoperatingsystems. (v)DatabasesandDataMining Object oriented, temporal parallel databases; Query optimization and transaction management;Hypertextminingandinformationretrieval;Datadisseminationnetworks;Integrating miningwithrelationalDBMS,temporalmining, integrating mining with OLAP, indexing multidimensional data, precomputation techniques, mining extensions and extending relational DBMSforecommerce,Wideareadistributeddatabasesystems,forecastingandsmartebusiness.

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(vi)DistributedSystems System Performance Evaluation, Distributed Client Server Information Systems, Scalable Services, FaultTolerance, DistributedObjectBasedSystems,Autonomic/AdaptiveDistributedApplications, ProgrammingModelsandRuntimesforGenericAgents,InformationAppliances,ParallelComputing, JavaSecurity,highperformanceclustercomputing. (vii)FormalMethods Formalspecification,designandverificationofhardwareandsoftwaresystemsincluding distributed systems; Logic, automata theory and their applications in reasoning about systems; Automatedtheoremproving;Modelchecking. (viii)ProgramminglanguagesandCompilers Theoryofcodeoptimization;Optimizingandparallelizingcompilers;Analysisandimplementation offunctionalandlogicprogramminglanguages;Theoryofprogramminglanguages. (ix)RealTimeandEmbeddedSystems Functional Programming Applications, reconfigurable computing, Automobile Telematics, Embeddedcontrolunits. (x)SoftwareEngineering Objectorientedsoftwaredevelopment;Componentarchitectures;Reengineeringofsoftware;Systems AnalysisandDesign,MISsystems,ProjectManagement,QualityAssurance.

B.6)EarthSciences(GS,PG) [DepartmentofEarthSciences]
TheM.Techprogrammeofthedepartmentlaysspecialemphasisondevelopingskillsforexplorationof mineral, petroleum and groundwater. The students of this programme have good placement opportunitiesinleadingnationalandinternationalmineral&oilexplorationcompanies,Geological Survey of India, National Mineral Development Corporation, Atomic Mineral Division, Mineral ExplorationCorporationandsoftwarecompanies. a.Geoexploration:GS Theprogrammeisstructuredsuchthatthestudentscanlearnvariousaspectsofmineral,petroleum and groundwater explorations. It offers wide ranging courses in exploration Well Logging, Basin Analysis,Marine MineralResources,GroundwaterHydrology,EnvironmentalGeologyandHydrogeochemistry. b.PetroleumGeoscience:PG This Specialization is introduced from July 2007. It prepares graduates for a career in petroleum exploration and development. The course provides advanced skills in seismic interpretation, basin analysisandappliedmicropaleontology,sequencestratigraphy,reservoirsedimentology,petrophysics, wirelineloggingtoolsanddatainterpretationusingworkstationsandsoftwareasusedintheindustry. ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH

ActiveTectonicsandTectonics Electromagnetism EngineeringGeology Geochemistry Geothermics Geostatistics Geomagnetism GPSandGeodesy GravityandMagnetic Hydrogeology

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IsotopeGeology IgneousPetrology Mineralogy Micropalaeontology MetamorphicPetrology OrePetrologyandOredepositmodeling OrganicGeochemistry PetroleumGeology RemoteSensingandGIS Sedimentology StructuralGeology Stratigraphy Seismology Volcanology NumericalmodellinginGeophysics

B.7)

ElectricalEngineeringEE(EE1,EE2,EE3,EE4,EE5)
[DepartmentofElectricalEngineering]

ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFSPECIALIZATION CommunicationEngineering ControlandComputing PowerElectronicsandPowerSystems Microelectronics ElectronicSystems AREASOFRESEARCH CommunicationEngineering(EE1) CommunicationSystems CommunicationNetworksandInternet ComputationalElectromagnetics ImageProcessingandComputerVision Microwaves,RFandAntennas MultimediaSystems OpticalCommunicationandPhotonics SignalProcessing SpeechProcessing WirelessandMobileCommunication InformationTheoryandCoding MagneticResonanceImaging ControlandComputing(EE2) LinearSystemsTheory OptimalControlandOptimization ModelingandIdentificationofDynamicalSystems ControlofDistributedParameterSystems NonlinearSystems ModernFilterandNetworkTheory BehavioralSystemsTheory ComputationalMethodsinElectricalEngineering SoftwareandSystemReliability CryptographyandSecurity GPUbasedComputing EE1 EE2 EE3 EE4 EE5

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PowerElectronicsandPowerSystems(EE3) FACTS,HVDCandPowerQuality DistributedGeneration PowerSystemRestructuring WideAreaMeasurementsandSystemProtection EMI/EMC CoupledFieldComputations ElectricalMachines:Modeling,Analysis,DesignandControl SpecialMachines PowerElectronicConverters,ElectricDrives PowerElectronicsforNonconventionalEnergySources ReliabilityinPowerSystemsandPowerElectronicSystems SmartGridsforEnergyHarvesting Microelectronics(EE4) DevicesandICTechnology ReliabilityofElectronicDevicesandCircuits DeviceSimulationandModeling VLSIandSystemHardwareDesign CADTools MEMSDesignandTechnology(includingBioMEMS) FlashMemoryDevices OrganicSemiconductorDevices CMOSDevices SpintronicDevices PhotovoltaicDevices MaterialGrowthandCharacterization ElectronicSystems(EE5) ElectronicInstrumentation SignalProcessingApplications SpeechandAudioProcessing BiomedicalElectronics EmbeddedSystemDesign

B.8)EnergySystemsEngineering(EN) [DepartmentofEnergyScience&Engineering]
Energyisacriticalinputrequiredfordevelopment.Fossilfuelreservesinthecountryarelimitedand thereisaneedtodevelopviablecosteffectivealternatives.RenewableandNuclearEnergycanprovide possible longterm solutions for the energy problems. There are problems in the large scale developmentanddeploymentofthesealternativesthatneedtobeaddressed.Intheshortrun,India hastoaggressivelypursueenergyefficiencyandDemandSideManagementtoimprovetheefficiency ofsupplyandutilizationdevicesandsystems.Thedevelopmentofnewenergytechnologiesprovides technological challenges as well as significant business opportunity. In order to help meet these challenge,theDepartmentofEnergyScienceandEngineering(DESE) hasbeenestablishedwitha missiontodevelopsustainableenergysystemsandsolutionsforthefuture.Thereisarequirementfor high quality trained manpower in the energy sector. It also provides scope for engineering innovators/entrepreneurs.TheM.Tech.programmeoffersamixofcompulsorycoursesandelective coursesthatcanbechosenaccordingtothespecializationandinterestofthestudents. The programme has two laboratories (Solar Energy and Energy Systems Laboratory) and a computational facility. In addition to this, the students are actively involved in the research and development activities of the Thermal Hydraulics facility, Gasification Laboratory, Heat Pump Laboratory (Mechanical Engineering), Power Electronics and Power Systems Laboratory (Electrical Engineering). DESE faculty have been organizing several Continuing Education Programmes on a

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continuous basis on Renewable Energy, Energy Management, Process Integration, Solar Passive Architecture and have initiated a series of programmes for the Nuclear Power Corporation. The departmenthasestablishedlinkageswithindustrieslikeThermax,ForbesMarshall,BSES,Mahindra& Mahindra, BHEL and organization like Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Ministry of New and RenewableEnergy,InternationalEnergyInitiativeandTheEnergyandResourceInstitutewhichhave sponsoredM.Tech/Ph.DProjects,ensuringtherelevanceoftheresearchoutput. ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH EnergyEfficiency/ImprovementsinconventionalEnergySystems. Heat pumps, Energy integration, Process integration for resource optimization, Pinch Analysis Development of techniques for optimization of Utility systems, Demand Side Management/Load ManagementinthePowerSector,VariableSpeedDrives,PowerGenerationandSystemsPlanning, Energy Management and Auditing, Efficient Motor Drive Systems, Electronics Ballasts, Static VAR compensators,Illuminationcontrol,PowerElectronicsinEnergyEfficientSystems,ElectricVehicles, Boilers and Fludised Bed Combustion, Exhaust Heat Recovery, Cogeneration, Building Energy Management,EfficientAirConditioningSystems,HydrogenGenerationandStorage,FuelCells. Renewables Coal Gasification, Biomass Gasifier Design, Development and Testing, Liquid fuels from Biomass through the thermochemical and algal route, Microbial Hydrogen, Pyrolysis for liquid fuels and chemical,CNGKitdevelopment,TestingofSolarCollectorsandsystems,PassiveSolarArchitecture, DevelopmentofCarbonPVcell,DecentralizedPowerSystemsGridIntegrationIssues,HybridSystems forRuralElectrification,WindEnergy,LowCostSolarDrier,FuelCells,Thinfilmsolarcells,Carbon nanotubesforhydrogenstorage,Solarphotovoltaicconcentrator,DevelopmentofEnginesofSVO, Biodiesel, Dual fuelling etc., Biodiesel manufacturing process. Complex Fluid Dynamics, Flow of GranularMaterials,Multiphaseflows,ComputationalFluidDynamics,MolecularDynamicSimulation ofParticulateFlows. Nuclear Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Waste management, Thermal Hydraulics Research, Computer Simulation ModelsforAnalysisofTransientsinPressurizedHeavyWaterReactor.Nuclearthermalhydraulicsand safety,Analyticalsolutionofmultilayerheatconductionproblems. Fellowships SeveralfellowshipsarenormallyavailabletoDESEstudentsrangingfrom 8000to 15000per month.Mostofthefellowshipsalsoincludetuitionfeewaiver.Fellowshipwillbeofferedonthebasis ofseparateinterviews.

B.9)EnvironmentalScience&Engineering(EV)

[CentreforEnvironmentalScience&Engineering(CESE)] TheinterdisciplinaryprogrammeinEnvironmentalScienceandEngineeringaimstoofferabalanced traininginscientific,engineeringandsocialaspectsofthisfield.Thecoursehasbeendesignedtomeet the requirements of industry, consultancy services, academic and R & D organizations related to EnvironmentalManagement,treatmentofemissionandeffluentsandremediationofcontaminated environment.Theprogrammeprovidesamplechoiceofelectivestoenablestudentstodelvedeeperin to various aspects related to this discipline, i.e. Environmental Monitoring and Modeling, EnvironmentalImpactAnalysis,EnvironmentBiotechnology,IndustrialAir&WaterPollutionControl, IndustrialEcology,CleanTechnologyandHazardousWasteManagementandAerosol Science and Technology. MaharashtraPollutionControl Boardunder theirMoUwithIITBombayhasprovided financial asistance for fellowship for Two year M.Tech. Programme in Environmental Science and Engineering.

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ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH The research and development activities of the CESE encompass a wide spectrum of areas in Environmental Science and Engineering with special emphasis on the solution of real life environmentalproblemssuchasenvironmentalmonitoring,industrialairandwaterpollutioncontrol, solid and hazardous waste management, air and water quality modelling, environmental systems optimization, environmental microbiology and biotechnology, bioremediation, indoor air quality, aerosolscienceandtechnology,environmentalimpactassessmentandglobalissues.Forfurtherdetails visitwww.cese.iitb.ac.in

B.10)Geoinformatics&NaturalResourcesEngineering)(GNR)
[CentreofStudiesinResourcesEngineering(CSRE)] CentreofStudiesinResourcesEngineeringoffersanM.TechprogrammeinGeoinformatics&Natural ResourcesEngineeringwhichismultidisciplinaryinnature.Theemphasisoftheprogrammeisonthe useofmoderntechnologicaltoolssuchasSatelliteRemoteSensing,GeographicInformationSystems, GlobalPositioningSystems,etc.fornaturalresourcesstudies.Thecourseprovidesabalancedcoverage onnaturalresourcesexplorationandmanagementaswellasontheapplicationareasofinterestsuch asAgriculture &Rural Development, AtmosphericStudies including Ozone Depletion, Coastal and MarineEnvironment,DigitalImageProcessing,DigitalPhotogrammetry,NaturalHazardAssessment andDisasterMitigation,Snow,AvalancheandGlacialStudies,TerrainEvaluation,WaterResources (SurfaceandGroundwater),HighPerformingComputing,etc. DuetomultidisciplinarynatureofthesubjectofGeoinformaticsandNaturalResourcesEngineering, emphasisislaidontrainingthestudentswithanintegratedapproachtovariousissuespertainingto naturalresourcesexplorationandscientificmanagementusingthemostmoderntoolsandtechniques. ThecoursesofferedcoverfundamentalstoadvancedtopicsintheuseofRemoteSensing,GISandGPS tonaturalresourcesofLand,EarthandAtmosphereaswellasnaturalhazardsanddisasters. ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH Remote Sensing and GIS applications, Surface and ground water resources, Terrain evaluation, LandusePlanning,AgroInformaticsandRuralDevelopment,SensorNetworkinPrecisionAgriculture, Mineralandhydrocarbonexploration,Snowandavalanchestudies,Hazardsoflandslide,Droughtand desertification,Marineandcoastalenvironmentalstudies,Atmosphericremotesensing,Development oftoolsandtechniquesofspatialdataprocessing,DigitalImageprocessing,Stereoimageanalysisand digitalcartography,Microwaveremotesensing,Geocomputationalsystems,Climatechangeaspects, etc.

B.11)IndustrialEngineeringandOperationsResearch(IO) [InterdisciplinaryGroupinIndustrialEngineeringandOperationsResearch(IE&OR)]
ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH Thegroupisinterestedinresearchrelatedtomodeling,quantitativeanalysisandoptimalresource allocationfromdecisionproblemsindeterministicandstochasticcontexts.Broadareasofapplication areinmanufacturingsystems,supplychains,logistics,transportincludingrailways,finance,services, infrastructures and other industrial systems; application of quantitative methods in quality and maintenancemanagementsystems;developmentandapplicationofdecisionsupport,intelligentand knowledgebasedsystems.

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The specific problems of interest include: production planning, scheduling and control systems; management of inventories in production, distribution and service systems; industrial scheduling, facilitiesplanning,projectmanagement,qualitymanagement,materialmanagementandproductivity management; operation, planning and control related to CMS, MRP, flexible assembly, FMS, JIT, SupplyChainsandERP;reverselogisticsandRFIDapplications,productvarietymanagement. Operations Research applications in management of technology and resource allocation; optimal controlinstochasticsystems;applicationsofgametheory,modelingandsimulationofsupplychains, manufacturingandservicesystems;theoryandapplicationsofdistributedsimulation,discreteevent andsystemdynamicssimulations;appliedstochasticmodels;schedulingandcontrolofrailwaysand other transport operations; time tabling of services, crew and vehicle scheduling for transport operations; optimization and design problems arising from ecommerce, including auctions and mechanismdesignforelectronicexchanges;riskanalysisandcontractdesign;revenuemanagement; quantitative models for financial engineering. Theory and applications of neural nets and fuzzy systems in manufacturing and management; development and applications of modern information systemsformanagingmanufacturing,supplychainandserviceorganizations. The IEOR programme is unique in its contemporary flavour, with new courses in Financial Engineering, Services Management, Knowledge Based Systems, Neural Networks, Supply Chain Management,EngineeringEconomy,Manufacturingsystemstonameafew.Theprogrammeisequally stronginbackgroundbuilding,withupdatedcoursesinOptimizationTechniques,StochasticModels andSimulation.

B.12)MechanicalEngineeringME(ME1,ME2,ME3,ME4)
[DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering] ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AreasofSpecialization 1.ThermalandFluidsEngineering(ME1) 2.DesignEngineering(ME2) 3.ManufacturingEngineering(ME3) 4.NuclearEngineering(ME4) AREASOFRESEARCH ThermalandFluidsEngineering(ME1) FluidMechanics,FluidMachinery,FluidPowerControlandFluidics,Analysis ofThermalSystems, Numericalpredictionofconvectiveandradiativeheattransfer,Combustion,Fluidisedbedcombustion, Refrigeration and Airconditioning, Cryogenics, Miniature Cryorefrigerators, Food preservation, PerformanceStudiesonICEngines,AlternateFuels,NuclearEnergyandReactorPhysics,FuelCells, NuclearReactorThermalHydraulics,ElectronicsCooling,MicrofluidicsandMicroscaleHeatTransfer, Transportinporousmedia,ComputationalFluidFlowandHeatTransfer,AnalysisofTurbulentFlows, LowTemperaturePlasmaModelling,MolecularGasDynamics,EnhancedOilRecovery. DesignEngineering(ME2) StressandVibrationAnalysisAnalytical,numerical(FiniteElementandBoundaryElementMethods) andexperimentalmethods,FatigueandFractureLinearelasticandelasticplasticfracturemechanics, Fracture of composite materials, Fatiguecreepcorrosion interaction, Tribology and Machinery Maintenance,PressureVesselDesign,ComputerAidedSimulationandDesignOptimization,Linear and nonlinear vibrations, Chaos, Vehicle Dynamics, Rotor Dynamics, Acoustics and Noise, Active VibrationandNoiseControl,SmartStructure,Robotics,KinematicsandcontrolofRigidandFlexible

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Manipulators, Microprocessor based control and automation, Mechatronics, Mobile Robots, Textile Machinery,MEMS. ManufacturingEngineering(ME3) CAD / CAM / CIM, CNC, Computer Assisted Process Planning, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, Manufacturing Automation & Control, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Rapid PrototypingandTooling. Design,OptimizationandModellingofManufacturingProcesses(Casting,Forming,Machining,and Welding),PrecisionandMicroManufacturingProcesses,ComputerAidedToolDesign. ApplicationsofIE&ORinManufacturing,Logistics,QualityandMaintenanceSystems. NuclearEngineering(ME4) NuclearReactorTheory,NuclearReactorDynamicsandControl,NuclearReactorThermalHydraulics, NuclearReactorSafety,ReliabilityandProbabilisticRiskAssessment. Fellowships TherewillbeaboutfourfellowshipsfromAtomicEnergyRegulatoryBoard(AERB)giventodeserving M.Tech.Students.Thoseselected(basedonaninterview)willbeofferedandenhancedstipendof 20,000/,alongwithfeewavier.ThesestudentswillbeabsorbedasScientificOfficer(C)inAERBand would be required to execute a bond to serve the organisation for atleast three years. A similar Fellowship program is also likely to be available from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL).

B.13)MetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterialsScienceMM(MM1,MM2,MM3,MM4)
[DepartmentofMetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterialsScience] ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AreasofSpecialization MaterialsScience ProcessEngineering SteelTechnology CorrosionScience&Engineering MM1 MM2 MM3 MM4

AREASOFRESEARCH FacultyintheMetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterialsScienceDept.carryoutresearchonarangeof materials: Metals Process analysis, instrumentation and control, Iron and Steel making, deformation behavior and microstructure evolution during creep and superplasticity, mineral processing and extractive metallurgy,metalforming,mechanicalbehavior,welding,physicalmetallurgy,phasetransformation, structurepropertyrelationship,thermomechanicalprocessingandtextureanalysis. Ceramics Electronicceramics,bioceramics,glassceramics,ceramicfoams,industrialceramics,IRtransmitting glasses,nearnetshapeforming,gelcasting,rheologyofsuspensions. Semiconductorsandmagneticmaterials Devices of thin film elemental semiconductors and alloy systems, surface treatment and surface engineering, chemical vapor deposition, structure property correlation in nanocrystalline magnetic materials,magnetoresistormaterials. In addition, research into materials for sensors and batteries, superconductors, synthesis and processingofionconductors,materialsforenergygenerationandstorageisgoingonintheDept.

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PolymersandComposites Polymer blends, Polymercarbon nanotube composites, metalmatrix composites, structure property relations. WearandCorrosion Fractureandfailure,nondestructiveevaluation,aqueouscorrosion,metallurgyofcorrosion,oiland gascorrosion,andprotectivecoatings(paints,hightemperaturecoatingsetc.). LocalizedCorrosion including Stress Corrosion Cracking; Corrosion Fatigue and Hydrogen embrittlement, High TemperatureCorrosion,HotCorrosion,ProtectiveCoatings,OrganicCoatings,andHighTemperature Coatings, Corrosion Control and Monitoring, Corrosion of Steel in Concrete, Microbial Corrosion, Inhibitors, Cathodic Protection, Corrosion of Weldments, Biomaterials, Intermatallics/Aluminides, LightMetals,Stainlesssteels. ModelingandSimulations Modeling of metallurgical processes, heat and mass transport, modeling of metal forming, Optimization,MonteCarlosimulations,Dislocationdynamicssimulations. FACILITIESAVAILABLE Variousfacilitiesareavailableforresearchinthedepartment: BasicXRDwithXceleratorandthinfilmattachment 1600DegreeHorizontalSingleSampleDilatometerwithAccessories ImageIntensifierSystemandExRaySource HighTemp.AttachmentandTextureandStressAttachmentUnit AirVacuumInductionMeltingSystem HitachiScanningElectronMicroscope SimultaneousThermalAnalysisSystem R/SSSTPluswithCoaxialCylinderRheometer AtomicAbsorptionUnitAVANTAP CarbonSulphurAnalyser HighTemp.Furnaces1700Deg.C. UVVisibleSpectrophotometer Thinfilmprocessingunits MTSmachines Vibratingsamplemagnetometer NationalfacilityonOIMandstressdeterminationbyXRD ElectrochemicalMeasurementSystemsTheStateoftheartModelPAR338. PotentiostatmodelWenkingPSG581 Automated10Ton/SCCsystems. Thermogravimetryanalysers. ComputerFacilities. Optical&Stereomicroscopes AcousticEmissionSystems. WearandCorrosionMachines.

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FacilitiesfortestingPaintandOtherCoatings. Dynamicloopsystem. Hightemperaturehighpressureautoclaves

B.14)Materials,ManufacturingandModeling(MMM)

[CrossDepartmentalProgrammeofMechanicalEngineering,MetallurgicalEngineering &MaterialsScienceandMathematics]

ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines.

B.15)Systems&ControlEngineering(SC)

[InterdisciplinaryGroupinSystems&ControlEngineering(SC)] The programme provides a balanced choice of courses in theory and application of Systems and ControlEngineeringwiththepossibilityofconcentrationineithertheoryorapplication.Itprovidesan interdisciplinary background to all the students by exposing them to other areas. The exercises, examplesandprojectsarebasedonrealworldsystems,soastoimpartadeepunderstandingofthe subjectsandtheirapplications. ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. AREASOFRESEARCH LargeScaleSystems,SystemReduction,NuclearReactorControl,SlidingModeControl(Continuous& Discrete), Power Systems Stability and Control, Modeling, Control & Implementation of Smart Structures,SpaceLaunchVehiclesStability&Control,GasTurbinesStability&Control,Flexible manipulators,Stability&ControlMultirateOutputFeedbackbasedControl(POF/FOS). RobustStabilityandControlespeciallyusingquantitativefeedbacktheory(QFT)techniques,Nonlinear SystemAnalysisandControl,andReliableComputingusingintervalanalysistechniques. Optimal control, Constrained and optimization based control, in particular, stochastic model predictive/recedinghorizontalcontrol; Nonlinearandadaptivecontrol,geometricmechanics,LagrangianandHamiltonianmechanics. Cooperative control of multiagent systems, resource allocation, team theory and its application, decentralizedcontrol,cooperativeandnetworkcontrol, Game theory, economics, optimization, variational inequalities, coding theory, information theory, operationsresearch,stochasticcontrol,systemsbiology,teamdecisiontheory Reconfigurable hardware, embedded control systems, robotic path planning algorithms, hardware/softwarecodesign. Switchedandhybridsystems;controlundercommunicationandcomputationconstraints;stochastic control;applicationsofprobabilityinengineeringsystems.

B.16)TechnologyandDevelopment(TD)

[CentreforTechnologyAlternativesforRuralAreas(CTARA)] ThetwoyeartransdisciplinarycourseisdesignedtoprepareprofessionalsintheareaofTechnology and Development to work in diverse fields and in different roles for managing / influencing /consulting/innovating/choosingindifferentpublic,privateandcivilsocietyorganizations.Thecore

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courseswilldealwithimportantruralresourceassessment(land,water,energy),techniquesforchoice oftechnology,developmenttheoryandpolicy,socialscienceresearchmethodsandsystemdynamics models,andprojectmanagement.Studentswillbeabletochooseelectivesbasedontheirbackground andinterest. ELIGIBILITYFORADMISSIONasgiveninTableIIIEligibilityforAdmissiontoDifferent Disciplines. Facilitiesavailable Metalandwoodworkingworkshop,FoodProcessinglaboratory,contactswithactiveorganizationin theregionforpracticaltrainingandfieldbasedprojectwork. AREASOFRESEARCH TechnologyandDevelopment Rural/AgrobasedIndustries NaturalResources(Energy,water,Landuse) Environment,ClimateChangeandDevelopment PublicPolicyandGovernance AgricultureandBiodiversity Ruralandregionalplanning

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STATEMENTOFPURPOSE(SoP)
(forcandidatesapplyingtoM.Tech.InAerospaceEngineering(AE)&Technology&Development(TD)ofIITBombay)

StatementofPurpose(SoP)isyouropportunitytosharewiththeadmissioncommitteeyourthoughtsandfeeling aboutPostgraduatestudiesatIITBombayincludingyourpreparationforthesame.Includeabriefdescriptionof pastproject/researchworkdonebyyou.Restrictyourselfto500600words.ThepersonalSOPwillaidthe admissioncommitteeinevaluatingyourapplication.

1.Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.Programmeofstudy:M.Tech. Department:_________________________________ (AE/TD)

Date:__________________

SignaturewithName_________________________

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AppendixI a)SponsorshipCertificateforfulltimecandidates (OntheletterheadoftheSponsoringOrganization).

To, TheDirector,

SPONSORSHIPCERTIFICATE(forfulltimecandidates)

IndianInstituteofTechnology, Mumbai400076. Sub:SponsoringofanemployeeforM.Tech.Programme DearSir, We hereby Sponsor the candidature of Shri / Smt. / Kum_______________________________, employedinourorganizationas_____________________,forjoininghis/herM.Tech.Programmein ______________________atyourInstituteasafulltimecandidate. He/Sheisemployeeofourorganizationsince_______.Weshallfullyrelievehim/herofhis/her dutiesintheorganizationduringtheentireperiodoftheM.Tech.programme,toenablehim/herto devotefulltimetohis/herstudiesintheInstitute.Weshallbearthetotalexpensesofhis/her studies.

Date:

SignatureandsealoftheSponsoringAuthority.

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AppendixII b)SponsorshipCertificateforparttimecandidates (OntheletterheadoftheSponsoringOrganization).

SPONSORSHIPCERTIFICATE(forparttimecandidates)
To, TheDirector, IndianInstituteofTechnology, Mumbai400076. DearSir, WeherebysponsorthecandidatureofShri/Smt./Kum.______________________________, employedinourorganisationas___________________________forjoiningM.Techprogrammeatyour Instituteonaparttimebasis. He/Sheis________________________________________isemployedinourorganizationsince_____. Weshallreleasehim/herduringworkinghourstoundergotheprogrammeasperthetimetableof theprogrammeatIITBombay.WeunderstandthatthedurationforparttimeM.Tech.isexpectedto be3years. Weshallbearthetotalexpensesofhis/herstudies. Date: SignatureandsealoftheSponsoringAuthority.

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AppendixIII

c)CERTIFICATEFORPROJECTSTAFF

ThisistocertifythatShri/Smt/Kum._________________________________hasbeenworkingin Project______________________________fromdt._________. Thedurationoftheprojectis________years.AppointmentofShri/Smt/Kum_____________ _______________isfortheperiodof_____years.His/Herappointmentislikelytobeextendedfor thefurtherperiod. Ihavenoobjectionifhe/sheregisterforM.Tech.Programmein_____________________Department under_______________category.

Signature____________________________ Prof._________________________________ ProjectInvestigator:_____________________ ProjectCode:___________________________ ProjectTitle:___________________________

Undertaking

I,Shri/Smt/Kum_____________________________________________herebydeclarethatintheevent ofterminationofmyappointmentintheproject,IshallcontinuemystudiesasSelffinancedstudent fortheremainingperiod. Signature: Date: NameofStudent:

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