IIT Guwahati, IIT (BHU) Varanasi collaborates to offer Joint Doctoral Programmes

It is the first time, that the two IITs have come together to offer a joint degree program, the Directors of both the Institutes said.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has collaborated with IIT (BHU) Varanasi to launch the Joint Doctoral Programme. The Joint PhD course will commence in July 2021. It is the first time, that the two IITs have come together to offer a joint degree program, the Directors of both the Institutes said.

“The idea of a joint PhD programme was originally proposed by Prof. T. G. Sitharam in 53rd IIT Council Meeting held on 27th September 2019. The vision behind this is to build a "Network of Excellence" of all IITs rather than each one striving to become a "Tower of Excellence". The IIT Council accepted the proposal to start Joint Degree Programs. Through this academic collaboration, both the institutes are expecting a significant boost in high-quality research and foundation for further academic collaborations,” as per the statement released by IIT Guwahati. 

Under the new National Education Policy (NEP 2020), these kinds of new educational reforms and academic collaborations between premier educational institutes will encourage multidisciplinary academic programs and research for enhancing and promoting a knowledge-based economy of the country. IIT BHU is also planning to start a Joint MTech program on similar lines to provide multi-institutional and multidisciplinary MTech programs. IIT Guwahati has also agreed to be part of this initiative.

Meanwhile, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) will start offering engineering courses in the mother tongue from the next academic year, according to Education Ministry officials. The decision was taken at a high-level review meeting chaired by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on November 26.

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