Ph.D. in Engineering 

at IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur

As per the details collated from various sources on the internet, the average salary of an IIT Kharagpur PhD research scholar in India ranges between INR 3.9 Lacs for someone with an experience between one and six years. However, some of the verified students' reviews on Shiksha tell an entirely different story which is that the 'The highest salary packages offered for PhD at IIT KGP range from about INR 18 LPA to INR 25 LPA'. To know more from the verified PhD students' reviews of IIT Kharagpur on Shiksha, click on this link. 

IIT Kharagpur offers PhD courses to students at the doctoral level with a minimum and maximum duration of three and eight years, respectively. The area of research is available in 19 departments, 12 schools and 12 centres in the areas of Engineering, Technology, Science, Architecture & Regional Planning, Humanities & Social Sciences, Rural Development, Law, Management and Medicine. Offered in regular mode with institute assistantship, individual fellowship, sponsored and for working professionals, admission to PhD programme is recommended by the Departmental Academic Committee based on the overall academic performance of the candidates and written test followed by the interview. Read more here. 

The different PhD programmes available at IIT KGP campus include:

• Regular with institute assistantship
• Ph.D with individual fellowship (INSPIRE, UGC NET, etc.)
• Sponsored PhD
• PhD through sponsored research projects
• PhD programme (Regular, Sponsored, Working Professionals, CSIR/UGC, INSPIRE Fellowship) 

Offered in regular mode with institute assistantship, individual fellowship, sponsored and for working professionals, admission to PhD programme is recommended by the Departmental Academic Committee based on the overall academic performance of the candidates and written test followed by the interview. Candidates must complete a master’s degree with a minimum of 60% aggregate in Engineering/ Science/ Commerce/ Management/ Law and/ or equivalent to apply for PhD courses. All candidates seeking admission to the PhD must check out the below table for more information on PhD admission at IIT Khagargpur:

The admission of a candidate to the PhD programme of IIT Kharagpur is conducted by the Departmental Academic Committee (Post-Graduate and Research), abbreviated as DAC (PG&R), of the Department/Centre concerned, on the basis of

• Overall Academic Performance
• Written Test (Through offline mode)
• Personal Interview (PI) (Through offline mode)

The academic units shortlist the students for final interview based only on the overall academic performance or based on both overall academic performance and written test/ PI. However, final selection will be based on overall academic performance and performance in written test and final interview only.

However, to be eligible to get into this course, candidates must possess a valid GATE score that is above the cut-off level of students admitted for M.Tech or MCP admission or NET qualification with Assistant Professorship. 

Candiadtes must have completed their graduation with at least 55% aggregate with relevant subjects in their graduation degree.

Candidates must have the following documents handy while applying for IIT JAM exam:

• Personal information (name, date of birth, personal mobile number, parents’ name, parents’ mobile number, etc.)
• Address for communication (including PIN code)
• Eligibility degree details
• College name and address with PIN code
• JAM paper (s) code
• Choice of JAM examination cities
• High-quality passport size photograph
• High-quality image of the candidate’s signature
• Scanned copy of the Category (SC/ST) Certificate (if applicable) in PDF format
• Scanned copy of PwD Certificate (if applicable) in PDF format
• Details of the valid Identity Document (ID). Candidates should carry this original ID proof to the exam centre.
• Net-banking/ debit card/credit card details for fee payment

The application journey for candidates applying to the Joint M.Tech/MCP PhD Programme at IIT Kharagpur is a multi-step process. Initially, candidates are required to complete their registration using their valid GATE and COAP registration details along with other pertinent information. Following a successful registration, they can access the application form, where they furnish personal and academic details while uploading essential documents. These include the Date of Birth Certificate, a passport-sized photograph, the candidate's signature, qualifying degree certificate, mark sheet, and category certificate. The online payment of the application fee, which falls between INR 250 and INR 500, is a crucial step. Upon the final submission, candidates have the option to generate a printout of their online application for future reference.

As per the verified students' reviews on Shkisha, the salary package offered to M.Tech students at IIT Kharagpur ranges between INR 6 Lacs and INR 15 lakh. Companies, such as Samsung, Mastercard, IBM visit the college for recruitment. Officially, the key highlights related to IIT Kharagpur placements 2023 for M.Tech are tabulated below:

The total fee is INR 51,755 (All students admitted to the Joint MSc-PhD are given waiver of tuition fee for first two years of MSc). The total fee is inclusive of a refundable caution money deposit and is not inclusive of the hostel and mess charges. Also, this is sourced from the official website of IIT JAM.