Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics & IT

Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT – Phase II

Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme-Phase-II: The 2^nd phase of the scheme was approved in September 2021 for 9 years with budget of Rs. 481.93 Cr. to support 1000 Full Time and 150 Part Time PhD Candidates, 225 Post-Doctoral Fellowships & 50 Young Faculty Research Fellowships. Selected 250 Full Time PhD candidates would get opportunity of 6 months visits to labs abroad. DIC will enter into agreement with the selected Labs.

In Phase – II, the Visvesvaraya PhD scheme is focussed to enhance the number of PhDs in the country to compete globally in the knowledge intensive sectors of Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) and IT/IT Enabled Services (IT/ITES).

VIT offers the following full-time research programs in Science, Engineering, Technology, Management, Law, Social Sciences and Humanities.

Focussed Research Areas:

Based on the proposal submitted by our Institute, Meity has allotted Vellore Institute of Technology, the following no. of seats :

Sl.No.	School	Areas of Research
1	School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCOPE)	Theoretical Computer Science, Data Analytics, Semantic Web Technology, Computational Intelligence, Network and Security, Digital Image and Video Processing, Cloud Computing, Software Engineering, Computer Architecture & Embedded System, E-Learning, Quantum Computing
2	School of Electronics and Communication Engineering (SENSE)	Embedded Systems Design, Microwave and Photonics, Nanotechnology, Signal Processing, VLSI Circuits and Devices, Wireless Communication and Networking
3	School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SELECT)	Power Systems operation and control, Smart grid technologies, Power Electronics, Applications of power electronics to Renewable Energy systems, Electric drives and control, Controller design using optimization techniques, Nonlinear system and intelligent control techniques, Process control and soft computing techniques.

Sl.No.	Year	No. of Full Time Seats	No. of Part Time Seats
1	2024-2025	1	1
2	2025-2026	2	–

Details of Financial Support:

For Full Time PhD Candidates:

Fellowship: ₹ 38,750/- per month (I & II year); ₹ 43,750/- (III to V year)
Annual Contingency Grant support: ₹ 1,20,000/- per year
Reimbursement of Rent as per GoI rules – (24%)
Support for attending International Conference
Visit to Labs abroad

For Part Time PhD Candidates:

1. Part-time candidates who do not avail of any PhD Fellowship/scholarship/stipend from any Central or State Government shall be provided a one-time incentive of Rs. 3 Lakh on successful completion of the PhD degree.

Link to Visvesvaraya Ph.D. Scheme portal: (Click Here)

List of Visvesvaraya Fellows:

Research Scholar Profile

Full Time Fellow

Jyothisri K (25PHD0388)

School of Electronics Engineering

Email	kodela.jyothisri2025@vitstudent.ac.in
PhD Status	Pursuing
Admission Category	IFT – TRA
Supervisor	Dr. Hemanta Kumar Sahu
Enrollment Year	2025-2026
Area of Interest	Quantum Wireless Communications

Research Scholar Profile

Full Time Fellow

Laiphrakpam Jibanpriya Devi (25PHD1075)

School of Electronics Engineering

Email	kodela.jyothisri2025@vitstudent.ac.in
PhD Status	Pursuing
Admission Category	IFT – TRA
Supervisor	Dr. John Sahaya Rani Alex
Enrollment Year	2025-2026
Area of Interest	Medical Image Processings

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