Programmes & Schemes

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has launched “Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT” with an objective to enhance the number of PhDs in Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) and IT/IT Enabled Services (IT/ITES) sectors in the country. “Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme” is an Institutional Scheme, where the PhD seats are allocated to the institutions and the institutes enroll the PhD candidates on these seats following their admission procedures.Support to 1500 PhD Candidates including both Full-Time (500) and Part-Time(1000) in each of ESDM and IT/ITES sectors. Support 200 Young Faculty Research Fellowships in the areas of ESDM and IT/ITES with the objective to retain and attract bright young faculty members in these sectors.

The minimum requirement for the Institutions/Universities, Research Centers etc. for being eligible to receive grants under the scheme is compliance to the UGC’s minimum standards and procedures for award of M.Phil./PhD Degree, Regulation, 2009 as amended time to time.

• ● Free Education For Sports Medal Winners / Participants of National / International Events ›
• ● Empanelment of Adjunct Faculty in Universities and Colleges ›
• ● TDB-PHDCCI Partnership ›
• ● Technology led entrepreneur-ship programme (TEP) to Research Scholars ›
• ● TDB-ICCO Partnership ›
• ● TDB-BIRAC Partnership ›