The Institute offers programmes based on course work: Master of Technology (M Tech) for the sponsored candidates from Defence, DRDO, BARC, ISRO, NTRO, NAL, KSRTC, BMTC, BDA, PWD and CPRI. The Institute admits about 50 students every year under the sponsored category for its course programmes.
Candidates possessing a minimum of Second Class in the following degrees are eligible to apply.
(a) Bachelor’s degree holders in Engineering/Technology or its equivalent.
(b) Bachelor’s degree holders in Physics/ Chemistry/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Science/ Electronics followed by qualifications obtained through an examination conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE.
(c) Master’s degree holders in Science including Physics with Electronics/ Instrumentation/Geology/ Computer Applications/ Physical Sciences/ Mathematical Sciences as applicable to individual departments offering M Tech programmes.
Sponsored candidates are entitled to choose only one discipline from the 16 M Tech programmes listed.
Note: Organization-wise disciplines available are:
Organization | M Tech disciplines |
ISRO, BARC,NTRO | All the16 disciplines |
Defence | CS, CN, SP, AE, ME, MV, NE |
DRDO | CS, EE, CN, SP, AE, CH, ME, ED, MV, IN, NE |
NAL | AE, EE, EC, ED |
KSRTC, BMTC, BDA and PWD | CE |
CPRI | EE |
The participating departments/centres, disciplines, minimum qualifications, areas of study are listed in the table given below.
Sl.No. | Discipline | Department/Centre | Qualification | Areas of study |
1 | Aerospace Engineering (AE) | Aerospace Engineering | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Aeronautical; Mechanical; Civil; Chemical; Electrical; Electronics or Communication. | Structures, Aerodynamics; Propulsion; Control and Guidance of Aircraft, Rockets and Spacecraft. |
2 | Chemical Engineering (CH) | Chemical Engineering | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Chemical Engineering. | Catalyst design and synthesis; Cell membranes and soft interfaces; Computational biology; therapeutic engineering; host-pathogen interactions; and dynamics of infectious diseases; Energy storage in batteries and supercapacitors; gas hydrates; High resolution single molecule techniques to probe nanoscale biosystems; Microfluidics and soft solids; Modelling; optimization and control of bioreactors; Nanotechnology for sensors; actuators; fuel and solar cells; Polymer degradation; Reaction engineering in multifunctional and microreactors; Rheology and dynamics of powders; and suspensions of living and nonliving matter; Water remediation/purification; activated carbon fabric. |
3 | Civil Engineering*(CE) | Civil Engineering* | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Civil. | Geotechnical Engineering; Water Resources and Environmental Engineering; Structural Engineering, Transportation Systems Engineering. |
4 | Mechanical Engineering(ME) | Mechanical Engineering | BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in Mechanical. | Solid Mechanics; Finite Element Analysis; Computer Aided Design; Non-Linear Dynamics; Vibration; Technical Acoustics; Design of Mechanical Systems; Robotics; Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems; Nano-Mechanics; Biomechanics; Tribology; Advanced Manufacturing Process; Material Science; Fluid Mechanics; Heat Transfer; I C Engines; Combustion; Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning. |
5 | Materials Engineering(MT) | Materials Engineering | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Metallurgy, Ceramic Engineering/Technology, Polymer, Plastics, Materials Science and/or Engineering | Materials: Structural Alloys (light metal, superalloys, refractory metals), Shape Memory Alloys, Engineering Ceramics, Nanomaterials, Electronic Materials, Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics, Polymer Blends and Nanocomposites, Organic Photovoltaics. Phenomena: Phase Transformations, Rapid Solidification, Mechanical Alloying, Diffusion, Texture and Grain Boundary Engineering, Mechanical Behaviour including Creep, Superplasticity, Fatigue and Fracture, Thin Films and Coatings, Contact Deformation, Tribology, Thermoelectromechanical Phenomena, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Sensors, Mineral Processing, Biohydrometallurgy, Extractive Metallurgy. Computational Modeling of Processes, Alloy Stability, Defects and Transformations. |
6 | Computer Science & Engineering(CS) | Computer Science & Automation | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Computer Science / Engineering; Information Technology; Information Science/Engineering. | Theoretical Computer Science: Algorithms; Complexity Theory; Combinatorial Optimization; Graph Theory; Information and Coding Theory; Cryptography; Cryptology; Computational Geometry; Computational Topology; Algorithmic Algebra; Computational Biology; Automata Theory; Formal Verification. Computer Systems and Software: Computer Architecture; Multi-Core Computing; Parallel and High Performance Computing; Operating Systems; Storage Systems; Security; Database Systems; Cloud Computing; Distributed Computing; Modeling and Simulation; Compiler Design; Program Analysis; Programming Languages; Software Engineering; Adhoc Mobile and Sensor Networks; Graphics and Visualization. Intelligent Systems: Data Mining; Data Analytics; Deep Learning; Information Retrieval; Machine Learning; Pattern Recognition; Reinforcement Learning; Convex Optimization; Stochastic Control and Optimization; Game Theory; Auctions and Mechanism Design; Electronic Markets; Social Network Analysis; Cognitive Systems; Natural Language Processing. |
7 | Communication & Networks (CN) | Electrical Communica-tion Engineer-ing | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Electronics & Communication Telecommunication; Electronics; Electrical Engineering with specialization in Electronics & Communication. | Communications and Networking; Information and Coding Theory; Microelectronics; Microwaves; Photonics; Signal Processing; Optical Communication; Wireless Communication Information Theory and Coding. |
8 | Electrical Engineering(EE) | Electrical Engineering | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Electrical or Electrical and Electronics Engineering. | Power Systems, Power Electronics, High Voltage Engineering. |
9 | Microelectro-nics and VLSI Design (MV) | Jointly conducted by Electrical Communication Engg & Electronic Systems Engg | BE/ B Tech or equivalent degree in Electrical; Electronics and Communication; Computer Science/Engineering; Instrumentation with Electronics. | Microelectronics: (1) Basics of Semiconductor Devices and Technology; (2) Foundations of Nanoelectronics Devices; (3) Microelectronics Lab; (4) Physics and Design of Transistors; (5) Carrier Transport in Nanoelectronics Devices; (6) Art of Compact Modelling; (7) Optoelectronic Devices; (8) Special Topics in Nanoelectronics and (9) Design of Power Semiconductor Devices VLSI Design: (1) Digital VLSI Circuit; (2) Analog VLSI Circuits; (3) Digital Systems Design with FPGAs; (4) Integrated Circuits for Wireless Communication; (5) RF IC and Systems; (6) Photonic Integrated Circuits; (7) Advanced ESD devices, Circuits and Design Methods; (8) Reliability of Nanoscale Circuits and Systems. |
10 | Signal Processing (SP) | Jointly conducted by Electrical Engineering & Electrical Communication Engineering | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in Electrical or Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Electronics and Communication; Telecommunication. | Digital Signal Processing; Image Processing; Signal Compression; Neural Networks; Biomedical Signal Processing; Speech/Audio Info. Processing; Array Processing; Pattern Recognition; Signal Processing for Communication; Sparse Signal Processing; Compressed Sensing Indoor Localization. Detection and Estimation. |
11 | Electronic Systems Engineering (ED) | Electronic Systems Engineering | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree with Electronics as one of the subjects of study or M Sc or equivalent degree in Physics with Electronics as the special subject. (M Sc or equivalent degree holders should possess 2 years experience in Electronics hardware). | Digital and Analog Circuits, Power Conversion, VLSI Design, Semiconductor Devices and Technology, Electronic Systems Packaging, Mathematics for Electrical Engineers. Signal Processing and Information Theory, VLSI Systems Architecture, Processor Design, Embedded Systems and Networking, Machine Learning. |
12 | Computational and Data Science (CP) | Department of Computational & Data Sciences | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline or M Sc or equivalent degree in any discipline or Masters in Computer Application. In all cases a strong mathematical and programming background is required. | Multidisciplinary Program Addressing: Computational and Data Science. Topics include: Numerical Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Modeling and Simulation, Optimization, Scalable systems, Cloud computing, scalable methods, data analysis, visualization, Deep Learning, and Big Data platforms, parallel computing |
13 | Climate Science (CL) | Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline or M Sc or equivalent degree in Physical Sciences. | Interdisciplinary Programme Covering Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Ocean Dynamics, Clouds Radiation and Climate, Earth System, Numerical Modeling of Climate, Methods of Observations, Satellite Meteorology, Climate Data Time Series Analysis. |
14 | Instrumentation (IN) | Instrumenta-tion and Applied Physics | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree or M Sc or equivalent degree with specialization in Instrumentation. | Semiconductor Devices and Circuits, Control Systems, Sensors and related Instrumentation, Materials Engineering, Microscopy and Imaging, Analytical Instrumentation, Electronic Instrumentation, Lasers and Optical Instrumentation, Microfluidic Devices, Vacuum and Thin Films. Micro and Nano Systems. |
15 | Earth Science (ER) | Centre for Earth Sciences | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline or M Sc or equivalent degree in any discipline. | Interdisciplinary programme covering solid Earth processes; geochemistry and geochemical cycles; petrology; Earth system interaction; seismotectonics; seismic hazards; geophysical fluid dynamics. |
16 | Nano Science and Engineering (NE) | Centre for Nano Science and Engineering | BE / B Tech or equivalent degree in any discipline or M Sc or equivalent degree in Electronics; Physics; Chemistry. | Interdisciplinary program covering Solid state physics, Nanomaterials, Nanoelectronics, MEMS and NEMS, Nanophotonics, Biosensors, Micro/Nano fluidics, with hands-on training on Nanofabrication and Nano Characterization techniques |
After screening based on the basic qualifications, interview will be conducted on
13 May 2020 – ISRO, NTRO, BARC, NAL, KSRTC, BMTC, BDA, PWD, CPRI.
14 – 15 May 2020 – DEFENCE and DRDO.
Selection will be based on the performance in the interview.
Notes
(a) Candidates short-listed for the aptitude test/group discussion and interview will be posted on IISc websitewww.iisc.ac.in/admissions at least 2 weeks in advance Such candidates can take a print-out of the interview letters from the respective candidate’s LOGIN page and make necessary arrangements for attending the interview. No separate communication will be sent by post.
(b) Candidates called for the aptitude test/group discussion and interview have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation etc.
(c) Candidates called for the aptitude test/group discussion and interview should bring with them attested copies of all their transcripts (marks cards from SSLC or equivalent onwards, degree certificate of the qualifying examination, etc.) and produce them before the interview committee, failing which, they will not be interviewed.
(d) The offer letter for the selected candidates will be posted on IISc website www.iisc.ac.in/admissions during the third week of June. They can download the offer letter and make necessary arrangements including payment of fees etc. No separate communication will be sent by post.
(e) Candidates admitted to M Tech programmes should report to the Institute for completing admission formalities on 23.07.2020.
Step 1: Register with your e-mail (preferably gmail) address and a password to start the online application process by creating a new user account. (New user to register click here). Email ID used to register cannot be changed later.
Registration form for IISc Online Application
When you submit the registration form, you will receive an e-mail asking you to verify your e-mail address by clicking on a link.
After the e-mail address is verified, your registration is complete.
Step 2: Log in to the website to fill the application form. You will need information about / from the following documents, so have them handy.
The Application Form is divided into four sections, each appearing inside a separate tab (see the screenshot below)
TAB 1: Personal Details
Note:
On clicking the “Save & Proceed” button, if the browser does not take you to the next tab, it means some mandatory fields have not been filled (correctly), if this happen look for error messages which are displayed in red.
TAB 2: Preference of Departments
Note: Organization-wise disciplines available
Organization | M Tech disciplines |
ISRO, BARC,NTRO | All the16 disciplines |
Defence | CS, CN, SP, AE, ME, MV, NE |
DRDO | CS, EE, CN, SP, AE, CH, ME, ED, MV, IN, NE |
NAL | AE, EE, EC, ED |
KSRTC, BMTC, BDA and PWD | CE |
CPRI | EE |
TAB 3: Details of qualification
In this tab you will provide details of marks/grades you obtained in examinations: 10th Std*, 12th Std*/Diploma, Undergraduate* and Post-Graduate, (if applicable).
Each of these exam is to be selected from the drop down menu in item 1, for example you choose 10th std from the drop down menu: after entering all the details, you press the “SAVE” button. In the right side bar entitles “Entry Status” you will see a green (tick mark) against 10th Std.
Now select the next exam in the “Qualification” drop down and fill the details.
The right side bar entitled “Entry Status” (see the picture above) provides visual feedback to you about the details of what you have filled.
Note:
Either your Undergraduate degree or Post-Graduate degree must match with the ‘Qualifying Degree’ that you entered in ‘Preference of Department(s)’ page.
TAB 4: Application Fees
Online payment made (using – Net banking, Visa Card/Master Card, Debit/Credit Cards) the link will take you to your banker’s website and after the transaction is complete it must get back to the IISc online application page to “Submit” the online form.
For some reason if the link did not get back to the IISc online application page, you need to wait for 24 hours from the date and time of the transaction for us to update the link. NEVER MAKE SECOND TIME PAYMENT. If you got a transaction ID for having payment made, just check the application status after 24 hours.
After 24 hours you must login to Online Applicant Interface and edit the application by clicking on the application “Number” then click on the “National Entrance Test Details” tab then again click on the “Next Screen” button which will take you to the “Application Fee” screen with the “Proceed” button enabled. Click on the “Proceed” button and submit the application form.
When you have completed the application you will see the following screen,
Please preview your application for by clicking the ‘Preview your Application form’ button.
On clicking the “Preview your Application form” button you will get a PDF of preview copy of your Application form, go through it carefully to verify all the details, if you find any errors go back to the online Application form by clicking ‘EDIT’ button and correct them. Preview this version again; to ensure all the corrections have been incorporated.
Repeat this process until your Application form is completely and correctly filled.
Be careful you” CANNOT “edit/change the application form after you SUBMIT the application form.
After satisfying yourself about the correctness of the application form, press “CONFIRM TO SUBMIT”Button.
This will give you the PDF of your application form, store it carefully