North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) PhD Admission 2025-26

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh invites online application for PhD admission for the academic session 2025-26.

Areas of Research

• Agricultural Engineering: Farm power and machinery, Automation in agriculture, Ergonomics, Occupational health, Injury prevention; Hydrological Modelling, Hydro-informatics in soil and water engineering, Groundwater management, Impact of climate change on watershed management; Processing and Food Engineering.
• Civil Engineering: Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Structural Engineering
• Computer Science & Engineering: CVPR, Federated Learning, Machine learning, Deep Learning, Security in Networks, Reliability, Wireless Networking/Opportunistic Network, MANET, WSN, GNN, Security, Image Processing, Cryptography, Video processing, Cognitive Radio Networks, Computer Network Security.
• Electronics & Communication Engineering: Communication System, Sensor and Circuits, Signal processing, Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, and Machine Learning. Semiconductor Devices, Biosensors and VLSI Circuits, Digital Design, Wireless Communication, Massive MIMO, Bio-Electronics, IoT, GaN and SiC based device, VLSI Technology, Electronic Sensor Design and Development., WSN, MEMS, Antenna, FELs, High Power Microwave Devices.
• Electrical Engineering: Electrical Machines and drives, Energy, Distributed Power Generation, Power Quality, Power Systems, control systems, Doubly Fed Induction Generator, Energy Management, renewable energy, Smart Grids and Distributed Generation, Power Electronics, Micro grids, Digital electronics and Microprocessors, DSP, embedded Systems, microcontroller, Electric Vehicles, Measurement and instrumentation, High Voltage Engineering, artificial intelligence-Fuzzy logic Controller, ANN, GA, Control and Instrumentation, Illumination Engineering, DSM Technology.
• Mechanical Engineering: Mechanical Vibration, Robotics, CAD/CAM, Non-conventional machining, composite materials, Additive manufacturing, Application of soft computing, Computational Modelling and optimization of machining processes, Rotor Dynamics, Machine design and Tribology, IC Engines and Biomass energy studies, Industry 4.0, Boiling heat transfer, Electric vehicle battery cooling.
• Forestry: Higher plant diversity & Taxonomy, Ethnobotany, NTFPs & Medicinal Plants, Forest Genetics, Tree Improvement, Molecular systematics, Forest Genetic Resource Conservation, Forest Product Utilization, Ethnobotanical studies, Carbon sequestration, Forest Resource Management, Silviculture, Agroforestry, Ecology, Wildlife Management
• Chemistry: Natural Products, Organic Synthesis, Metalloporphyrins, Metalloenzymes, Medicinal Chemistry, Docking Studies, Nanomaterial, Solar Energy, Photodynamic therapy, Enzyme kinetics.
• Mathematics: Wavelets, Number theory, Fluid dynamics, Differential equations, Algebra, Partial differential equations
• Physics: Condensed Matter Physics; Energy and Magnetic Materials in Nano regime; Experimental and DFT based Studies, Spectroscopy
• Humanities & Social Sciences:
  • Psychology: Social Psychology, Positive Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Health Psychology
  • Economics: Rural Development, Health Economics
  • English: Women’s Writing, North East Literature, Literature of the Marginalized, Comparative Literature, Afghan Literature.
• Centre for Management Studies: Finance & Accounting, Marketing & Human Resource Management, IT & Operations Management.

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates having Master’s Degree in Engineering and Technology in relevant discipline or specialisation with 60% marks in aggregate or CGPA of 6.5 on 10-point scale and 55% marks in aggregate in Sciences/ Humanities and Social Sciences/Management.
• A relaxation of 5% marks will be given to candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD categories.
• Applicants, who wish to pursue Ph.D. while in employment/service, need to submit an NoC (vide Annexure-IV) from their respective employers stating that s/he will be relieved for the study during the period of the programme, at the time of Counselling-cum- Admission.
• Sponsoring Certificate from the employer (vide Annexure – III), stating that period of study will be treated as on-duty with usual salary/allowances and s/he will be relieved during the period of study. Other rules and regulations will be governed by the UGC/AICTE from time to time.
• Seats for PG programmes will be reserved for the candidates belonging to SC, ST, OBC (NCL), PwD, and EWS categories as per the extant rules of the Government of India.

Application Process

• Candidates have to apply online on the link available at university website.
• Read instruction given there carefully before filling application form.
• Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination in 2025 are also eligible to apply. However, they must produce mark sheets/grade cards/pass certificates on the day of counselling-cum admission.

Selection Procedure

• A GATE/NET qualified applicant in the relevant discipline/specialisation will be exempted from the Written Test for admission in Ph.D. However, s/he has to mandatorily appear in the interview conducted by the respective Department/Centre.
• The written test shall be conducted for all those candidates who are not exempted from the same.
• There will be a single question paper for each Department/Centre with 100 multiple-choice questions of one mark each. The question paper will be divided into two sections (Section-A and Section-B) of 50 marks each.
  • Section-A will comprise of questions from Research Methodology.
  • Section-B will comprise of questions from the subjects of the respective Department/Centre.
  • For the syllabi of the written test, please refer to Annexure – VI of brochure.
• The cut-off to qualify the written test will be 50% of the total marks. A relaxation of 5% marks will be allowed in the entrance examination for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (NCL)/PwD/EWS categories.
• Selection will be based on the total marks with a weightage of 70% for the written test and 30% for the performance in the interview.
• Interview will be conducted by the respective Department/Centre considering the following aspects:
  • a) The candidate possesses the competence for the proposed research work.
  • b) The proposed research area can be undertaken in the institute.
  • c) The proposed research can contribute to new/additional knowledge.

Candidates are required to download the Admit Card from the website and no separate letter will be sent for the written test and interview.

• Opening of the portal for submission of online application along with requisite application fees: 1 April, 2025
• Last date for submission of applications online with requisite application fee: 22 May, 2025
• Date for downloading of Admit Cards: 6 June, 2025 onwards
• Date of written test (Ph.D.): Friday, June 27, 2025
• Publication of list of eligible candidates for Ph.D. admission interview: Friday, June 27, 2025 (Evening)
• Date of Interview of eligible candidates Ph.D. admission: Saturday, June 28, 2025
• Date of declaration of results: Monday, June 30, 2025
• Counselling/Admission and Course Registration for Ph.D.: Friday, July 11, 2025

• Information Brochure
• Admission Notice
• Application
• NERIST Website