Puducherry Technological University (PTU) is the first state University of Union Territory of Puducherry. It seamlessly came into existence on 5th September 2020 upon the elevation of erstwhile Pondicherry Engineering College - PEC (established in the year 1985 under the 7th five-year plan) with the University status. PTU began its journey with a position of pre-eminence and rightly stands as one of the finest engineering schools offering Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral study programmes in the prominent disciplines of Engineering/Technology, Science, Management and Entrepreneurship. Highly qualified faculty, diverse student population from across the country, best-of-breed infrastructure and an expansive campus sprawling over 185.8 acres of luscious green landscape on the shores of tantalizing Bay of Bengal present a vibrant ecosystem for the pursuit of intellectual excellence. Thirty-six years on since its original inception, PTU has built a legacy for itself and stands in good stead in terms of discernible academic parameters. NIRF, MHRD, Govt. of India has ranked us at 144 under the category of engineering education. The institute is approved research centre for prestigious AICTE Doctoral Fellowship (ADF).

Number of available fellowships is 03 which would filled from the following branches : Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Civil Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Information Technology and Chemical Engineering.

As per the GoI roster of reservation, the total seats are reserved as follows: SC- 01, OBC-01 and UR-01. (If applications are not received under any of the reserved category, the seats will be appropriately converted as per norms).

Online applications are invited from Post Graduate students in Engineering / Technology for admission to a full time Ph.D. program under AICTE Doctoral Fellowship scheme for 2022-23.

The interested candidates can submit the online application (www.ptuniv.edu.in) form along with required relevant enclosures. The candidate should pay an application fee (online) of Rs.3000/- in respect of Open category, Rs.2000/- in respect of reserved category candidates (SC/ST/OBC) and Rs.1500/- in respect of differently able (PH) candidates .

The fellowship/HRA/contingency will be granted to research scholars admitted in the Technical Universities in the identified thrust areas of the ADF scheme.

• Technical Universities will admit candidates in their research programme as per their procedure following minimum eligibility criteria as prescribed by AICTE.

• The candidate must have secured minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 7.5 on the scale of 10 (or 69.5% marks and above ) or equivalent at both Bachelors and Masters. In addition to above, the candidate should have qualified GATE/GPAT/NET during the last 5 years. For SC/ST/PH candidates, CGPA requirement will be 7.0 on the scale of 10 (or 64.5% marks and above) or equivalent.

• The candidate should be less than 30 years of age as on the date of admission in respective Technical University. However, age relaxation of 5 years would be applicable to candidates belonging to SC/ST, women and physically challenged category in succession.

(a) The duration of the scheme shall be for a period of 3 Years. Normally, no further extension will be granted. In exceptional cases the duration is extendable by 1 year as a special case only on fulfilling the minimum eligibility and on the recommendation of University in the prescribed format duly filled in and signed for consideration of extension of fellowship beyond 3 years as per Annexure-B.

(b) The criteria for extension is that a candidate must fulfill the following conditions:

i) The candidate must score a minimum overall score of 10 marks under different parameters as prescribed in the format.

ii) Completed the Course work.

iii) Completion of the Registration of the Ph.D. Programme & approval of the Research proposal by the University.

iv) Must have published One paper in SCI/SCI-E/Scopus journal.

(c) The assessment shall be carried out by the concerned University for final recommendation for extension of fellowship of research scholars under AICTE Doctoral Fellowship (ADF) scheme for one more year after completion of 03 years of fellowship. On the basis of this recommendation AICTE will process for the release of fellowship for the extended period.

Scholars who failed to secure the minimum eligibility condition for extension of one year beyond 36 months may continue their Ph.D. programme beyond 36 months without any fellowship under ADF Scheme as per term & condition of respective Universities. In future, if they are able to complete the minimum requirement within 48 months from date of start of their fellowship, their case may be considered from that month upto the remaining period of the fellowship i.e. maximum upto 4 years.

The Fellowship will be Rs.31,000/- pm for the first two years followed by Rs. 35,000/- pm for the third year. HRA will be provided at the rate of 8%, 16% and 24% as per the Government of India (GoI) norms as applicable in the city/location where the Research Fellow is pursuing their research and are not provided any hostel accommodation in the institute. In addition, Contingency grant will be admissible to the Scholars at the rate of Rs.15,000/-per annum to meet the miscellaneous expenditures

Dr. M.Sudhakaran.,M.E.,Ph.D.,

Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,

Nodal officer (AICTE- ADF),

Puducherry Technological University,

Puducherry-605014.

Email id: adf@ptuniv.edu.in, sudhakaran@ptuniv.edu.in

Mobile : 9994071997