FAQ

For CSIR research scholar at IIT Patna

1. Step for Award letter from CSIR

• First, you need to get an allotment letter for the supervisor from the academic section, regarding this write an application.

• Fill out the new joining form and submit it (with all the certificates and required mark sheets) to the maker of the institute for further progress.

• Once you get the award letter, claim the stipend by submitting monthly attendance on the AMS fellow portal and contingency by account section after completing financial year.

2. Steps for Comprehensive seminar

• Within 18 months of joining, you need to submit your comprehensive seminar.

• Make your presentation slides, which should include: details of your course work, Roll number, Date of joining, Motivation, Literature surveys, Direction of your future work, References etc.

• After a successful presentation, check on the student profile server that it is showing that your Comprehensive seminar has been done successfully. If not contact to academic section.

3. Steps for Registration cum Enhancement seminar for CSIR fellow at IIT Patna

• CSIR does not allow for an Enhancement seminar after 24 months, in case of joining date is not 1, we can give our Enhancement seminar on the last date of that month. For example, If PhD joining date is 1 Jan 2020, you must have your enhancement seminar before 1 Jan 2022 and if Phd Joining date is on or after 2nd Jan 2020, you must have an Enhancement seminar by 31st Jan 2022.

• A Scholar has to initiate a registration seminar from the student profile server.

• For the Registration cum Enhancement seminar you need to keep ready your Presentation slides, DOC committee report (A/C IIT Patna similarity index should not be more than 15%) and CSIR report (Along with the CSIR report you need to make 3-4 more pages according to Annexure-IV).

• After the successful seminar, first, proceed to the Academic section through the department for the Registration certificate (proforma) and 3-member committee report. After this, ask the maker of the Institute to activate the Enhancement option in your profile on the NEWFMS portal. After activation, you need to submit your Registration certificate,  Annexure-IV and  3-member committee report on the NEWFMS portal.

4. Steps for Annual progress report seminar

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As per the notification of 30-Aug-2022 from the Academic section (IIT Patna) following are required

5. Synopsis submission 

• Application for synopsis submission in student profile server and its report (available in supervisor's portal)

• Synopsis and seminar (evaluation sheet) in student profile server and its report (available in supervisor's portal)

• Doctoral committee approval

• Clearance certificate student profile server (available in student's portal) 

• Turnitin report and originality certificate by supervisor 

• Synopsis report (2 hard copies and 1 CD) 

• Abstract (2 copies) 

• Application by the student to A.Dean Academic

• Panel of Examiner

6. Thesis submission 

• Thesis Submission from student profile server 

• Declaration by the Supervisor student profile server

• Declaration by the scholar student profile server

• Money Receipt of Rs. 1000

• Clearance Certificate student profile server

• Turnitin Report with originality certificate 

• Checklist for the PhD. Thesis 

• One CD containing Thesis and Turnitin report

•  Minimum four soft bound copies of the thesis (five in case of two supervisors) 

• Abstract of the thesis (2 copies) 

• Application by the student to A.Dean Academic 

7. Revised thesis submission 

• Application by the student to A.Dean Academic 

• DC declaration 

• DC recommendation student profile server in the supervisor module 

• Reviewer comment/Response sheet 

• Summary of changes 

• Turnitin  report

• CD 

• Revised thesis soft bound (2 copies) 

8. After viva voce 

• Recommendation paper for a provisional degree in student profile server

• Hard bound thesis 

• Report of viva 

• Approval of viva voce board 

• Application for provisional certificate 

• Certificate of approval 

• No Dues certificate

• A copy of the library IPR 

• Receipt of thesis

• CD

                                        Please write rajen_2021m04@iitp.ac.in for any type of change required.