PhD Programme

About

The following general information are directed for future Ph.D. scholars of the Department of Physics, IIT Delhi.

Key Research Areas

The Physics Department is engaged in research of almost all major areas of Physics . The Department is continuously expanding with the hiring of new faculties with new research expertise. Some of the broad research topics are mentioned below. Interested students are requested to go through individual faculty's website to learn more about the actual research carried out at Dept. of Physics, IIT Delhi.

• Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Optics and Photonics
• High Energy Physics
• Computational and Statistical Physics
• Plasma Physics
• Astrophysics
• Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Quantum Communication and Technology

Departmental Research Facilities

All faculties in the Department have their relevant research facilties in the individual research group which are directly accessible to their students. Please check individual faculty's website for several other state of the art facilities which are existing in the various research groups of the Department. Additionally, the Department has several common experimental facilities which are open to all students. These are:

• X-Ray Diffraction & X-Ray Reflectivity
• Physical Property Measurement System, PPMS (Temperature range: 2K-300 K, Magnetic field range: 0+-7 T)
• High-Performance Computing(HPC)
• Magnetic Properties Measurement System, MPMS (Temperature range: 2K-1000K, Magnetic field range: 0+-7T)
• Atomic Force Microscopy, Magnetic Force Microscopy, Piezoelectric force Microscopy
• Thin film deposition system: Pulsed Laser Deposition
• Ultrafast optics
• Raman Spectrometer & Photoluminescence measurement

  Central Research Facility: In addition to all these facilities available at the Department, IIT Delhi has a central research facility (CRF) which hosts multiple high-end equipments available to all students and researchers of the institute. Pl. visit the website of CRF, IIT Delhi to see the available facilities. The link for the website: https://crf.iitd.ac.in/

  Nanoscale Reseaecrh Facility: Also, IIT Delhi has a centralized Nanoscale Research Facility (NRF) with several nanoscale fabrication as well as characterization facilities. Based on requirement of individual projects, the facilities at NRF are available to all researchers of the Department. The link for the NRF's website is: https://nano.iitd.ac.in/

National and International collaborations

The Department's faculties have active collaborations with various research groups at the national and international level. The collaborations provide an opportunity to expose the Ph.D. scholars to different research environments through regular meetings, visit to each other lab or research group, which is important for the growth of the future researchers.

Industrial Collaborations: The Department has several collaborations with industry such as..

• Optiwave Photonics Pvt. Ltd.
• Tejas Networks Pvt. Ltd.
• Lockheed Martin Corporation USA
• Eagle Photonics
• Holmarc
• Dept. of Airforce, USA
• DRDO labs
• CSIR labs
• AIIMS

Special research grants for Ph.D. scholars

• Research Scholar's Travel Award (RSTA): Each Ph.D. scholar of IIT Delhi receives a grant of up to Rs 2 lakh to attend an international conference abroad and present research results in front of the international community.
• Research Excellence Travel Award (RETA): Highly meritorious PhD scholar publishing two journal articles as first author in any high-impact journal within the list circulated by the Department are entitled to receive an additional travel support (RETA). The approved list of journals is available in the Physics Department's office.
• Each scholar admitted with GATE fellowship receives contingency grant as per norm of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
• IIT Delhi in general hosts several PhD scholars receiving Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF).

Financial support

Financial support to the PhD scholars for attending Conference: A provision for taking advance for travel and registration is there.

Leave entitlement to the PhD students

Maximum of 30 days leave within an academic calendar are available to each PhD scholar

Teaching Assistantship

Compulsory Teaching Assistantship (TA) duties for PhD Scholars: Each Ph.D. scholar has to mandatorily perform TA duties during the time they receive fellowship at IIT Delhi. The TA duties allow the scholars to interact with students at various level (UG/PG) thereby preparing themselves for future teaching/research profession.