Admissions

The Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Opto-Electronics and Optical Communication is an Interdisciplinary programme and is jointly offered by Electrical Engineering and Physics Departments. The minimum duration is 4 semesters (24 months) for full time and 6 semesters (36 months) for part-time. Applications for admission to these programmes are invited through an advertisement in the Employment News/leading newspapers in March every year.

Minimum Qualification required for admission

Candidates can be admitted to M.Tech. Programmes:

Through Test/Interview (both Full-Time and Part-Time)

Candidates satisfying the following criteria will be considered eligible for admission:

B. Tech or equivalent or M.Sc. (or equivalent) Degree Holders who have qualified GATE (for full time) with a valid score. No candidate will be admitted, GATE Percentile is lower than the following minimum prescribed:

For General Category Candidates: 75 percentile

For SC/ST/PH candidates: 50 percentile

70% weightage will be given for GATE score and 30% for performance in test / interview. Candidates with AMIE / Grad. IETE qualifications may be considered for admission to the M.Tech. Programmes; however, if selected for admission, they would be required to complete 24 valid undergraduate credits prescribed by the concerned Department/Interdisciplinary Programme by getting them admitted as Casual Students and would also be required to qualify GATE; before being actually admitted.

Additional Requirements for Sponsored/Part-time candidates

In addition to above, sponsored/part-time candidates working in Public Sector Undertakings or Government Departments or Research/Development Organizations or Private Industries (approved by Faculty Boards) should have a minimum experience of one year as on 1st August, 2006. (Sponsored/Part-time candidates are not required to possess GATE score). Further, in the case of part-time candidates, the organization where he/she is working should also be located within a distance of 50 Kms from the Institute.

Sponsored Candidates (Full-time) are required to submit at the time of interview a "Sponsorship Certificate" from their employers, on proper Letter Head, stating that for the period of his/her studies at the Institute the candidate would be treated as on duty with usual salary and allowances and that he/she will be fully relieved for the period of study for pursuing his/her studies and further that the fee of the candidate will be paid by the sponsoring organization.

Part-time candidates are required to submit at the time of interview a "No Objection Certificate" from their employers stating that the candidate will be/has been permitted to pursue studies on part-time basis and that he/she will not be transferred to any other place during the period of study.

Notes:

  1. For those appearing in the final year their performance upto 7th semester (B.Tech./B.E.) and upto 3rd semester (M.Sc.) may be considered at the time of admission.

  2. All candidates in the above categories (Full-time/sponsored/part-time) with or without GATE should have a minimum of at least 60% marks in aggregate (of all the years/semesters of the qualifying examination) or CGPA of 6.75 on a 10-point scale, as determined by IIT Delhi, in their qualifying examination.

Relaxation in minimum eligibilities:

Relaxation in CGPA to 6.25 or in marks to 55% in the eligibility criteria may be permitted to SC/ST/PH candidates.

Without Test/Interview (Direct Admission-Full Time)

Some candidates fulfilling the following criteria can be considered for direct admission without test/interview

  • General Candidates:
    Candidates with B.Tech./M.Sc. or equivalent with 75% marks in aggregate (of all the years/semesters) (or 8.5 CGPA) and GATE percentile of 95.
     

  • SC/ST/PH candidates (Within the quota):
    Candidates with B.Tech./M.Sc. or equivalent with 70% marks in aggregate (of all the years/semesters) ( or 7.5 CGPA) and GATE percentile 75.

The decision is left on the committee members, whether or not to select a candidate through direct admission. If they feel that interviewing the candidate satisfying the minimum requirement for direct admission is essential, they may do so. The seats filled through direct admission will be within the total sanctioned strength.6 semesters.

Reservation of seats:

  • 15% seats are reserved for SC and 7.5% for ST candidates.

  • 3% seats are reserved for the physically handicapped persons.

Application Procedure and Important dates

 

 

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