Ph.D. in Engineering

Overview

Applied Sciences, Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences Admissions 2024

The Ph.D. in Engineering is a quality course with updated media labs and design thinking laboratories. The Ph.D. students get an excellent opportunity to interact and work closely with the faculty in all interdisciplinary research subjects. The faculty members are experts in their specialized subjects and can teach the students with the utmost excellence. The research infrastructure is of top-notch level, and the laboratories in science and engineering are of high quality. The best part about their research infrastructure is that they are constantly upgraded.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree is acknowledged to be the highest university degree that is conferred on a doctoral student, who successfully defends her/his Ph.D. thesis in front of a panel of experts in the field appointed by the University after having spent a stipulated time and having achieved publications in reputed international journals and conferences.

The first year would require the Ph.D. candidate to go through a set of prescribed course work followed by an initiation to research and comprehensive examination and carrying out actual research with the Ph.D. Adviser. The journey to earn Ph.D. degree typically goes through a cycle of four phases involving preparation, challenges, small and big successes and ultimate joy of successful defense of the written thesis. Completion of a thesis, depending on individual performance, typically may take about 4 years.

For Ph.D. Admissions 2025-26
(Spring 2025 Semester starting in January, 2025)

For Ph.D. Admissions 2023-24
(The Spring 2024 Semester starting in January, 2024.)

Specialized areas in which PhD students, if found suitable, would be admitted in Spring 2025 Semester starting in January

Solar Cell; Spintronic Devices; Dielectric Metasurfaces, Integrated Quantum devices, Liquid crystal microfluidics, Multifunctional materials and devices, Quantum Computing; and Neutrino Physics, Guided Wave Photonics and Fiber Optics, Terahertz metasurfaces, Terahertz magnetotransport, Active metamaterials

Ph.D. Admission Physics Syllabus

Sustainable/recycled/secondary pavement materials; Transportation Engineering – Transportation Planning- pedestrian and travel behavior modelling, traffic safety analysis; Environmental engineering – Waste Water treatment, Air pollution, Solid waste management, biorefinery; Water Resources Engineering – Surface and vadose zone hydrology, Hydrological Modelling; Structural Engineering – Geopolymer concrete, Structural Engineering of Heritage Structures and Civil Structural Health Monitoring with sensors, Advanced Structural Cementitious Composites, Earthquake proof civil structures, Seismic Risk Assessment, Engineered Bamboo, Monitoring corrosion of Infrastructure, Sustainable materials, Engineered nano cementitious composites, Ultra high performance concrete composites, Structural distress and strengthening systems

Civil Engineering Ph.D Syllabus

VLSI Design, Renewable Energy System & Smart Grid, Power Electronics and Electric Drives, Sensorless Electric Drives Biomedical Signal Processing, Biometrics and Computer vision, VLSI designs beyond CMOS, Wireless communications, 5G, and massive IoT

Computational biophysical chemistry for peptide mimetics; Machine learning in chemistry; Hybrid polymers materials and nanoconjugates; Novel transition metal oxynitrides for electrocatalytic applications

Numerical Analysis; Differential Equations; Analysis of Partial Differential Equations; Image Processing; Stochastic Control; Probability and Statistics; Fluid Dynamics; Operations Research; Scheduling and Timetabling in Industry and Education; Finite Group Theory; Numerical Linear Algebra; and Machine Learning, Financial Mathematics

Computational Mechanics, Theoretical solid mechanics, Solar Thermal Power, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, Battery thermal management, Heat transfer, Microfluidics, Biofluid Dynamics, Combustion, LES, Turbulence-chemistry interaction, Tribology, Nano materials, Cyber-Physical Systems, Advanced manufacturing systems, Robotics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

High-Performance Computing; Social Network Analysis; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Cyber-Physical Systems; Computer Vision and Image Processing; Natural Language Processing; Computational Intelligence; Theoretical Computer Science; Big Data Computing; Computer Architecture; Computer Networks; Network Security; Cyber Security; Wireless Sensor Networks; Generative AI, Neuroscience, Brain-Computer interface.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Start-ups and Technology Entrepreneurship, Family Business Management, Start-ups-Scaling up & Growth, Incubation processes and models.
  • Literature – English Literature; American Literature; Indian Writing in English; Indian Writings in Translation; Post-Colonial Studies; Women’s Writing; Cultural Studies
  • English Language Education (ELE) – English as Second Language Education (ESL); Intercultural and International Communication; Teacher Training and Professional Development; Classroom-based Research
  • Management Studies – Strategic Management; Organizational Behaviour
  • Philosophy – Gandhian Ethics; Professional Ethics; Philosophical Logic; Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • French – Francophone Literature

Human Genetics & Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Microbial Genomics, Metabolic Disorders, Stem Cell Biology, Plant Metabolic Engineering, AI in Healthcare, Computational Drug Discovery, CRISPR Gene Editing, Bioprocessing Green Products, Systems Biology, Anti-Microbial Resistance

Active Metamaterials, Dielectric Meta-surfaces, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces, Quantum Computing, Soft Photonics, TMDC Meta-surfaces, TMDC based Quantum Technologies, Quantum Machine Learning, Photonic Time Crystals, Exceptional Point Photonics, Topological Photonics, Novel Optical Fibers, Nanotechnology and Advance Functional, Energy Materials, Solar Cell, Spintronic Devices, Neutrino Physics, Astroparticle Physics, Fiber and guided wave optics, Silicon photonics, Multifunctional Materials and Devices, Photo-Physics, Quantum Optics.

Ph.D. Physics Admission test – syllabus

Structural Engineering: Geopolymer concrete, Structural Engineering of Heritage Structures and Civil Structural Health Monitoring with sensors, Advanced Structural Cementitious Composites, Earthquake proof civil structures, Seismic Risk Assessment, Engineering Seismology, Engineered Bamboo, monitoring corrosion of Infrastructure, Sustainable materials, Engineered nano cementitious composites, Ultra high performance concrete composites, Structural distress and strengthening systems, Precast elements with 3D concrete printing and Performance based design of Precast structural elements.

Transportation Engineering: Travel Behaviour and Choice Modelling, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), Shared Mobility, Sustainable Urban Transportation Systems, Road Safety Audit. Intelligent Transportation Systems, Driver Behaviour, Road Safety Education, Road Traffic Noise.  Transportation and Environment- transportation systems modelling, GIS applications and optimization in transportation infrastructure modelling and development, high-speed rail infrastructure planning, and metaheuristics in alignment development and facility location. Driver Behavior, Safety Implications of Electric Vehicles, Road Safety Education, Pedestrian Safety, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Road Traffic Noise.

Geotechnical Engineering:  Geosynthetics, Sustainable/recycled/secondary pavement materials, Geothermal pavement, and NDT Testing.

Water resources Engineering: Watershed management, hydrological modelling, and GIS application in   catchment area/drainage basin.

Environmental Engineering: Indoor environmental quality, Water quality monitoring, Micropollutants, Photocatalysis, Nanomaterials synthesis for air and water pollution mitigation, Microalgal biofuels.

Construction Management:  Project management, Stakeholder management, Risk management in mega construction projects, Sustainability in construction projects, Lean Construction, and Circular economy.

Civil Engineering Ph.D Syllabus

VLSI Design & Embedded Systems:  IoT architecture, Fault tolerant and resilient embedded systems, Embedded/Edge AI, VLSI designs beyond CMOS, Machine learning applications in VLSI, Algorithms for physical design automation, Semiconductor Devices, High Electron Mobility Transistor modelling for High Frequency applications, Memristor logic for low power logic implementation, Low power reliable memories for In memory compute (IMC), SRAM for space applications, Design of digital circuits and memories using Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA), Synthesis of high k nanomaterials for semiconductor applications, hardware security.

Renewable Energy System & Smart Grid:   Hybrid Energy Storage Systems, Cyber Physical Systems, Cyber Security for Power Electronic Systems, Fuel Cell.

Power Electronics and Electric Drives:   Sensorless Electric Drives, Electric Vehicles, EV charging, Cyber Physical Systems, Cyber security for Power Electronic systems, fuel cell, Hybrid Energy Storage systems

Communications and Signal Processing:  Biomedical Signal Processing, Biometrics and Computer vision, Wireless communications, 5G, and massive IoT, High performance sense amplifier design, Deep learning for wireless communication, Radio Resource Management, MIMO communication, Non-orthogonal Multiple Access Technologies, Optimization in PHY and MAC layers, Dynamic Spectrum Access, Error correction coding for 5G and IoT communication, underwater optical communications, underwater object identification, and ocean optics

Ph.D. ECE Syallabus

Genomics
Immuno-technology,
Host-Pathogen Interactions,
Plant Metabolic Engineering,
Genetic Disorders
Cancer biomarkers
Gene Therapy
Computational Genomics
Computer-Aided Drug Discovery
Clinical Informatics
Bioprocess Technology
Food Processing & Nutrition
Agri-Biotech

Ph.D. Syllabus Life Sciences

Fluid & Thermal Engineering: Solar Thermal Power, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, Cell modelling, Experimental study on Battery thermal management, Direct/indirect cooling of Lithium-ion battery pack, ageing, thermal runaway of Lithium-ion cell, Heat transfer, Microfluidics, Biofluid Dynamics, Biomechanics Modelling and Simulation.

Solid mechanics: Computational Mechanics, Theoretical solid mechanics, Computer Aided Design,

Materials and Manufacturing Process: Nano materials, Cyber-Physical Systems, Advanced manufacturing systems, Sheet metal forming of Titanium Alloy Ti6AI4V, Forming, Rolling of Aerospace materials, Manufacturing process simulation for aerospace materials, Additive manufacturing, Numerical Modelling and Simulation of additive manufacturing, advance finishing process, Smart Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Tribology,

Robotics: Robotics, Cable-Driven Robotics, Exoskeletons, Exosuits, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, etc.

Aerospace Engineering: Gas turbine Combustion, Computational Turbomachinery, Scramjet Propulsion with hydrogen and hydrogen fuel, Regenerative Cooling in high speed flow, Turbulence modelling, Combustion modelling, Large Eddy Simulation, Direct Numerical Simulation, Turbulence-chemistry interaction, Laminar to Turbulent Transition, CFD code development in high speed reacting and non-reacting flows, Numerical Modelling of Heterogeneous Solid Propellant Combustion, Combustion Instability.

Mechanics of 3D printed cellular materials, functionalized 3D print resins (modelling + development)

Ph.D. Admission Mechanical Engineering Syllabus

English Literature, Cultural Studies– Women’s Writing, Indian Writing in English, Cultural Studies, Urban Studies, Postcolonial Literature, Digital Humanities, Medical Humanities, Energy Humanities, Posthumanism, South Asian Fiction, Literatures from the Global South, Graphic Narratives

Philosophy– Philosophy of Mind, Philosophical Logic, Consciousness, Ethics, Professional Ethics, Indian Philosophy. Analytical Philosophy,

English Language Education (ELE) – English as Second Language Studies (ESL), Teacher Training and Professional Development, Classroom-based Research

Economics– AI in Economics, Random control Trial in Economics, Natural experiments in Economics, Law and economics, Stochastic production frontier analysis, Political Economy, Macro Economics, Labour Economics, Development Economics, Economics of Climate Change, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics.

Indian Ocean History; Economic Anthropology; Political Science, Sociology of Migration, Borders and Social and Political Anthropology, History
Cognitive Science, Cognitive Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Speech perception, Syntax, Semantics, Cognitive linguistics, Cultural linguistics, Discourse analysis, Sociolinguistics

Literature: American Literature, British Literature, Popular Literature, Contemporary Literature, Women Playwrights

Accounting & Finance: Corporate finance, Banking, Micro finance, Financial markets, Financial Engineering and Accounting.

Ph.D. Entrance syllabus HSS

Numerical Analysis; Differential Equations; Analysis of Partial Differential Equations; Image Processing; Stochastic Control; Probability and Statistics; Fluid Dynamics; Operations Research- Scheduling and Timetabling in Industry and Education, Supply Chain Optimization; Finite Group Theory; Numerical Linear Algebra; and Machine Learning, Financial Mathematics, Optimal Control Theory.

Mathematics Ph.D Syllabus

Solar Cell; Spintronic Devices; Dielectric Metasurfaces, Integrated Quantum devices, Liquid crystal microfluidics, Multifunctional materials and devices, Quantum Computing; and Neutrino Physics, Guided Wave Photonics and Fiber Optics, Terahertz metasurfaces, Terahertz magnetotransport, Active metamaterials, Terahertz photonics, 5G/6G communications, Topological photonic insulators, Metamaterials and metasurfaces

Ph.D. Admission Physics Syllabus

Sustainable/recycled/secondary pavement materials; Transportation Engineering –  Transportation Planning- pedestrian and travel behavior modelling, traffic safety analysis; Environmental engineering – Indoor environmental quality, Water quality monitoring, Micropollutants, Photocatalysis, Nanomaterials synthesis for air and water pollution mitigation, Microalgal biofuels; Water Resources Engineering – Surface and vadose zone hydrology, Hydrological Modelling; Structural Engineering – Geopolymer concrete, Structural Engineering of Heritage Structures and Civil Structural Health Monitoring with sensors, Advanced Structural Cementitious Composites, Earthquake proof civil structures, Seismic Risk Assessment, Engineering Seismology, Engineered Bamboo, Monitoring corrosion of Infrastructure, Sustainable materials, Engineered nano cementitious composites, Ultra high performance concrete composites, Structural distress and strengthening systems

Ph.D. Admission Civil Engineering Syllabus

VLSI Design, Renewable Energy System & Smart Grid,  Power Electronics and Electric Drives, Sensorless Electric Drives, Electric Vehicles, EV charging, Cyber Physical Systems, Cyber security for Power Electronic systems, fuel cell, Hybrid Energy Storage systems, Biomedical Signal Processing, Biometrics and Computer vision, VLSI designs beyond CMOS, Wireless communications, 5G, and massive IoT, Machine learning in VLSI, Algorithms for physical design automation, Semiconductor Devices, High Electron Mobility Transistor modelling for High Frequency applications, Memristor logic for low power logic implementation, Low power reliable memories for In memory compute (IMC), SRAM for space applications, High performance sense amplifier design, Deep learning for wireless communication, Radio Resource Management, MIMO communication, Non-orthogonal Multiple Access Technologies, Optimization in PHY and MAC layers, Dynamic Spectrum Access, Synthesis of high k nanomaterials for semiconductor applications
Ph.D. Admission Syllabus

Hybrid polymers and nanomaterials, Responsive polymers

Ph.D. Admission Chemistry Syllabus

Numerical Analysis; Differential Equations; Analysis of Partial Differential Equations; Image Processing; Stochastic Control; Probability and Statistics; Fluid Dynamics; Operations Research; Scheduling and Timetabling in Industry and Education; Finite Group Theory; Numerical Linear Algebra; and Machine Learning, Financial Mathematics

Ph.D. Admission Mathematics Syllabus

Computational Mechanics, Theoretical solid mechanics, Solar Thermal Power, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, Battery thermal management, Heat transfer, Microfluidics, Biofluid Dynamics, Biomechanics Modelling and Simulation, Nano materials, Cyber-Physical Systems, Advanced manufacturing systems, Robotics, Cable-Driven Robotics, Exoskeletons, Exosuits, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Sheet metal forming of Titanium Alloy Ti6AI4V, Forming, Rolling of Aerospace materials, Manufacturing process simulation for aerospace materials, Additive manufacturing, Laser manufacturing methods, Numerical Modelling and Simulation of additive manufacturing, advance finishing process etc. , Smart Manufacturing, i4.0, Industrial Engineering, Computer Aided Design, Turbulence modelling, Combustion modelling, Large Eddy Simulation, Direct Numerical Simulation, Turbulence-chemistry interaction, Tribology, Laminar to turbulent transition in Hypersonic, scramjet propulsion with hydrogen and hydrogen fuel, regenerative cooling in high speed flow, Computational turbomachinery, CFD code development in high speed reacting and non-reacting flows.

Ph.D. Admission Mechanical Syllabus

Computer Science and Engineering-  Any area of CS and AI overlapping with current research interests of the faculty of the department. Prospective candidates are encouraged to explore the research interests of individual faculty members on their respective websites. A meaningful overlap between the candidate’s proposed research and the established research areas within the department is to be ensured by candidates.

Ph.D. Admission CSE Syllabus

Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Start-ups and Technology Entrepreneurship, Family Business Management,  Start-ups-Scaling up & Growth, Incubation processes and models

Entrepreneurship Ph.D. Program Entrance Syllabus

Accounting & Finance; History; Social and Cultural Anthropology; Political Science; English Language Education; English Literature; Economics; Linguistics; French; Western Philosophy; Indian Philosophy; Entrepreneurship; Management; School Education

Ph.D. Admission HSS Syllabus

Chemistry of Biomolecules, Computational Biology, Plant Molecular Biology

Ph.D. Admission Life Sciences Syllabus

Important Dates

Last Date for submission of applications 10th Jan, 2025
Shortlisting of candidates for interview 13th Jan, 2025
Ph.D. Entrance Test / Interview 20th Jan 2025
Announcement of Results 27th Jan, 2025
Commencement of the Spring 2025 Semester Teaching 30th Jan, 2025
Note: Admission closes on 23 august 2023
*Subject to revision

Ph.D. Admission Contact details

The Mahindra
Edge

Ph.D. students at Mahindra University would have great opportunities for interdisciplinary research by working closely with our faculty, some of who are at the forefront of their fields (may like to check faculty profiles on our website). Our research infra-structure in terms of state-of-the art laboratories in science and engineering are of high quality and are being continually upgraded. Government of India funding agencies like SERB, BRNS, DRDO, MeitY, etc., have already funded several research projects as well as international collaboration projects granted by DST’s International Division.

Ph.D. programs are offered in Engineering and Applied Sciences. For those who wish to pursue liberal arts at Ph.D. level, we have a strong Humanities and Social Sciences program, which is backed by high-quality Media and Design Thinking laboratories and Entrepreneurship cell.

The Mahindra Edge

Eligibility Criteria

Minimum qualification required for admission

Program: Ph.D. (Full Time)

Admission Process: Interview

Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science/Humanities/Social Sciences with a minimum CGPA of 6.00 on a 10-point scale or 60% marks in aggregate. Full time students who do not possess M.Tech. or equivalent degree and instead possess B.Tech. or equivalent degree with a minimum CGPA of 7.00 on a 10-point scale or 70% aggregate marks are required to have a valid GATE score or UGC/CSIR/DBT/INSPIRE Fellowship Examination for Sciences/Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines.

  • The requirement of GATE/National examination can be waived off for possible admission to Ph.D. programs for all graduates from Centrally Funded Technical Institutes with a B.Tech./B.E./Integrated M.Sc. (or any other program of minimum four years duration, admission to which was on the basis of JEE) with CGPA of 8.00 and above at the time of graduation.

  • The requirement of GATE/National Examination can be also waived off for M.Sc. graduates from IITs with a CGPA of 8.00 and above.

INR 50,000/-

PER ANNUM

INR 20,000/-

SECURITY DEPOSIT
(ONE TIME PAYMENT)

Ph.D Assistantship

(for full time scholars)
INR 30000/- Per Month* ( plus Boarding and Lodging )
*8 hours/week TA duty is mandatory