Last Updated: 23 Oct 2025
Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT Phase-II
Last Updated: 23 Oct 2025
The scheme aims to increase PhDs in Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) and IT/ITES sectors and support research fellowships. It provides funding for PhD candidates, young faculty, and post-doctoral fellows, including short-term international lab visits.
- Objective: Enhancing the number of PhDs in the Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) and IT/IT Enabled Services (ITES).
- Tenure: 9 years from 2021
- The scheme will support 1000 Full Time PhD candidates, 150 Part Time PhD candidates, 50 Young Faculty Research Fellowships and 225 Post-Doctoral Fellowships.
- The scheme will have a provision for one time support to 250 Full time PhD fellows for 6 months to facilitate visits to labs abroad, to broaden their research perspective.
- Institutions eligible: All IITs, NITS, IISc, IISERs, Central Universities, Deemed Universities Private Universities, Private Deemed Universities, etc.